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

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)


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