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

Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
DatesAugust 30
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
   Australia
   Australia
   Spain
Cycling at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Track cycling
Individual pursuit
Men Women
Individual pursuit   B B
C1 C1–3
C2
C3
C4 C4
C5 C5

The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on August 30 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 = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

RankName Country Time
1 Kieran Modra
Pilot: Scott McPhee
Australia 4:18.752
2 Bryce Lindores
Pilot: Sean Finning
Australia 4:21.219
3 Miguel Angel Clemente Solano
Pilot: Diego Javier Munoz
Spain 4:24.539
4 James Brown
Pilot: Damien Shaw
Ireland 4:25.557
5 Christian Venge
Pilot: David Llaurado Caldero
Spain 4:27.997
6 Clark Rachfal
Pilot: David Swanson
United States 4:28.030
7 Daniel Chalifour
Pilot: Alexandre Cloutier
Canada 4:28.648
8 Alberto Lujan Nattkemper
Pilot: Jonatan Ithurrart
Argentina 5:09.568

Finals

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
 Kieran Modra (AUS)
Pilot:  Scott McPhee (AUS)
4:17.756 WR 1st
 Bryce Lindores (AUS)
Pilot:  Sean Finning (AUS)
4:22.269 2nd
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Miguel Angel Clemente Solano (ESP)
Pilot:  Diego Javier Munoz (ESP)
4:24.015 3rd
 James Brown (IRL)
Pilot:  Damien Shaw (IRL)
4:26.075 4

References


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