# 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

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
** Tandem B - visual impairment

## Event winners

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's events ||||||||
| Sprint details | 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 details | C1 | Arnoud Nijhuis Netherlands | 1:12.423 WR | Li Zhangyu China | 1:12.597 | Rodrigo Fernando Lopez Argentina | 1:20.296 |
| 1km time trial details | C2 | Tristen Chernove Canada | 1:13.279 | Xie Hao China | 1:15.311 | Louis Rolfe Great Britain | 1:15.925 |
| 1km time trial details | C3 | Joseph Berenyi United States | 1:09.534 | Alexsey Obydennov Russia | 1:10.120 | Sergey Batukov Russia Eduardo Santas Asensio Spain | 1:10.317 |
| 1km time trial details | C4 | Jody Cundy United Kingdom | 1:04.654 | Jozef Metelka Slovakia | 1:06.046 | Wei Guoping China | 1:08.590 |
| 1km time trial details | C5 | Alfonso Cabello Spain | 1:05.045 | Jon-Allan Butterworth Great Britain | 1:05.549 | Alistair Donohoe Australia | 1:05.629 |
| 1km time trial details | 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 details | C1 | Li Zhangyu† China | 3:55.352 | Ross Wislon Canada | 3:58.141 | Arnoud Nijhuis Netherlands | |
| 3km pursuit details | C2 | Tristen Chernove Canada | 3:44.498 | Colin Lynch Ireland | 3:53.694 | Arslan Gilmutdinov Russia | |
| 3km pursuit details | C3 | Joseph Berenyi United States | 3:35.569 | David Nicholas Australia | 3:36.371 | Eoghan Clifford Ireland | |
| 4km pursuit details | C4 | Jozef Metelka †† Slovakia | 4:28.000 | Kyle Bridgwood Australia | 4:36.296 | Sergey Pudov Russia | |
| 4km pursuit details | C5 | Michael Gallagher Australia | 4:38.467 | Alistair Donohoe Australia | 4:38.520 | Yegor Dementyev Ukraine | |
| 4km pursuit details | 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 details | C1-C3 | Alexsey Obydennov Russia | | Fabio Anobile Italy | | Esneider Munoz Marin Colombia | |
| Scratch race details | C4-C5 | Kyle Bridgwood Australia | | Jonathan Gildea Great Britain | | Alistair Donohoe Australia | |
| Women's events ||||||||
| Sprint details | Tandem B | Jessica Gallagher††† Madison Janssen (pilot) Australia | | Sophie Thornhill Helen Scott (pilot) Great Britain | | Larissa Klaassen Haliegh Dolman (pilot) Netherlands | |
| 500m time trial details | C1 | Li Jieli China | 44.439 WR | | | | |
| 500m time trial details | C2 | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | 40.260 | Amanda Reid Australia | 42.147 | Zhenling Song China | 44.237 |
| 500m time trial details | C3 | Megan Giglia Great Britain | 41.761 WR | Denise Schindler Germany | 43.159 | Jamie Whitmore United States | 43.784 |
| 500m time trial details | C4 | Kadeena Cox Great Britain | 37.456 WR | Ruan Jianping China | 37.835 | Katherine Horan New Zealand | 39.730 |
| 500m time trial details | C5 | Jufang Zhou China | 37.389 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | 37.589 | Crystal Lane Great Britain | 37.796 |
| 1km time trial details | 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 details | C1 | Li Jieli China | 4:45.304 | | | | |
| 3km pursuit details | C2 | Zeng Sini China | 4:13.373 | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | 4:14.184 | Daniela Munévar Colombia | |
| 3km pursuit details | C3 | Megan Giglia‡ Great Britain | 4:09.367 | Denise Schindler Germany | 4:13.947 | Simone Kennedy Australia | |
| 3km pursuit details | C4 | Shawn Morelli United States | 3:55.006 WR | Susan Powell Australia | 3:59.279 | Alexandra Lisney Australia | |
| 3km pursuit details | C5 | Sarah Storey‡‡ Great Britain | 3:38.756 | Jufang Zhou China | | Anna Harkowska Poland | |
| 3km pursuit details | 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 details | C1-C3 | Zeng Sini China | | Daniela Munévar Colombia | | Denise Schindler Germany | |
| Scratch race details | C4-C5 | Anna Harkowska Poland | | Sarah Storey Great Britain | | Mariela Delgado Argentina | |
| Mixed events ||||||||
| Team sprint details | 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 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 15 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | 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