Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit B
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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]
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| Venue | Izu Velodrome | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 25 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 14 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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]