Cycling, Women's 500m time trial C4-5 at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | September 1 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 14 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 36.997 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Time trial - Kilo | ||
Men | Women | |
B | B | |
C1–3 | ||
C4–5 | ||
Time trial - 500 m | ||
C1–3 | ||
C4–5 | ||
The Women's 500m time trial, Classes 1-3 track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 1 at London Velopark.
WR = World Record
Rank | Name | Country | Class | Factored Time |
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Sarah Storey | Great Britain | C5 | 36.997 | |
Jennifer Schuble | United States | C5 | 37.941 | |
Ruan Jianping | China | C4 | 38.194 WR | |
4 | Anna Harkowska | Poland | C5 | 39.599 |
5 | Greta Neimanas | United States | C5 | 39.621 |
6 | Susan Powell | Australia | C4 | 39.702 |
7 | Fiona Southorn | New Zealand | C5 | 41.796 |
8 | Alexandra Green | Australia | C4 | 42.095 |
9 | Megan Fisher | United States | C4 | 42.178 |
10 | Marie-Claude Molnar | Canada | C4 | 42.228 |
11 | Roxanne Burns | South Africa | C4 | 42.621 |
12 | Kerstin Brachtendorf | Germany | C5 | 43.186 |
13 | Annina Schillig | Switzerland | C5 | 43.248 |
14 | Sara Tretola | Switzerland | C5 | 44.122 |
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