2014 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Mass Start (Women)

Biathlon 12.5 km mass start for women of the 2014 Winter Olympics

Winner	Belarus Darja Domratschawa
Competitions
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men	Mixed

The women's 12.5 km mass start race in biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place on February 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Laura Biathlon and Cross-Country Ski Center. The Belarusian Darja Domratschawa made only one shooting error and thus secured the gold medal. Silver went to Gabriela Soukalová from the Czech Republic, who also had only one shooting error. The bronze medal went to the Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff .

Competition description

In the mass start over 12.5 km, 30 athletes started the race at the same time. These lined up in ten rows of three athletes. Four laps of equal length were run, after the first four laps the shooting range had to be started once. The shooting was in the order lying / lying / standing / standing. For each target not hit, the athlete had to complete a 150 meter penalty loop. For the qualification of the mass start race, the same qualification criteria applied to the Olympic Games as to the biathlon world championships . The gold medal winners of the previous individual competitions entered the race with start numbers 1–3, the silver medalists with start numbers 4–6 and the bronze medalists with 7–9. In addition, the 15 best female athletes in the overall ranking of the ongoing Biathlon World Cup were given the right to start. The number of remaining starting places was based on how many athletes had won more than one medal in the previous competitions and so one or more of the starting places of the first nine athletes were not filled. The following athletes then automatically moved up with their start number. The at least six remaining starting places were awarded to the athletes who, according to the point system of the Biathlon World Cup , would have won the most points in the previous races. There was no personal right to start for the mass start winner of the previous year like at the Biathlon World Championships.

Total ascent: 295 m, maximum ascent: 28 m, difference in altitude: 29 m
30 participants from 15 countries, 26 of them in the valuation.

Results

space	sportswoman	country	Time (min)	Penalties (L + L + S + S)	Difference (min)
1	Darja Domratschawa	Belarus Belarus	35: 25.6	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	-
2	Gabriela Soukalová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	35: 45.8	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+0: 20.2
3	Tiril Eckhoff	Norway Norway	35: 52.9	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+0: 27.3
4th	Teja Gregorin	Slovenia Slovenia	36: 05.0	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: 39.4
5	Monika Hojnisz	Poland Poland	36: 20.5	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: 54.9
6th	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland Finland	36: 27.1	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+1: 01.5
7th	Olena Pidhruschna	Ukraine Ukraine	36: 37.1	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 11.5
8th	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	36: 49.3	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 23.7
9	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland Switzerland	36: 54.9	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+1: 29.3
10	Anaïs Bescond	France France	36: 55.3	3 (0 + 0 + 3 + 0)	+1: 29.7
11	Susan Dunklee	United States United States	36: 57.9	3 (0 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+1: 32.3
12	Walentyna Semerenko	Ukraine Ukraine	37: 03.5	2 (0 + 0 + 2 + 0)	+1: 37.9
13	Karin Oberhofer	Italy Italy	37: 03.6	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+1: 38.0
14th	Torah Berger	Norway Norway	37: 07.8	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+1: 42.2
15th	Nadsey Skardsina	Belarus Belarus	37: 08.0	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+1: 42.4
16	Wita Semerenko	Ukraine Ukraine	37: 03.5	2 (0 + 0 + 2 + 0)	+1: 37.9
17th	Andrea Henkel	Germany Germany	37: 19.2	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+1: 53.6
18th	Krystyna Pałka	Poland Poland	37: 33.9	2 (1 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+2: 08.3
19th	Weronika Nowakowska	Poland Poland	37: 35.2	4 (1 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+2: 09.6
20th	Éva Tófalvi	Romania Romania	37: 50.9	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 25.3
21st	Julia Jyma	Ukraine Ukraine	38: 10.8	4 (0 + 0 + 2 + 2)	+2: 45.2
22nd	Ann Kristin Flatland	Norway Norway	38: 15.6	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+2: 50.0
23	Dorothea Wierer	Italy ITA	38: 37.4	3 (1 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+3: 11.8
24	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia Slovakia	38: 50.3	5 (0 + 2 + 2 + 1)	+3: 24.7
25th	Megan Imrie	Canada Canada	38: 59.0	5 (1 + 0 + 1 + 3)	+3: 33.4
26th	Franziska Hildebrand	Germany Germany	39: 09.5	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+3: 43.9
	Elisa Gasparin	Switzerland Switzerland	DNF	1 (0 + 1)
DSQ	Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle (4th)	Germany Germany	35: 53.9	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: 28.3
DSQ	Olga Wiluchina (21.)	Russia Russia	38: 05.3	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 39.7
DSQ	Olga Saizewa (23rd)	Russia Russia	38: 14.2	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+2: 48.6