Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit C5

Women's individual pursuit C5
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Velopark
Competitors10 from 6 nations
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Poland
   New Zealand
Cycling at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Track cycling
Individual pursuit
Men Women
Individual pursuit   B B
C1 C1–3
C2
C3
C4 C4
C5 C5

The Women's Individual C5 Pursuit took place on 30 August 2012 at the London Velopark.

The event began with a qualifying race over 3000m. Each of the ten athletes competed individually in a time trial basis. The fastest two riders raced for the gold medal and the third and fourth fastest riders raced for the bronze.

Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record

RankName Country Time
1 Sarah Storey Great Britain 3:32.170 Q
WR
2 Anna Harkowska Poland 3:48.885 Q
3 Fiona Southorn New Zealand 3:52.695 Q
4 Crystal Lane Great Britain 3:59.220 Q
5 Jennifer Schuble United States 4:00.702
6 Kelly Crowley United States 4:02.825
7 Greta Neimanas United States 4:03.200
8 Kerstin Brachtendorf Germany 4:12.245
9 Sara Tretola Switzerland 4:14.950
10 Annina Schillig Switzerland 4:21.481

Finals

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
 Sarah Storey (GBR) caught opponent 1st
 Anna Harkowska (POL) 2nd
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Fiona Southorn (NZL) 3:55.867 3rd
 Crystal Lane (GBR) 4:02.773 4

References