title: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C3
text: # Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C3
  
  The men's individual pursuit C3 took place on 8 September 2016.
  
  The event began with a qualifying race over 3000 m. Each of the athletes competed individually in a time-trial basis. The fastest two riders raced for the gold medal and the third- and fourth-fastest riders raced for the bronze.
  
  ## Preliminaries
  
  Q: Qualifier for Gold medal final Qb: Qualifier for Bronze medal final WR: World Record PR: Paralympic Record
  
  Men's individual Pursuit C3 - Preliminaries :
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Avg. Speed | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | David Nicholas | Australia | 3:32.336 | 50.862 | Q PR |
  | 2 | Joseph Berenyi | United States | 3:34.394 | 50.374 | Q |
  | 3 | Michael Sametz | Canada | 3:38.459 | 49.437 | Qb |
  | 4 | Eoghan Clifford | Ireland | 3:38.863 | 49.345 | Qb |
  | 5 | Masaki Fujita | Japan | 3:39.142 | 49.283 | |
  | 6 | Eduardo Santas Asensio | Spain | 3:45.398 | 47.915 | |
  | 7 | Kris Bosmans | Belgium | 3:48.308 | 47.304 | |
  | 8 | Esneider Munoz Marin | Colombia | 3:50.319 | 46.891 | |
  | 9 | Diederick Schelfhout | Belgium | 3:55.645 | 45.831 | |
  | 10 | Yongsik Jin | South Korea | 3:59.070 | 45.175 | |
  
  ## Finals
  
  Men's individual Pursuit C3 - Medal Finals :
  
  | Gold Final |||||
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Avg Speed |
  | | David Nicholas | Australia | 3:33.028 | 50.697 |
  | | Joseph Berenyi | United States | 3:34.042 | 50.457 |
  | Bronze Final |||||
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Avg Speed |
  | | Eoghan Clifford | Ireland | 3:40.201 | 49.406 |
  | 4 | Michael Sametz | Canada | 3:41.590 | 48.738 |
  