Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Cycling
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Cycling; at the XIII Paralympic Games
	Paralympic Cycling
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome; Changping Triathlon Venue
Dates	7–10 September 2008
	←2004 2012→

Karissa Whitsell and Mackenzie Woodring (pilot) compete in Beijing on 7 September 2008.

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of 44 events in two main disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling was held in Laoshan Velodrome on 7–10 September, and road cycling took place at the Changping Triathlon Venue on 12–14 September.^[1]

Classification[]

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 are:

B&VI 1–3: Blind and visually impaired cyclists
LC 1–4: Cyclists with a
CP 1–4: Cyclists with cerebral palsy
HC A, B, and C: Cyclists using a handcycle

Events[]

For each of the events below, medals are contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification is given the dates that the event will be contested.

Road cycling

Men's individual road race
- B&VI 1–3 – 14 September
- HC B – 14 September
- HC C – 14 September
- LC 1–2/CP 4 – 13 September
- LC 3–4/CP 3 – 13 September
Men's individual time trial
- B&VI 1–3 – 12 September
- CP 3 – 12 September
- CP 4 – 12 September
- HC A – 12 September
- HC B – 12 September
- HC C – 12 September
- LC 1 – 12 September
- LC 2 – 12 September
- LC 3 – 12 September
- LC 4 – 12 September
Women's individual road race
- B&VI 1–3 – 14 September
- HC A/B/C – 13 September
Women's individual time trial
- B&VI 1–3 – 12 September
- HC A/B/C – 12 September
- LC 1–2/CP 4 – 12 September
- LC 3–4/CP 3 – 12 September
Mixed individual road race
- CP 1–2 – 13 September
Mixed individual time trial
- CP 1–2 – 12 September

Track cycling

Men's 1 km time trial
- B&VI 1–3 – 8 September
- CP 3 – 9 September
- CP 4 – 9 September
- LC 1 – 9 September
- LC 2 – 9 September
- LC 3–4 – 7 September
Men's individual pursuit
- B&VI 1–3 – 4000 m – 7 September
- CP 3 – 3000 m – 7 September
- CP 4 – 3000 m – 7 September
- LC 1 – 4000 m – 8 September
- LC 2 – 4000 m – 8 September
- LC 3 – 9 September
- LC 4 – 9 September
Men's individual sprint
- B&VI 1–3 – 10 September
Men's team sprint
- LC 1–4/CP 3–4 – 10 September
Women's 500m time trial
- LC1–2/CP 4 – 8 September
- LC3–4/CP 3 – 8 September
Women's 1 km time trail
- B&VI 1–3 – 7 September
Women's individual pursuit
- B&VI 1–3 – 9 September
- LC 1–2/CP 4 – 10 September
- LC 3–4/CP 3 – 10 September

Participating countries[]

There were 220 athletes (163 males, 57 females) from 39 nations taking part in this sport.

Argentina (3)
Australia (17)
Austria (11)
Belarus (6)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (2)
Burkina Faso (1)
Canada (15)
China (8)
Colombia (4)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (8)
Denmark (3)
Finland (2)
France (9)
Germany (17)
Great Britain (12)
Greece (2)
Ireland (6)
Israel (1)
Italy (9)
Japan (5)
Lebanon (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Mexico (1)
Netherlands (6)
New Zealand (5)
Norway (1)
Poland (6)
Portugal (1)
Romania (3)
Slovakia (4)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (7)
South Korea (2)
Spain (16)
Switzerland (5)
United States (13)
Venezuela (2)

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their cyclists (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	17	3	0	20
2	United States (USA)	5	4	4	13
3	Germany (GER)	3	6	4	13
4	Australia (AUS)	3	5	7	15
5	Spain (ESP)	3	5	3	11
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	2	4	8
7	Italy (ITA)	2	1	3	6
8	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	0	2
9	Japan (JPN)	1	3	2	6
10	France (FRA)	1	1	2	4
11	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	1	3
12	Austria (AUT)	1	1	0	2
12	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	0	2
14	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	3	4
15	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
16	China (CHN)	0	3	4	7
17	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	0	3
18	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
19	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
22	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
22	Lebanon (LIB)	0	0	2	2
24	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 nations)		44	43	44	131

Road cycling[]

Men's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time trial details	Time trial B&VI 1–3	Spain (ESP) Christian Venge David Llaurado	Netherlands (NED)	Poland (POL)
	Time trial CP 3	Javier Otxoa Spain	Darren Kenny Great Britain	Yong-Sik Jin South Korea
	Time trial CP 4	Cesar Neira Spain	Christopher Scott Australia	Japan
	Time trial HC A	Austria	Slovakia	Alain Quittet France
	Time trial HC B	Heinz Frei Switzerland	Vittorio Podestà Italy	Edward Maalouf Lebanon
	Time trial HC C	Oz Sanchez United States	Spain	Alejandro Albor United States
	Time trial LC1	Germany	Austria	Fabio Triboli Italy
	Time trial LC2	Jiri Jezek Czech Republic	Carol Eduard Novak Romania	Roberto Alcaide Spain
	Time trial LC3	Laurent Thirionet France	Simon Richardson Great Britain	Japan
	Time trial LC4	Michael Teuber Germany	Juan José Méndez Fernández Spain	Anthony Zahn United States
Road race details	Road race B&VI 1–3	Poland (POL) Andrzej Zajac	Finland (FIN)	France (FRA)
	Road race HC B	Heinz Frei Switzerland	Germany	Edward Maalouf Lebanon
	Road race HC C	Ernst van Dyk South Africa	Alejandro Albor United States	Oz Sanchez United States
	Road race LC 1–2/CP 4	Fabio Triboli Italy	David Mercier France	Michael Gallagher Australia
	Road race LC 3–4/CP 3	Darren Kenny Great Britain	Javier Otxoa Spain	Czech Republic

