| | Event type
Points Race, Men
| Date | 28 – 31 July 1992 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Velódromo de Horta, Barcelona | |
| Participants | 38 from 38 countries | |
| Format | Final at 50 km.; heats at 30 km. | |
As in 1984-1988, the points race was raced over 30 km. in the heats and 50 km. in the final. Unlike those years, when only two riders finished the final on the same lap, the 21 finalists all finished on the same lap. The very fast pace prevented any breakaways that would allow a rider to gain a lap. Three riders – Giovanni Lombardi (ITA), Léon van Bon (NED), and Cédric Mathy (BEL) – came to the final lap sprint with a chance to win. Van Bon led with 41 points, followed by Lombardi with 38 and Mathy with 31. The final sprint gave 10 points to the winner, 6 to the runner-up and 4 and 2 to third- and fourth-place. Mathy had the best of the sprint, but Lombardi broke out of a late box to second, while van Bon dropped to fourth as Lombardi burst by. Van Bon and the Dutch fans celebrated, thinking he had won the race, but the final points were 44 for Lombardi, the gold medalist, and 43 for silver medalist van Bon.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Lombardi |  ITA | at 1 lap (5 h2) | --- (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Léon van Bon |  NED | at 1 lap (7 h2) | same lap (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Cédric Mathy |  BEL | at 1 lap (10 h2) | same lap (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Glenn McLeay |  NZL | same lap (2 h2) | same lap (4) | |||
| 5 | Lubor Tesař |  TCH | at 1 lap (4 h2) | same lap (5) | |||
| 6 | Éric Magnin |  FRA | at 1 lap (3 h1) | same lap (6) | |||
| 7 | Guido Fulst |  GER | at 1 lap (6 h2) | same lap (7) | |||
| 8 | Andi Aeschbach |  SUI | at 1 lap (7 h1) | same lap (8) | |||
| 9 | Franz Stocher |  AUT | at 1 lap (2 h1) | same lap (9) | |||
| 10 | Erminio Suárez |  ARG | at 1 lap (12 h2) | same lap (10) | |||
| 11 | Hiroshi Daimon |  JPN | at 1 lap (11 h2) | same lap (11) | |||
| 12 | Wojciech Pawłak |  POL | at 1 lap (12 h1) | same lap (12) | |||
| 13 | Conrado Cabrera |  CUB | at 1 lap (8 h2) | same lap (13) | |||
| 14 | Manuel Youshimatz |  MEX | at 1 lap (4 h1) | same lap (14) | |||
| 15 | Dan Frost |  DEN | at 1 lap (8 h1) | same lap (15) | |||
| 16 | José Velásquez |  COL | at 1 lap (6 h1) | same lap (16) | |||
| 17 | Patrick Matt |  LIE | same lap (3 h2) | same lap (17) | |||
| 18 | Simon Lillistone |  GBR | --- (1 h1) | same lap (18) | |||
| 19 | Gene Samuel |  TTO | at 1 lap (9 h1) | same lap (19) | |||
| 20 | Li Wenkai |  CHN | at 1 lap (11 h1) | same lap (20) | |||
| 21 | Murugayan Kumaresan |  MAS | at 1 lap (10 h1) | same lap (21) | |||
| AC r2/2 | Stephen McGlede |  AUS | --- (1 h2) | – ( | DNF | ||
| AC r2/2 | Miklós Somogyi |  HUN | at 1 lap (9 h2) | – ( | DNF | ||
| AC r2/2 | Vasyl Yakovlev |  EUN | at 1 lap (5 h1) | – ( | DNF | ||
| 13 h1 r1/2 | J'me Carney |  USA | at 1 lap (13 h1) | – | |||
| 13 h2 r1/2 | Park Min-Su |  KOR | at 1 lap (13 h2) | – | |||
| 14 h1 r1/2 | Fernando Louro |  BRA | at 1 lap (14 h1) | – | |||
| 14 h2 r1/2 | Arnolds Ūdris |  LAT | at 1 lap (14 h2) | – | |||
| 15 h1 r1/2 | Weng Yu-Yi |  TPE | at 2 laps (15 h1) | – | |||
| 15 h2 r1/2 | Miguel Droguett |  CHI | at 1 lap (15 h2) | – | |||
| 16 h2 r1/2 | Gabriel Aynat |  ESP | at 1 lap (16 h2) | – | |||
| 17 h2 r1/2 | Georgios Portelanos |  GRE | at 1 lap (17 h2) | – | |||
| 18 h2 r1/2 | John Malois |  CAN | at 1 lap (18 h2) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Neil Lloyd |  ANT | – (DNF h1) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Aubrey Richmond |  GUY | – (DNF h1) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Scott Richardson |  RSA | – (DNF h1) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Dušan Popeskov |  IOA | – (DNF h1) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h2 r1/2 | Majid Naseri |  IRI | – (DNF h2) | – | DNF |
