The 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling where athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place at the Montichiari Velodrome in Montichiari, Italy from 17 to 20 March 2016. Great Britain were the most successful team of the competition in total medals (18) and in number of gold medals (8). The Championships saw 11 new world records set.
| Venue | Montichiari, Italy |
|---|---|
| Date | 17–20 March 2016 |
| Velodrome | Montichiari Velodrome |
| Nations participating | 32 |
| Cyclists participating | 215 |
| Events | 31 |
Classification
- Sport class
- Cycling
- C1 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
- C2 - locomotor disability: Neurological, decrease in muscle strength, or amputation
- C3 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
- C4 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
- C5 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
- Tandem
- Tandem B - visual impairment
Event winners
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's events | |||||||
| Sprint | Tandem B | Neil Fachie Peter Mitchell (pilot) Great Britain | Tristan Bangma Teun Mulder (pilot) Netherlands | James Ball Craig MacLean (pilot) Great Britain | |||
| 1km time trial | C1 | Arnoud Nijhuis Netherlands | 1:12.423 WR | Li Zhangyu China | 1:12.597 | Rodrigo Fernando Lopez Argentina | 1:20.296 |
| C2 | Tristen Chernove Canada | 1:13.279 | Xie Hao China | 1:15.311 | Louis Rolfe Great Britain | 1:15.925 | |
| C3 | Joseph Berenyi United States | 1:09.534 | Alexsey Obydennov Russia | 1:10.120 | Sergey Batukov Russia Eduardo Santas Asensio Spain | 1:10.317 | |
| C4 | Jody Cundy United Kingdom | 1:04.654 | Jozef Metelka Slovakia | 1:06.046 | Wei Guoping China | 1:08.590 | |
| C5 | Alfonso Cabello Spain | 1:05.045 | Jon-Allan Butterworth Great Britain | 1:05.549 | Alistair Donohoe Australia | 1:05.629 | |
| Tandem B | Neil Fachie Peter Mitchell (pilot) Great Britain | 1:00.633 | Tristan Bangma Teun Mulder (pilot) Netherlands | 1:01.780 | Stephen De Vries Patrick Bos (pilot) Netherlands | 1:02.214 | |
| 3km pursuit | C1 | Li Zhangyu† China | 3:55.352 | Ross Wislon Canada | 3:58.141 | Arnoud Nijhuis Netherlands | |
| C2 | Tristen Chernove Canada | 3:44.498 | Colin Lynch Ireland | 3:53.694 | Arslan Gilmutdinov Russia | ||
| C3 | Joseph Berenyi United States | 3:35.569 | David Nicholas Australia | 3:36.371 | Eoghan Clifford Ireland | ||
| 4km pursuit | C4 | Jozef Metelka †† Slovakia | 4:28.000 | Kyle Bridgwood Australia | 4:36.296 | Sergey Pudov Russia | |
| C5 | Michael Gallagher Australia | 4:38.467 | Alistair Donohoe Australia | 4:38.520 | Yegor Dementyev Ukraine | ||
| Tandem B | Kieran Modra David Edwards (pilot) Australia | 4:12.324 | Ignacio Avila Rodriguez Joan Font Bertoli (pilot) Spain | 4:16.406 | Daniel Chalifour Jean-Michel Lachance (pilot) Canada | ||
| Scratch race | C1-C3 | Alexsey Obydennov Russia | Fabio Anobile Italy | Esneider Munoz Marin Colombia | |||
| C4-C5 | Kyle Bridgwood Australia | Jonathan Gildea Great Britain | Alistair Donohoe Australia | ||||
| Women's events | |||||||
| Sprint | Tandem B | Jessica Gallagher††† Madison Janssen (pilot) Australia | Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot) Great Britain | Larissa Klaassen Haliegh Dolman (pilot) Netherlands | |||
| 500m time trial | C1 | Li Jieli China | 44.439 WR | ||||
| C2 | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | 40.260 | Amanda Reid Australia | 42.147 | Zhenling Song China | 44.237 | |
| C3 | Megan Giglia Great Britain | 41.761 WR | Denise Schindler Germany | 43.159 | Jamie Whitmore United States | 43.784 | |
| C4 | Kadeena Cox Great Britain | 37.456 WR | Ruan Jianping China | 37.835 | Katherine Horan New Zealand | 39.730 | |
| C5 | Jufang Zhou China | 37.389 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | 37.589 | Crystal Lane Great Britain | 37.796 | |
| 1km time trial | Tandem B | Larissa Klaassen Haliegh Dolman (pilot) Netherlands | 1:06.095 | Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot) Great Britain | 1:07.483 | Jessica Gallagher Madison Janssen (pilot) Australia | 1:07.575 |
| 3km pursuit | C1 | Li Jieli China | 4:45.304 | ||||
| C2 | Zeng Sini China | 4:13.373 | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | 4:14.184 | Daniela Munévar Colombia | ||
| C3 | Megan Giglia‡ Great Britain | 4:09.367 | Denise Schindler Germany | 4:13.947 | Simone Kennedy Australia | ||
| C4 | Shawn Morelli United States | 3:55.006 WR | Susan Powell Australia | 3:59.279 | Alexandra Lisney Australia | ||
| C5 | Sarah Storey‡‡ Great Britain | 3:38.756 | Jufang Zhou China | Anna Harkowska Poland | |||
| Tandem B | Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot) New Zealand | 3:30.148 | Yurie Kanuma Mai Tanaka (pilot) Japan | 3:35.526 | Lora Turnham Corrine Hall (pilot) Great Britain | ||
| Scratch race | C1-C3 | Zeng Sini China | Daniela Munévar Colombia | Denise Schindler Germany | |||
| C4-C5 | Anna Harkowska Poland | Sarah Storey Great Britain | Mariela Delgado Argentina | ||||
| Mixed events | |||||||
| Team sprint | C1–5 | Louis Rolfe Jon-Allan Butterworth Jody Cundy Great Britain | 49.230 WR | Hao Xie Guoping Wei Xinyang Liu China | 49.530 | Amador Granados Alkorta Eduardo Santas Asensio Alfonso Cabello Spain | |
- † Li Zhangyu set a new world record of 3:51.961 in the men's C1 3km Individual Pursuit during the qualification stages.
- †† Jozef Metelka set a new world record of 4.26.924 in the men's C4 4km Individual Pursuit during the qualification stages.
- ††† Jessica Gallagher and Madison Janssen set a new world record of 11.045 in the women's Tandem Sprint during the qualifying stages.
- ‡Megan Giglia set a new world record of 4:06.756 in the women's C2 3km Individual Pursuit during the qualification stages.
- ‡‡ Sarah Storey caught Jufang Zhu with five laps to go. Storey's time is that given from her qualification round.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | 31 | 29 | 30 | 90 | |
Participating nations
32 nations participated.
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Czech Republic
- France
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Slovakia
- Ukraine
- United States
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