Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3)

The Women's 1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.[1]

Women's 1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3)
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueLaoshan Velodrome
Dates7 September
Competitors16 (8 pairs) from 7 nations
Winning time1:09.066
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aileen McGlynn & Ellen Hunter  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Felicity Johnson & Katie Parker  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lindy Hou & Toireasa Gallagher  Australia

The world record was broken during the event, by Aileen McGlynn and her pilot, Ellen Hunter (Great Britain). They took over two seconds off their previous world record set in 2006, and over three seconds off the Paralympic record they set in Athens in 2004.

Records edit

Records prior to the event
PR 1:11.160   Aileen McGlynn (GBR)
  Pilot: Ellen Hunter (GBR)
Athens   21 September 2004
WR 1:10.431   Aileen McGlynn (GBR)
  Pilot: Ellen Hunter (GBR)
Manchester   5 May 2006

PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

Results edit

Rank Name 250 m 500 m 750 m Time Speed
(km/h)
250–500 500–750 750–1000
    Aileen McGlynn (GBR)
  Pilot: Ellen Hunter (GBR)
21.410 (1) 36.404 (1) 52.179 (1) 1:09.006 52.124 WR
14.994 (1) 15.775 (1) 16.887 (2)
    Felicity Johnson (AUS)
  Pilot: Katie Parker (AUS)
21.724 (2) 37.235 (2) 53.343 (2) 1:10.465 51.089
15.511 (2) 16.108 (2) 17.122 (3)
    Lindy Hou (AUS)
  Pilot: Katie Parker (AUS)
23.320 (5) 39.779 (5) 56.004 (4) 1:12.463 49.680
16.459 (4) 16.225 (3) 16.459 (1)
4   Karissa Whitsell (USA)
  Pilot: Mackenzie Woodring (USA)
22.209 (3) 38.298 (3) 55.052 (3) 1:12.787 49.459
16.089 (3) 16.754 (4) 17.735 (5)
5   Jayne Parsons (NZL)
  Pilot: Annaliisa Farrell (NZL)
23.170 (4) 39.638 (4) 56.433 (5) 1:14.048 48.617
16.468 (5) 16.795 (5) 17.615 (4)
6   Genevieve Ouellet (CAN)
  Pilot: Mathilde Hupin (CAN)
23.374 (6) 40.103 (6) 57.365 (6) 1:15.639 47.594
16.729 (7) 17.262 (7) 18.274 (7)
7   Catherine Mary Walsh (IRL)
  Pilot: Joanna Hickey (IRL)
24.110 (7) 40.809 (7) 57.948 (7) 1:16.208 47.239
16.699 (6) 17.139 (6) 18.260 (6)
8   Ana Lopez (ESP)
  Pilot: Marina Girona (ESP)
25.420 (8) 43.136 (8) 1:01.117 (8) 1:19.712 45.162
17.716 (8) 17.981 (8) 18.595 (8)

References edit

  1. ^ "Women's 1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3) Official Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-08.