The Women's 1 km time trial (B&VI 1–3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.
The world record was broken during the event, by Aileen McGlynn and her pilot, Ellen Hunter (Great Britain). They took over two seconds off their previous world record set in 2006, and over three seconds off the Paralympic record they set in Athens in 2004.
Records Records prior to the event PR 1:11.160 Athens 21 September 2004 WR 1:10.431 Manchester 5 May 2006
PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record
Results RankName 250 m 500 m 750 m Time Speed(km/h) 250–500 500–750 750–1000 21.410 (1) 36.404 (1) 52.179 (1) 1:09.006 52.124 WR 14.994 (1) 15.775 (1) 16.887 (2) 21.724 (2) 37.235 (2) 53.343 (2) 1:10.465 51.089 15.511 (2) 16.108 (2) 17.122 (3) 23.320 (5) 39.779 (5) 56.004 (4) 1:12.463 49.680 16.459 (4) 16.225 (3) 16.459 (1)4 22.209 (3) 38.298 (3) 55.052 (3) 1:12.787 49.459 16.089 (3) 16.754 (4) 17.735 (5) 5 23.170 (4) 39.638 (4) 56.433 (5) 1:14.048 48.617 16.468 (5) 16.795 (5) 17.615 (4)6 23.374 (6) 40.103 (6) 57.365 (6) 1:15.639 47.594 16.729 (7) 17.262 (7) 18.274 (7)7 24.110 (7) 40.809 (7) 57.948 (7) 1:16.208 47.239 16.699 (6) 17.139 (6) 18.260 (6)8 25.420 (8) 43.136 (8) 1:01.117 (8) 1:19.712 45.162 17.716 (8) 17.981 (8) 18.595 (8)
References