The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on September 8. This class is for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Sixteen pairs from 11 different nations compete.Rio 2016 - Paralympics, Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit
The competition will begin with eight head to head races between the 16 riders. These races were held over a 4000m course and each rider is given a time for their race. The fastest two riders are advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times race it out for the bronze. The medal finals are held on the same day as the heats.
Records
Preliminaries Q = Qualifier for gold final Qb = Qualifier for bronze final PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record RankName Country Time Avg. Speed Notes 1 Steve Batepilot : Adam Duggleby 4:08.146 58.03 WR Q 2 Vincent Ter Schurepilot : Timo Fransen 4:09.527 57.709 Q 3 Ignacio Avila Rodriguezpilot : Joan Font Bertoli 4:13.536 56.796 Qb 4 Stephen de Vriespilot : Patrick Bos 4:14.018 56.688 Qb 5 Matt Formstonpilot : Nicholas Yallouris 4:14.258 56.635 6 Kieran Modrapilot : David Edwards 4:14.339 56.617 7 Carlos Gonzalez Garciapilot : Noel Martin Infante 4:19.752 55.437 8 Damien Verekerpilot : Sean Hahessy 4:20.139 55.355 9 Daniel Chalifourpilot : Jean-Michel Lachance 4:24.129 54.518 10 Przemyslaw Wegnerpilot : Artur Korc 4:26.972 53.938 11 Marcin Polakpilot : Michał Ładosz 4:27.997 53.731 12 Raul Villalbapilot : Ezequiel Romero 4:43.986 50.706 13 Kai-Christian Krusepilot : Stefan Nimke 4:45.603 50.419 14 Muhammad Rizanpilot : Mohd Faizal Mohamed Noh 4:51.906 49.33 15 Arnold Csaba Butupilot : Laszlo Garamszegi 5:00.716 47.885 16 Athanasios Barakaspilot : Konstantinos Troulinos 5:03.979 47.371
Finals Gold medal match Name Time Rank 4:08.631 4:10.294 Bronze medal match Name Time Rank 4:15.769 4:16.674 4
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