Venue Rio Olympic Velodrome Competitors 16 from 11 nations | Dates September 8, 2016 | |
The Men's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics will take 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.
Contents
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
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Paralympic Games records were as follows.
Preliminaries
Q = Qualifier for gold final Qb = Qualifier for bronze final PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record