Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's road race

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The Men's individual road race events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 13–14 at the Changping Triathlon Venue.

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.

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Handcycle classes

HC B

The Men's individual road race HC B event took place on September 14. The race distance was 48.4 km. [1]

GoldSilverBronze
Heinz Frei
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Max Weber
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Edward Maalouf
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Rank Name Time Time
behind
Avg.
speed
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heinz Frei  (SUI) 1:28:25 32.844
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Max Weber  (GER) 1:28:26 +0:01
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Lebanon.svg  Edward Maalouf  (LIB) 1:28:26 +0:01
4 Flag of Austria.svg  Manfred Putz  (AUT) 1:28:31 +0:06
5 Flag of Italy.svg  Vittorio Podesta  (ITA) 1:28:41 +0:16
6 Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Knecht  (GER) 1:30:24 +1:59
7 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Lukas Weber  (SUI) 1:30:24 +1:59
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Radovan Civis  (CZE) 1:31:56 +3:31
9 Flag of Canada.svg  Rico Morneau  (CAN) 1:32:09 +3:44
10 Flag of the United States.svg  Matt Updike  (USA) 1:32:17 +3:52
11 Flag of Canada.svg  Mark Beggs  (CAN) 1:32:37 +4:12
12 Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Baumann  (GER) 1:36:36 +8:11
13 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cho Hang-duk  (KOR) 1:38:09 +9:44
14 Flag of the United States.svg  David Lee  (USA) 1:38:09 +9:44
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Marcel Pipek  (CZE) DNF

HC C

The Men's individual road race HC C event took place on September 14. The race distance was 48.4 km. [2]

GoldSilverBronze
Ernst van Dyk
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Alejandro Albor
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Oz Sanchez
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rank Name Time Time
behind
Avg.
speed
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of South Africa.svg  Ernst van Dyk  (RSA) 1:21:40 - 35.559
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Alejandro Albor  (USA) 1:21:41 +0:01
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Oz Sanchez  (USA) 1:21:41 +0:01
4 Flag of Spain.svg  Jose Vicente Arzo  (ESP) 1:26:11 +4:31
5 Flag of Austria.svg  Elmar Sternath  (AUT) 1:27:35 +5:55
6 Flag of Germany.svg  Norbert Mosandl  (GER) 1:29:31 +7:51
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Don van der Linden  (NED) 1:31:48 +10:08
8 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Franz Nietlispach  (SUI) 1:33:49 +12:09
9 Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Peter Lorkowski  (LUX) 1:34:04 +12:24
10 Flag of Germany.svg  Norbert Koch  (GER) 1:42:46 +21:06
11 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Lassane Gasbeogo  (BUR) 1:44:09 +22:29

Cerebral palsy /locomotor disability classes

LC 1/LC 2/CP 4

The Men's individual road race LC 1/LC 2/CP 4 event took place on September 13. The race distance was 72.6 km. [3]

