| Event: | Men's individual pursuit (CP 3) |
| Games: | 2008 Summer |
| Venue: | Laoshan Velodrome |
| Dates: | 7 September |
| Competitors: | 8 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | Rider caught |
| Gold: | Darren Kenny |
| Goldnpc: | GBR |
| Silver: | Yong-Sik Jin |
| Silvernpc: | KOR |
| Bronze: | Jean Quevillon |
| Bronzenpc: | CAN |
The Men's individual pursuit (CP 3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome. The pre-event favorite to win the gold medal was reigning champion, Darren Kenny of Great Britain.
Favourite, Kenny, managed to set a new world record in the preliminary round.[1] The new record was 5.812 seconds[2] faster than the previous record, which was set by Kenny in Alkmar in 2005.[3] Javier Ochoa was disqualified for riding too close to his opponent in the preliminary round, after he had been overtaken by Kenny.[4] Kenny stated that he was disappointed by this as he would have liked to compete against Ochoa in the final.
Q = QualifierPR = Paralympic RecordWR = World Record
| Rank | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:36.875 Q WR | ||
| 2 | 3:58.817 Q | ||
| 3 | 4:03.730 Q | ||
| 4 | 4:09.119 Q | ||
| 5 | 4:11.715 | ||
| 6 | 4:13.850 | ||
| 7 | 4:15.006 | ||
| Disqualified |
Kenny went on to catch his opponent, Yong-Sik Jin of South Korea, in the final round.[5]
| Name | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| caught opponent | |||
| caught |
| Name | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:03:277 | |||
| 4:08.430 | 4 |