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

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

Men's individual pursuit (CP 4) at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Dates	7 September
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Winning time	3:40.144
Medalists
Christopher Scott  Australia Masashi Ishi  Japan Cesar Neira  Spain

Records

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

Preliminaries

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

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
Masashi Ishi (JPN)	3:40.157

Bronze medal match

Name	Time	Rank
Cesar Neira (ESP)	3:45.753
Jiri Bouska (CZE)	3:48.912	4