12.5 kilometres Mass Start, Women
| Date | 17 February 2018 — 20:15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Alpensia Resort, Mountain Cluster, Daegwallyeong | |
| Participants | 30 from 13 countries | |
| Format | Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 12,921 m Height Differential: 36 m Maximum Climb: 40 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.411 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Prone at 5.087 km, 50 m range Shooting 3: Standing at 7.763 km, 50 m range Shooting 4: Standing at 10.439 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 425 m | |
The mass start was the last of the four women’s individual competitions at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, starting on 17 February at 20:15. Slovakian Anastasia Kuzmina had her best performance, missing only one target, and posting the the fastest run time to win the gold medal. Belarussian Darya Domracheva also only missed one target and took the silver medal ahead of Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff, who repeated her bronze medal performance from 2014. Favorite Laura Dahlmeier had difficulty and placed 16th.
The race was started with bib numbers 1-3 for the three gold medal winners of the earlier individual Olympic races, 4-6 for the silver medalists and 7-9 for the bronze medalists. Only Nadezhda Skardino from Belarus (7th) and Monika Hojnisz from Poland (15th) hit all shooting targets out of the 30 pursuit competitors.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Misses | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | Shooting 3 Misses | Shooting 3 | Shooting 4 Misses | Shooting 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasia Kuzmina |  SVK | 35:23.0 | 1 | 0 | 6:32.8 (1) | 0 | 13:56.1 (1) | 0 | 21:17.8 (1) | 1 | 29:16.6 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Daria Domrachava |  BLR | 35:41.8 | 1 | 0 | 6:43.2 (5) | 0 | 14:04.0 (2) | 1 | 22:02.0 (5) | 0 | 29:41.3 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Tiril Eckhoff |  NOR | 35:50.7 | 2 | 1 | 7:06.0 (21) | 0 | 14:28.7 (10) | 1 | 22:16.9 (10) | 0 | 29:50.6 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Lisa Vittozzi |  ITA | 36:08.6 | 2 | 1 | 7:05.6 (20) | 0 | 14:35.4 (13) | 0 | 21:59.0 (4) | 1 | 29:55.4 (5) | |||
| 5 | Hanna Öberg |  SWE | 36:09.5 | 1 | 0 | 6:36.3 (2) | 0 | 14:06.4 (3) | 1 | 22:16.5 (9) | 0 | 29:54.6 (4) | |||
| 6 | Dorothea Wierer | ITA | 36:10.3 | 1 | 0 | 6:39.9 (3) | 0 | 14:09.1 (4) | 0 | 21:46.0 (2) | 1 | 29:55.9 (7) | |||
| 7 | Nadzeya Skardzina | BLR | 36:10.9 | 0 | 0 | 6:49.8 (13) | 0 | 14:26.6 (9) | 0 | 22:07.0 (7) | 0 | 29:59.7 (8) | |||
| 8 | Marte Olsbu | NOR | 36:14.6 | 1 | 0 | 6:41.1 (4) | 1 | 14:41.3 (17) | 0 | 22:17.5 (11) | 0 | 29:55.5 (6) | |||
