| Event: | Cycling Track – Men's tandem sprint B |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Anna Meares Velodrome |
| Dates: | 7 April |
| Competitors: | 5 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Gold: | Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot) |
| Goldcga: | SCO |
| Silver: | James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot) |
| Silvercga: | WAL |
| Bronze: | Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot) |
| Bronzecga: | AUS |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Men's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, taking place on 7 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | 9.711 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 13 April 2014 | ||
| Games record | 10.050 | Glasgow, Scotland | 26 July 2014 |
The schedule was as follows:[1]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 7 April 2018 | 14:08 | Qualifying | ||
| 14:47 | Semifinals | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 18:32/18:35 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
4 riders will be qualified and seeded for the semifinals according to their times in qualification.[2]
| Rank | Nations | Riders | Time | Behind | Average speed (km/h) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot) | 9.568 | 75.251 | Q, WR, GR | |||
| 2 | James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot) | 10.022 | +0.454 | 71.842 | Q | ||
| 3 | Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot) | 10.037 | +0.469 | 71.735 | Q | ||
| 4 | Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot) | 10.124 | +0.556 | 71.118 | Q | ||
| 5 | Frederick Assor Rudolf Mensah (pilot) | 12.816 | +3.248 | 56.180 |
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon. Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.[3]
| Heat | Rank | Nations | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot) | X | X | QG | |||
| 1 | 2 | Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot) | +0.144 | +1.625 | QB | |||
| 2 | 1 | James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot) | X | X | QG | |||
| 2 | 2 | Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot) | +0.276 | +0.273 | QB |
The final classification is determined in the medal finals.[4]
| Rank | Nations | Riders | Race 1 | Race 2 | Decider (i.r.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze medal final | ||||||
| Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot) | X | X | ||||
| 4 | Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot) | +0.034 | +1.459 | |||
| Gold medal final | ||||||
| Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot) | X | X | ||||
| James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot) | +0.147 | +0.361 | ||||