Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start

Women's mass start
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Women's mass start; at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for biathlon
Venue	Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date	17 February
Competitors	30 from 15 nations
Winning time	35:25.6
Medalists
	← 2010 2018 →

Last updated October 08, 2022

The Women's 12.5 kilometre mass start biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 17 February 2014.^[1]

Results

The race was started at 19:00.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Penalties (P+P+S+S)	Deficit
	2	Darya Domracheva	Belarus	35:25.6	1 (0+0+0+1)	—
	10	Gabriela Soukalová	Czech Republic	35:45.8	1 (0+0+0+1)	+20.2
	12	Tiril Eckhoff	Norway	35:52.9	1 (0+1+0+0)	+27.3
4	7	Teja Gregorin	Slovenia	36:05.0	0 (0+0+0+0)	+39.4
5	19	Monika Hojnisz	Poland	36:20.5	0 (0+0+0+0)	+54.9
6	9	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	36:27.1	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:01.5
7	21	Olena Pidhrushna	Ukraine	36:37.1	0 (0+0+0+0)	+1:11.5
8	13	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	36:49.3	0 (0+0+0+0)	+1:23.7
9	5	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	36:54.9	2 (0+1+1+0)	+1:29.3
10	17	Anaïs Bescond	France	36:55.3	3 (0+0+3+0)	+1:29.7
11	25	Susan Dunklee	United States	36:57.9	3 (0+1+1+1)	+1:32.3
12	11	Valj Semerenko	Ukraine	37:03.5	2 (0+0+2+0)	+1:37.9
13	18	Karin Oberhofer	Italy	37:03.6	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:38.0
14	4	Tora Berger	Norway	37:07.8	2 (0+1+1+0)	+1:42.2
15	8	Nadezhda Skardino	Belarus	37:08.0	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:42.4
16	6	Vita Semerenko	Ukraine	37:03.5	2 (0+0+2+0)	+1:37.9
17	14	Andrea Henkel	Germany	37:19.2	1 (0+0+1+0)	+1:53.6
18	29	Krystyna Pałka	Poland	37:33.9	2 (1+0+1+0)	+2:08.3
19	22	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak	Poland	37:35.2	4 (1+0+2+1)	+2:09.6
20	26	Éva Tófalvi	Romania	37:50.9	2 (1+0+0+1)	+2:25.3
21	3	Olga Vilukhina	Russia	38:05.3	2 (1+0+0+1)	+2:39.7
22	16	Juliya Dzhyma	Ukraine	38:10.8	4 (0+0+2+2)	+2:45.2
DSQ	20	Olga Zaitseva	Russia	38:14.2	1 (0+0+1+0)	+2:48.6
24	28	Ann Kristin Flatland	Norway	38:15.6	2 (0+1+1+0)	+2:50.0
25	24	Dorothea Wierer	Italy	38:37.4	3 (1+2+0+0)	+3:11.8
26	1	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	38:50.3	5 (0+2+2+1)	+3:24.7
27	30	Megan Imrie	Canada	38:59.0	5 (1+0+1+3)	+3:33.4
28	15	Franziska Hildebrand	Germany	39:09.5	3 (1+0+1+1)	+3:43.9
DSQ	23	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	Germany	35:53.9	0 (0+0+0+0)	+28.3
	27	Elisa Gasparin	Switzerland	DNF	1 (0+1)

On 27 November 2017, IOC disqualified Olga Vilukhina for doping violations.^[3]

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References

↑ "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ Final Results
↑ "IOC sanctions five Russian athletes and publishes first full decision as part of the Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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[1] "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[2] Final Results

[3] "IOC sanctions five Russian athletes and publishes first full decision as part of the Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Qualification
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Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Mass start	men	women
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