Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women	mixed
Time trial	men	women	mixed
Track cycling
Time trial	men	women
Individual pursuit	men	women
Tandem sprint	men
Team sprint	men
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Individual Pursuit
	Men	Women
	B&VI 1–3	B&VI 1–3
	CP 3
	CP 4
		LC 1–2/CP 4
		LC 1–2/CP 4
	LC 1
	LC 2
	LC 3
	LC 4
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The Men's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 7–9 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

The 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.

Cycling classes:

• B&VI 1–3: Blind and visually impaired cyclists
• LC 1–4: Cyclists with a locomotor disability
• CP 1–4: Cyclists with cerebral palsy

The men's individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) took place on September 7.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia (AUS)	Spain (ESP)	Australia (AUS)
Kieran Modra Tyson Lawrence	Christian Venge David Llaurado	Bryce Lindores Steven George

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Time
1	Kieran Modra (AUS)  Pilot: Tyson Lawrence (AUS)	4:18.961 Q WR
2	Christian Venge (ESP)  Pilot: David Llaurado (ESP)	4:25.335 Q
3	Daniel Chalifour (CAN)  Pilot: Alexandre Cloutier (CAN)	4:25.554 Q
4	Bryce Lindores (AUS)  Pilot: Steven George (AUS)	4:27.578 Q
5	Brian Cowie (CAN)  Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN)	4:29.195
6	Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)  Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)	4:32.191
7	Vladislav Janovjak (SVK)  Pilot: Robert Mitosinka (SVK)	4:32.236
8	Francisco González (ESP)  Pilot: Juan Francisco Suarez (ESP)	4:38.548
9	Alfred Stelleman (NED)  Pilot: Jaco Tettelaar (NED)	4:40.432
10	Stephane Cote (CAN)  Pilot: Pierre-Olivier Boily (CAN)	4:41.677
11	Olivier Donval (FRA)  Pilot: John Saccomandi (FRA)	4:44.890
12	Carlos Arciniegas (COL)  Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL)	4:47.730
13	Michael Delaney (IRL)  Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL)	4:49.911
14	Arnold Csaba Butu (ROU)  Pilot: Lehel Rusza (ROU)	5:11.936

The men's individual pursuit (CP 3) took place on 7 September.^[1] The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was reigning champion, Darren Kenny of Great Britain.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Darren Kenny  Great Britain	Yong-Sik Jin  South Korea	Jean Quevillon  Canada

Q = Qualifier 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

The men's individual pursuit (CP 4) took place on 7 September.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christopher Scott  Australia	Masashi Ishii  Japan	Cesar Neira  Spain

Q = Qualifier

Rank	Name	Time
1	Masashi Ishi (JPN)	3:37.848 Q
2	Christopher Scott (AUS)	3:38.205 Q
3	Jiri Bouska (CZE)	3:45.269 Q
4	Cesar Neira (ESP)	3:45.322 Q
5	Klaus Lungershausen (GER)	3:52.561
6	Lubos Jirka (CZE)	3:53.566
7	Enda Smyth (IRL)	3:55.919
8	Janos Plekker (RSA)	3:55.933
9	Michael Farrell (USA)	4:04.606

The men's individual pursuit (LC 1) took place on 8 September.^[2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael Gallagher  Australia	Wolfgang Sacher  Germany	Fabio Triboli  Italy

Q = Qualifier

Rank	Name	Time
1	Michael Gallagher (AUS)	4:40.6 Q
2	Wolfgang Sacher (GER)	+ 0.03.8 Q
3	Fabio Triboli (ITA)	+ 0.06.3 Q
4	Soelito Gohr (BRA)	+ 0.09.5 Q
5	Cathal Gustavus Miller (IRL)	+ 0.13.4
6	Manfred Gattringer (AUT)	+ 0.14.1
7	Pierpaolo Addesi (ITA)	+ 0.17.6
8	Wolfgang Eibeck (AUT)	+ 0.18.3
9	Ivan Renggli (SUI)	+ 0.26.3
10	David Mercier (FRA)	+ 0.28.0
11	Damien Severi (FRA)	+ 0.30.0
12	Mark Breton (CAN)	+ 0.31.8
13	Kuidong Zhang (CHN)	+ 0.32.1
14	Kennedy Jacome (COL)	+ 0.36.3
15	Ioannis Kalaitzakis (GRE)	+ 0.39.4

The men's individual pursuit (LC 2) took place on 8 September.^[2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jiří Ježek  Czech Republic	Roberto Alcaide  Spain	Jan Boyen  Belgium

Q = Qualifier

Rank	Name	Time
1	Jiří Ježek (CZE)	4.45.3
2	Roberto Alcaide (ESP)	+ 0.06.2
3	Jan Boyen (BEL)	+ 0.11.0
4	Carol-Eduard Novak (ROU)	+ 0.12.5
5	Eric Bourgault (CAN)	+ 0.24.2
6	Yuanchao Zheng (CHN)	+ 0.28.1
7	Luis Chacon (COL)	+ 0.29.8
8	Morten Jahr (NOR)	+ 0.38.6
9	Amador Granado (ESP)	+ 1.04.2
10	David Kuster (SLO)	+ 1.05.1

The men's individual pursuit (LC 3) took place on 9 September.^[3]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Simon Richardson  Great Britain	Masaki Fujita  Japan	Tobias Graf  Germany

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Time
1	Simon Richardson (GBR)	3.48.18 Q WR
2	Masaki Fujita (JPN)	3.52.25 Q
3	Tobias Graf (GER)	3.54.54 Q
4	Laurent Thirionet (FRA)	3.57.23 Q
5	Fabrizio Macchi (ITA)	4.00.40
6	Antonio Garcia (ESP)	4.00.70
7	Erich Stauffer (AUT)	4.06.17
8	Michael Milton (AUS)	4.10.44
9	Stéphane Bahier (FRA)	4.12.02
10	Zhang Lu (CHN)	4.21.75
DSQ	Flaviano Carvalho (BRA)	1.28.70

The men's individual pursuit (LC 4) took place on 9 September.^[3]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paolo Vigano  Italy	Michael Teuber  Germany	Juan José Méndez Fernández  Spain

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Time
1	Paolo Vigano (ITA)	3.59.74 Q WR
2	Michael Teuber (GER)	4.05.93 Q
3	Juan José Méndez Fernández (ESP)	4.16.69 Q
4	Erich Winkler (GER)	4.17.74 Q
5	Pierre Senska (GER)	4.25.25
6	Anthony Zahn (USA)	4.27.05
7	Wolfgang Dabernig (AUT)	4.40.61
DNS	Alexander Hohlrieder (AUT)