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

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Women's mass start
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date24 February
Competitors24 from 15 nations
Winning points60
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nana Takagi  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Bo-reum  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irene Schouten  Netherlands
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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.

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

Rank Semifinal Name Country Points Time Notes
1 1 Francesca Lollobrigida  Italy 68 8:54.19 Q
2 1 Guo Dan  China 43 8:54.20 Q
3 1 Keri Morrison  Canada 21 8:54.25 Q
4 1 Irene Schouten  Netherlands 5 8:54.94 Q
5 1 Nana Takagi  Japan 5 8:55.14 Q
6 1 Kim Bo-reum  South Korea 4 9:22.21 Q
7 1
Mia Manganello
 United States 1 8:54.52 Q
8 1 Maryna Zuyeva  Belarus 0 8:54.38 Q
9 1 Elena Møller Rigas  Denmark 0 8:54.39
10 1 Laura Gómez  Colombia 0 8:54.99
11 1 Magdalena Czyszczoń  Poland 0 8:56.66
12 1 Ramona Härdi  Switzerland 0 DNF
1 2 Nikola Zdráhalová  Czech Republic 60 8:32.22 Q
2 2 Annouk van der Weijden  Netherlands 40 8:32.31 Q
3 2 Li Dan  China 24 8:32.49 Q
4 2 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 5 8:35.59 Q
5 2 Heather Bergsma  United States 5 8:38.19 Q
6 2 Francesca Bettrone  Italy 5 8:38.69 Q
7 2 Saskia Alusalu  Estonia 3 8:35.58 Q
8 2 Luiza Złotkowska  Poland 3 9:08.41 Q
9 2 Park Ji-woo  South Korea 1 8:33.43
10 2 Ivanie Blondin  Canada 1 8:53.92
11 2 Tatsiana Mikhailava  Belarus 0 8:33.93
12 2 Ayano Sato  Japan 0 DNF

Final

Rank Name Country Points Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nana Takagi  Japan 60 8:32.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Bo-reum  South Korea 40 8:32.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irene Schouten  Netherlands 20 8:33.02
4 Saskia Alusalu  Estonia 15 8:47.46
5 Li Dan  China 6 8:50.48
6 Maryna Zuyeva  Belarus 3 8:41.73
7 Francesca Lollobrigida  Italy 1 8:33.30
8 Nikola Zdráhalová  Czech Republic 1 8:41.35
9 Luiza Złotkowska  Poland 1 8:47.34
10 Guo Dan  China 0 8:33.90
11 Heather Bergsma  United States 0 8:35.80
12 Keri Morrison  Canada 0 8:41.38
13 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 0 8:41.45
14 Annouk van der Weijden  Netherlands 0 8:42.19
15
Mia Manganello
 United States 0 8:54.40
16 Francesca Bettrone  Italy 0 9:04.82

References

  1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. POCOG. Archived from the original
    on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Speed skating mass start returns to Olympic programme - Olympic News".
  4. ^ "Speed Skating – Media Information Report". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Semifinal 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  6. ^ "Semifinal 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.