Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's points race

Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Road race		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Track cycling
Individual pursuit		men		women
Team pursuit		men
Sprint		men		women
Team sprint		men
Time trial		men		women
Points race		men		women
Keirin		men
Madison		men
Mountain biking
Cross-country		men		women

These are the official results of the Men's Points Race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There were a total number of 23 participants competing in the final, which was held on 20 September 2000.

The men's points race in cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics consisted of a 160 lap (40 kilometre) points race with 16 sprints where points were awarded. 5 points were given to the first finisher of each sprint, with 3 going to the second-place finisher, 2 going to the third place cyclist, and 1 going to the fourth place rider. Double points were award in the final sprint. The winner is determined first by number of laps, and then by the total number of points accumulated.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Juan Llaneras, Spain	Milton Wynants, Uruguay	Aleksei Markov, Russia

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Sprint Points	Extra Laps
1	Juan Llaneras	Spain	14	2
2	Milton Wynants	Uruguay	18	1
3	Aleksei Markov	Russia	16	1
4	Cho Ho-Sung	South Korea	15	1
5	James Carney	United States	10	1
6	Franz Stocher	Austria	8	1
7	Glen Thomson	New Zealand	6	1
8	Silvio Martinello	Italy	5	1
9	Brian Walton	Canada	1	1
10	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	26	0
11	Wong Kam Po	Hong Kong	14	0
12	Bruno Risi	Switzerland	13	0
13	Jon Clay	Great Britain	10	0
14	Juan Curuchet	Argentina	8	0
15	Matthew Gilmore	Belgium	6	0
16	Makoto Iijima	Japan	6	0
17	Vasyl Yakovlev	Ukraine	5	0
18	Wilco Zuijderwijk	Netherlands	3	0
19	Christophe Capelle	France	2	0
20	Sergey Lavrenenko	Kazakhstan	1	0
21	Marlon Pérez	Colombia	0	0
22	Jimmi Madsen	Denmark	0	0
23	Thorsten Rund	Germany	0	0

References

• Official Report