# Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit

The Men's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 7–9 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

## Classification

The cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function.
Cycling classes:
* B&VI 1–3: Blind and visually impaired cyclists
* LC 1–4: Cyclists with a locomotor disability
* CP 1–4: Cyclists with cerebral palsy

## B&VI 1–3

The men's individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) took place on September 7.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Australia (AUS) | Spain (ESP) | Australia (AUS) |
| Kieran Modra Tyson Lawrence | Christian Venge David Llaurado | Bryce Lindores Steven George |

### Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Kieran Modra (AUS) Pilot: Tyson Lawrence (AUS) | 4:18.961 Q WR |
| 2 | Christian Venge (ESP) Pilot: David Llaurado (ESP) | 4:25.335 Q |
| 3 | Daniel Chalifour (CAN) Pilot: Alexandre Cloutier (CAN) | 4:25.554 Q |
| 4 | Bryce Lindores (AUS) Pilot: Steven George (AUS) | 4:27.578 Q |
| 5 | Brian Cowie (CAN) Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN) | 4:29.195 |
| 6 | Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA) Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA) | 4:32.191 |
| 7 | Vladislav Janovjak (SVK) Pilot: Robert Mitosinka (SVK) | 4:32.236 |
| 8 | Francisco González (ESP) Pilot: Juan Francisco Suarez (ESP) | 4:38.548 |
| 9 | Alfred Stelleman (NED) Pilot: Jaco Tettelaar (NED) | 4:40.432 |
| 10 | Stephane Cote (CAN) Pilot: Pierre-Olivier Boily (CAN) | 4:41.677 |
| 11 | Olivier Donval (FRA) Pilot: John Saccomandi (FRA) | 4:44.890 |
| 12 | Carlos Arciniegas (COL) Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL) | 4:47.730 |
| 13 | Michael Delaney (IRL) Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL) | 4:49.911 |
| 14 | Arnold Csaba Butu (ROU) Pilot: Lehel Rusza (ROU) | 5:11.936 |

## CP 3

The men's individual pursuit (CP 3) took place on 7 September. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was reigning champion, Darren Kenny of Great Britain.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Darren Kenny Great Britain | Yong-Sik Jin South Korea | Jean Quevillon Canada |

### Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier 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 |

## CP 4

The men's individual pursuit (CP 4) took place on 7 September.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Christopher Scott Australia | Masashi Ishii Japan | Cesar Neira Spain |

### Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier
| 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 |

## LC 1

The men's individual pursuit (LC 1) took place on 8 September.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Michael Gallagher Australia | Wolfgang Sacher Germany | Fabio Triboli Italy |

### Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Michael Gallagher (AUS) | 4:40.6 Q |
| 2 | Wolfgang Sacher (GER) | + 0.03.8 Q |
| 3 | Fabio Triboli (ITA) | + 0.06.3 Q |
| 4 | Soelito Gohr (BRA) | + 0.09.5 Q |
| 5 | Cathal Gustavus Miller (IRL) | + 0.13.4 |
| 6 | Manfred Gattringer (AUT) | + 0.14.1 |
| 7 | Pierpaolo Addesi (ITA) | + 0.17.6 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Eibeck (AUT) | + 0.18.3 |
| 9 | Ivan Renggli (SUI) | + 0.26.3 |
| 10 | David Mercier (FRA) | + 0.28.0 |
| 11 | Damien Severi (FRA) | + 0.30.0 |
| 12 | Mark Breton (CAN) | + 0.31.8 |
| 13 | Kuidong Zhang (CHN) | + 0.32.1 |
| 14 | Kennedy Jacome (COL) | + 0.36.3 |
| 15 | Ioannis Kalaitzakis (GRE) | + 0.39.4 |

## LC 2

The men's individual pursuit (LC 2) took place on 8 September.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jiří Ježek Czech Republic | Roberto Alcaide Spain | Jan Boyen Belgium |

### Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Jiří Ježek (CZE) | 4.45.3 |
| 2 | Roberto Alcaide (ESP) | + 0.06.2 |
| 3 | Jan Boyen (BEL) | + 0.11.0 |
| 4 | Carol-Eduard Novak (ROU) | + 0.12.5 |
| 5 | Eric Bourgault (CAN) | + 0.24.2 |
| 6 | Yuanchao Zheng (CHN) | + 0.28.1 |
| 7 | Luis Chacon (COL) | + 0.29.8 |
| 8 | Morten Jahr (NOR) | + 0.38.6 |
| 9 | Amador Granado (ESP) | + 1.04.2 |
| 10 | David Kuster (SLO) | + 1.05.1 |

## LC 3

The men's individual pursuit (LC 3) took place on 9 September.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Simon Richardson Great Britain | Masaki Fujita Japan | Tobias Graf Germany |

### Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Simon Richardson (GBR) | 3.48.18 Q WR |
| 2 | Masaki Fujita (JPN) | 3.52.25 Q |
| 3 | Tobias Graf (GER) | 3.54.54 Q |
| 4 | Laurent Thirionet (FRA) | 3.57.23 Q |
| 5 | Fabrizio Macchi (ITA) | 4.00.40 |
| 6 | Antonio Garcia (ESP) | 4.00.70 |
| 7 | Erich Stauffer (AUT) | 4.06.17 |
| 8 | Michael Milton (AUS) | 4.10.44 |
| 9 | Stéphane Bahier (FRA) | 4.12.02 |
| 10 | Zhang Lu (CHN) | 4.21.75 |
| DSQ | Flaviano Carvalho (BRA) | 1.28.70 |

## LC 4

The men's individual pursuit (LC 4) took place on 9 September.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Paolo Vigano Italy | Michael Teuber Germany | Juan José Méndez Fernández Spain |

### Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record
| Rank | Name | Time |
| 1 | Paolo Vigano (ITA) | 3.59.74 Q WR |
| 2 | Michael Teuber (GER) | 4.05.93 Q |
| 3 | Juan José Méndez Fernández (ESP) | 4.16.69 Q |
| 4 | Erich Winkler (GER) | 4.17.74 Q |
| 5 | Pierre Senska (GER) | 4.25.25 |
| 6 | Anthony Zahn (USA) | 4.27.05 |
| 7 | Wolfgang Dabernig (AUT) | 4.40.61 |
| DNS | Alexander Hohlrieder (AUT) | |