Women's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time trial details	Time trial B&VI 1–3	United States (USA) Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring	Belarus (BLR)	New Zealand (NZL) Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell
	Time trial HC A/B/C	Rachel Morris Great Britain	Monique van der Vorst Netherlands	Dorothee Vieth Germany
	Time trial LC 1–2/CP 4	Sarah Storey Great Britain	Jennifer Schuble United States	Jufang Zhou China
	Time trial LC 3–4/CP 3	Barbara Buchan United States	Allison Jones United States	Paula Tesoriero New Zealand
Road race details	Road race B&VI 1–3	Belarus (BLR)	United States (USA) Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring	Canada (CAN) Genevieve Ouellet Mathilde Hupin
Road race details	Road race HC A/B/C	Andrea Eskau Germany	Monique van der Vorst Netherlands	Dorothee Vieth Germany

Mixed events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time trial details	Time trial CP 1–2	David Stone Great Britain	Germany	Czech Republic
Road race details	Road race CP 1–2	David Stone Great Britain	South Africa	Giorgio Farroni Italy

Track cycling[]

Men's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time trial details	1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3) details	Great Britain (GBR) Anthony Kappes Barney Storey	Australia (AUS) Ben Demery Shaun Hopkins	Australia (AUS) Kieran Modra Tyson Lawrence
	1 km time trial (CP 3)	Darren Kenny Great Britain	Rik Waddon Great Britain	Czech Republic
	1 km time trial (CP 4)	Japan	Czech Republic	Christopher Scott Australia
	1 km time trial (LC 1)	Mark Bristow Great Britain	China	Germany
	1 km time trial (LC 2) details	Jody Cundy Great Britain	Jiri Jezek Czech Republic	China
	1 km time trial (LC 3–4) details	Simon Richardson Great Britain	Japan	Greg Ball Australia
Individual pursuit details	Individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) details	Australia (AUS) Kieran Modra Tyson Lawrence	Spain (ESP) Christian Venge David Llaurado	Australia (AUS) Bryce Lindores Steven George
	Individual pursuit (CP 3) details	Darren Kenny Great Britain	Yong-Sik Jin South Korea	Jean Quevillon Canada
	Individual pursuit (CP 4) details	Christopher Scott Australia	Japan	Cesar Neira Spain
	Individual pursuit (LC 1) details	Michael Gallagher Australia	Germany	Fabio Triboli Italy
	Individual pursuit (LC 2) details	Jiri Jezek Czech Republic	Roberto Alcaide Spain	Belgium
	Individual pursuit (LC 3) details	Simon Richardson Great Britain	Japan	Tobias Graf Germany
	Individual pursuit (LC 4) details	Paolo Viganò Italy	Michael Teuber Germany	Spain
Sprint details	Sprint (B&VI 1–3) details	Great Britain (GBR) Anthony Kappes Barney Storey	Australia (AUS) Ben Demery Shaun Hopkins	South Africa (RSA) Michael Thomson
Sprint details	Team sprint (LC1–4 CP3/4) details	Great Britain (GBR) Darren Kenny Mark Bristow Jody Cundy	China (CHN)	Czech Republic (CZE) Jiri Jezek

Women's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time trial details	500m time trial (LC1–2/CP 4)	Jennifer Schuble United States	China	China
	500m time trial (LC3–4/CP 3)	Paula Tesoriero New Zealand	Natalie Simanowski Germany	Jayme Paris Australia
	1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3) details	Great Britain (GBR) Aileen McGlynn Ellen Hunter	Australia (AUS) Felicity Johnson Katie Parker	Australia (AUS) Lindy Hou Toireasa Gallagher
Individual pursuit details	Individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) details	Great Britain (GBR) Aileen McGlynn Ellen Hunter	Australia (AUS) Lindy Hou Toireasa Gallagher	United States (USA) Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring
	Individual pursuit (LC 1–2/CP 4) details	Sarah Storey Great Britain	Jennifer Schuble United States	China
	Individual pursuit (LC 3–4/CP 3) details	Barbara Buchan United States	Natalie Simanowski Germany	Paula Tesoriero New Zealand

References[]

^ "Schedule". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

"Schedules and Results - Cycling Road". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

"Schedules and Results - Cycling Track". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

External links[]

[1] "Schedule". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Classification[]

Events[]

Participating countries[]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Road cycling[]

Men's events[]

Women's events[]

Mixed events[]

Track cycling[]

Men's events[]

Women's events[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Cycling at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Cycling
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome Changping Triathlon Venue
Dates	7–10 September 2008
←2004 2012→

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women	mixed
Time trial	men	women	mixed
Track cycling
Time trial	men	women
Individual pursuit	men	women
Tandem sprint	men
Team sprint	men
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