The women's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 18 at the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, China.

The first way to score points is to lap the group.

Each time a cyclist gained a full lap on the peloton, she scored 20 points.

If a cyclist lost a full lap to the peloton, however, she would lose 20 points.

The other method of scoring points was to place in the intermediate sprints, held every 10 laps.