Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C4
# Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C4

The men's individual pursuit class C4 track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 27 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. 7 cyclists from 6 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 except for heat 1 which will only contain 1 cyclist; 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 4000m. The event finals will be held on the same day as the qualifying round.

## Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 26 August | 10:36 | Qualifying |
| Thursday, 26 August | 15:15 | Finals |

## Records

| World Record | Jozef Metelka (SVK) | 4:26.924 | Montichiari, Italy | 9 March 2016 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralympic Record | Jozef Metelka (SVK) | 4:29.112 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 10 September 2016 |

## Results

### Qualifying

| Rank | Heat | Nation | Cyclists | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Slovakia | Jozef Metelka | 4:22.772 | QG, WR |
| 2 | 3 | Romania | Carol-Eduard Novak | 4:31.212 | QG |
| 3 | 2 | Colombia | Diego Germán Dueñas | 4:35.230 | QB |
| 4 | 4 | Ireland | Ronan Grimes | 4:37.693 | QB |
| 5 | 3 | RPC | Sergei Pudov | 4:43.725 | |
| 6 | 2 | Indonesia | Fadli Immammuddin | 4:50.393 | |
| 7 | 1 | Brazil | Andre Luiz Grizante | 5:01.461 | |

### Finals

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold medal final |||||
| | Slovakia | Jozef Metelka | |
| | Romania | Carol-Eduard Novak | OVL |
| Bronze medal final |||||
| | Colombia | Diego Germán Dueñas | 4:35.607 |
| 4 | Ireland | Ronan Grimes | 4:37.001 |
