Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C2

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Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit C2
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates 31 August
Competitors 12 from 10 nations
Medalists
Liang Guihua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Tobias Graf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Laurent Thirionet Flag of France.svg  France

The Men's Individual Pursuit C2 track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 31 August at London Velopark. The race distance was 3 km long.

2012 Summer Paralympics sportive event

The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012. These Paralympics were one of the largest multi-sport events ever held in the United Kingdom after the 2012 Summer Olympics, and until the date the largest Paralympics ever: 4,302 athletes from 164 National Paralympic Committees participated, with fourteen countries appearing in the Paralympics for the first time ever.

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Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record

RankName Country Time
1 Liang Guihua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:45.828Q
WR
2 Tobias Graf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:47.799Q
3 Laurent Thirionet Flag of France.svg  France 3:52.955Q
4 Colin Lynch Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:54.946Q
5 Alvaro Galvis Becerra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3:55.618
6 Maurice Eckhard Tio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:57.369
7 Michal Stark Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:00.840
8 Ivo Koblasa Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4:04.679
9 Xie Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:11.586
10 Jaco Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4:12.794
11 Victor Hugo Garrido Marquez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:13.127
12 Arnold Boldt Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 4:13.458

Finals

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Guihua  (CHN) 3:45.243 WR
Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Graf  (GER) 3:48.248
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
Flag of France.svg  Laurent Thirionet  (FRA) 3:53.547
Flag of Ireland.svg  Colin Lynch  (IRL) 3:53.667 4

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