# UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race is the world championship points race held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It was first held at the 1980 championships in Besançon, France. As of 2024, Urs Freuler from Switzerland is the most successful cyclist with eight victories.

## Medalists

| Championships | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
| 1980 Besançon details | Stan Tourné (BEL) | Giovanni Mantovani (ITA) | Heinz Betz (FRG) |
| 1981 Brno details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Danny Clark (AUS) | Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) |
| 1982 Leicester details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Gary Sutton (AUS) | Roman Hermann (LIE) |
| 1983 Zürich details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) | Gary Sutton (AUS) |
| 1984 Barcelona details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Gary Sutton (AUS) | Henry Rinklin (FRG) |
| 1985 Bassano del Grappa details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Hans Ledermann (SUI) | Stefano Allocchio (ITA) |
| 1986 Colorado Springs details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Michel Vaarten (BEL) | Stefano Allocchio (ITA) |
| 1987 Vienna details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Tony Doyle (GBR) | Roger Ilegems (BEL) |
| 1988 Ghent details | Daniel Wyder (SUI) | Adriano Baffi (ITA) | Michael Marcussen (DEN) |
| 1989 Lyon details | Urs Freuler (SUI) | Gary Sutton (AUS) | Martin Penc (TCH) |
| 1990 Maebashi details | Laurent Biondi (FRA) | Michael Marcussen (DEN) | Danny Clark (AUS) |
| 1991 Stuttgart details | Viatcheslav Ekimov (URS) | Francis Moreau (FRA) | Peter Pieters (NED) |
| 1992 Valencia details | Bruno Risi (SUI) | Jonas Romanovas (LTU) | Juan Esteban Curuchet (ARG) |
| 1993 Hamar details | Etienne De Wilde (BEL) | Eric Magnin (FRA) | Vasyl Yakovlev (UKR) |
| 1994 Palermo details | Bruno Risi (SUI) | Jan Bo Petersen (DEN) | Franz Stocher (AUT) |
| 1995 Bogotá details | Silvio Martinello (ITA) | Remigius Lupeikis (LTU) | Sergey Lavrenenko (KAZ) |
| 1996 Manchester details | Joan Llaneras (ESP) | Michael Sandstød (DEN) | Silvio Martinello (ITA) |
| 1997 Perth details | Silvio Martinello (ITA) | Bruno Risi (SUI) | Joan Llaneras (ESP) |
| 1998 Bordeaux details | Joan Llaneras (ESP) | Andreas Kappes (GER) | Silvio Martinello (ITA) |
| 1999 Berlin details | Bruno Risi (SUI) | Vasyl Yakovlev (UKR) | Ho-Sung Cho (KOR) |
| 2000 Manchester details | Joan Llaneras (ESP) | Matthew Gilmore (BEL) | Franz Stocher (AUT) |
| 2001 Antwerp details | Bruno Risi (SUI) | Juan Esteban Curuchet (ARG) | Franz Stocher (AUT) |
| 2002 Ballerup details | Chris Newton (GBR) | Franz Stocher (AUT) | Juan Curuchet (ARG) |
| 2003 Stuttgart details | Franz Stocher (AUT) | Joan Llaneras (ESP) | Jos Pronk (NED) |
| 2004 Melbourne details | Franck Perque (FRA) | Milton Wynants (URU) | Juan Curuchet (ARG) |
| 2005 Los Angeles details | Volodymyr Rybin (UKR) | Ioannis Tamouridis (GRE) | Joan Llaneras (ESP) |
| 2006 Bordeaux details | Peter Schep (NED) | Rafał Ratajczyk (POL) | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) |
| 2007 Palma de Mallorca details | Joan Llaneras (ESP) | Iljo Keisse (BEL) | Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS) |
| 2008 Manchester details | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | Christophe Riblon (FRA) | Peter Schep (NED) |
| 2009 Pruszków details | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | Daniel Kreutzfeldt (DEN) | Chris Newton (GBR) |
| 2010 Ballerup details | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | Peter Schep (NED) | Milan Kadlec (CZE) |
| 2011 Apeldoorn details | Edwin Ávila (COL) | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | Morgan Kneisky (FRA) |
| 2012 Melbourne details | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | Ben Swift (GBR) | Kenny De Ketele (BEL) |
| 2013 Minsk details | Simon Yates (GBR) | Eloy Teruel (ESP) | Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS) |
| 2014 Cali details | Edwin Ávila (COL) | Thomas Scully (NZL) | Eloy Teruel (ESP) |
| 2015 Yvelines details | Artur Ershov (RUS) | Eloy Teruel (ESP) | Maximilian Beyer (GER) |
| 2016 London details | Jonathan Dibben (GBR) | Andreas Graf (AUT) | Kenny De Ketele (BEL) |
| 2017 Hong Kong details | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | Kenny De Ketele (BEL) | Wojciech Pszczolarski (POL) |
| 2018 Apeldoorn details | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) | Mark Stewart (GBR) |
| 2019 Pruszków details | Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) | Sebastián Mora (ESP) | Mark Downey (IRL) |
| 2020 Berlin details | Corbin Strong (NZL) | Sebastián Mora (ESP) | Roy Eefting (NED) |
| 2021 Roubaix details | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) | Kenny De Ketele (BEL) | Vincent Hoppezak (NED) |
| 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines details | Yoeri Havik (NED) | Roger Kluge (GER) | Fabio Van den Bossche (BEL) |
| 2023 Glasgow details | Aaron Gate (NZL) | Albert Torres (ESP) | Fabio Van den Bossche (BEL) |
| 2024 Ballerup details | Sebastián Mora (ESP) | Niklas Larsen (DEN) | Philip Heijnen (NED) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Switzerland | 13 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | France | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Belgium | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Colombia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Denmark | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 45 | 45 | 46 | 136 |