Points race at the Olympic Games
Track cycling
Overview
Sport	Cycling
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1900, 1984– 2008 Women: 1996– 2008
Reigning champion
Men	Joan Llaneras ( ESP)
Women	Marianne Vos ( NED)

The points race was a track cycling event held 8 times for men and 4 times for women at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900. It was not held again until 1984; it was then held every Summer Olympics from then until 2008, after which it was removed from the programme. A women's version was introduced in 1996 and also lasted until 2008.

The points race was replaced with the Omnium, which includes a points race as one of its multiple components, in 2012.

Medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Enrico Brusoni   Italy	Karl Duill   Germany	Louis Trousselier   France
1984 Los Angeles details	Roger Ilegems   Belgium	Uwe Messerschmidt   West Germany	José Youshimatz   Mexico
1988 Seoul details	Dan Frost   Denmark	Leo Peelen   Netherlands	Marat Ganeyev   Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona details	Giovanni Lombardi   Italy	Léon van Bon   Netherlands	Cédric Mathy   Belgium
1996 Atlanta details	Silvio Martinello   Italy	Brian Walton   Canada	Stuart O'Grady   Australia
2000 Sydney details	Joan Llaneras   Spain	Milton Wynants   Uruguay	Aleksei Markov   Russia
2004 Athens details	Mikhail Ignatiev   Russia	Joan Llaneras   Spain	Guido Fulst   Germany
2008 Beijing details	Joan Llaneras   Spain	Roger Kluge   Germany	Chris Newton   Great Britain

Multiple medalists

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Joan Llaneras	Spain (ESP)	2000–2008	2	1	0	3

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	3	0	0	3
2	Spain (ESP)	2	1	0	3
3	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	Russia (RUS)	1	0	1	2
5	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
6	Germany (GER)	0	2	1	3
7	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
8	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
11	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta details	Nathalie Lancien   France	Ingrid Haringa   Netherlands	Lucy Tyler-Sharman   Australia
2000 Sydney details	Antonella Bellutti   Italy	Leontien Zijlaard   Netherlands	Olga Slyusareva   Russia
2004 Athens details	Olga Slyusareva   Russia	Belem Guerrero   Mexico	María Luisa Calle   Colombia
2008 Beijing details	Marianne Vos   Netherlands	Yoanka González   Cuba	Leire Olaberria   Spain

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	0	3
2	Russia (RUS)	1	0	1	2
3	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
5	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1

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