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.

Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueLaoshan Velodrome
Dates7 September
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Winning timeRider caught
Medalists
Darren Kenny  Great Britain
Yong-Sik Jin  South Korea
Jean Quevillon  Canada
Cycling at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Individual Pursuit
MenWomen
B&VI 1–3B&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

Preliminaries

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

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
 Yong-Sik Jin (KOR)caught
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Jean Quevillon (CAN)4:03:277
 Maurice Eckhard (FRA)4:08.4304

References
  1. "Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 3) Qualifying" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. "Kenny's record could go in final". China.org.cn. 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  3. "Paralympics 2008 - Track Day 1". British Cycling. 2008-09-07. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  4. "Three Paralympics Golds for GB". Velodrome.org.uk. 2008-09-08. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  5. "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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