Cycling at the Summer Paralympics
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Cycling
has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games
since the 1984 Summer Paralympics
.
Cycling classes are:
, 1988
, 1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games
Summer Paralympic Games
The Summer Paralympic Games or the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event, where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years,...
since the 1984 Summer Paralympics
1984 Summer Paralympics
The 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in two separate locations, Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and in the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, United States of America The 1984 Summer Paralympics were the...
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Classification
Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function.Cycling classes are:
- B&VI 1–3: Visual impairmentVisual impairmentVisual impairment is vision loss to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive...
- LC 1–4: Cyclists with a locomotor disablity
- CP 1–4: Cyclists with cerebral palsyCerebral palsyCerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
- HC A, B, and C: Cyclists using a handcycle
Track cycling, Men
1984Cycling at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven road cycling events, six for men and one for women.- Medal summary :...
, 1988
Cycling at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven road cycling events for men.- Medal summary :...
, 1992
Cycling at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of nine events. All were road cycling events, no track cycling was held.- Medal summary :...
- no track events
1996
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 23 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.-Medal table:The following countries also competed:- Road cycling :- Track cycling :...
- 200 m sprint tandem open
- time trial tandem open
- individual pursuit tandem open
2000
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Paralympics consisted of 27 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.- Road cycling :- Track cycling :...
- 1 km time trial tandem open
- individual pursuit tandem open
- sprint tandem open
2004
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, consisted of 31 events in two disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling took place at the Olympic Velodrome, and road cycling at Vouliagmeni.-Classifications and events:...
- Men's bicycle 1 km time trial
- CP 3/4
- LC 1-4
- Men's tandem 1 km time trial
- B 1-3
- Men's bicycle 3 km individual pursuit
- CP 3
- CP 4
- Men's bicycle 4 km individual pursuit
- LC 1
- LC 2
- Men's bicycle 3 km individual pursuit
- LC 3
- LC 4
- Men's tandem 4 km individual pursuit
- B 1-3
- Men's tandem sprint
- B 1-3
- Men's bicycle team sprint
- LC 1-4&CP 3/4
2008
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of 44 events in two main disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling was held in Laoshan Velodrome from September 7 to September 10, and road cycling took place at the Changping Triathlon Venue from September 12 to September...
- Men's 1km time trial
- B&VI 1–3
- CP 3
- CP 4
- LC 1
- LC 2
- LC 3–4
- Men's individual pursuitCycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuitThe Men's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 7–9 at the Laoshan Velodrome.-Classification:The cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...
- B&VI 1–3 – 4000 m
- CP 3 – 3000 m
- CP 4 – 3000 m
- LC 1 – 4000 m
- LC 2 – 4000 m
- LC 3
- LC 4
- Men's individual sprint
- B&VI 1–3
- Men's team sprint
- LC 1–4/CP 3–4