Round One
| Date | 28 July 1992 |
|---|---|
| Format | First 12 finishers in each heat advanced to the final. Both heats at 30 km. |
Heat #1
| Time | 20:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Lap Margin | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Lillistone | GBR | --- | 9 | ||
| 2 | Franz Stocher | AUT | at 1 lap | 31 | ||
| 3 | Éric Magnin | FRA | at 1 lap | 30 | ||
| 4 | Manuel Youshimatz | MEX | at 1 lap | 28 | ||
| 5 | Vasyl Yakovlev | EUN | at 1 lap | 23 | ||
| 6 | José Velásquez | COL | at 1 lap | 22 | ||
| 7 | Andi Aeschbach | SUI | at 1 lap | 18 | ||
| 8 | Dan Frost | DEN | at 1 lap | 17 | ||
| 9 | Gene Samuel | TTO | at 1 lap | 17 | ||
| 10 | Murugayan Kumaresan | MAS | at 1 lap | 11 | ||
| 11 | Li Wenkai | CHN | at 1 lap | 8 | ||
| 12 | Wojciech Pawłak | POL | at 1 lap | 7 | ||
| 13 | J'me Carney | USA | at 1 lap | 6 | ||
| 14 | Fernando Louro | BRA | at 1 lap | 5 | ||
| 15 | Weng Yu-Yi | TPE | at 2 laps | 10 | ||
| Neil Lloyd | ANT | – | – | |||
| Aubrey Richmond | GUY | – | – | |||
| Scott Richardson | RSA | – | – | |||
| Dušan Popeskov | IOA | – | – |
Heat #2
| Time | 22:05 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Lap Margin | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen McGlede | AUS | --- | 16 | ||
| 2 | Glenn McLeay | NZL | same lap | 15 | ||
| 3 | Patrick Matt | LIE | same lap | 3 | ||
| 4 | Lubor Tesař | TCH | at 1 lap | 32 | ||
| 5 | Giovanni Lombardi | ITA | at 1 lap | 28 | ||
| 6 | Guido Fulst | GER | at 1 lap | 21 | ||
| 7 | Léon van Bon | NED | at 1 lap | 21 | ||
| 8 | Conrado Cabrera | CUB | at 1 lap | 18 | ||
| 9 | Miklós Somogyi | HUN | at 1 lap | 13 | ||
| 10 | Cédric Mathy | BEL | at 1 lap | 13 | ||
| 11 | Hiroshi Daimon | JPN | at 1 lap | 12 | ||
| 12 | Erminio Suárez | ARG | at 1 lap | 11 | ||
| 13 | Park Min-Su | KOR | at 1 lap | 10 | ||
| 14 | Arnolds Ūdris | LAT | at 1 lap | 10 | ||
| 15 | Miguel Droguett | CHI | at 1 lap | 7 | ||
| 16 | Gabriel Aynat | ESP | at 1 lap | 7 | ||
| 17 | Georgios Portelanos | GRE | at 1 lap | 3 | ||
| 18 | John Malois | CAN | at 1 lap | 1 | ||
| Majid Naseri | IRI | – | – |
Final Round
| Date | 31 July 1992 — 21:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | 150 laps (50 km). Thirty sprints, one every 5 laps (1.67 km) with points awarded - 5-3-2-1 - to the top four finishers in each sprint. Points on last sprint and halfway sprint doubled. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Lap Margin | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Lombardi | ITA | --- | 44 | ||
| 2 | Léon van Bon | NED | same lap | 43 | ||
| 3 | Cédric Mathy | BEL | same lap | 41 | ||
| 4 | Glenn McLeay | NZL | same lap | 30 | ||
| 5 | Lubor Tesař | TCH | same lap | 30 | ||
| 6 | Éric Magnin | FRA | same lap | 24 | ||
| 7 | Guido Fulst | GER | same lap | 24 | ||
| 8 | Andi Aeschbach | SUI | same lap | 23 | ||
| 9 | Franz Stocher | AUT | same lap | 18 | ||
| 10 | Erminio Suárez | ARG | same lap | 16 | ||
| 11 | Hiroshi Daimon | JPN | same lap | 14 | ||
| 12 | Wojciech Pawłak | POL | same lap | 12 | ||
| 13 | Conrado Cabrera | CUB | same lap | 12 | ||
| 14 | Manuel Youshimatz | MEX | same lap | 11 | ||
| 15 | Dan Frost | DEN | same lap | 7 | ||
| 16 | José Velásquez | COL | same lap | 6 | ||
| 17 | Patrick Matt | LIE | same lap | 5 | ||
| 18 | Simon Lillistone | GBR | same lap | 5 | ||
| 19 | Gene Samuel | TTO | same lap | 4 | ||
| 20 | Li Wenkai | CHN | same lap | 1 | ||
| 21 | Murugayan Kumaresan | MAS | same lap | 0 | ||
| Stephen McGlede | AUS | – | – | |||
| Miklós Somogyi | HUN | – | – | |||
| Vasyl Yakovlev | EUN | – | – |