Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Cycling
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Pictograms for road (left) and track (right) cycling
VenueIzu Velodrome (track cycling)
Fuji Speedway (road cycling)
Dates25 August – 3 September 2021
Competitors230 in 51 events from 44 nations
2016
2024

Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place in two separate locations. Track cycling took place at the Izu Velodrome from 25 to 28 August 2021 and road cycling took place on the Fuji Speedway from 31 August to 3 September 2021.[1][2]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[3][4]

The competition was dominated by the squads from Great Britain and The Netherlands, winning 19 gold medals from 51 events. Great Britain, as in 2008, 2012 and 2016 dominated the track events, while the Netherlands were particularly strong in road racing.

Among the highlights were Great Britain's Sarah Storey becoming her country's most successful ever Paralympian, echoing the achievement of Jason Kenny in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning her 15th, 16th and 17th gold medals in her eighth Paralympic Games.

  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Para cycling course confirmed". www.paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of the Road Race". tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.