The 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 2017.[1]
Venue | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
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Date(s) | 31 August–3 September 2017 |
Nations participating | 38 |
Cyclists participating | 277 |
Events | 5 |
Classification
edit- 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
- Hand cycling
- H1 - tetraplegics with severe upper limb impairment to the C6 vertebra
- H2 - Tetraplegics with minor upper limb impairment from C7 through T3
- H3 - paraplegics with impairment from T4 through T10
- H4 - Paraplegics with impairment from T11 down, and amputees unable to kneel
- H5 - Athletes who can kneel on a handcycle, a category that includes paraplegics and amputees[2]
- Tricycle
- Tandem
Event winners
editMedal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany (GER) | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
2 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
3 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
4 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
6 | United States (USA) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
7 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
8 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
9 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
10 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
11 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
13 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
14 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
15 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
16 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
18 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
19 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
20 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
24 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (25 entries) | 51 | 49 | 44 | 144 |
Participating nations
edit38 nations participated.[3]
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Canada
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Spain
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- South Africa
- Russia
- Switzerland
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Ukraine
- United States
- Venezuela
References
edit- ^ "Event Schedule" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Goosey-Tolfrey, Vicky (2010). Wheelchair sport : a complete guide for athletes, coaches, and teachers. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. p. 24. ISBN 9780736086769. OCLC 489446056.
- ^ Participating nations