The women's mass start competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.[1] Irene Schouten of the Netherlands won the event, her third gold and fourth overall medal at these Olympics. Ivanie Blondin of Canada won her first individual Olympic medal, the silver. Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy won the bronze medal.
| Women's mass start at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | National Speed Skating Oval , Beijing | ||||||||||||
| Date | 19 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The defending champion was Nana Takagi. She entered the competition, but fell in her semifinal and did not qualify to the final. The silver medalist, Kim Bo-reum, and the bronze medalist, Schouten, qualified for the Olympics as well. Marijke Groenewoud was the 2021 World Single Distances champion in mass start, with Blondin and Schouten being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Blondin was leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in mass start with three events completed before the Olympics, followed by Lollobrigida, Guo Dan, and Elizaveta Golubeva.
Qualification edit
A total of 24 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of two athletes per NOC. All 24 athletes qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.[2]
The qualification time for the event (2:10.00 (1500 m)) was released on July 1, 2021, and was unchanged from 2018.[3] Skaters had the time period of July 1, 2021 – January 16, 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events.[3]
Results edit
Semifinals edit
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Laps | Points | Time | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | Total | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Ivanie Blondin |  Canada |
16 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 65 | 8:28.68 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Ayano Sato |  Japan |
16 | 40 | 40 | 8:28.77 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | Li Qishi |  China |
16 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 8:29.01 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | Mia Kilburg |  United States |
16 | 10 | 10 | 8:29.93 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | Marijke Groenewoud |  Netherlands |
16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8:30.92 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | Magdalena Czyszczoń |  Poland |
16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8:31.77 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | Claudia Pechstein |  Germany |
16 | 3 | 3 | 8:30.99 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | Maryna Zuyeva |  Belarus |
16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8:31.54 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | Elizaveta Golubeva |  ROC |
16 | 1 | 1 | 8:53.99 | ADV | |||
| 10 | 1 | Nadja Wenger |  Switzerland |
16 | 0 | 8:31.50 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | Laura Gómez |  Colombia |
16 | 0 | 8:31.66 | |||||
| 12 | 1 | Sofie Karoline Haugen |  Norway |
16 | 0 | 8:33.77 | |||||
| 13 | 1 | Park Ji-woo |  South Korea |
16 | 0 | 8:53.64 | |||||
| 14 | 1 | María Victoria Rodríguez |  Argentina |
9 | 0 | 5:24.53 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | Francesca Lollobrigida |  Italy |
16 | 2 | 60 | 62 | 8:34.19 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | Kim Bo-reum | South Korea |
16 | 40 | 40 | 8:34.23 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | Guo Dan | China |
16 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 8:34.39 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | Irene Schouten | Netherlands |
16 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8:34.43 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | Karolina Bosiek | Poland |
16 | 6 | 6 | 8:34.442 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | Giorgia Birkeland | United States |
16 | 3 | 3 | 8:34.446 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | Valérie Maltais | Canada |
16 | 3 | 3 | 8:35.47 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | Nadezhda Morozova |  Kazakhstan |
16 | 3 | 3 | 8:42.23 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | Yauheniya Varabyova | Belarus |
16 | 2 | 2 | 8:43.65 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | Elena Sokhryakova | ROC |
16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8:45.00 | |||
| 11 | 2 | Michelle Uhrig | Germany |
16 | 2 | 2 | 9:02.52 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | Sandrine Tas |  Belgium |
16 | 0 | 8:37.77 | |||||
| 13 | 2 | Marit Fjellanger Bøhm | Norway |
16 | 0 | 8:42.28 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | Nana Takagi | Japan |
16 | 0 | 9:10.03 | |||||
| 2 | Nikola Zdráhalová |  Czech Republic |
Did not start | ||||||||
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Laps | Points | Time[7] | ||||
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| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | Total | |||||
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Irene Schouten | Netherlands |
16 | 60 | 60 | 8:14.73 | |||
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Ivanie Blondin | Canada |
16 | 40 | 40 | 8:14.79 | |||
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Francesca Lollobrigida | Italy |
16 | 20 | 20 | 8:14.98 | |||
| 4 | Mia Kilburg | United States |
16 | 10 | 10 | 8:16.15 | |||
| 5 | Kim Bo-reum | South Korea |
16 | 6 | 6 | 8:16.81 | |||
| 6 | Valérie Maltais | Canada |
16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8:20.46 | ||
| 7 | Maryna Zuyeva | Belarus |
16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8:20.10 | ||
| 8 | Ayano Sato | Japan |
16 | 3 | 3 | 8:16.94 | |||
| 9 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany |
16 | 3 | 3 | 8:25.78 | |||
| 10 | Magdalena Czyszczoń | Poland |
16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8:21.07 | ||
| 11 | Marijke Groenewoud | Netherlands |
16 | 1 | 1 | 9:12.86 | |||
| 12 | Giorgia Birkeland | United States |
16 | 0 | 8:18.10 | ||||
| 13 | Guo Dan | China |
16 | 0 | 8:18.61 | ||||
| 14 | Nadezhda Morozova | Kazakhstan |
16 | 0 | 8:21.05 | ||||
| 15 | Elizaveta Golubeva | ROC |
15 | 0 | 7:50.24 | ||||
| Karolina Bosiek | Poland |
Disqualified | |||||||
| Li Qishi | China |
2 | |||||||
References edit
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Communication No. 2405 Qualifying competitions and qualifying times for Speed Skating events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ Semifinal 1 results
- ^ Semifinal 2 results
- ^ Final results
- ^ Distance analysis