The men's road race C4-5 cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on September 17 at Pontal, Rio.

[1] During this race, the Iranian cyclist,Bahman Golbarnezhad suffered a head injury during a collision with a rock on a mountainous stretch of the circuit in Pontal Beach.

[2][3][4] Golbarnezhad was treated on-site, and was in the process of being transported to the athletes' hospital when he died from a cardiac arrest.

[5][6] Following the incident, the flag of Iran was lowered to half-mast in the Paralympic Village, and for the Iranian sitting volleyball victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A period of silence was also held during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.