| Event: | Men's individual pursuit (CP 4) |
| Games: | 2008 Summer |
| Venue: | Laoshan Velodrome |
| Dates: | 7 September |
| Competitors: | 9 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 3:40.144 |
| Gold: | Christopher Scott |
| Goldnpc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Masashi Ishi |
| Silvernpc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Cesar Neira |
| Bronzenpc: | ESP |
The Men's individual pursuit (CP 4) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 7 August at the Laoshan Velodrome.
| Records prior to the event | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | 3:32.958 | 20 September 2004 | |||
| WR | 3:32.958 | 19 September 2004 | |||
Masashi Ishi (Japan) rode the quickest time in the preliminary round, beating Christopher Scott (Australia) by just 0.643 seconds. They went head to head in the final for gold and silver whilst Cesar Neira (Spain) was third, just 0.047 seconds quicker than fourth placed Jiri Bouska (Czech Republic).[1]
Q = QualifierPR = Paralympic RecordWR = World Record
| Rank | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:37.848 Q | ||
| 2 | 3:38.205 Q | ||
| 3 | 3:45.269 Q | ||
| 4 | 3:45.322 Q | ||
| 5 | 3:52.561 | ||
| 6 | 3:53.566 | ||
| 7 | 3:55.919 | ||
| 8 | 3:55.933 | ||
| 9 | 4:04.606 |
The final rounds saw equally close margins, but this time the placing were reversed with Scott taking gold from Ishi with a margin of just 0.013 seconds, and Neira taking the bronze.[2]
| Name | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:40.144 | |||
| 3:40.157 |
| Name | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:45.753 | |||
| 3:48.912 | 4 |