Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B

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Men's individual pursuit B
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Cycling (track) pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Venue Izu Velodrome
Dates25 August 2021
Competitors28 from 10 nations
Teams14
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
Flag of France.svg  France
2016
2024

The men's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be taking place on 25 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, thus they ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist (also known as the pilot). There will be 14 pairs from 10 different nations competing [1]

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Competition format

The competition starts with a qualifying round where it comprises a head-to-head race between the 14 pairs; all 14 pairs will be divided into 7 heats (so 1 heat will consist of 2 pairs). The 2 fastest pairs in the qualifying would qualify to the gold medal final while the 3rd and 4th fastest will qualify to the bronze medal final where they will race head-to-head. The distance of this event is 4000m. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [2]

DateTimeRound
25 August11:52Qualifying
14:50Finals

Records

World RecordFlag of Poland.svg  Marcin Polak
(pilot: Michał Ładosz) (POL)
4:03.528 Milton, Canada 31 January 2020
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Stephen Bate
(pilot: Adam Duggleby) (GBR)
4:08.146 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

RankHeatNationCyclistsResult [3] Notes
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
3:59.470QG, WR
27Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
4:02.497QG
36Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Marcin Polak
piloted by Michał Ładosz
4:05.042QB
45Flag of France.svg  France Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
4:05.263QB
57Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Vincent ter Schure
piloted by Timo Fransen
4:06.004
65Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Adolfo Bellido Guerrero
piloted by Eloy Teruel Rovira
4:13.238
74Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Christian Venge Balboa
piloted by Noel Martín Infante
4:15.494
84Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Maximiliano Ramon Gomez
piloted by Sebastián José Tolosa
4:27.874
93Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Tee Wee Leong
piloted by Ang Kee Meng
4:40.453
103Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Róbert Ocelka
piloted by Gergely Nagy
4:42.401
112Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Neil Fachie
piloted by Matt Rotherham
4:42.630
122Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Frederick Assor
piloted by Rudolf Mensah
6:28.302
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain James Ball
piloted by Lewis Stewart
DNF
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kai Kruse
piloted by Robert Förstemann
DNF

Finals

RankNationCyclistsResult [4] Notes
Gold medal final
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tristan Bangma
piloted by Patrick Bos
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Stephen Bate
piloted by Adam Duggleby
OVL
Bronze medal final
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Alexandre Lloveras
piloted by Corentin Ermenault
4:08.126
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Marcin Polak
piloted by Michał Ładosz
4:07.850 (DSQ)*

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