Cycling at the Summer Paralympics

Cyclists with visual impairments are paired with a sighted pilot. Here Scott McPhee pilots to Kieran Modra's stocker.

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.[1]

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics and earlier, classes were:

• B&VI 1–3: Cyclists with a visual impairment, using a tandem bicycle
• LC 1–4: Cyclists with a locomotor disability, including those with amputations
• CP 1–4: Cyclists with cerebral palsy, using a tricycle (CP 1–2) or bicycle (CP 3–4)
• HC A, B, and C: Cyclists using a handcycle

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, a functional para-cycling classification system was used.

• B: Cyclists with a vision impairment, using a tandem bicycle
• T 1–2: Cyclists with cerebral palsy, MS or similar neuro-motor impairment, using a tricycle
• C 1–5: Cyclists with amputations, neuromotor or musculoskeletal impairment, using a bicycle
• H 1–4: Cyclists using a handcycle

In some cycling events, cyclists with different classifications compete against each other for one set of medals. Many (but not all) such events are factored, reducing the times of riders in lower classifications to take their greater impairment into account. Factoring percentages are based on average race times by riders in each classification.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, factored races included the mixed tricycle time trial, Women's C1–3 road time trial,[3] Women's H1–2 road time trial and track C1–3 and C4–5 events.

Updated to 2016 Summer Paralympics. Countries in italics are former countries who participated in the Paralympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	41	19	13	73
2	Australia (AUS)	37	31	29	97
3	United States (USA)	23	39	29	91
4	Germany (GER)	20	24	17	61
5	Italy (ITA)	16	10	13	39
6	France (FRA)	13	7	14	34
7	Spain (ESP)	11	15	16	42
8	Netherlands (NED)	10	13	12	35
9	China (CHN)	10	11	14	35
10	Canada (CAN)	9	11	13	33
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	8	7	10	25
12	Austria (AUT)	7	10	5	22
13	Poland (POL)	5	7	1	13
14	Switzerland (SUI)	5	5	8	18
15	Slovakia (SVK)	4	4	3	11
16	Belgium (BEL)	4	3	5	12
17	Ireland (IRL)	4	3	3	10
18	Belarus (BLR)	4	1	0	5
19	Ukraine (UKR)	4	0	0	4
20	Japan (JPN)	3	7	6	16
21	South Korea (KOR)	3	6	5	14
22	Norway (NOR)	3	2	5	10
23	New Zealand (NZL)	2	3	7	12
24	South Africa (RSA)	2	2	3	7
25	Romania (ROU)	1	2	0	3
26	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
27	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	0	2
	Finland (FIN)	0	2	0	2
29	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	2	3
30	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	1	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2
32	Israel (ISR)	0	1	0	1
33	Colombia (COL)	0	0	3	3
34	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	2	2
	Lebanon (LIB)	0	0	2	2
36	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 nations)		250	250	243	743

• Cycling at the Summer Olympics
• Cycle sport
• Para-cycling
• Para-cycling classification
• UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
• UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

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