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Men's individual pursuit B
at the XVII Paralympic Games
Men's individual pursuit B; at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Vélodrome National
Dates	29 August 2024
Competitors	32 from 12 nations
Teams	16
Winning time	3:55.439
Medalists
	←2020 2028→

The men's individual pursuit class B track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 29 August 2024 at the Vélodrome National. 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 16 pairs (32 competitors athlete+pilots) from 12 different nations competing.

Competition format

The competition starts with a qualifying round where a time trial basis will be between the 16 pairs; all 16 pairs will be divided into 8 heats, all heats having 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 3000m. The medal finals are also held on the same day as the qualifying.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)^[1]

Date	Time	Round
29 August	13:41	Qualifying
29 August	16:59	Finals

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Heat	Cyclist	Nationality	Result^[2]	Notes
1	8	Tristan Bangma Pilot: Patrick Bos	Netherlands	3:55.396	QG, WR
2	7	Stephen Bate Pilot: Christopher Latham	Great Britain	3:56.435	QG
3	8	Lorenzo Bernard Pilot: Davide Plebani	Italy	4:02.558	QB
4	7	Vincent ter Schure Pilot: Timo Fransen	Netherlands	4:04.969	QB
5	6	Alexandre Lloveras Pilot: Yoann Paillot	France	4:06.920
6	5	Branden Walton Pilot: Spencer Seggebruch	United States	4:10.290
7	6	Damien Vereker Pilot: Mitchell McLaughlin	Ireland	4:14.817
8	5	Karol Kopicz Pilot: Marcin Białobłocki	Poland	4:19.202
9	3	Maximiliano Gómez Pilot: Sebastián Tolosa	Argentina	4:28.087
10	3	Kazuhei Kimura Pilot: Kiaki Miura	Japan	4:28.676
11	4	Thomas Ulbricht Pilot: Robert Förstemann	Germany	5:21.994
12	2	Martin Gordon Pilot: Eoin Mullen	Ireland	5:27.642
13	2	Neil Fachie Pilot: Matt Rotherham	Great Britain	5:33.212
14	1	Kane Perris Pilot: Luke Zaccaria	Australia	5:42.837
15	4	James Ball Pilot: Steffan Lloyd	Great Britain	6:17.368
16	1	Frederick Assor Pilot: Rudolf Mensah	Ghana	6:30.071

Finals

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Result^[3]
Gold medal final
	Tristan Bangma Pilot: Patrick Bos	Netherlands	3:55.439
	Stephen Bate Pilot: Christopher Latham	Great Britain	3:57.652
Bronze medal final
	Lorenzo Bernard Pilot: Davide Plebani	Italy	4:04.613
4	Vincent ter Schure Pilot: Timo Fransen	Netherlands	4:08.267