Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Cycling at the XII Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Olympic Velodrome Vouliagmeni |
Dates | 18–27 September 2004 |
Competitors | 196 from 39 nations |
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Road cycling | ||
Road race | men | |
Time trial | men | women |
Combined RR/TT | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
Time trial | men | women |
Individual pursuit | men | women |
Tandem sprint | men | women |
Team sprint | men | |
Cycling at the Olympic Velodrome, and road cycling at Vouliagmeni.
Classifications and events
- B 1–3: Visually impaired athletes; these cyclists used tandem bicycles, with an able-bodied rider in the front seat
- LC 1–4: Lower limb and other locomotor disabilities graded by severity; unlike most Paralympic classes, higher numbers here indicate more severe conditions
- CP 1–4: Athletes with cerebral palsy or a similar disability; 1 and 2 used tricycles, 3 and 4 used bicycles
- HC A, B & C: Hand-using athletes, graded according to their degree of quadriplegia; these cyclists used handcycles
Track events consisted of:
- Individual pursuit
- Time trial
- Individual sprint, covering three laps of the track
- Team sprint, with teams of three
Road events consisted of endurance races and time trials. In the endurance road races, athletes with cerebral palsy cycled for a minimum of 15 kilometres, while men with visual impairment covered 120 kilometres. In the time trials, the distances were the same for each classification.
Participating countries
- Afghanistan (1)
- Argentina (1)
- Australia (19)
- Austria (7)
- Barbados (1)
- Belarus (6)
- Belgium (1)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
- Brazil (1)
- Canada (12)
- China (6)
- Colombia (1)
- Czech Republic (8)
- Denmark (1)
- Finland (2)
- France (9)
- Germany (17)
- Great Britain (8)
- Greece (4)
- Iran (1)
- Ireland (3)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (7)
- Japan (6)
- Netherlands (5)
- New Zealand (2)
- Norway (7)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (1)
- Slovakia (4)
- Slovenia (1)
- South Africa (4)
- South Korea (2)
- Spain (14)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (8)
- United States (18)
- Venezuela (1)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia (AUS) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
2 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
5 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
6 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
9 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
15 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
16 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
18 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 |