Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)
The Men's individual pursuit (CP 3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was reigning champion, Darren Kenny of Great Britain.
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| Venue | Laoshan Velodrome | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 7 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | Rider caught | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Preliminaries edit
Favourite, Kenny, managed to set a new world record in the preliminary round.[1] The new record was 5.812 seconds[2] faster than the previous record, which was set by Kenny in Alkmar in 2005.[3] Javier Ochoa was disqualified for riding too close to his opponent in the preliminary round, after he had been overtaken by Kenny.[4] Kenny stated that he was disappointed by this as he would have liked to compete against Ochoa in the final.[3]
Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Darren Kenny (GBR) |
3:36.875 Q WR |
| 2 |  Yong-Sik Jin (KOR) |
3:58.817 Q |
| 3 |  Jean Quevillon (CAN) |
4:03.730 Q |
| 4 |  Maurice Eckhard (FRA) |
4:09.119 Q |
| 5 |  Tomas Kvasnicka (CZE) |
4:11.715 |
| 6 |  Rodrigo Lopez (ARG) |
4:13.850 |
| 7 | Brayden McDougall (CAN) |
4:15.006 |
 Javier Ochoa (ESP) |
Disqualified |
Finals edit
Kenny went on to catch his opponent, Yong-Sik Jin of South Korea, in the final round.[5]
- Gold medal match
| Name | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Darren Kenny (GBR) |
caught opponent | 
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| Yong-Sik Jin (KOR) |
caught | 
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- Bronze medal match
| Name | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Jean Quevillon (CAN) |
4:03:277 | 
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| Maurice Eckhard (FRA) |
4:08.430 | 4 |
References edit
- ^ "Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 3) Qualifying" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ "Kenny's record could go in final". China.org.cn. 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ a b "Paralympics 2008 - Track Day 1". British Cycling. 2008-09-07. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Three Paralympics Golds for GB". Velodrome.org.uk. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 3) Finals" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
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