Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's sprint
| Men's sprint at the XIII Paralympic Games |
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| Venue | Laoshan Velodrome | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 10 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey |
 Great Britain
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Ben Demery & Shaun Hopkins |
 Australia
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Gavin Kilpatrick & Michael Thomson |
 South Africa
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics |
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| Road cycling |
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| Road race | men | women |
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| Time trial | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Track cycling |
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| Time trial | men | women |
| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Tandem sprint | men | |
| Team sprint | men | |
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.
PR = Paralympic Record
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.
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
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.
Match 1
Match 2
South Africa were relegated for moving outward with the intention of forcing the opponent to go up.
Gold Medal Match
Bronze Medal Match
Japan were relegated in the second run for entering the sprinter's lane when the opponent was already there.
5-8 Place Matches
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