Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B explained

Event:Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates:30 August
Competitors:8
Nations:6
Gold:Kieran Modra
Scott McPhee
Goldnpc:AUS
Silver:Bryce Lindores
Sean Finning
Silvernpc:AUS
Bronze:Miguel Angel Clemente Solano
Diego Javier Munoz
Bronzenpc:ESP

The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eight pairs from six different nations competed.

The competition began with four head to head races between the eight riders. These races were held over a 4000m course and each rider was given a time for their race. The fastest two riders were advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times raced it out for the bronze.

Preliminaries

Q = QualifierPR = Paralympic RecordWR = World Record

width=20Rank!width=180Name !Country Time
1Kieran Modra
Pilot

Scott McPhee

4:18.752
2Bryce Lindores
Pilot: Sean Finning
4:21.219
3Miguel Angel Clemente Solano
Pilot: Diego Javier Munoz
4:24.539
4James Brown
Pilot: Damien Shaw
4:25.557
5Christian Venge
Pilot: David Llaurado Caldero
4:27.997
6Clark Rachfal
Pilot: David Swanson
4:28.030
7Daniel Chalifour
Pilot: Alexandre Cloutier
4:28.648
8Alberto Lujan Nattkemper
Pilot: Jonatan Ithurrart
5:09.568

Finals

Gold medal match
NameTimeRank

Pilot:
4:17.756 WR

Pilot:
4:22.269
Bronze medal match
NameTimeRank

Pilot:
4:24.015

Pilot:
4:26.0754

References