Points race at the Olympic Games | |
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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.