GoldSilverBronze
Fabio Triboli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
David Mercier
Flag of France.svg  France
Michael Gallagher
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Rank Name Time Time
behind
Avg.
speed
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Triboli  (ITA) 1:46:03 41.074
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  David Mercier  (FRA) 1:46:03
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia.svg  Michael Gallagher  (AUS) 1:46:03
4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jan Boyen  (BEL) 1:46:03
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiri Bouska  (CZE) 1:46:13 +0:10
6 Flag of Brazil.svg  Soelito Gohr  (BRA) 1:46:13 +0:10
7 Flag of Austria.svg  Wolfgang Eibeck  (AUT) 1:46:13 +0:10
8 Flag of Spain.svg  Roberto Alcaide  (ESP) 1:46:13 +0:10
9 Flag of Germany.svg  Klaus Lungershausen  (GER) 1:46:13 +0:10
10 Flag of Spain.svg  Cesar Neira  (ESP) 1:46:13 +0:10
11 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Ivan Renggli  (SUI) 1:46:13 +0:10
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiří Ježek  (CZE) 1:46:18 +0:15
13 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Patrik Chlebo  (SVK) 1:46:18 +0:15
14 Flag of Australia.svg  Christopher Scott  (AUS) 1:46:18 +0:15
15 Flag of France.svg  Damien Severi  (FRA) 1:47:05 +1:02
16 Flag of Italy.svg  Pierpaolo Addesi  (ITA) 1:47:18 +1:15
17 Flag of Germany.svg  Wolfgang Sacher  (GER) 1:48:47 +2:44
18 Flag of Norway.svg  Morten Jahr  (NOR) 1:50:15 +4:12
19 Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Chacon  (COL) 1:56:17 +10:14
20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zheng Yuanchao  (CHN) 1:59:00 +12:57
21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Kuidong  (CHN) 1:59:05 +13:02
22 Flag of Colombia.svg  Kennedy Jacome  (COL) 2:00:34 +14:31
23 Flag of South Africa.svg  Janos Plekker  (RSA) 2:01:23 +15:20
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Bristow  (GBR) 2:01:44 +15:41
25 Flag of the United States.svg  Ron Williams  (USA) 2:01:44 +15:41
26 Flag of Croatia.svg  Tomislav Zadro  (CRO) 2:01:44 +15:41
27 Flag of Slovenia.svg  David Kuster  (SLO) 2:01:50 +15:47
28 Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Farrell  (USA) 2:01:58 +15:55
29 Flag of Greece.svg  Ioannis Kalaitzakis  (GRE) 2:02:21 +16:18
30 Flag of Romania.svg  Carol Eduard Novak  (ROU) 2:02:21 +16:18
31 Flag of Spain.svg  Amador Granado  (ESP) 2:03:02 +16:59
Flag of Canada.svg  Eric Bourgault  (CAN) DNF
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Lubos Jirka  (CZE) DNF
Flag of Ireland.svg  Cathal Gustavus Miller  (IRL) DNF
Flag of Ireland.svg  Enda Smyth  (IRL) DNF
Flag of Japan.svg  Masashi Ishii  (JPN) DNF
Flag of Austria.svg  Manfred Gattringer  (AUT) DNS
Flag of Canada.svg  Mark Breton  (CAN) DNS

LC 3/LC 4/CP 3

The Men's individual road race LC 3/LC 4/CP 3 event took place on September 13. The race distance was 60.5 km. [4]

GoldSilverBronze
Darren Kenny
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Javier Ochoa
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tomas Kvasnicka
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Rank Name Time Time
behind
Avg.
speed
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Darren Kenny  (GBR) 1:37:00 37.417
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Javier Ochoa  (ESP) 1:37:02 +0:02
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Tomas Kvasnicka  (CZE) 1:38:01 +1:01
4 Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Graf  (GER) 1:38:01 +1:01
5 Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio García  (ESP) 1:38:01 +1:01
6 Flag of France.svg  Laurent Thirionet  (FRA) 1:38:01 +1:01
7 Flag of France.svg  Stephane Bahier  (FRA) 1:38:01 +1:01
8 Flag of Spain.svg  Maurice Far Eckhard  (ESP) 1:38:03 +1:03
9 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Jin Yong-sik  (KOR) 1:38:13 +1:13
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Simon Richardson  (GBR) 1:39:14 +2:14
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Lu  (CHN) 1:39:15 +2:15
12 Flag of Venezuela.svg  Victor Garrido  (VEN) 1:39:15 +2:15
13 Flag of Austria.svg  Erich Stauffer  (AUT) 1:39:15 +2:15
14 Flag of Brazil.svg  Flaviano Carvalho  (BRA) 1:39:15 +2:15
15 Flag of Austria.svg  Alexander Hohlrieder  (AUT) 1:39:15 +2:15
16 Flag of Venezuela.svg  Cirio Molina  (VEN) 1:39:15 +2:15
17 Flag of Germany.svg  Michael Teuber  (GER) 1:39:15 +2:15
18 Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Jose Mendez  (ESP) 1:41:03 +4:03
19 Flag of Japan.svg  Masaki Fujita  (JPN) 1:41:03 +4:03
20 Flag of Germany.svg  Pierre Senska  (GER) 1:47:03 +10:03
21 Flag of Australia.svg  Michael Milton  (AUS) 1:49:29 +12:29
22 Flag of Portugal.svg  Augusto Pereira  (POR) 1:49:37 +12:37
23 Flag of Argentina.svg  Rodrigo López  (ARG) 1:52:50 +15:50
24 Flag of Canada.svg  Jean Quevillon  (CAN) 1:54:03 +17:03
25 Flag of Germany.svg  Erich Winkler  (GER) 1:55:40 +18:40
26 Flag of the United States.svg  Anthony Zahn  (USA) 1:58:19 +21:19
27 Flag of Canada.svg  Brayden McDougall  (CAN) 1:59:13 +22:13
Flag of Austria.svg  Wolfgang Dabernig  (AUT) DNF
Flag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Macchi  (ITA) DNF
Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Vigano  (ITA) DNS

