Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's road time trial

Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
	mixed
Time trial	men	women
	mixed
Team relay	mixed
Track cycling
Time trial	men	women
Individual pursuit	men	women
Individual sprint	men
Team sprint	mixed

Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Road cycling
Time trial
	Men	Women
Road time trial	B	B
	H1	H1–2
	H2
	H3	H3
	H4	H4
	C1	C1–3
	C2
	C3
	C4	C4
	C5	C5
	Mixed T1–2

The Men's road time trial cycling events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 5 at Brands Hatch.

Classification

Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with "1" being most impaired.

Cycling classes are:^[1]

• B: Blind and visually impaired cyclists use a Tandem bicycle with a sighted pilot on the front
• H 1–4: Cyclists with an impairment that affects their legs use a handcycle
• T 1–2: Cyclists with an impairment that affects their balance use a tricycle
• C 1-5: Cyclists with an impairment that affects their legs, arms and/or trunk but are capable of using a standard bicycle

B

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christian Venge David Llaurado Caldero Spain (ESP)	Ivano Pizzi Lucca Pizzi Italy (ITA)	James Brown Damien Shaw Ireland (IRL)

H1

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mark Rohan Ireland (IRL)	Koby Lion Israel (ISR)	Wolfgang Schattauer Austria (AUT)

H2

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Heinz Frei Switzerland (SUI)	Walter Ablinger Austria (AUT)	Vittorio Podesta Italy (ITA)

H3

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rafal Wilk Poland (POL)	Nigel Barley Australia (AUS)	Bernd Jeffre Germany (GER)

H4

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alessandro Zanardi Italy (ITA)	Norbert Mosandl Germany (GER)	Oscar Sanchez United States (USA)

C1

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael Teuber Germany (GER)	Mark Colbourne Great Britain (GBR)	Li Zhang Yu China (CHN)

C2

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tobias Graf Germany (GER)	Liang Guihua China (CHN)	Maurice Eckhard Tio Spain (ESP)

C3

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Nicholas Australia (AUS)	Joseph Berenyi United States (USA)	Masaki Fujita Japan (JPN)

C4

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jiří Ježek Czech Republic (CZE)	Carol-Eduard Novak Romania (ROU)	Jiri Bouska Czech Republic (CZE)

C5

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yegor Dementyev Ukraine (UKR)	Liu Xinyang China (CHN)	Michael Gallagher Australia (AUS)

References

1. "Cycling Track - Classification". Retrieved 3 June 2012. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)