The men's individual pursuit C3 took place on 8 September 2016.
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
Q: Qualifier for Gold medal final Qb: Qualifier for Bronze medal final WR: World Record PR: Paralympic Record