| 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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Track cycling | ||
| Time trial | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 1 km time trial | B | B |
| C1–3 | ||
| C4–5 | ||
| 500 m time trial | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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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