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

Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XV Paralympic Games
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
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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.^[1]

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	(pilot: (AUS)	4:11.213	Aguascalientes, Mexico	10 April 2014 ^[2]
Paralympic Record	Kieran Modra (pilot: ) (AUS)	4:17.756	London, Great Britain	30 August 2012 ^[3]

Preliminaries[]

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Avg. Spped	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 :	Spain	4:13.536	56.796	Qb
4	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	pilot :	Spain	4:19.752	55.437
8	pilot :	Ireland	4:20.139	55.355
9	Daniel Chalifour pilot :	Canada	4:24.129	54.518
10	pilot :	Poland	4:26.972	53.938
11	Marcin Polak pilot :	Poland	4:27.997	53.731
12	pilot :	Argentina	4:43.986	50.706
13	pilot : Stefan Nimke	Germany	4:45.603	50.419
14	pilot :	Malaysia	4:51.906	49.33
15	pilot :	Hungary	5:00.716	47.885
16	Athanasios Barakas pilot :	Greece	5:03.979	47.371