Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3)

The Men's individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on August 7 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

Men's individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Dates	September 7
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:18.166
Medalists
Kieran Modra & Tyson Lawrence  Australia Christian Venge & David Llaurado  Spain Bryce Lindores & Steven George  Australia

Preliminaries

In the preliminary round, Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence (Australia) broke their own world record, and the paralympic record set by Modra and his pilot at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, Robert Crowe.[1]

Records prior to the preliminary round
PR	4:21.451	Kieran Modra (AUS)  Pilot: Robert Crowe (AUS)	Athens	September 19, 2004
WR	4:20.891	Kieran Modra (AUS)  Pilot: Tyson Lawrence (AUS)	Bordeaux	August 21, 2007

Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record 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 Gonzalez (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

Finals

The final rounds saw the world record broken again by Modra and Lawrence, this time taking 0.795 seconds off the time.[2]

Records prior to the final
PR	4:18.961	Kieran Modra (AUS)  Pilot: Tyson Lawrence (AUS)	Beijing	September 7, 2008
WR	4:18.961	Kieran Modra (AUS)  Pilot: Tyson Lawrence (AUS)	Beijing	September 7, 2008

Gold medal match

Name	Time	Rank
Kieran Modra (AUS)  Pilot: Tyson Lawrence (AUS)	4:18.166 WR
Christian Venge (ESP)  Pilot: David Llaurado (ESP)	caught

Bronze medal match

Name	Time	Rank
Bryce Lindores (AUS)  Pilot: Steven George (AUS)	4:26.626
Daniel Chalifour (CAN)  Pilot: Alexandre Cloutier (CAN)	4:28.171	4

References

1. "Men's Individual Pursuit (B&VI 1–3) 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 (B&VI 1–3) Finals" (PDF). 2008GamesBeijing.com. 2008-09-07. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-09.