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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)

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Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueLaoshan Velodrome
Dates7 September
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Winning timeRider caught
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Darren Kenny  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yong-Sik Jin  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean Quevillon  Canada

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.

Preliminaries

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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

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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 1
 Yong-Sik Jin (KOR) caught 1
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Jean Quevillon (CAN) 4:03:277 1
 Maurice Eckhard (FRA) 4:08.430 4

References

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  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. ^ a b "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.