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

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]

Men's individual pursuit B at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Izu Velodrome
Dates	25 August 2021
Competitors	28 from 10 nations
Teams	14
Medalists
Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos  Netherlands Stephen Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby  Great Britain Alexandre Lloveras piloted by Corentin Ermenault  France
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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]

Date	Time	Round
25 August	11:52	Qualifying
	14:50	Finals

Records

World Record	Marcin Polak (pilot: Michał Ładosz) (POL)	4:03.528	Milton, Canada	31 January 2020
Paralympic Record	Stephen Bate (pilot: Adam Duggleby) (GBR)	4:08.146	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8 September 2016

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Heat	Nation	Cyclists	Result[3]	Notes
1	6	Netherlands	Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos	3:59.470	QG, WR
2	7	Great Britain	Stephen Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby	4:02.497	QG
3	6	Poland	Marcin Polak piloted by Michał Ładosz	4:05.042	QB
4	5	France	Alexandre Lloveras piloted by Corentin Ermenault	4:05.263	QB
5	7	Netherlands	Vincent ter Schure piloted by Timo Fransen	4:06.004
6	5	Spain	Adolfo Bellido Guerrero piloted by Eloy Teruel Rovira	4:13.238
7	4	Spain	Christian Venge Balboa piloted by Noel Martín Infante	4:15.494
8	4	Argentina	Maximiliano Ramon Gomez piloted by Sebastián José Tolosa	4:27.874
9	3	Singapore	Tee Wee Leong piloted by Ang Kee Meng	4:40.453
10	3	Hungary	Róbert Ocelka piloted by Gergely Nagy	4:42.401
11	2	Great Britain	Neil Fachie piloted by Matt Rotherham	4:42.630
12	2	Ghana	Frederick Assor piloted by Rudolf Mensah	6:28.302
	1	Great Britain	James Ball piloted by Lewis Stewart	DNF
	1	Germany	Kai Kruse piloted by Robert Förstemann	DNF

Finals

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Result[4]	Notes
Gold medal final
	Netherlands	Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos
	Great Britain	Stephen Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby	OVL
Bronze medal final
	France	Alexandre Lloveras piloted by Corentin Ermenault	4:08.126
	Poland	Marcin Polak piloted by Michał Ładosz	4:07.850 (DSQ)*

• Marcin Polak finished third, but was suspended and stripped of his bronze medal due to a failed doping test.^[5][6]

References

1. "Result and Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
2. "Cycling Track – Competition Schedule". TOCOG. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
3. "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Qualifying – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
4. "Cycling Track – Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
5. "UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak". paralympic.org. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
6. Brennan, Eliott (1 June 2022). "Polak stripped of Paralympic medal and banned for four years after doping breach". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 1 June 2022.