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

Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
DatesSeptember 2
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
   New Zealand
   Ireland
   Great Britain
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 Women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 2 at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eleven pairs from nine different nations competed.

The competition began with five head to head races and one unpaired ride between the eleven riders. These races were held over a 3000m 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

WR = World Record

RankName Country Time
1 Phillipa Gray
Pilot: Laura Thompson
New Zealand 3:31.530
WR
2 Catherine Walsh
Pilot: Francine Meehan
Ireland 3:36.453
3 Aileen McGlynn
Pilot: Helen Scott
Great Britain 3:36.930
4 Lora Turnham
Pilot: Fiona Duncan
Great Britain 3:37.085
5 Katie George Dunlevy
Pilot: Sandra Fitzgerald
Ireland 3:42.445
6 Josefa Benitez Guzman
Pilot: Maria Noriega
Spain 3:43.335
7 Robbi Weldon
Pilot: Lyne Bessette
Canada 3:45.698
8 Henrike Handrup
Pilot: Ellen Heiny
Germany 3:46.697
9 Felicity Johnson
Pilot: Stephanie Morton
Australia 3:51.103
10 Iryna Fiadotova
Pilot: Alena Drazdova
Belarus 4:01.417
11 Adamantia Chalkiadaki
Pilot: Argyro Milaki
Greece 4:01.449

Finals

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
 Phillipa Gray (NZL)
Pilot:  Laura Thompson (NZL)
3:32.243 1st
 Catherine Walsh (IRL)
Pilot:  Francine Meehan (IRL)
3:36.360 2nd
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Aileen McGlynn (GBR)
Pilot:  Helen Scott (GBR)
3:40.138 3rd
 Lora Turnham (GBR)
Pilot:  Fiona Duncan (GBR)
3:41.147 4

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