Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's sprint

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.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Men's sprint at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Dates	September 10
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Anthony Kappes & Barney Storey  Great Britain Ben Demery & Shaun Hopkins  Australia Gavin Kilpatrick & Michael Thomson  South Africa

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	Anthony Kappes (GBR)   Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)	10.536	68.337 PR
2	Ben Demery (AUS)   Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)	10.629	67.739
3	Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)   Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)	10.641	67.662
4	Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)   Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)	10.842	66.408
5	Brian Cowie (CAN)   Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN)	11.373	63.307
6	Michael Delaney (IRL)   Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL)	11.460	62.827
7	Carlos Arciniegas (COL)   Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL)	11.502	62.597
8	Lujan Nattkemper (ARG)   Pilot: Juan Ferrari (ARG)	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	Anthony Kappes (GBR)   Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)	12.007	11.661
2	Lujan Nattkemper (ARG)   Pilot: Juan Ferrari (ARG)

Match 2

Rank	Name	1st Ride	2nd Ride
1	Ben Demery (AUS)   Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)	11.053	11.405
2	Carlos Arciniegas (COL)   Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL)

Match 3

Rank	Name	1st Ride	2nd Ride
1	Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)   Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)	11.259	11.728
2	Michael Delaney (IRL)   Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL)

Match 4

Rank	Name	1st Ride	2nd Ride
1	Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)   Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)	12.168	12.431
2	Brian Cowie (CAN)   Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN)

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	Anthony Kappes (GBR)   Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)	10.747	11.467
2	Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)   Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)

Match 2

Rank	Name	1st Ride	2nd Ride
1	Ben Demery (AUS)   Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)	11.553
2	Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)   Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)		REL

  South Africa 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
	Anthony Kappes (GBR)   Pilot: Barney Storey (GBR)	10.758	11.524
	Ben Demery (AUS)   Pilot: Shaun Hopkins (AUS)

Bronze Medal Match

Rank	Name	1st Ride	2nd Ride	Decider
	Gavin Kilpatrick (RSA)   Pilot: Michael Thomson (RSA)			11.517
4	Tatsuyuki Oshiro (JPN)   Pilot: Hitoshi Takahashi (JPN)	12.519	REL

  Japan 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	Michael Delaney (IRL)   Pilot: David Patrick Peelo (IRL)	12.145	59.283
6	Brian Cowie (CAN)   Pilot: Devon Smibert (CAN)

Rank	Name	Time	Speed km/h
7	Carlos Arciniegas (COL)   Pilot: Juan Carreno (COL)	11.627	61.924
8	Lujan Nattkemper (ARG)   Pilot: Juan Ferrari (ARG)

References

1. (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
2. (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
3. (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
4. (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
5. (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2012.