Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C5

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Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit C5
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates 1 September
Competitors 12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Michael Gallagher Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Jon-Allan Butterworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Liu Xinyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The Men's Individual Pursuit C5 track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September at London Velopark. The race distance was 4 km.

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 Michael Gallagher Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:30.012Q
WR
2 Jon-Allan Butterworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:35.026Q
3 Liu Xinyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4:35.386Q
4 Yegor Dementyev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4:43.881Q
5 Andrea Tarlao Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:44.120
6 Joao Alberto Schwindt Filho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:46.553
7 Wolfgang Eibeck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4:46.999
8 Cathal Miller Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4:49.237
9 Wolfgang Sacher Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4:51.305
10 Rodny Minier Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 4:55.352
11 Soelito Gohr Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:58.061
12 Chris Ross Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5:04.669

Finals

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
Flag of Australia.svg  Michael Gallagher  (AUS) 4:35.297
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jon-Allan Butterworth  (GBR) 4:39.586
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Xinyang  (CHN) 4:38.443
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yegor Dementyev  (UKR) 4:43.683 4

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