Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's time trial B

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Women's individual pursuit B
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg
VenueIzu Velodrome
Dates28 August 2021
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Winning time58.038
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Neil Fachie  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) James Ball  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raphaël Beaugillet  France
2016

The men's time trial class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 28 August 2021 in the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, they will then ride with tandem bicycles together with a sighted cyclist (also known as the pilot). There will be 10 pairs from 9 different nations competing.[1]

Competition format[]

The 10 pairs are placed into their own heats individually (1 heat including 1 pair) where they will then do a time trial basis where the fastest pair would win gold, 2nd fastest a silver, and 3rd fastest a bronze. The distance of this event is 1000m.

Schedule[]

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

Date Time Round
Thursday, 26 August 11:08 Finals

Records[]

World Record  Neil Fachie
(pilot: Matt Rotherham) (GBR)
59.278 Manchester, United Kingdom 25 January 2019
Paralympic Record  Tristan Bangma
(pilot: Teun Mulder) (NED)
59.822 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11 September 2016

Results[]

Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10  Great Britain Neil Fachie
piloted by Matt Rotherham
58.038 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9  Great Britain James Ball
piloted by
59.503
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7  France Raphaël Beaugillet
piloted by François Pervis
1:00.472
4 8  Germany
piloted by Robert Förstemann
1:00.554
5 6  Ireland
piloted by Éamonn Byrne
1:01.545
6 5  Spain
piloted by Eloy Teruel Rovira
1:04.061
7 4  Argentina
piloted by
1:05.178
8 3  Singapore
piloted by
1:10.886
9 2  Hungary
piloted by
1:12.388
10 1  Ghana
piloted by
1:24.618

References[]

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track – Men's B 1000m Time Trial – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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