Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueLaoshan Velodrome
DatesSeptember 10
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ben Demery & Shaun Hopkins  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gavin Kilpatrick & Michael Thomson  South Africa

The Men's sprint event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 10 at the Laoshan Velodrome. The event was competed by blind & visually impaired athletes.[1][2][3][4][5]

Qualification times were set in a 200m flying start (6.5 laps). Races were 6 laps.

Qualification

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PR = Paralympic Record

Rank Name Time Speed km/h
1  Anthony Kappes (GBR)
 Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)
10.536 68.337 PR
2  Ben Demery (AUS)
 Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)
10.629 67.739
3  Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)
 Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)
10.641 67.662
4  Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)
 Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)
10.842 66.408
5  Brian Cowie (CAN)
 Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN)
11.373 63.307
6  Michael Delaney (IRL)
 Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL)
11.460 62.827
7  Carlos Arciniegas (COL)
 Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL)
11.502 62.597
8  Lujan Nattkemper (ARG)
 Pilot: Juan Ferrari (ARG)
12.163 59.195

As there were only 8 entrants, all qualified for the semi-finals. The qualification was necessary to set up the pairings (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, etc.), which in turn affected participation in the 5th-6th or 7th-8th race-offs.

Quarter-finals

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Match 1

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride
1  Anthony Kappes (GBR)
 Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)
12.007 11.661
2  Lujan Nattkemper (ARG)
 Pilot: Juan Ferrari (ARG)

Match 2

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride
1  Ben Demery (AUS)
 Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)
11.053 11.405
2  Carlos Arciniegas (COL)
 Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL)

Match 3

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride
1  Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)
 Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)
11.259 11.728
2  Michael Delaney (IRL)
 Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL)

Match 4

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride
1  Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)
 Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)
12.168 12.431
2  Brian Cowie (CAN)
 Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN)

The winners of each heat qualified to Semifinals. Losers of 1st and 2nd heats raced off for 7th and 8th places, losers of heats 3 and 4 for 5th and 6th places.

Semi-finals

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Match 1

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride
1  Anthony Kappes (GBR)
 Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)
10.747 11.467
2  Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)
 Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)

Match 2

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride
1  Ben Demery (AUS)
 Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)
11.553
2  Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)
 Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)
REL

 South Africa were relegated for moving outward with the intention of forcing the opponent to go up.

Finals

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Gold Medal Match

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride
1  Anthony Kappes (GBR)
 Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)
10.758 11.524
2  Ben Demery (AUS)
 Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)

Bronze Medal Match

Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride Decider
3  Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)
 Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)
11.517
4  Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)
 Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)
12.519 REL

 Japan were relegated in the second run for entering the sprinter's lane when the opponent was already there.

5-8 Place Matches

Rank Name Time Speed km/h
5  Michael Delaney (IRL)
 Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL)
12.145 59.283
6  Brian Cowie (CAN)
 Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN)
Rank Name Time Speed km/h
7  Carlos Arciniegas (COL)
 Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL)
11.627 61.924
8  Lujan Nattkemper (ARG)
 Pilot: Juan Ferrari (ARG)

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Sprint (B&VI 1-3) Qualification Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's Sprint (B&VI 1-3) Quarter-finals Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Men's Sprint (B&VI 1-3) Semi-finals Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "Men's Sprint (B&VI 1-3) Finals Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "Men's Sprint (B&VI 1-3) Finals 5-8 places Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.