Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Biathlon - Mass Start (Women)

sport	biathlon
discipline	12.5 km mass start
gender	Women
Attendees	30 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Alpensia Biathlon Center
Competition phase	17th February 2018
Winning time	35: 23.0 min
Medalists  Anastasiya Kuzmina ( SVK )  Darja Domratschawa ( BLR )  Tiril Eckhoff ( NOR )

Biathlon competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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 2018 Winter Olympics took place on February 17, 2018 at 8:15 p.m. The venue was the Alpensia Biathlon Center . The Olympic champion was Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia , ahead of Darja Domratschawa from Belarus and 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. The difference in altitude was 350 to 500 m. 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: 425 m, maximum ascent: 40 m, difference in altitude: 36 m
30 participants from 13 countries, all in the rating.

Results

space	sportswoman	country	Time (min)	Penalties (L + L + S + S)
1	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	35: 23.0	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)
2	Darja Domratschawa	Belarus	35: 41.8	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
3	Tiril Eckhoff	Norway	35: 50.7	2 (1 + 0 + 1 + 0)
4th	Lisa Vittozzi	Italy	36: 08.6	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)
5	Hanna Öberg	Sweden	36: 09.5	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
6th	Dorothea Wierer	Italy	36: 10.3	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)
7th	Nadsey Skardsina	Belarus	36: 10.9	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)
8th	Marte Olsbu	Norway	36: 14.6	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)
9	Marie Dorin-Habert	France	36: 20.9	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)
10	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	36: 23.9	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)
11	Denise Herrmann	Germany	36: 27.2	2 (0 + 0 + 2 + 0)
12	Franziska Preuss	Germany	36: 38.9	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
13	Mona Brorsson	Sweden	36: 55.3	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
14th	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	36: 57.8	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)
15th	Monika Hojnisz	Poland	36: 59.2	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)
16	Laura Dahlmeier	Germany	37: 10.1	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)
17th	Anaïs Bescond	France	37: 23.5	4 (1 + 0 + 2 + 1)
18th	Markéta Davidová	Czech Republic	37: 23.8	3 (0 + 1 + 1 + 1)
19th	Walentyna Semerenko	Ukraine	37: 39.9	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)
20th	Justine Braisaz	France	37: 49.6	5 (0 + 1 + 3 + 1)
21st	Paulína Fialková	Slovakia	37: 52.6	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)
22nd	Linn Persson	Sweden	37: 54.5	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)
23	Lena Haecki	Switzerland	38: 22.3	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)
24	Wita Semerenko	Ukraine	38: 25.3	3 (0 + 0 + 3 + 0)
25th	Vanessa Hinz	Germany	38: 52.4	4 (2 + 1 + 0 + 1)
26th	Iryna Kryuko	Belarus	39: 04.0	4 (3 + 1 + 0 + 0)
27	Elisa Gasparin	Switzerland	39: 21.0	5 (0 + 2 + 1 + 2)
28	Irene Cadurisch	Switzerland	39: 44.7	4 (2 + 1 + 1 + 0)
29	Anaïs Chevalier	France	40: 39.7	6 (2 + 3 + 1 + 0)
30th	Tatiana Akimova	OAR	41: 32.4	6 (0 + 0 + 5 + 1)

Web links

• Results of the IBU

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10; 12.6.1.3 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018
2. ↑ Final result - mass start women. (PDF, 91 kB) biathlonresults.com, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018 (English).