| 9 | Marie Dorin-Habert |  FRA | 36:20.9 | 2 | 0 | 6:46.0 (10) | 1 | 14:37.3 (14) | 0 | 22:03.8 (6) | 1 | 30:03.2 (9) | |||
| 10 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen |  FIN | 36:23.9 | 2 | 0 | 6:45.6 (9) | 1 | 14:37.7 (15) | 0 | 22:08.2 (8) | 1 | 30:07.5 (10) | |||
| 11 | Denise Herrmann |  GER | 36:27.2 | 2 | 0 | 6:44.7 (7) | 0 | 14:15.9 (6) | 2 | 22:37.9 (15) | 0 | 30:15.5 (12) | |||
| 12 | Franziska Preuß | GER | 36:38.9 | 1 | 0 | 6:48.8 (12) | 0 | 14:26.1 (8) | 1 | 22:28.1 (13) | 0 | 30:13.1 (11) | |||
| 13 | Mona Brorsson | SWE | 36:55.3 | 1 | 0 | 6:43.7 (6) | 0 | 14:23.0 (7) | 1 | 22:32.5 (14) | 0 | 30:27.0 (13) | |||
| 14 | Veronika Vítková |  CZE | 36:57.8 | 1 | 0 | 6:45.2 (8) | 0 | 14:14.4 (5) | 0 | 21:55.4 (3) | 1 | 30:33.5 (15) | |||
| 15 | Monika Hojnisz |  POL | 36:59.2 | 0 | 0 | 6:53.0 (17) | 0 | 14:39.4 (16) | 0 | 22:27.2 (12) | 0 | 30:27.3 (14) | |||
| 16 | Laura Dahlmeier | GER | 37:10.1 | 2 | 1 | 7:07.5 (22) | 1 | 15:08.5 (21) | 0 | 23:03.4 (18) | 0 | 30:45.9 (16) | |||
| 17 | Anaïs Bescond | FRA | 37:23.5 | 4 | 1 | 7:05.2 (19) | 0 | 14:33.3 (12) | 2 | 22:53.9 (17) | 1 | 31:03.8 (18) | |||
| 18 | Markéta Davidová | CZE | 37:23.8 | 3 | 0 | 6:51.1 (15) | 1 | 14:47.9 (18) | 1 | 22:50.1 (16) | 1 | 31:04.3 (19) | |||
| 19 | Valj Semerenko |  UKR | 37:39.9 | 1 | 1 | 7:18.4 (25) | 0 | 15:14.4 (22) | 0 | 23:03.6 (19) | 0 | 31:01.9 (17) | |||
| 20 | Justine Braisaz | FRA | 37:49.6 | 5 | 0 | 6:47.4 (11) | 1 | 14:48.3 (19) | 3 | 23:31.2 (22) | 1 | 31:38.5 (22) | |||
| 21 | Paulína Fialková | SVK | 37:52.6 | 4 | 1 | 7:11.9 (24) | 2 | 15:43.6 (26) | 0 | 23:31.4 (23) | 1 | 31:38.1 (21) | |||
| 22 | Linn Persson | SWE | 37:54.5 | 2 | 1 | 7:21.5 (26) | 0 | 15:17.5 (23) | 0 | 23:11.1 (20) | 1 | 31:32.1 (20) | |||
| 23 | Lena Häcki |  SUI | 38:22.3 | 4 | 1 | 7:11.4 (23) | 2 | 15:42.1 (25) | 0 | 23:29.9 (21) | 1 | 31:56.2 (24) | |||
| 24 | Vita Semerenko | UKR | 38:25.3 | 3 | 0 | 6:49.9 (14) | 0 | 14:32.9 (11) | 3 | 23:42.2 (24) | 0 | 31:44.7 (23) | |||
| 25 | Vanessa Hinz | GER | 38:52.4 | 4 | 2 | 7:41.4 (29) | 1 | 16:04.2 (27) | 0 | 23:54.7 (25) | 1 | 32:12.8 (25) | |||
| 26 | Iryna Kryuko | BLR | 39:04.0 | 4 | 3 | 8:17.6 (30) | 1 | 16:42.6 (29) | 0 | 24:39.3 (27) | 0 | 32:34.8 (26) | |||
| 27 | Elisa Gasparin | SUI | 39:21.0 | 5 | 0 | 6:52.0 (16) | 2 | 15:30.0 (24) | 1 | 23:54.7 (26) | 2 | 32:38.4 (27) | |||
| 28 | Irène Cadurisch | SUI | 39:44.7 | 4 | 2 | 7:36.5 (27) | 1 | 16:06.3 (28) | 1 | 24:41.8 (28) | 0 | 32:51.1 (28) | |||
| 29 | Anaïs Chevalier | FRA | 40:39.7 | 6 | 2 | 7:37.0 (28) | 3 | 16:45.5 (30) | 1 | 25:04.8 (29) | 0 | 33:19.5 (29) | |||
| 30 | Tatyana Akimova |  ROC | 41:32.4 | 6 | 0 | 6:59.4 (18) | 0 | 14:57.8 (20) | 5 | 25:33.2 (30) | 1 | 34:29.5 (30) |