Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B
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Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Rio Olympic Velodrome | ||||||||||||
Dates | September 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Road cycling![]() | ||
Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Team relay | mixed | |
Track cycling![]() | ||
Time trial | men | women |
Individual pursuit | men | women |
Team sprint | mixed | |
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Individual pursuit | ||
Men | Women | |
B | B | |
C1 | C1–3 | |
C2 | ||
C3 | ||
C4 | C4 | |
C5 | C5 | |
The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on September 8. This class is for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Sixteen pairs from 11 different nations compete.[1]
The competition will begin with eight head to head races between the 16 riders. These races were held over a 4000m course and each rider is given a time for their race. The fastest two riders are advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times race it out for the bronze. The medal finals are held on the same day as the heats.
Records
[edit]World Record | ![]() (pilot: Michael Curran (AUS) |
4:11.213 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 10 April 2014 [2] |
Paralympic Record | ![]() (pilot: Scott Mcphee) (AUS) |
4:17.756 | London, Great Britain | 30 August 2012 [3] |
Preliminaries
[edit]Q = Qualifier for gold final Qb = Qualifier for bronze final PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record
Finals
[edit]- Gold medal match
Name | Time | Rank |
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![]() (Pilot : Adam Duggleby) (GBR) |
4:08.631 | ![]() |
![]() (Pilot : Timo Fransen) (NED) |
4:10.294 | ![]() |
- Bronze medal match
Name | Time | Rank |
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![]() (Pilot : Patrick Bos) (NED) |
4:15.769 | ![]() |
![]() (Pilot : Joan Font Bertoli) (ESP) |
4:16.674 | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Rio 2016 - Paralympics, Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit
- ^ UCI Para-Cycling World Records
- ^ "UCI Paralympics Games Records" (PDF). CUI. September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.