Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start

The women's mass start speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held 24 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung.[1][2] This was the first time the mass start has been introduced to the Olympics.[3] The competition was held as a points race.

Women's mass start
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date24 February
Competitors24 from 15 nations
Winning points60
Medalists
Nana Takagi  Japan
Kim Bo-reum  South Korea
Irene Schouten  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen

Format

There were 12 skaters in each semifinal. The eight best finishers from each of two semi-finals competed in the final. Each race consisted of 16 laps. Three leaders after last 16th lap received 60, 40 and 20 points respectively. Three intermediate sprints award points to the first three competitors (5 points, 3 points, 1 point) after 4th, 8th and 12th laps. Event rankings were based on points gained in sprints, then by finish time for athletes with equal points.[4] In the Gangneung Oval, the accurate distance of 16 laps of the warm-up lane, is 5,695.175 m (355.948 m each lap).

Results

All races were skated on the same day, 24 February 2018. The first semifinal was held at 20:00,[5] the second at 20:15.[6] The final was on the same day at 21:30.[7]

Semifinals
RankSemifinalNameCountryPointsTimeNotes
11Francesca Lollobrigida Italy688:54.19Q
21Guo Dan China438:54.20Q
31Keri Morrison Canada218:54.25Q
41Irene Schouten Netherlands58:54.94Q
51Nana Takagi Japan58:55.14Q
61Kim Bo-reum South Korea49:22.21Q
71Mia Manganello United States18:54.52Q
81Maryna Zuyeva Belarus08:54.38Q
91Elena Møller Rigas Denmark08:54.39
101Laura Gómez Colombia08:54.99
111Magdalena Czyszczoń Poland08:56.66
121Ramona Härdi Switzerland0DNF
12Nikola Zdráhalová Czech Republic608:32.22Q
22Annouk van der Weijden Netherlands408:32.31Q
32Li Dan China248:32.49Q
42Claudia Pechstein Germany58:35.59Q
52Heather Bergsma United States58:38.19Q
62Francesca Bettrone Italy58:38.69Q
72Saskia Alusalu Estonia38:35.58Q
82Luiza Złotkowska Poland39:08.41Q
92Park Ji-woo South Korea18:33.43
102Ivanie Blondin Canada18:53.92
112Tatsiana Mikhailava Belarus08:33.93
122Ayano Sato Japan0DNF

Final
RankNameCountryPointsTimeNotes
Nana Takagi Japan608:32.87
Kim Bo-reum South Korea408:32.99
Irene Schouten Netherlands208:33.02
4Saskia Alusalu Estonia158:47.46
5Li Dan China68:50.48
6Maryna Zuyeva Belarus38:41.73
7Francesca Lollobrigida Italy18:33.30
8Nikola Zdráhalová Czech Republic18:41.35
9Luiza Złotkowska Poland18:47.34
10Guo Dan China08:33.90
11Heather Bergsma United States08:35.80
12Keri Morrison Canada08:41.38
13Claudia Pechstein Germany08:41.45
14Annouk van der Weijden Netherlands08:42.19
15Mia Manganello United States08:54.40
16Francesca Bettrone Italy09:04.82

References
  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. "Schedule". POCOG. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. https://www.olympic.org/news/speed-skating-mass-start-returns-to-olympic-programme
  4. "Speed Skating – Media Information Report". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. Semifinal 1 results
  6. Semifinal 2 results
  7. Final results
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