Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1 km time trial (LC 3–4)

The Men's 1 km time trial (LC 3-4) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.[1]

Men's 1 km time trial (LC 3-4)
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueLaoshan Velodrome
Dates7 September
Competitors20 from 12 nations
Winning time1:14.936
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Simon Richardson  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maskai Fujita  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Greg Ball  Australia

The world records for both LC3 and LC4 categories were broken during the event. Simon Richardson (Great Britain) set a new record of 1:14.936 for the LC3 class and Greg Ball (USA) set a new record of 1:21.157 for the LC4 class. This was the first gold medal for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[2]

PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record

Results

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Rank Name Class Time Factor (%) Final Time with % factor
    Simon Richardson (GBR) LC3 1:14.936 WR 100.000 1:14.936
    Maskai Fujita (JPN) LC3 1:17.314 100.000 1:17.314
    Greg Ball (AUS) LC4 1:21.157 WR 95.718 1:17.681
4   Paolo Vigano (ITA) LC4 1:21.172 95.718 1:17.696
5   Tobias Graf (GER) LC3 1:18.515 100.000 1:18.515
6   Zhang Lu (CHN) LC3 1:18.603 100.000 1:18.603
7   Michael Teuber (GER) LC4 1:22.473 95.718 1:18.941
8   Laurent Thirionet (FRA) LC3 1:20.561 100.000 1:20.561
9   Michael Milton (AUS) LC3 1:21.578 100.000 1:21.578
10   Antonio Garcia (ESP) LC3 1:21.954 100.000 1:21.954
11   Stéphane Bahier (FRA) LC3 1:22.526 100.000 1:22.526
12   Erich Winkle (GER) LC4 1:26.757 95.718 1:23.042
13   Pierre Seka (GER) LC4 1:27.161 95.718 1:23.428
14   Alexander Hohlrieder (AUT) LC4 1:27.690 95.718 1:23.935
15   Juan Jose Mendez (ESP) LC4 1:28.392 95.718 1:24.607
16   Victor Garrido (VEN) LC3 1:27.054 100.000 1:27.054
17   Wolfgang Dabernig (AUT) LC4 1:31.787 95.718 1:27.856
18   Erich Stauffer (AUT) LC3 1:27.934 100.000 1:27.934
19   Flaviano Carvalho (BRA) LC3 1:28.973 100.000 1:28.973
20   Anthony Zahn (USA) LC4 1:33.275 95.718 1:29.280

References

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  1. ^ "Men's 1 km time trial (LC 3-4) Official Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  2. ^ "Paralympics 2008 - Track Day 1". British Cycling. 2008-09-07. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.