The men's individual pursuit C3 took place on 8 September 2016.
| Men's individual pursuit C3 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Rio Olympic Velodrome | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The event began with a qualifying race over 3000 m. Each of the athletes competed individually in a time-trial basis. The fastest two riders raced for the gold medal and the third- and fourth-fastest riders raced for the bronze.
Preliminaries edit
Q: Qualifier for Gold medal final
Qb: Qualifier for Bronze medal final
WR: World Record
PR: Paralympic Record
| Men's individual Pursuit C3 - Preliminaries | ||||||
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Avg. Speed | Notes | |
| 1 | David Nicholas |  Australia
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3:32.336 | 50.862 | Q PR | |
| 2 | Joseph Berenyi |  United States
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3:34.394 | 50.374 | Q | |
| 3 | Michael Sametz |  Canada
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3:38.459 | 49.437 | Qb | |
| 4 | Eoghan Clifford |  Ireland
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3:38.863 | 49.345 | Qb | |
| 5 | Masaki Fujita |  Japan
|
3:39.142 | 49.283 | ||
| 6 | Eduardo Santas Asensio |  Spain
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3:45.398 | 47.915 | ||
| 7 | Kris Bosmans |  Belgium
|
3:48.308 | 47.304 | ||
| 8 | Esneider Munoz Marin |  Colombia
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3:50.319 | 46.891 | ||
| 9 | Diederick Schelfhout | Belgium
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3:55.645 | 45.831 | ||
| 10 | Yongsik Jin |  South Korea
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3:59.070 | 45.175 | ||
Finals edit
| Men's individual Pursuit C3 - Medal Finals | ||||
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| Gold Final | ||||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Avg Speed |
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David Nicholas | Australia
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3:33.028 | 50.697 |
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Joseph Berenyi | United States
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3:34.042 | 50.457 |
| Bronze Final | ||||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Avg Speed |
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Eoghan Clifford | Ireland
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3:40.201 | 49.406 |
| 4 | Michael Sametz | Canada
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3:41.590 | 48.738 |