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.
Qualification times were set in a 200m flying start (6.5 laps). Races were 6 laps.
Qualification PR = Paralympic Record
Rank Name Time Speed km/h 1 10.536 68.337 PR 2 10.629 67.739 3 10.641 67.662 4 10.842 66.408 5 11.373 63.307 6 11.460 62.827 7 11.502 62.597 8 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 Match 1 Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride 1 12.007 11.661 2 Match 2 Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride 1 11.053 11.405 2 Match 3 Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride 1 11.259 11.728 2 Match 4 Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride 1 12.168 12.431 2
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 Match 1 Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride 1 10.747 11.467 2 Match 2 Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride 1 11.553 2 REL
were relegated for moving outward with the intention of forcing the opponent to go up.
Finals Gold Medal Match Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride 10.758 11.524 Bronze Medal Match Rank Name 1st Ride 2nd Ride Decider 11.517 4 12.519 REL
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 12.145 59.283 6 Rank Name Time Speed km/h 7 11.627 61.924 8
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