Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit B

Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Cycling, Women's Ind. Pursuit B; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	September 2
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Medalists

The Women's Individual Pursuit B track cycling event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place on September 2 at London Velopark. This class was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot. Eleven pairs from nine different nations competed.

The competition began with five head to head races and one unpaired ride between the eleven riders. These races were held over a 3000m course and each rider was given a time for their race. The fastest two riders were advanced to the gold medal final whilst the third and fourth fastest times raced it out for the bronze.

Preliminaries[edit]

WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Phillipa Gray Pilot: Laura Thompson	New Zealand	3:31.530 WR
2	Catherine Walsh Pilot: Francine Meehan	Ireland	3:36.453
3	Aileen McGlynn Pilot: Helen Scott	Great Britain	3:36.930
4	Lora Turnham Pilot: Fiona Duncan	Great Britain	3:37.085
5	Katie George Dunlevy Pilot: Sandra Fitzgerald	Ireland	3:42.445
6	Josefa Benitez Guzman Pilot: Maria Noriega	Spain	3:43.335
7	Robbi Weldon Pilot: Lyne Bessette	Canada	3:45.698
8	Henrike Handrup Pilot: Ellen Heiny	Germany	3:46.697
9	Felicity Johnson Pilot: Stephanie Morton	Australia	3:51.103
10	Iryna Fiadotova Pilot: Alena Drazdova	Belarus	4:01.417
11	Adamantia Chalkiadaki Pilot: Argyro Milaki	Greece	4:01.449