Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start

Women's mass start
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating
VenueNational Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date19 February
Competitors28 from 17 nations
Winning points60
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irene Schouten  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ivanie Blondin  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francesca Lollobrigida  Italy
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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.

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

Main article: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

Semifinals

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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

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Rank Name Country Laps Points Time[7]
S1 S2 S3 S4 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irene Schouten  Netherlands 16 60 60 8:14.73
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ivanie Blondin  Canada 16 40 40 8:14.79
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Semifinal 1 results
  5. ^ Semifinal 2 results
  6. ^ Final results
  7. ^ Distance analysis