Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit C1–3 explained

Event:Women's Individual Pursuit C 1-3
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:London Velopark
Date:30 August
Competitors:10
Nations:8
Gold:Sini Zeng
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Simone Kennedy
Silvernpc:AUS
Bronze:Allison Jones
Bronzenpc:USA

The women's C1–3 individual pursuit event in cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 30 August at the London Velopark. Ten riders from eight nations competed.

The competition began with five head to head races between the ten riders. These races were held over a 3000 m 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.

The gold medal was eventually won by Zeng Sini of China, while Simone Kennedy of Australia took the silver and Allison Jones of the United States took bronze.

Qualification

Rank Athlete Nationality Class Time
1 C2 4:19.841
2 C3 4:23.450
3 C3 4:24.589
4 C2 4:28.504
5 C2 4:30.507
6 C2 4:34.515
7 C2 4:38.537
8 C1 4:40.123
9 Tereza DiepoldovaC2 4:47.356
10 C2 5:05.697

Bronze medal race

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Average speed
4:27.793 40.329 km/h
4 4:31.117 39.835 km/h

Gold medal race

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Average speed
Zeng Sini 4:20.820 41.407 km/h
4:24.893 40.771 km/h

References

Official London 2012 Summer Paralympics Results