Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 50 events in two main disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling was held in London Velopark from 30 August to 2 September, and road cycling took place at Brands Hatch from September 5 to September 8.[1]
Cycling at the XIV Paralympic Games
Pictograms for road (left) and track cycling (right)
A tandem bicycle, with Stephanie Morton acting as Felicity Johnson's pilot.
Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with "1" being most impaired.
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External linksedit
Official site of the 2012 Summer Paralympics Archived 4 September 2012 at archive.today
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Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 50 events in two main disciplines track cycling and road cycling Track cycling was held in London Velopark from 30 August to 2 September and road cycling took place at Brands Hatch from September 5 to September 8 1 Cyclingat the XIV Paralympic GamesPictograms for road left and track cycling right VenueLondon VeloparkBrands HatchDates5 8 September 2012 20082016 Contents 1 Classification 2 Events 2 1 Road cycling 2 2 Track cycling 3 Participating nations 4 Medal summary 4 1 Medal table 4 2 Road cycling 4 2 1 Men s events 4 2 2 Women s events 4 2 3 Mixed events 4 3 Track cycling 4 3 1 Men s events 4 3 2 Women s events 4 3 3 Mixed events 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksClassification edit nbsp A tandem bicycle with Stephanie Morton acting as Felicity Johnson s pilot Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function The class number indicates the severity of impairment with 1 being most impaired Cycling classes are 2 B Blind and visually impaired cyclists use a Tandem bicycle with a sighted pilot on the front both athletes are awarded medals H 1 4 Cyclists with an impairment that affects their legs use a handcycle T 1 2 Cyclists with an impairment that affects their balance use a tricycle C 1 5 Cyclists with an impairment that affects their legs arms and or trunk but are capable of using a standard bicycleEvents editFor each of the events below medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications Road cycling edit Men s individual road race B H1 H2 H3 H4 C1 3 C4 5 Men s individual time trial B H1 H2 H3 H4 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 Women s individual road race B H1 3 H4 C1 3 C4 5 Women s individual time trial B H1 2 H3 H4 C1 3 C4 C5 Mixed individual road race T1 2 Mixed individual time trial T1 2 Mixed team relay H1 4 Track cycling edit Men s 1 km time trial B C1 3 C4 5 Men s individual pursuit B C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 Men s individual sprint B Women s 500m time trial C1 3 C4 5 Women s 1 km time trial B Women s individual pursuit B C1 3 C4 C5 Mixed team sprint C1 5Participating nations edit223 cyclists from 48 nations including 37 guides from 20 selected nations competed nbsp Albania 1 nbsp Argentina 2 1 pilot nbsp Australia 12 3 pilots nbsp Austria 7 nbsp Belarus 1 1 pilot nbsp Belgium 4 nbsp Brazil 2 nbsp Burkina Faso 2 nbsp Canada 12 3 pilots nbsp China 8 nbsp Colombia 3 nbsp Costa Rica 1 nbsp Croatia 2 nbsp Cuba 1 nbsp Czech Republic 8 nbsp Denmark 2 nbsp Dominican Republic 1 nbsp Finland 1 1 pilot nbsp France 11 3 pilots nbsp Germany 15 1 pilot nbsp Ghana 1 nbsp Great Britain 15 4 pilots nbsp Greece 3 2 pilots nbsp Haiti 1 nbsp Iran 1 nbsp Ireland 7 3 pilots nbsp Israel 3 nbsp Italy 12 1 pilot nbsp Japan 3 1 pilot nbsp