The men's points race was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

The event was won by Giovanni Lombardi of Italy, the nation's first victory (and first medal) in the event since 1900 and second victory overall; Italy was the first nation to have two wins in the men's points race.

Léon van Bon gave the Netherlands its second consecutive silver in the event.

[2] The People's Republic of China, Cuba, Greece, Latvia, and South Africa each made their debut in the event.

Some former Soviet republics competed together as the Unified Team (with a Ukrainian cyclist in this event).

Van Bon led with 41 points going into the final sprint, 3 ahead of Lombardi.

Mathy, at 31 points, was also able to win, but needed to finish 1st with van Bon no better than 5th and Lombardi no better than 4th in the final sprint.