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

Women's points race
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Laoshan Velodrome
Dates August 18
Competitors 22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Marianne Vos  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yoanka González  Cuba
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Leire Olaberria  Spain

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

This track cycling event consists of a single race. This race 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]

Results[2]

Rank Name Country Sprint
Points		 Extra
Laps		 Total
Points
Marianne Vos Netherlands10130
Yoanka González Cuba18018
Leire Olaberria Spain13013
4María Luisa Calle Colombia13013
5Lesya Kalytovska Ukraine10010
6Katherine Bates Australia10010
7Pascale Jeuland France808
8Olga Slyusareva Russia808
9Gina Grain Canada606
10Yan Li China606
11Rebecca Romero Great Britain303
12Svetlana Pauliukaite Lithuania202
13Lada Kozlíková Czech Republic202
14Vera Carrara Italy101
15Wan Yiu Wong Hong Kong000
16Evelyn García El Salvador000
17Catherine Cheatley New Zealand000
18Trine Schmidt Denmark000
19Lee Min-Hye South Korea0-2-40
Sarah Hammer United StatesDNF
Satomi Wadami JapanDNF
Verena Jooss Germany-1DNF

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Format". Beijing 2008 Olympic Games official website.
  2. ↑ "Results: Women's Points Race". Beijing 2008 Olympic Games official website. August 18, 2008. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008.
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