Lebanon 1 nbsp Malaysia 1 1 pilot nbsp Netherlands 8 3 pilots nbsp New Zealand 1 1 pilot nbsp Norway 2 nbsp Poland 5 1 pilot nbsp Romania 2 nbsp Russia 2 nbsp Serbia 1 1 pilot nbsp Slovakia 5 1 pilot nbsp Slovenia 1 nbsp South Africa 6 nbsp South Korea 2 nbsp Spain 12 4 pilots nbsp Sweden 1 nbsp Switzerland 8 nbsp Ukraine 1 nbsp United States 16 1 pilot nbsp Venezuela 2 Medal summary editMedal table edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Great Britain GBR 895222 nbsp United States USA 656173 nbsp China CHN 645154 nbsp Australia AUS 644145 nbsp Germany GER 463136 nbsp Italy ITA 433107 nbsp Poland POL 34078 nbsp Spain ESP 22379 nbsp Switzerland SUI 222610 nbsp Ireland IRL 212511 nbsp Ukraine UKR 200212 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 122513 nbsp Netherlands NED 113514 nbsp Austria AUT 1124 nbsp New Zealand NZL 112416 nbsp Romania ROU 110217 nbsp Canada CAN 101218 nbsp Israel ISR 0101 nbsp South Africa RSA 010120 nbsp Argentina ARG 0011 nbsp Belgium BEL 0011 nbsp France FRA 0011 nbsp Japan JPN 0011 nbsp Russia RUS 0011 nbsp Slovakia SVK 0011Totals 25 entries 514849148 Road cycling edit Men s events edit Event Class Gold Silver Bronze Time trialdetails B Christian Venge nbsp Spain Ivano Pizzi nbsp Italy James Brown nbsp Ireland H1 Mark Rohan nbsp Ireland Koby Lion nbsp Israel Wolfgang Schattauer nbsp Austria H2 Heinz Frei nbsp Switzerland Walter Ablinger nbsp Austria Vittorio Podesta nbsp Italy H3 Rafal Wilk nbsp Poland Nigel Barley nbsp Australia Bernd Jeffre nbsp Germany H4 Alessandro Zanardi nbsp Italy Norbert Mosandl nbsp Germany Oscar Sanchez nbsp United States C1 Michael Teuber nbsp Germany Mark Colbourne nbsp Great Britain Zhang Yu Li nbsp China C2 Tobias Graf nbsp Germany Guihua Liang nbsp China Maurice Eckhard Tio nbsp Spain C3 David Nicholas nbsp Australia Joseph Berenyi nbsp United States Masaki Fujita nbsp Japan C4 Jiri Jezek nbsp Czech Republic Carol Eduard Novak nbsp Romania Jiri Bouska nbsp Czech Republic C5 Yegor Dementyev nbsp Ukraine Xinyang Liu nbsp China Michael Gallagher nbsp Australia Road racedetails B Ivano Pizzi nbsp Italy Krzysztof Kosikowski nbsp Poland Vladislav Janovjak nbsp Slovakia H1 Mark Rohan nbsp Ireland Tobias Fankhauser nbsp Switzerland Wolfgang Schattauer nbsp Austria H2 Walter Ablinger nbsp Austria Jean Marc Berset nbsp Switzerland Vittorio Podesta nbsp Italy H3 Rafal Wilk nbsp Poland Vico Merklein nbsp Germany Joel Jeannot nbsp France H4 Alessandro Zanardi nbsp Italy Ernst van Dyk nbsp South Africa Wim Decleir nbsp Belgium C1 3 Roberto Bargna nbsp Italy Steffen Warias nbsp Germany David Nicholas nbsp Australia C4 5 Yegor Dementyev nbsp Ukraine Xinyang Liu nbsp China Michele Pittacolo nbsp Italy Women s events edit Event Class Gold Silver Bronze Time trialdetails B Kathrin Goeken nbsp Netherlands Phillipa Gray nbsp New Zealand Catherine Walsh nbsp Ireland H1 2 Marianna Davis nbsp United States Karen Darke nbsp Great Britain Ursula Schwaller nbsp Switzerland H3 Sandra Graf nbsp Switzerland Monica Bascio nbsp United States Svetlana Moshkovich nbsp Russia H4 Andrea Eskau nbsp Germany Dorothee Vieth nbsp Germany Laura de Vaan nbsp Netherlands C1 3 Allison Jones nbsp United States Tereza Diepoldova nbsp Czech Republic Sini Zeng nbsp China C4 Megan Fisher nbsp United States Susan Powell nbsp Australia Marie Claude Molnar nbsp Canada C5 Sarah Storey nbsp Great Britain Anna Harkowska nbsp Poland Kelly Crowley nbsp United States Road racedetails B Robbi Weldon nbsp Canada Josefa Benitez Guzman nbsp Spain Kathrin Goeken nbsp Netherlands H1 3 