# UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium

The Women's omnium at the European Track Championships was first competed in 1997.
The Omnium event, consists of a combination of different disciplines, sharing similarities with other multi-event sports such as Modern Pentathlon, heptathlon and decathlon. The make up of the event has fluctuated since its introduction, as the event has been tweaked. In its most modern version, the event operates as an extended points race for endurance riders over one day – points are won in the first three disciplines (a scratch, tempo and elimination race) and these points are then brought forward to the final event, the points race. Timed elements that formally were part of the race, such as the flying lap, kilo and individual pursuit, have gradually been removed so that all four elements are now mass start.

## Medalists

The women's omnium has been contested since before the advent of the full European Track championships, but can be broadly divided between a pre-Olympic event, and the Olympic event. For two years, a separate 'Omnium sprint' event was also held.
The most successful cyclist in the event before its Olympic inclusion was Olga Slyusareva who took six titles in seven years for Russia between 1998 and 2005. Following its Olympic inclusion, double-Olympic champion Laura Kenny holds the record for four titles and two silver medals, with Katie Archibald her closest challenger with three titles and a silver. The Great Britain pairs dominance' is notable, as each nation can, as is common in such events, only enter one athlete – as such, Kenny and Archibald have never faced each other at European level. Only Dutch racer Kirsten Wild with two titles, three silvers and a bronze has more than one title win outside these three.

### Omnium endurance

The discipline exists of a points race, an individual pursuit, a scratch race and an elimination race.
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 details | Antonella Bellutti (ITA) | Ingrid Haringa (NED) | Sally Boyden (GBR) |
| 1998 details | Olga Slyusareva (RUS) | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (NED) | Svetlana Samokhvalova (RUS) |
| 1999 details | Olga Slyusareva (RUS) | Antonella Bellutti (ITA) | Debby Mansveld (NED) |
| 2001 details | Olga Slyusareva (RUS) | Svetlana Ivakhovenkova (RUS) | Vera Carrara (ITA) |
| 2002 details | Olga Slyusareva (RUS) | Svetlana Ivakhonenkova (RUS) | Natalia Karimova (RUS) |
| 2003 details | Olga Slyusareva (RUS) | Elena Tchalykh (RUS) | Iryna Yanovych (UKR) |
| 2004 details | Lyudmyla Vypyraylo (UKR) | Apollinaria Bakova (RUS) | Eleonora Soldo (ITA) |
| 2005 details | Olga Slyusareva (RUS) | Lada Kozlíková (CZE) | Gema Pascual (ESP) |
| 2006 details | Lada Kozlíková (CZE) | Yulia Aroustamova (RUS) | Carolina Lüthi (SUI) |
| 2007 details | Vera Carrara (ITA) | Gema Pascual (ESP) | Elke Gebhardt (GER) |
| 2008 details | Elena Tchalykh (RUS) | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Anastasia Tchulkova (RUS) |
| 2009 details | Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Monia Baccaille (ITA) |

### Omnium sprint

The discipline exists of a flying lap, a keirin, an elimination race and a sprint.
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2008 details | Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED) | Elise Van Hage (NED) | Helena Casas (ESP) |
| 2009 details | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | Olga Streltsova (RUS) | Viktoria Baranova (RUS) |

### Omnium Olympic

The individual disciplines of the event have changed over time. Initially consisting of a flying lap, a points race, an elimination race, an individual pursuit, a scratch race and a time trial, since 2016 the discipline consists of a scratch race, a tempo race, an elimination race, leading to a final deciding points race.
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2010 Pruszków details | Leire Olaberria (ESP) | Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR) | Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL) |
| 2011 Apeldoorn details | Laura Trott (GBR) | Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR) | Kirsten Wild (NED) |
| 2012 Panevėžys details | Aušrinė Trebaitė (LTU) | Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) | Tamara Balabolina (RUS) |
| 2013 Apeldoorn details | Laura Trott (GBR) | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) |
| 2014 Baie-Mahault details | Laura Trott (GBR) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Anna Knauer (GER) |
| 2015 Grenchen details | Laura Trott (GBR) | Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) | Aušrinė Trebaitė (LTU) |
| 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines details | Katie Archibald (GBR) | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) |
| 2017 Berlin details | Katie Archibald (GBR) | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Elisa Balsamo (ITA) |
| 2018 Glasgow details | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Katie Archibald (GBR) | Letizia Paternoster (ITA) |
| 2019 Apeldoorn details | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Laura Kenny (GBR) | Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR) |
| 2020 Plovdiv details | Elisa Balsamo (ITA) | Laura Kenny (GBR) | Maria Novolodskaya (RUS) |
| 2021 Grenchen details | Katie Archibald (GBR) | Victoire Berteau (FRA) | Rachele Barbieri (ITA) |
| 2022 Munich details | Rachele Barbieri (ITA) | Clara Copponi (FRA) | Daria Pikulik (POL) |
| 2023 Grenchen details | Katie Archibald (GBR) | Daria Pikulik (POL) | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) |
| 2024 Apeldoorn details | Anita Stenberg (NOR) | Neah Evans (GBR) | Valentine Fortin (FRA) |