Venue Laoshan Velodrome Competitors 8 from 8 nations | Dates September 10 | |
The Men's sprint event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 10 at the Laoshan Velodrome. The event was competed by blind & visually impaired athletes.
Contents
Qualification times were set in a 200m flying start (6.5 laps). Races were 6 laps.
Qualification
PR = Paralympic Record
As there were only 8 entrants, all qualified for the semi-finals. The qualification was necessary to set up the pairings (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, etc.), which in turn affected participation in the 5th-6th or 7th-8th race-offs.
Quarter-finals
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
The winners of each heat qualified to Semifinals. Losers of 1st and 2nd heats raced off for 7th and 8th places, losers of heats 3 and 4 for 5th and 6th places.
Semi-finals
Match 1
Match 2
South Africa were relegated for moving outward with the intention of forcing the opponent to go up.
Finals
Gold Medal Match
Bronze Medal Match
Japan were relegated in the second run for entering the sprinter's lane when the opponent was already there.
5-8 Place Matches