| Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Road cycling | ||
| Road race | men | women |
| Time trial | men | women |
Track cycling | ||
| Track time trial | men | |
| Individual pursuit | men | women |
| Points race | men | women |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | |
Mountain bike | ||
| Cross-country | men | women |
These are the official results of the Women's Points Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The event debuted at these Games. [1]
Gold:  | Silver:  | Bronze:  |
Nathalie Lancien  France | Ingrid Haringa  Netherlands | Lucy Tyler-Sharman  Australia |
| # | Athlete | NOC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Nathalie Even-Lancien | France | 24 |
| | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | 23 |
| | Lucy Tyler-Sharman | Australia | 17 |
| 4 | Svetlana Samokhvalova |  Russia | 14 |
| 5 | Maureen Kaila |  El Salvador | 11 |
| 6 | Liudmila Garajànskaia |  Belarus | 11 |
| 7 | Tea Vikstedt-Nyman |  Finland | 9 |
| 8 | Jacqui Nelson |  New Zealand | 8 |
| 9 | Seiko Hashimoto |  Japan | 7 |
| 10 | Nada Cristofoli |  Italy | 6 |
| 11 | Belem Guerrero |  Mexico | 4 |
| 12 | Alla Vasilenko |  Kazakhstan | 2 |
| 13 | Judith Arndt |  Germany | 2 |
| 14 | Maria Lawrence |  Great Britain | 1 |
| 15 | Daniela Larreal |  Venezuela | 0 |
| 16 | Tanja Klein |  Austria | 0 |
| 17 | Jeanne Golay |  United States | 0 |
| 18 | Dania Pérez |  Cuba | 0 |
| – | Wang Yan |  China | Retired |
| – | Kim Yong-Mi |  South Korea | Retired |
| – | May Britt Hartwell |  Norway | Retired |
| – | Izaskun Bengoa |  Spain | Retired |
| – | Rita Razmaitė |  Lithuania | Retired |
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