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

Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates 30 August
Competitors 8 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Kieran Modra
Scott McPhee
 Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bryce Lindores
Sean Finning
 Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Miguel Angel Clemente Solano
Diego Javier Munoz
 Spain

The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 30 August 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

RankNameCountryTime
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, gold medalist(s)
 Bryce Lindores (AUS)
Pilot:  Sean Finning (AUS)
4:22.269 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Miguel Angel Clemente Solano (ESP)
Pilot:  Diego Javier Munoz (ESP)
4:24.015 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
 James Brown (IRL)
Pilot:  Damien Shaw (IRL)
4:26.075 4

References

  • "Schedule & Results - Cycling Track". LOCOG. Retrieved 2012-09-05.


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