Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start

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Women’s mass start
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram.svg
VenueHualindong Ski Resort
Date18 February
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Winning time40:18.0
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Tiril Eckhoff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Marte Olsbu Røiseland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2018
2026 

The Women's mass start competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 18 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, [1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft). [2] Justine Braisaz-Bouchet of France won the event. It was her first individual Olympic medal. Tiril Eckhoff of Norway won the silver medal, and Marte Olsbu Røiseland, also of Norway, bronze.

Summary

The 2018 champion, Anastasiya Kuzmina, and the silver medalist, Darya Domracheva, retired from competitions. The 2014 and 2018 bronze medalist, Eckhoff, dominated the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup, winning not only overall but also sprint and pursuit. The overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Olsbu Røiseland, and the leader in mass start was Dorothea Wierer. Olsbu Røiseland won the sprint and pursuit races at the 2022 Olympics.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 15:00. [3]

RankBibNameCountryTimePenalties (P+P+S+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg10 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Flag of France.svg  France 40:18.04 (2+1+0+1)
Silver medal icon.svg6 Tiril Eckhoff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40:33.34 (0+0+2+2)+15.3
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Marte Olsbu Røiseland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40:52.94 (0+0+2+2)+34.9
413 Markéta Davidová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 41:11.44 (1+0+1+2)+53.4
515 Kristina Reztsova Flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.svg  ROC 41:29.06 (2+1+1+2)+1:11.0
614 Julia Simon Flag of France.svg  France 41:40.66 (0+1+3+2)+1:22.6
719 Yuliia Dzhima Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 41:43.73 (1+0+2+0)+1:25.7
825 Franziska Preuß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41:44.44 (1+1+1+1)+1:26.4
94 Elvira Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41:55.74 (1+0+0+3)+1:37.7
1011 Hanna Sola Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 41:57.28 (2+2+1+3)+1:39.2
118 Lisa Theresa Hauser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 42:07.64 (0+1+1+2)+1:49.6
127 Dzinara Alimbekava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 42:19.26 (1+1+2+2)+2:01.2
131 Denise Herrmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 42:27.15 (1+1+1+2)+2:09.1
1424 Katharina Innerhofer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 42:42.76 (1+0+2+3)+2:24.7
1527 Vanessa Hinz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 43:12.24 (0+0+2+2)+2:54.2
1626 Lena Häcki Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 43:14.29 (0+3+3+3)+2:56.2
1723 Uliana Nigmatullina Flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.svg  ROC 43:14.36 (2+1+3+0)+2:56.3
1817 Vanessa Voigt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 43:22.76 (1+2+2+1)+3:04.7
193 Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Flag of France.svg  France 43:29.75 (2+0+2+1)+3:11.7
2030 Irina Kazakevich Flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.svg  ROC 43:34.67 (1+3+2+1)+3:16.6
2116 Mona Brorsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43:37.46 (2+1+2+1)+3:19.4
225 Dorothea Wierer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 43:41.08 (2+2+2+2)+3:23.0
2329 Deedra Irwin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43:42.16 (1+3+1+1)+3:24.1
2418 Linn Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43:46.68 (0+2+3+3)+3:28.6
259 Hanna Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 44:03.27 (0+3+1+3)+3:45.2
2622 Paulína Fialková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 44:04.88 (0+3+1+4)+3:46.8
2720 Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 44:06.68 (2+3+1+2)+3:48.6
2828 Lucie Charvátová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 44:28.75 (0+2+2+1)+4:10.7
2912 Anaïs Bescond Flag of France.svg  France 46:02.310 (0+2+3+5)+5:44.3
3021 Alina Stremous Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 47:30.09 (1+2+3+3)+7:12.0

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