The men's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 31 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National.
Competition format The C category is for cyclists with a physical impairment (muscle power or range of motion, and impairments affecting the coordination) that prevents them from competing in able-bodied competition but still competes using a standard bicycle.
The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 14 cyclists. The 2 fastest cyclists in the qualifying would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final where they will race head-to-head. The distance of this event is 4000 metres. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.
Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round31 August 11:58 Qualifying 15:10 Finals
Results Qualifying Rank Heat Cyclist Nation ResultNotes 1 7 Dorian Foulon 4:13.934 , 2 6 Yehor Dementyev 4:17.456 3 6 Elouan Gardon 4:18.817 4 5 Franz-Josef Lässer 4:21.084 5 7 Lauro Chaman 4:21.768 6 3 Martin van de Pol 4:22.506 7 4 Blaine Hunt 4:23.961 8 5 Daniel Abraham 4:24.280 9 4 Zsombor Wermeser 4:27.008 10 3 Carlos Vargas 4:33.077 11 2 Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz 4:38.993 12 1 Azimbek Abdullaev 4:43.555 13 2 Hernán Moya 4:50.769 14 1 Ahmed Al-Bedwawi 4:56.305
Finals Rank Cyclist Nation Result NotesGold medal final Dorian Foulon 4:16.158 Yehor Dementyev 4:17.770 Bronze medal final Elouan Gardon 4:18.880 4 Franz-Josef Lässer 4:25.009
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