Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 1km time trial (LC 3–4)
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The Men's 1 km time trial (LC 3-4) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

took place on 7 September at the Laoshan Velodrome
Laoshan Velodrome
The Laoshan Velodrome is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007....

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The world records for both LC3 and LC4 categories were broken during the event. Simon Richardson
Simon Richardson
Simon Richardson MBE is a Welsh paralympic cyclist.-Biography:Richardson was born in 1966 in Porthcawl, Wales, and is the son of John and Diana Richardson. He is married to Amanda and has two sons Ashley and Benjamin. In 2001 he was involved in a car accident which left him with serious leg and...

 (Great Britain) set a new record of 1:14.936 for the LC3 class and Greg Ball
Greg Ball (cyclist)
Greg Ball is a Paralympic cyclist from Queensland, Australia. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the mixed Olympic Sprint LC1-LC3 event....

(USA) set a new record of 1:21.157 for the LC4 class. This was the first gold medal for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

PR = Paralympic Record
WR = World Record

Results

Rank|Name Class Time Factor (%) Final Time with % factor
LC3 1:14.936 WR 100.000 1:14.936
LC3 1:17.314 100.000 1:17.314
LC4 1:21.157 WR 95.718 1:17.681
4 LC4 1:21.172 95.718 1:17.696
5 LC3 1:18.515 100.000 1:18.515
6 LC3 1:18.603 100.000 1:18.603
7 LC4 1:22.473 95.718 1:18.941
8 LC3 1:20.561 100.000 1:20.561
9 LC3 1:21.578 100.000 1:21.578
10 LC3 1:21.954 100.000 1:21.954
11 LC3 1:22.526 100.000 1:22.526
12 LC4 1:26.757 95.718 1:23.042
13 LC4 1:27.161 95.718 1:23.428
14 LC4 1:27.690 95.718 1:23.935
15 LC4 1:28.392 95.718 1:24.607
16 LC3 1:27.054 100.000 1:27.054
17 LC4 1:31.787 95.718 1:27.856
18 LC3 1:27.934 100.000 1:27.934
19 LC3 1:28.973 100.000 1:28.973
20 LC4 1:33.275 95.718 1:29.280
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