Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's points race

The women's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 18 at the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, China.

Women's points race at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Dates	August 18
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Marianne Vos  Netherlands Yoanka González  Cuba Leire Olaberria  Spain
← 2004

This track cycling event consists of a single race which is a 25 kilometre, 100 lap race. During the race, cyclists can score points in two ways; the cyclist with the most points at the end of the race wins. The first way to score points is to lap the group. Each time a cyclist gained a full lap on the peloton, she scored 20 points. If a cyclist lost a full lap to the peloton, however, she would lose 20 points. The other method of scoring points was to place in the intermediate sprints, held every 10 laps. The first four cyclists in each of those sprints would score, with the first finisher getting 5 points, the second 3, the third 2, and the fourth 1 point.^[1]