Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B

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Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
DatesSeptember 2
Competitors11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Phillipa Gray
Laura Thompson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg Catherine Walsh
Francine Meehan
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Bronze medal icon.svg Aileen McGlynn
Helen Scott
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

The Women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 2 at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eleven pairs from nine different nations competed.

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The competition began with five head to head races and one unpaired ride between the eleven riders. These races were held over a 3000m course and each rider was given a time for their race. The fastest two riders were advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times raced it out for the bronze.

Preliminaries

WR = World Record

RankNameCountryTime
1 Phillipa Gray
Pilot: Laura Thompson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3:31.530
WR
2 Catherine Walsh
Pilot: Francine Meehan
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:36.453
3 Aileen McGlynn
Pilot: Helen Scott
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:36.930
4 Lora Turnham
Pilot: Fiona Duncan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:37.085
5 Katie George Dunlevy
Pilot: Sandra Fitzgerald
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:42.445
6 Josefa Benitez Guzman
Pilot: Maria Noriega
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:43.335
7 Robbi Weldon
Pilot: Lyne Bessette
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:45.698
8 Henrike Handrup
Pilot: Ellen Heiny
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:46.697
9 Felicity Johnson
Pilot: Stephanie Morton
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:51.103
10 Iryna Fiadotova
Pilot: Alena Drazdova
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 4:01.417
11 Adamantia Chalkiadaki
Pilot: Argyro Milaki
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4:01.449

Finals

Gold medal match
NameTimeRank
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Phillipa Gray  (NZL)
Pilot: Flag of New Zealand.svg  Laura Thompson  (NZL)
3:32.243Gold medal icon.svg
Flag of Ireland.svg  Catherine Walsh  (IRL)
Pilot: Flag of Ireland.svg  Francine Meehan  (IRL)
3:36.360Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal match
NameTimeRank
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Aileen McGlynn  (GBR)
Pilot: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Helen Scott  (GBR)
3:40.138Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lora Turnham  (GBR)
Pilot: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Fiona Duncan  (GBR)
3:41.1474

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