Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's points race

The women's points race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 30 July 2002.

Cycling Track – Women's points race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Cycling Centre
Dates	30 July
Competitors	13 from 7 nations
Winning points	37
Medalists
Katherine Bates    Australia   Rochelle Gilmore    Australia   Clara Hughes    Canada

Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Road cycling
Road race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Track cycling
Individual pursuit	men	women
Team pursuit	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Team sprint	men	women
Points race	men	women
Scratch race	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Mountain biking
Cross-country	men	women

This track cycling event consists of a single 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 10 points. The other method of scoring points was to place in the intermediate sprints. The first four cyclists in each of ten sprints would score, with the first finisher getting 5 points, the second 3, the third 2, and the fourth 1 point.