Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B explained

Event:Men's individual pursuit B
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Izu Velodrome
Dates:25 August 2021
Competitors:28
Teams:14
Nations:10
Gold:Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
Goldnpc:NED
Silvernpc:GBR
Bronze:Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
Bronzenpc:FRA
Prev:2016

The men's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, thus they ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist (also known as the pilot). There will be 14 pairs from 10 different nations competing[1]

Competition format

The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 14 pairs; all 14 pairs will be divided into 7 heats (so 1 heat will consist of 2 pairs). The 2 fastest pairs in the qualifying would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final where they will race head-to-head. The distance of this event is 4000m. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[2]

DateTimeRound
25 August 11:52 Qualifying
14:50 Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
1 6 3:59.470 , WR
2 7 4:02.497
3 6 4:05.042
4 5 4:05.263
5 7 4:06.004
6 5 4:13.238
7 4 4:15.494
8 4 4:27.874
9 3 4:40.453
10 3 4:42.401
11 2 4:42.630
12 2 6:28.302
1
1

Finals

Rank Nation Cyclists Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
Bronze medal final
4:08.126
Marcin Polak
piloted by Michał Ładosz
4:07.850 (DSQ)*

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Result and Start list . 2021-08-24 . 2021-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210824164729/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C51A_CTRMPURSUIT-03031-----QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Cycling Track – Competition Schedule. . 25 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825115531/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73A1_CTRMPURSUIT-03031-----QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825115526/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CTR/PG2020-_CTR_C73A2_CTRMPURSUIT-03031-----FNL---------.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak . paralympic.org . 31 May 2022 . 31 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Polak stripped of Paralympic medal and banned for four years after doping breach . . Eliott . Brennan . 1 June 2022 . 1 June 2022.