title: Points race at the Olympics
text: # Points race at the Olympics
  
  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 |
  | 3 | 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 |
  | 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | 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 |
  | 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  