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

Cycling at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
List of cyclists
Road
cycling
Road race men women
mixed
Time trial men women
mixed
Team relay mixed
Track
cycling
Time trial   men women
Individual pursuit   men women
Individual sprint men
Team sprint mixed
Cycling at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Track cycling
Individual pursuit
Men Women
Individual pursuit   B B
C1 C1–3
C2
C3
C4 C4
C5 C5

The Men's individual pursuit events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on August 30–September 1 at London Velopark.

Classification

Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with "1" being most impaired.

Pursuit cycling classes are:[1]

B

The men's 4 km individual pursuit (B) took place on August 30.

Gold Silver Bronze
Kieran Modra
Pilot: Scott McPhee
 
Australia
Bryce Lindores
Pilot: Sean Finning
 
Australia
Miguel Angel Clemente Solano
Pilot: Diego Javier Munoz
 
Spain

C1

The men's 3 km individual pursuit (C1) took place on August 31.

Gold Silver Bronze
Mark Lee Colbourne
 Great Britain
Li Zhang Yu
 China
Rodrigo Fernando Lopez
 Argentina

C2

The men's 3 km individual pursuit (C2) took place on August 31.

Gold Silver Bronze
Liang Guihua
 China
Tobias Graf
 Germany
Laurent Thirionet
 France

C3

The men's 3 km individual pursuit (C3) took place on August 31.

Gold Silver Bronze
Joseph Berenyi
 United States
Shaun McKeown
 Great Britain
Darren Kenny
 Great Britain

C4

The men's 4 km individual pursuit (C4) took place on September 1.

Gold Silver Bronze
Carol-Eduard Novak
 Romania
Jiri Jezek
 Czech Republic
Jody Cundy
 Great Britain

C5

The men's 4 km individual pursuit (C5) took place on September 1.

Gold Silver Bronze
Michael Gallagher
 Australia
Jon-Allan Butterworth
 Great Britain
Liu Xinyang
 China

References

  1. "Cycling Track - Classification". Retrieved 3 June 2012. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)


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