Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual pursuit

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
	mixed
Time trial	men	women
	mixed
Track cycling
Time trial	men	women
Individual pursuit	men	women
Tandem sprint	men
Team sprint	men

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Track cycling
Individual pursuit
	Men	Women
Individual pursuit	B&VI 1–3	B&VI 1–3
	CP 3
	CP 4
		LC 1–2/CP 4
		LC 3–4/CP 3
	LC 1
	LC 2
	LC 3
	LC 4

The women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on 9–10 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.

Classification

The cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Cycling classes:

• B&VI 1–3: Blind and visually impaired cyclists.
• LC 1–4: Cyclists with a locomotor disability.
• CP 1–4: Cyclists with cerebral palsy.

B&VI 1–3

The women's individual pursuit (B&VI 1–3) event took place on 9 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Great Britain (GBR)	Australia (AUS)	United States (USA)
Aileen Mcglynn Ellen Hunter	Lindy Hou Toireasa Gallagher	Karissa Whitsell Mackenzie Woodring

Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lindy Hou (AUS)  Pilot: Toireasa Gallagher (AUS)	3:38.085 Q
2	Aileen Mcglynn (GBR)  Pilot: Ellen Hunter (GBR)	3:40.997 Q
3	Karissa Whitsell (USA)  Pilot: Mackenzie Woodring (USA)	3:42.237 Q
4	Jayne Parsons (NZL)  Pilot: Annaliisa Farrell (NZL)	3:47.271 Q
5	Catherine Mary Walsh (IRL)  Pilot: Joanna Hickey (IRL)	3:50.515
6	Iryna Fiadotava (BLR)  Pilot: Alena Drazdova (BLR)	3:54.322
7	Genevieve Ouellet (CAN)  Pilot: Mathilde Hupin (CAN)	3:54.909
8	Ana Lopez (ESP)  Pilot: Marina Girona (ESP)	3:59.328
9	Iryna Parkhamovich (BLR)  Pilot: Alesia Belaichuk (BLR)	4:02.820

LC 1–2/CP 4

The women's individual pursuit (LC 1–2/CP 4) event took place on 10 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.^[3][4]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sarah Storey Great Britain (GBR)	Jennifer Schuble United States (USA)	Dong Jingping China (CHN)

Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Factored time
1	Jennifer Schuble (USA)	3:35.514 Q WR
2	Sarah Storey (GBR)	3:40.492 Q WR
3	Dong Jingping (CHN)	3:49.130 Q
4	Ye Yaping (CHN)	3:51.508 Q
5	Greta Neimanas (USA)	3:57.966
6	Zhou Jufang (CHN)	4:00.504
7	Silvana Vinci (ITA)	4:02.148
8	Fiona Southorn (NZL)	4:06.965
9	Roxy Burns (RSA)	4:07.368
10	Anita Ruetz (AUT)	4:25.127

LC 3–4/CP 3

The women's individual pursuit (LC 3–4/CP 3) event took place on 10 September at the Laoshan Velodrome.^[5][6]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Barbara Buchan United States (USA)	Natalie Simanowski Germany (GER)	Paula Tesoriero New Zealand (NZL)

Preliminaries

Q = Qualifier WR = World Record

Rank	Name	Factored time
1	Barbara Buchan (USA)	4:13.860 Q WR
2	Natalie Simanowski (GER)	4:16.176 Q WR
3	Paula Tesoriero (NZL)	4:22.862 Q
4	Jayme Paris (AUS)	4:24.666 Q
5	Tang Qi (CHN)	4:27.115
6	Niu Zhifeng (CHN)	4:32.381
7	Jane Armstrong (AUS)	4:35.768
8	Allison Jones (USA)	4:36.306
9	Susan van Staden (RSA)	4:44.792
10	Raquel Acinas (ESP)	4:51.156

References

1. "Women's Individual Pursuit (B&VI) Qualification Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
2. "Women's Individual Pursuit (B&VI) Final Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
3. "Women's Individual Pusuit (LC 1-2/CP 4) Qualification Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
4. "Women's Individual Pusuit (LC 1-2/CP 4) Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
5. "Women's Individual Pusuit (LC 3-4/CP 3) Qualification Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
6. "Women's Individual Pusuit (LC 3-4/CP 3) Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.