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

Men's individual pursuit B at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Izu Velodrome
Dates	25 August 2021
Competitors	28 from 10 nations
Teams	14
Medalists
Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos  Netherlands Stephen Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby  Great Britain Marcin Polak piloted by  Poland
←2016

Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Team relay	mixed
Track cycling
Time trial	men	women
Individual pursuit	men	women
Team sprint	mixed
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Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Track cycling
Time trial
	Men	Women
	B	B
	C1–3	C1–3
	C4–5	C4–5
Individual pursuit
	Men	Women
	B	B
	C1	C1–3
	C2
	C3
	C4	C4
	C5	C5
Mixed team sprint
	C1-5
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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]

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
	Netherlands	Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos
	Great Britain	Stephen Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby	OVL
Bronze medal final
	Poland	Marcin Polak piloted by	4:07.850
4	France	Alexandre Lloveras piloted by Corentin Ermenault	4:08.126

References[]