Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)

Infobox Paralympic event
event = Men's individual pursuit (CP 3)
games = 2008 Summer


caption =
venue = Laoshan Velodrome
dates = September 7
competitors = 8
nations = 7
win_value = "Rider caught"
gold = Darren Kenny
goldNPC = GBR
silver = Yong-Sik Jin
silverNPC = KOR
bronze = Jean Quevillon
bronzeNPC = CAN
prev =
next =The Men's individual pursuit (CP 3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on August 7 at the Laoshan Velodrome. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was reigning champion, Darren Kenny of Great Britain.

Preliminaries

Favourite, Kenny, managed to set a new world record in the preliminary round. [citeweb|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/CT/C73A1/CTM026900.pdf|format=PDF|title=Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 3) Qualifying|publisher=2008GamesBeijing.com|accessdate=2008-09-07] The new record was 5.812 secondscite web| url=http://www.china.org.cn/paralympics/2008-09/07/content_16406085.htm| title=Kenny's record could go in final| publisher=China.org.cn| date=2008-09-07|accessdate=2008-09-08] faster than the previous record, which was set by Kenny in Alkmar in 2005.cite web|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/OlympicGames2008/20080907_paralympics_track_day_one.asp| title=Paralympics 2008 - Track Day 1| publisher=British Cycling| date=2008-09-07|accessdate=2008-09-08] Javier Ochoa was disqualified for riding too close to his opponent in the preliminary round, after he had been overtaken by Kenny. [cite web| url=http://www.velodrome.org.uk/paralympics08d1.html| title=Three Paralympics Golds for GB| publisher=Velodrome.org.uk| date=2008-09-08|accessdate=2008-09-08] Kenny stated that he was disappointed by this as he would have liked to compete against Ochoa in the final.

Q = QualifierPR = Paralympic RecordWR = World Record

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