The women's individual pursuit class C1–3 track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. This class (C) is for the cyclist who has impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable of using a standard bicycle. 10 cyclists representing 9 nations shall take part.
Competition format The competition begins with a qualifying round where the cyclists are divided into heats with 2 cyclists each; they compete on a time trial basis. The two fastest overall in the qualifying round qualify to the gold medal final; the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final.
The distance of this event is 3000m. The event finals are held on the same day as the qualifying.
The classifications of C1, C2 and C3 are described by the IPC as follows:
Records
The following world and Paralympic Games records were current before competition commenced: Women's C1 3000m Individual Pursuit4:10.941Fran BrownGlasgow8 June 20234:31.476Qian WangweiTokyo25 Aug 2021Women's C2 3000m Individual Pursuit3:51.721Daphne SchragerGlasgow8 Feb 20234:06.263Zeng SiniTokyo25 Aug 2021Women's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit3:50.815Paige GrecoTokyo25 August 2021
Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Date Time Round29 August 12:55 Qualifying 16:24 Finals
Results Qualifying Rank Heat Cyclist Nation Class Result Notes 1 4 Wang Xiaomei C3 3:44.660 , 2 5 Daphne Schrager C2 3:45.133 , 3 3 Maike Hausberger C2 3:49.444 4 4 Flurina Rigling C2 3:50.347 5 5 Keiko Sugiura C3 3:53.549 6 3 Anna Beck C3 3:59.993 7 2 Rachael Timothy C3 4:05.247 8 1 Daniela Munévar C2 4:14.667 9 2 Qian Wangwei C1 4:17.814 PR 10 1 Jyoti Gaderiya C2 4:53.929
Finals Rank Cyclist Nation Class Result NotesGold medal final Wang Xiaomei C3 3:41.692 Daphne Schrager C2 3:51.129 Bronze medal final Flurina Rigling C2 3:48.512 4 Maike Hausberger C2 3:50.985
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