Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B

The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on September 8. This class is for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Sixteen pairs from 11 different nations compete.

Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Rio Olympic Velodrome
Dates	September 8, 2016
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Medalists
Steve Bate pilot : Adam Duggleby  Great Britain Vincent Ter Schure pilot : Timo Fransen  Netherlands Stephen De Vries pilot : Patrick Bos  Netherlands

The competition will begin with eight head to head races between the 16 riders. These races were held over a 4000m course and each rider is given a time for their race. The fastest two riders are advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times race it out for the bronze. The medal finals are held on the same day as the heats.

Records

World Record	Matt Formston (pilot: Michael Curran (AUS)	4:11.213	Aguascalientes, Mexico	10 April 2014
Paralympic Record	Kieran Modra (pilot: Scott Mcphee) (AUS)	4:17.756	London, Great Britain	30 August 2012

Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier for gold final Qb = Qualifier for bronze final PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Avg. Speed	Notes
1	Steve Bate pilot : Adam Duggleby	Great Britain	4:08.146	58.03	WR Q
2	Vincent Ter Schure pilot : Timo Fransen	Netherlands	4:09.527	57.709	Q
3	Ignacio Avila Rodriguez pilot : Joan Font Bertoli	Spain	4:13.536	56.796	Qb
4	Stephen de Vries pilot : Patrick Bos	Netherlands	4:14.018	56.688	Qb
5	Matthew Formston pilot : Nicholas Yallouris	Australia	4:14.258	56.635
6	Kieran Modra pilot : David Edwards	Australia	4:14.339	56.617
7	Carlos Gonzalez Garcia pilot : Noel Martin Infante	Spain	4:19.752	55.437
8	Damien Vereker pilot : Sean Hahessy	Ireland	4:20.139	55.355
9	Daniel Chalifour pilot : Jean-Michel Lachance	Canada	4:24.129	54.518
10	Przemyslaw Wegner pilot : Artur Korc	Poland	4:26.972	53.938
11	Marcin Polak pilot : Michał Ładosz	Poland	4:27.997	53.731
12	Raul Villalba pilot : Ezequiel Romero	Argentina	4:43.986	50.706
13	Kai-Christian Kruse pilot : Stefan Nimke	Germany	4:45.603	50.419
14	Muhammad Rizan pilot : Mohd Faizal Mohamed Noh	Malaysia	4:51.906	49.33
15	Arnold Csaba Butu pilot : Laszlo Garamszegi	Hungary	5:00.716	47.885
16	Athanasios Barakas pilot : Konstantinos Troulinos	Greece	5:03.979	47.371

Finals

Gold medal match

Name	Time	Rank
Stephen Bate (Pilot : Adam Duggleby) (GBR)	4:08.631
Vincent Ter Schure (Pilot : Timo Fransen) (NED)	4:10.294

Bronze medal match

Name	Time	Rank
Stephen De Vries (Pilot : Patrick Bos) (NED)	4:15.769
Ignacio Avila Rodriguez (Pilot : Joan Font Bertoli) (ESP)	4:16.674	4