Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B at the XV Paralympic Games |
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Venue | Rio Olympic Velodrome | ||||||||||||
Dates | September 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Steve Bate pilot : Adam Duggleby |
Great Britain | ||
Vincent Ter Schure pilot : Timo Fransen |
Netherlands | ||
Stephen De Vries pilot : Patrick Bos |
Netherlands |
Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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List of cyclists | ||
Road cycling |
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Road race | men | women |
Time trial | men | women |
Team relay | mixed | |
Track cycling |
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Time trial | men | women |
Individual pursuit | men | women |
Team sprint | mixed |
Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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Track cycling |
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Individual pursuit | |
Men | Women |
B | B |
C1 | C1–3 |
C2 | |
C3 | |
C4 | C4 |
C5 | C5 |
The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics will take 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.
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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Paralympic Games records were as follows.
Q = Qualifier for gold final Qb = Qualifier for bronze final PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record