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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (CP 4)

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Men's individual pursuit (CP 4)
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueLaoshan Velodrome
Dates7 September
Competitors9 from 8 nations
Winning time3:40.144
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christopher Scott  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Masashi Ishi  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cesar Neira  Spain

The Men's individual pursuit (CP 4) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome.

Records

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Records prior to the event
PR 3:32.958  Christopher Scott (AUS) Athens Greece 20 September 2004
WR 3:32.958  Christopher Scott (AUS) Athens Greece 19 September 2004

Preliminaries

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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).[1]

Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

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

Finals

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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.[2]

Gold medal match
Name Time Rank
 Christopher Scott (AUS) 3:40.144 1
 Masashi Ishi (JPN) 3:40.157 1
Bronze medal match
Name Time Rank
 Cesar Neira (ESP) 3:45.753 1
 Jiri Bouska (CZE) 3:48.912 4

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4) Qualifying" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. 2008-09-07. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
  2. ^ "Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4) Finals" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-07.