Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tandem sprint B

Cycling Track – Men's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates	7 April
Competitors	5 from 5 nations
Medalists
Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot)    Scotland   James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)    Wales   Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot)    Australia

The Men's tandem sprint B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, taking place on 7 April 2018. This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Neil Fachie (GBR)	9.711	Aguascalientes, Mexico	13 April 2014
Games record	Kieran Modra (AUS)	10.050	Glasgow, Scotland	26 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 7 April 2018	14:08	Qualifying
	14:47	Semifinals
	18:32/18:35	Finals

Results

Qualifying

4 riders will be qualified and seeded for the semifinals according to their times in qualification.^[2]

Rank	Nations	Riders	Time	Behind	Average speed (km/h)	Notes
1	Scotland	Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot)	9.568	—	75.251	Q, WR, GR
2	Wales	James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)	10.022	+0.454	71.842	Q
3	Malaysia	Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)	10.037	+0.469	71.735	Q
4	Australia	Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot)	10.124	+0.556	71.118	Q
5	Ghana	Frederick Assor Rudolf Mensah (pilot)	12.816	+3.248	56.180

Semifinals

Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon. Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.^[3]

Heat	Rank	Nations	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)	Notes
1	1	Scotland	Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot)	X	X		QG
1	2	Australia	Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot)	+0.144	+1.625		QB
2	1	Wales	James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)	X	X		QG
2	2	Malaysia	Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)	+0.276	+0.273		QB

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.^[4]

Rank	Nations	Riders	Race 1	Race 2	Decider (i.r.)
Bronze medal final
	Australia	Brad Henderson Tom Clarke (pilot)	X	X
4	Malaysia	Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)	+0.034	+1.459
Gold medal final
	Scotland	Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham (pilot)	X	X
	Wales	James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)	+0.147	+0.361

References

1. "Cycling Track - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
2. Qualifying results
3. Semifinals results
4. Finals results