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.[1]
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| Venue | Rio Olympic Velodrome | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
| Team relay | mixed | |
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| Time trial | men | women |
| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Team sprint | mixed | |
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| Individual pursuit | ||
| Men | Women | |
| B | B | |
| C1 | C1–3 | |
| C2 | ||
| C3 | ||
| C4 | C4 | |
| C5 | C5 | |
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
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Paralympic Games records were as follows.
| World Record | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Matt Formston(pilot: Michael Curran (AUS) | 4:11.213 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 10 April 2014 [2] |
| Paralympic Record |  Kieran Modra(pilot: Scott Mcphee) (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 : 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 : Michal Ladosz |
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 |
References
- Rio 2016 - Paralympics, Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit
- UCI Para-Cycling World Records
- "UCI Paralympics Games Records" (PDF). CUI. September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.