# Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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.

## Classification

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:
* 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 bicycle

## Events

For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications.

### Track cycling
## Participating nations

223 cyclists from 48 nations including 37 guides from 20 selected nations competed.
* Albania (1)
* Argentina (2) + 1 pilot
* Australia (12) + 3 pilots
* Austria (7)
* Belarus (1) + 1 pilot
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (2)
* Burkina Faso (2)
* Canada (12) + 3 pilots
* China (8)
* Colombia (3)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Denmark (2)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Finland (1) + 1 pilot
* France (11) + 3 pilots
* Germany (15) + 1 pilot
* Ghana (1)
* Great Britain (15) + 4 pilots
* Greece (3) + 2 pilots
* Haiti (1)
* Iran (1)
* Ireland (7) + 3 pilots
* Israel (3)
* Italy (12) + 1 pilot
* Japan (3) + 1 pilot
* Lebanon (1)
* Malaysia (1) + 1 pilot
* Netherlands (8) + 3 pilots
* New Zealand (1) + 1 pilot
* Norway (2)
* Poland (5) + 1 pilot
* Romania (2)
* Russia (2)
* Serbia (1) + 1 pilot
* Slovakia (5) + 1 pilot
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (6)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (12) + 4 pilots
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (8)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (16) + 1 pilot
* Venezuela (2)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 150 |

### Road cycling
#### Men's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Time trial details | B | Christian Venge Spain | Ivano Pizzi Italy | James Brown Ireland |
| Time trial details | H1 | Mark Rohan Ireland | Koby Lion Israel | Wolfgang Schattauer Austria |
| Time trial details | H2 | Heinz Frei Switzerland | Walter Ablinger Austria | Vittorio Podestà Italy |
| Time trial details | H3 | Rafał Wilk Poland | Nigel Barley Australia | Bernd Jeffre Germany |
| Time trial details | H4 | Alessandro Zanardi Italy | Norbert Mosandl Germany | Oscar Sanchez United States |
| Time trial details | C1 | Michael Teuber Germany | Mark Colbourne Great Britain | Zhang Yu Li China |
| Time trial details | C2 | Tobias Graf Germany | Guihua Liang China | Maurice Eckhard Tió Spain |
| Time trial details | C3 | David Nicholas Australia | Joseph Berenyi United States | Masaki Fujita Japan |
| Time trial details | C4 | Jiří Ježek Czech Republic | Carol-Eduard Novak Romania | Jiří Bouška Czech Republic |
| Time trial details | C5 | Yegor Dementyev Ukraine | Xinyang Liu China | Michael Gallagher Australia |
| Road race details | B | Ivano Pizzi Italy | Krzysztof Kosikowski Poland | Vladislav Janovjak Slovakia |
| Road race details | H1 | Mark Rohan Ireland | Tobias Fankhauser Switzerland | Wolfgang Schattauer Austria |
| Road race details | H2 | Walter Ablinger Austria | Jean-Marc Berset Switzerland | Vittorio Podestà Italy |
| Road race details | H3 | Rafał Wilk Poland | Vico Merklein Germany | Joël Jeannot France |
| Road race details | H4 | Alessandro Zanardi Italy | Ernst van Dyk South Africa | Wim Decleir Belgium |
| Road race details | C1-3 | Roberto Bargna Italy | Steffen Warias Germany | David Nicholas Australia |
| Road race details | C4-5 | Yegor Dementyev Ukraine | Xinyang Liu China | Michele Pittacolo Italy |