Marianna Davis nbsp United States Monica Bascio nbsp United States Rachel Morris nbsp Great Britain H4 Andrea Eskau nbsp Germany Laura de Vaan nbsp Netherlands Dorothee Vieth nbsp Germany C1 3 Sini Zeng nbsp China Denise Schindler nbsp Germany Allison Jones nbsp United States C4 5 Sarah Storey nbsp Great Britain Anna Harkowska nbsp Poland Kelly Crowley nbsp United States Mixed events edit Event Class Gold Silver Bronze Time trialdetails T1 2 Carol Cooke nbsp Australia Hans Peter Durst nbsp Germany David Stone nbsp Great Britain Road racedetails T1 2 David Stone nbsp Great Britain Giorgio Farroni nbsp Italy David Vondracek nbsp Czech Republic Team Relaydetails H1 4 nbsp United States USA Marianna DavisOscar SanchezMatthew Updike nbsp Italy ITA Alex ZanardiVittorio PodestaFrancesca Fenocchio nbsp Switzerland SUI Jean Marc BersetUrsula SchwallerHeinz Frei Track cycling edit Men s events edit Event Class Gold Silver Bronze 1 km time trialdetails B Neil Fachie nbsp Great Britain Jose Enrique Porto Lareo nbsp Spain Rinne Oost nbsp Netherlands C1 3 Zhang Yu Li nbsp China Mark Colbourne nbsp Great Britain Tobias Graf nbsp Germany C4 5 Alfonso Cabello nbsp Spain Jon Allan Butterworth nbsp Great Britain Xinyang Liu nbsp China Individual pursuitdetails B Kieran Modra nbsp Australia Bryce Lindores nbsp Australia Miguel Angel Clemente Solano nbsp Spain C1 Mark Colbourne nbsp Great Britain Zhang Yu Li nbsp China Rodrigo Fernando Lopez nbsp Argentina C2 Guihua Liang nbsp China Tobias Graf nbsp Germany Laurent Thirionet nbsp France C3 Joseph Berenyi nbsp United States Shaun McKeown nbsp Great Britain Darren Kenny nbsp Great Britain C4 Carol Eduard Novak nbsp Romania Jiri Jezek nbsp Czech Republic Jody Cundy nbsp Great Britain C5 Michael Gallagher nbsp Australia Jon Allan Butterworth nbsp Great Britain Liu Xinyang nbsp China Individual Sprintdetails B Anthony Kappes nbsp Great Britain Neil Fachie nbsp Great Britain Jose Enrique Porto Lareo nbsp Spain Women s events edit Event Class Gold Silver Bronze Time trialdetails C1 3 500 m He Yin nbsp China Alyda Norbruis nbsp Netherlands Jayme Paris nbsp Australia C4 5 500 m Sarah Storey nbsp Great Britain Jennifer Schuble nbsp United States Jianping Ruan nbsp China B 1 km Felicity Johnson nbsp Australia Aileen McGlynn nbsp Great Britain Phillipa Gray nbsp New Zealand Individual pursuitdetails B Phillipa Gray nbsp New Zealand Catherine Walsh nbsp Ireland Aileen McGlynn nbsp Great Britain C1 3 Sini Zeng nbsp China Simone Kennedy nbsp Australia Allison Jones nbsp United States C4 Susan Powell nbsp Australia Megan Fisher nbsp United States Alexandra Green nbsp Australia C5 Sarah Storey nbsp Great Britain Anna Harkowska nbsp Poland Fiona Southorn nbsp New Zealand Mixed events edit Event Class Gold Silver Bronze Team Sprintdetails C1 5 nbsp China CHN Xiaofei JiXinyang LiuHao Xie nbsp Great Britain GBR Jon Allan ButterworthDarren KennyRichard Waddon nbsp United States USA Joseph BerenyiSam KavanaghJennifer SchubleSee also editCycling at the 2012 Summer OlympicsReferences edit Schedule amp Results Paralympics LOCOG Archived from the original on 20 June 2012 Retrieved 3 June 2012 Cycling Track Classification LOCOG Archived from the original on 1 June 2012 Retrieved 3 June 2012 External links editOfficial site of the 2012 Summer Paralympics Archived 4 September 2012 at archive today IPC UCI Union Cycliste Internationale Results Book Road Results Book Track Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics amp oldid 1175601104, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
