The Men's omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships was first competed in 2007 in Spain.
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.
[1] 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.
Three riders have won the event twice, Benjamin Thomas of France, Ethan Hayter of Great Britain and Fernando Gaviria of Colombia.