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

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Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue
ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates30 August
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kieran Modra
Scott McPhee
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bryce Lindores
Sean Finning
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Diego Javier Munoz
 Spain

The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the

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

Rank Name Country Time
1 Kieran Modra
Pilot: Scott McPhee
 Australia 4:18.752
2 Bryce Lindores
Pilot: Sean Finning
 Australia 4:21.219
3
Diego Javier Munoz
 Spain 4:24.539
4 James Brown
Pilot: Damien Shaw
 Ireland 4:25.557
5
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 place, gold medalist(s)
 Bryce Lindores (AUS)
Pilot:  Sean Finning (AUS)
4:22.269 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 
Diego Javier Munoz (ESP
)
4:24.015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 James Brown (IRL)
Pilot:  Damien Shaw (IRL)
4:26.075 4

References

  • "Schedule & Results - Cycling Track". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.