The men's points race was an event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The event was won by Joan Llaneras of Spain, the nation's first medal in the men's points race.

Silver went to Milton Wynants of Uruguay and bronze to Aleksei Markov of Russia; those nations also earned their first medals in the event.

In 1997, those positions were reversed: Martinello won his third World Championship, with Llaneras in third.

Most of the sprints were worth 5 points for the leader, 3 to the second-place cyclist, 2 to third, and 1 to fourth.