Men's 1 km time trial (LC 3-4) at the XIII Paralympic Games |
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Venue | Laoshan Velodrome | ||||||||||||
Dates | 7 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:14.936 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Simon Richardson | Great Britain | ||
Maskai Fujita | Japan | ||
Greg Ball | Australia |
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics |
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Track cycling |
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Time trial | ||
Men | Women | |
1km time trial | B&VI 1–3 | B&VI 1–3 |
CP 3 | ||
CP 4 | ||
LC 1 | ||
LC 2 | ||
LC 3–4 | ||
500m time trial | LC 1–2/CP 4 | |
LC 3–4/CP 3 |
The Men's 1 km time trial (LC 3-4) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.
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.
PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record