2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Track cycling tournament
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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.
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
Event winners
- † 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.[29] 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.
