Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B

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Men's individual pursuit B
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates25 August 2021
Competitors28 from 10 nations
Teams14
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marcin Polak
piloted by
 Poland
2016

The men's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, thus they ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist (also known as the pilot). There will be 14 pairs from 10 different nations competeing[1]

Competition format[]

The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 14 pairs; all 14 pairs will be divided into 7 heats (so 1 heat will consist of 2 pairs). The 2 fastest pairs in the qualifying would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final where they will race head-to-head. The distance of this event is 4000m. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[2]

Date Time Round
25 August 11:52 Qualifying
14:50 Finals

Records[]

World Record  Marcin Polak
(pilot: ) (POL)
4:03.528 Milton, Canada 31 January 2020
Paralympic Record  Stephen Bate
(pilot: Adam Duggleby) (GBR)
4:08.146 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 September 2016

Results[]

Qualifying[]

Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
1 6  Netherlands Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
3:59.470 QG, WR
2 7  Great Britain Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
4:02.497 QG
3 6  Poland Marcin Polak
piloted by
4:05.042 QB
4 5  France Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
4:05.263 QB
5 7  Netherlands Vincent ter Schure
piloted by Timo Fransen
4:06.004
6 5  Spain
piloted by Eloy Teruel Rovira
4:13.238
7 4  Spain Christian Venge Balboa
piloted by
4:15.494
8 4  Argentina
piloted by
4:27.874
9 3  Singapore
piloted by
4:40.453
10 3  Hungary
piloted by
4:42.401
11 2  Great Britain Neil Fachie
piloted by Matt Rotherham
4:42.630
12 2  Ghana
piloted by
6:28.302
1  Great Britain James Ball
piloted by
DNF
1  Germany
piloted by Robert Förstemann
DNF

Finals[]

Rank Nation Cyclists Result[4] Notes
Gold medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
OVL
Bronze medal final
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland Marcin Polak
piloted by
4:07.850
4  France Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
4:08.126

References[]

  1. ^ Result and Start list
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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