The Men's individual pursuit (CP 4) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Records Records prior to the event PR 3:32.958 Athens 20 September 2004 WR 3:32.958 Athens 19 September 2004
Preliminaries Masashi Ishi (Japan) rode the quickest time in the preliminary round, beating Christopher Scott (Australia) by just 0.643 seconds. They went head to head in the final for gold and silver whilst Cesar Neira (Spain) was third, just 0.047 seconds quicker than fourth placed Jiri Bouska (Czech Republic).
Q = Qualifier PR = Paralympic Record WR = World Record
Rank Name Time 1 3:37.848 Q 2 3:38.205 Q 3 3:45.269 Q 4 3:45.322 Q 5 3:52.561 6 3:53.566 7 3:55.919 8 3:55.933 9 4:04.606
Finals The final rounds saw equally close margins, but this time the placing were reversed with Scott taking gold from Ishi with a margin of just 0.013 seconds, and Neira taking the bronze.
Gold medal match Name Time Rank 3:40.144 3:40.157
Bronze medal match Name Time Rank 3:45.753 3:48.912 4
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