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

Cycling Track – Women's points race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
File:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Venue	National Cycling Centre
Dates	30 July
Competitors	13 from 7 nations
Winning points	37
Medalists
gold medal  Katherine Bates   File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia silver medal  Rochelle Gilmore   File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia bronze medal  Clara Hughes   File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

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

Results

The race started at 20:30.

Rank	Name	Sprint Points	Extra Laps	Total Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of Australia.svg Katherine Bates (AUS)	27	1	37
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of Australia.svg Rochelle Gilmore (AUS)	23	0	23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Clara Hughes (CAN)	10	1	20
4	File:Flag of Australia.svg Alison Wright (AUS)	17	0	17
5	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Sarah Ulmer (NZL)	16	0	16
6	File:Flag of Wales 2.svg Nicole Cooke (WAL)	4	1	14
7	File:Flag of England.svg Frances Newstead (ENG)	4	1	14
8	File:Flag of England.svg Melanie Szubrycht (ENG)	4	0	4
9	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erin Carter (CAN)	3	0	3
10	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Hsu Min Chung (MAS)	0	0	0
11	File:Flag of England.svg Rachel Heal (ENG)	0	0	0
12	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Joanne Cavill (SCO)	0	0	0
	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Fiona Carswell (NZL)	2	0	DNF