Blind & visually impaired class

B&VI 1-3

The Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3 event took place on September 13. The race distance was 96.8 km. [5]

GoldSilverBronze
Zajac / Flak
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Ollanketo / Tormanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Donval / Saccomandi
Flag of France.svg  France
Rank Name Time Time
behind
Avg.
speed
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Poland.svg  Zajac / Flak  (POL) 2:14:44 - 43.107
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Finland.svg  Ollanketo / Tormanen  (FIN) 2:14:45 +0:01
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  Donval / Saccomandi  (FRA) 2:14:49 +0:05
4 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Janovjak / Mitosinka  (SVK) 2:16:54 +2:10
5 Flag of Poland.svg  Kosikowski / Korc  (POL) 2:17:53 +3:09
6 Flag of Canada.svg  Cote / Boily  (CAN) 2:17:53 +3:09
7 Flag of Canada.svg  Chalifour / Cloutier  (CAN) 2:18:04 +3:20
8 Flag of Spain.svg  Venge / Llaurado  (ESP) 2:18:06 +3:22
9 Flag of Spain.svg  Gonzalez / Suarez  (ESP) 2:18:06 +3:22
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eymard / Godimus  (BEL) 2:23:17 +8:33
11 Flag of Australia.svg  Modra / Lawrence  (AUS) 2:24:55 +10:11
12 Flag of South Africa.svg  Kilpatrick / Thomson  (RSA) 2:29:18 +14:34
13 Flag of Japan.svg  Oshiro / Takahashi  (JPN) 2:29:18 +14:34
14 Flag of Denmark.svg  Madsen / Soerensen  (DEN) 2:29:21 +14:37
15 Flag of Canada.svg  Cowie / Smibert  (CAN) 2:29:27 +14:43
16 Flag of Ireland.svg  Delaney / Peelo  (IRL) 2:29:32 +14:48
Flag of Romania.svg  Butu / Ruzsa  (ROU) DNF OVL
Flag of Argentina.svg  Nattkemper / Ferrari  (ARG) DNF OVL
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Stelleman / Tettelaar  (NED) DNF
Flag of Australia.svg  Lindores / George  (AUS) DNF
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Shaptsiaboi / Piutsevich  (BLR) DNF
Flag of Colombia.svg  Arciniegas / Carreno  (COL) DNS

Legend: DNF = Did Not Finish; DNS = Did Not Start; OVL = Overlapped.

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References

  1. "Men's individual road race HC B Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  2. "Men's individual road race HC C Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  3. "Men's individual road race LC 1/LC 2/CP 4 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  4. "Men's individual road race LC 3/LC 4/CP 3 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  5. "Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.