Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B
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{{Infobox Paralympic event
|event = Cycling, Men's Ind. Pursuit B
|games = 2016 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Rio Olympic Velodrome
|dates = September 8, 2016
|competitors = 16
|nations = 11
|win_value =
|gold = Steve Bate
pilot : Adam Duggleby
|goldNPC = GBR
|silver = Vincent Ter Schure
pilot : Timo Fransen
|silverNPC = NED
|bronze = Stephen De Vries
pilot : Patrick Bos
|bronzeNPC = NED
|prev = 2012
|next = 2020
}}
{{CyclingAt2016SummerParalympics}}
{{CyclingAt2016SummerParalympicsPursuit}}
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.[https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/rio-2016/eng/ze/engze_cycling-track-entries-by-event-men-s-b-4000m-individual-pursuit.htm 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
{{World Paralympic Record
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Matt Formston
(pilot: Michael Curran|AUS}}
| world_mark = 4:11.213
| world_place = Aguascalientes, Mexico
| world_date = 10 April 2014 [http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/News/16/59/08/HistoriquedesRecords_Men_20160830_Neutral.pdf UCI Para-Cycling World Records]
| paralympic_athlete = {{flagIPCathlete|Kieran Modra
(pilot: Scott Mcphee)|AUS|2012 Summer}}
| paralympic_mark = 4:17.756
| paralympic_place = London, Great Britain
| paralympic_date = 30 August 2012 {{cite news | url = http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/News/16/94/54/HistoriquedesRecords_ParalympicsMen_20160101_Neutral.pdf | publisher = CUI | accessdate = September 5, 2016 | date = September 5, 2016 | title = UCI Paralympics Games Records }}
}}
Preliminaries
Q = Qualifier for gold final
Qb = Qualifier for bronze final
PR = Paralympic Record
WR = World Record
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| width=20|Rank | width=180|Name | Country | Time | Avg. Speed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=right| 1 | Steve Bate pilot : Adam Duggleby | {{flagIPC|GBR|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:08.146 | align=right| 58.03 | align=right| WR Q | |||
| align=right| 2 | Vincent Ter Schure pilot : Timo Fransen | {{flagIPC|NED|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:09.527 | align=right| 57.709 | align=right| Q | |||
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| align=right| 3 | Ignacio Avila Rodriguez pilot : Joan Font Bertoli | {{flagIPC|ESP|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:13.536 | align=right| 56.796 | align=right| Qb | |||
| align=right| 4 | Stephen de Vries pilot : Patrick Bos | {{flagIPC|NED|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:14.018 | align=right| 56.688 | align=right| Qb | |||
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|colspan="6"| | |||||
| align=right| 5 | Matthew Formston pilot : Nicholas Yallouris | {{flagIPC|AUS|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:14.258 | align=right| 56.635 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 6 | Kieran Modra pilot : David Edwards | {{flagIPC|AUS|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:14.339 | align=right| 56.617 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 7 | Carlos Gonzalez Garcia pilot : Noel Martin Infante | {{flagIPC|ESP|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:19.752 | align=right| 55.437 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 8 | Damien Vereker pilot : Sean Hahessy | {{flagIPC|IRL|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:20.139 | align=right| 55.355 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 9 | Daniel Chalifour pilot : Jean-Michel Lachance | {{flagIPC|CAN|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:24.129 | align=right| 54.518 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 10 | Przemyslaw Wegner pilot : Artur Korc | {{flagIPC|POL|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:26.972 | align=right| 53.938 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 11 | Marcin Polak pilot : Michał Ładosz | {{flagIPC|POL|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:27.997 | align=right| 53.731 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 12 | Raul Villalba pilot : Ezequiel Romero | {{flagIPC|ARG|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:43.986 | align=right| 50.706 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 13 | Kai-Christian Kruse pilot : Stefan Nimke | {{flagIPC|GER|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:45.603 | align=right| 50.419 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 14 | Muhammad Rizan pilot : Mohd Faizal Mohamed Noh | {{flagIPC|MAS|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 4:51.906 | align=right| 49.33 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 15 | Arnold Csaba Butu pilot : Laszlo Garamszegi | {{flagIPC|HUN|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 5:00.716 | align=right| 47.885 | align=right| | |||
| align=right| 16 | Athanasios Barakas pilot : Konstantinos Troulinos | {{flagIPC|GRE|2016 Summer}}
| align=right| 5:03.979 | align=right| 47.371 | align=right| |
Finals
;Gold medal match
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="width:20em"| Name !style="width:7em"| Time ! Rank |
| align="left" | {{flagIPCathlete|Stephen Bate (Pilot : Adam Duggleby)|GBR|2016 Summer}} | 4:08.631 | {{gold1}} |
| align="left" | {{flagIPCathlete|Vincent Ter Schure (Pilot : Timo Fransen)|NED|2016 Summer}} | 4:10.294 | {{silver2}} |
;Bronze medal match
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="width:20em"| Name !style="width:7em"| Time ! Rank |
| align="left" | {{flagIPCathlete|Stephen De Vries (Pilot : Patrick Bos)|NED|2016 Summer}} | 4:15.769 | {{bronze3}} |
| align="left" | {{flagIPCathlete|Ignacio Avila Rodriguez (Pilot : Joan Font Bertoli)|ESP|2016 Summer}} | 4:16.674 | 4 |
References
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