The Women's 1km time trial (B&VI 1–3) 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 record was broken during the event, by Aileen McGlynn

Aileen McGlynn

Aileen McGlynn OBE is a Scottish paralympic tandem cyclist, tandem piloted by Ellen Hunter.-Biography:Born in Glasgow, McGlynn was partially sighted at birth, she joined a cycling team at the age of 14 but was initially reluctant to tell her club mates about her disability. However the club worked...

 and her pilot, Ellen Hunter

Ellen Hunter

Ellen Hunter OBE is a Welsh competitive cyclist and tandem pilot for Aileen McGlynn at Paralympic events.Hunter and McGlynn broke the flying 200m women's tandem World record in April 2004....

 (Great Britain). They took over two seconds off their previous world record set in 2006, and over three seconds off the Paralymic record they set in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 in 2004.

Records

Records prior to the event
PR	1:11.160	'	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...	21 September 2004
WR	1:10.431	'	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...	5 May 2006

PR = Paralympic Record
WR = World Record

Results

Rank	|Name	|250 m	500 m	750 m	Time	|Speed (km/h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... )
		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)