Venue Laoshan Velodrome Competitors 9 from 8 nations | Dates 7 September Winning time 3:40.144 | |
The Men's individual pursuit (CP 4) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome.
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Preliminaries
Masashi Ishi (Japan) rode the quickest time in the preliminary round, beating Christopher Scott (Australia) by just 0.643 seconds. They went head to head in the final for gold and silver whilst Cesar Neira (Spain) was third, just 0.047 seconds quicker than fourth placed Jiri Bouska (Czech Republic).
Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record
Finals
The final rounds saw equally close margins, but this time the placing were reversed with Scott taking gold from Ishi with a margin of just 0.013 seconds, and Neira taking the bronze.
References
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (CP 4) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA