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

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.

Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL 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) Miguel Angel Clemente Solano
Diego Javier Munoz
 Spain

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 edit

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 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 edit

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
  Kieran Modra (AUS)
Pilot:   Scott McPhee (AUS)
4:17.756 WR  
  Bryce Lindores (AUS)
Pilot:   Sean Finning (AUS)
4:22.269  
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
  Miguel Angel Clemente Solano (ESP)
Pilot:   Diego Javier Munoz (ESP)
4:24.015  
  James Brown (IRL)
Pilot:   Damien Shaw (IRL)
4:26.075 4

References edit

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