#### Women's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Time trial details | B | Kathrin Goeken Netherlands | Phillipa Gray New Zealand | Catherine Walsh Ireland |
| Time trial details | H1-2 | Marianna Davis United States | Karen Darke Great Britain | Ursula Schwaller Switzerland |
| Time trial details | H3 | Sandra Graf Switzerland | Monica Bascio United States | Svetlana Moshkovich Russia |
| Time trial details | H4 | Andrea Eskau Germany | Dorothee Vieth Germany | Laura de Vaan Netherlands |
| Time trial details | C1-3 | Allison Jones United States | Tereza Diepoldová Czech Republic | Sini Zeng China |
| Time trial details | C4 | Megan Fisher United States | Susan Powell Australia | Marie-Claude Molnar Canada |
| Time trial details | C5 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | Anna Harkowska Poland | Kelly Crowley United States |
| Road race details | B | Robbi Weldon Canada | Josefa Benitez Guzman Spain | Kathrin Goeken Netherlands |
| Road race details | H1-3 | Marianna Davis United States | Monica Bascio United States | Rachel Morris Great Britain |
| Road race details | H4 | Andrea Eskau Germany | Laura de Vaan Netherlands | Dorothee Vieth Germany |
| Road race details | C1-3 | Sini Zeng China | Denise Schindler Germany | Allison Jones United States |
| Road race details | C4-5 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | Anna Harkowska Poland | Kelly Crowley United States |

#### Mixed events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Time trial details | T1-2 | Carol Cooke Australia | Hans-Peter Durst Germany | David Stone Great Britain |
| Road race details | T1-2 | David Stone Great Britain | Giorgio Farroni Italy | David Vondracek Czech Republic |
| Team Relay details | H1-4 | United States (USA) Marianna Davis Oscar Sanchez Matthew Updike | Italy (ITA) Alex Zanardi Vittorio Podesta Francesca Fenocchio | Switzerland (SUI) Jean-Marc Berset Ursula Schwaller Heinz Frei |

### Track cycling
#### Men's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 km time trial details | B | Neil Fachie Great Britain | José Enrique Porto Lareo Spain | Rinne Oost Netherlands |
| 1 km time trial details | C1-3 | Zhang Yu Li China | Mark Colbourne Great Britain | Tobias Graf Germany |
| 1 km time trial details | C4-5 | Alfonso Cabello Spain | Jon-Allan Butterworth Great Britain | Xinyang Liu China |
| Individual pursuit details | B | Kieran Modra Australia | Bryce Lindores Australia | Miguel Ángel Clemente Solano Spain |
| Individual pursuit details | C1 | Mark Colbourne Great Britain | Zhang Yu Li China | Rodrigo Fernando López Argentina |
| Individual pursuit details | C2 | Guihua Liang China | Tobias Graf Germany | Laurent Thirionet France |
| Individual pursuit details | C3 | Joseph Berenyi United States | Shaun McKeown Great Britain | Darren Kenny Great Britain |
| Individual pursuit details | C4 | Carol-Eduard Novak Romania | Jiří Ježek Czech Republic | Jody Cundy Great Britain |
| Individual pursuit details | C5 | Michael Gallagher Australia | Jon-Allan Butterworth Great Britain | Liu Xinyang China |
| Individual Sprint details | B | Anthony Kappes Great Britain | Neil Fachie Great Britain | José Enrique Porto Lareo Spain |

#### Women's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Time trial details | C1-3 (500 m) | He Yin China | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | Jayme Paris Australia |
| Time trial details | C4-5 (500 m) | Sarah Storey Great Britain | Jennifer Schuble United States | Jianping Ruan China |
| Time trial details | B (1 km) | Felicity Johnson Australia | Aileen McGlynn Great Britain | Phillipa Gray New Zealand |
| Individual pursuit details | B | Phillipa Gray New Zealand | Catherine Walsh Ireland | Aileen McGlynn Great Britain |
| Individual pursuit details | C1-3 | Sini Zeng China | Simone Kennedy Australia | Allison Jones United States |
| Individual pursuit details | C4 | Susan Powell Australia | Megan Fisher United States | Alexandra Green Australia |
| Individual pursuit details | C5 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | Anna Harkowska Poland | Fiona Southorn New Zealand |

#### Mixed events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team Sprint details | C1-5 | China (CHN) Xiaofei Ji Xinyang Liu Hao Xie | Great Britain (GBR) Jon-Allan Butterworth Darren Kenny Richard Waddon | United States (USA) Joseph Berenyi Sam Kavanagh Jennifer Schuble |