Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C3

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Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit C3
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates31 August
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Joseph Berenyi Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Shaun McKeown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Darren Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The Men's Individual Pursuit C3 track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 31 August at London Velopark. The race distance was 3 km.

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Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

RankNameCountryTime
1 Joseph Berenyi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:36.148Q
WR
2 Shaun McKeown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:36.427Q
3 David Nicholas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:36.757Q
4 Darren Kenny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:37.977Q
5 Alexsey Obydennov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:43.244
6 Juan Emilio Gutierrez Berenguel Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:44.303
7 Enda Smyth Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:47.542
8 Nathan Smith Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:48.555
9 Masaki Fujita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:51.743
10 Kris Bosmans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:52.453
11 Jin Yong Sik Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:57.694
12 Steffen Warias Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:58.919

Finals

Gold medal match
NameTimeRank
Flag of the United States.svg  Joseph Berenyi  (USA)3:37.912Gold medal icon.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Shaun McKeown  (GBR)3:38.637Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal match
NameTimeRank
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Darren Kenny  (GBR)3:35.257 WR Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of Australia.svg  David Nicholas  (AUS)3:38.8004

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