# UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium

The Men's omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships was first competed in 2007 in Spain.
Until 20 June 2014, the Omnium consisted of six events: a one-lap flying start time trial, 5 km scratch race, an elimination race known as "the Devil", a 4 km individual pursuit, a 15 km points race, and a 1 km time trial. The placing a rider achieves in each event is converted to points, and the rider with the fewest points at the end of the competition wins. Prior to the introduction of "the Devil" in 2011, the Omnium consisted of five events.
Effective 20 June 2014, the Omnium consists of six events: a scratch race, a 5 km individual pursuit, an elimination race, a one-lap flying start time trial, a 1 km time trial, and a points race. For the first five events, riders are awarded 40, 38, 36 etc. points for 1st, 2nd 3rd etc. place. Riders ranked 21st and below are awarded 1 point. To this total, riders can add and subtract points based on laps gained and lost and points won in sprints in the Points race. The rider with the highest total of points is the winner.
Three riders have won the event twice, Benjamin Thomas of France, Ethan Hayter of Great Britain and Fernando Gaviria of Colombia. Of these, Thomas, with two golds and three silvers has the best record in the event.

## Medalists

| Championships | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
| 2007 Palma de Mallorca details | Alois Kaňkovský (CZE) | Walter Pérez (ARG) | Charles Bradley Huff (USA) |
| 2008 Manchester details | Hayden Godfrey (NZL) | Leigh Howard (AUS) | Aliaksandr Lisouski (BLR) |
| 2009 Pruszków details | Leigh Howard (AUS) | Zachary Bell (CAN) | Tim Veldt (NED) |
| 2010 Ballerup details | Ed Clancy (GBR) | Leigh Howard (AUS) | Taylor Phinney (USA) |
| 2011 Apeldoorn details | Michael Freiberg (AUS) | Shane Archbold (NZL) | Gijs van Hoecke (BEL) |
| 2012 Melbourne details | Glenn O'Shea (AUS) | Zachary Bell (CAN) | Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) |
| 2013 Minsk details | Aaron Gate (NZL) | Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) | Glenn O'Shea (AUS) |
| 2014 Cali details | Thomas Boudat (FRA) | Tim Veldt (NED) | Viktor Manakov (RUS) |
| 2015 Yvelines details | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | Glenn O'Shea (AUS) | Elia Viviani (ITA) |
| 2016 London details | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | Roger Kluge (GER) | Glenn O'Shea (AUS) |
| 2017 Hong Kong details | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) | Aaron Gate (NZL) | Albert Torres (ESP) |
| 2018 Apeldoorn details | Szymon Sajnok (POL) | Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) | Simone Consonni (ITA) |
| 2019 Pruszków details | Campbell Stewart (NZL) | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) | Ethan Hayter (GBR) |
| 2020 Berlin details | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) | Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) | Matthew Walls (GBR) |
| 2021 Roubaix details | Ethan Hayter (GBR) | Aaron Gate (NZL) | Elia Viviani (ITA) |
| 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines details | Ethan Hayter (GBR) | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) | Aaron Gate (NZL) |
| 2023 Glasgow details | Iúri Leitão (POR) | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) | Shunsuke Imamura (JPN) |
| 2024 Ballerup details | Lindsay De Vylder (BEL) | Simone Consonni (ITA) | Yanne Dorenbos (NED) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Colombia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |