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

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Women's points race
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Venue Laoshan Velodrome
DatesAugust 18
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marianne Vos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Yoanka González Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Leire Olaberria Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2004

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

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

Rank [2] NameCountrySprint
Points
Extra
Laps
Total
Points
Gold medal icon.svg Marianne Vos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10130
Silver medal icon.svg Yoanka González Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 18018
Bronze medal icon.svg Leire Olaberria Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13013
4 María Luisa Calle Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 13013
5 Lesya Kalytovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 10010
6 Katherine Bates Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 10010
7 Pascale Jeuland Flag of France.svg  France 808
8 Olga Slyusareva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 808
9 Gina Grain Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 606
10 Yan Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 606
11 Rebecca Romero Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 303
12 Svetlana Pauliukaite Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 202
13 Lada Kozlíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 202
14 Vera Carrara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101
15 Wan Yiu Wong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 000
16 Evelyn García Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 000
17 Catherine Cheatley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 000
18 Trine Schmidt Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 000
19 Lee Min-Hye Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 0-2-40
Sarah Hammer Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
Satomi Wadami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DNF
Verena Jooss Flag of Germany.svg  Germany -1DNF

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References

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