The women's individual pursuit class C5 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September 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 8 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 3000 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 Round1 September 12:24 Qualifying 15:14 Finals
Results Qualifying Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Result Notes 1 4 Heïdi Gaugain 3:33.881 2 3 Marie Patouillet 3:35.285 3 3 Nicole Murray 3:37.599 4 4 Claudia Cretti 3:38.869 5 2 Alana Forster 3:41.497 6 2 Paula Ossa 3:49.837 7 1 Mariela Delgado 4:02.298 8 1 Caroline Groot 4:05.470
Finals Rank Cyclist Nation Result NotesGold medal final Marie Patouillet 3:35.691 Heidi Gaugain 3:37.723 Bronze medal final Nicole Murray 3:36.206 4 Claudia Cretti 3:43.774
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