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

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)

Date Time Round25 August 11:52 Qualifying 14:50 Finals

Records

Results Qualifying Rank Heat Nation Cyclists Result Notes 1 6 Tristan Bangmapiloted by Patrick Bos 3:59.470 , WR 2 7 Stephen Batepiloted by Adam Duggleby 4:02.497 3 6 Marcin Polakpiloted by Michał Ładosz 4:05.042 4 5 Alexandre Lloveraspiloted by Corentin Ermenault 4:05.263 5 7 Vincent ter Schurepiloted by Timo Fransen 4:06.004 6 5 Adolfo Bellido Guerreropiloted by Eloy Teruel Rovira 4:13.238 7 4 Christian Venge Balboapiloted by Noel Martín Infante 4:15.494 8 4 Maximiliano Ramon Gomezpiloted by Sebastián José Tolosa 4:27.874 9 3 Tee Wee Leongpiloted by Ang Kee Meng 4:40.453 10 3 Róbert Ocelkapiloted by Gergely Nagy 4:42.401 11 2 Neil Fachiepiloted by Matt Rotherham 4:42.630 12 2 Frederick Assorpiloted by Rudolf Mensah 6:28.302 1 James Ballpiloted by Lewis Stewart 1 Kai Krusepiloted by Robert Förstemann

Finals Rank Nation Cyclists Result NotesGold medal final Tristan Bangmapiloted by Patrick Bos Stephen Batepiloted by Adam Duggleby Bronze medal final Alexandre Lloveraspiloted by Corentin Ermenault 4:08.126 Marcin Polakpiloted by Michał Ładosz4:07.850 (DSQ)*

Marcin Polak finished third, but was suspended and stripped of his bronze medal due to a failed doping test.

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