title: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C3
text: # Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C3
  
  The men's individual pursuit class C3 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 26 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for cyclists who have impairments that affect their legs, arms, and/or trunk but are still capable to use a standard bicycle. 8 cyclists from 7 nations competed in this event.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  The competition starts with a qualifying round where the 8 cyclists are divided into 4 heats, each heat containing 2 cyclists; they will then compete on a time trial basis. The 2 fastest in the qualifying round would qualify to the gold medal final while 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.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thursday, 26 August | 12:04 | Qualifying |
  | Thursday, 26 August | 15:52 | Finals |
  
  ## Records
  
  | World Record | Alexey Obydennov (RUS) | 3:26.691 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 11 April 2014 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Paralympic Record | David Nicholas (AUS) | 3:32.336 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9 September 2016 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Great Britain | Jaco van Gass | 3:17.593 | QG, WR |
  | 2 | 2 | Great Britain | Finlay Graham | 3:19.780 | QG |
  | 3 | 4 | Australia | David Nicholas | 3:23.674 | QB |
  | 4 | 4 | Spain | Eduardo Santas Asensio | 3:27.682 | QB |
  | 5 | 3 | Belgium | Diederick Schelfhout | 3:30.284 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Colombia | Alejandro Perea Arango | 3:31.551 | |
  | 7 | 2 | United States | Joseph Berenyi | 3:35.652 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Japan | Masaki Fujita | 3:38.366 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold medal final |||||
  | | Great Britain | Jaco van Gass | 3:20.987 |
  | | Great Britain | Finlay Graham | 3:22.000 |
  | Bronze medal final |||||
  | | Australia | David Nicholas | 3:25.877 |
  | 4 | Spain | Eduardo Santas Asensio | 3:27.833 |
  