The women's mass start competition in speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February, at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.[1][2] Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands won the event, which was her first individual Olympic medal. Ivanie Blondin of Canada won the silver medal, replicating her 2022 performance, and Mia Manganello of the United States won bronze, also her first individual Olympic medal.[3][4]
| Women's mass start at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 60 | ||||||||||||
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Background
editThe 2022 champion, Irene Schouten, retired. The silver medalist, Ivanie Blondin, and the bronze medalist, Francesca Lollobrigida, qualified for the event. Before the Olympics, Mia Manganello was leading the mass-start standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, closely followed by Marijke Groenewoud, who was also the 2025 World champion in mass start.
Qualification
editResults
editSemifinals
editFinal
edit| Rank | Name | Country | Laps | Points | Time | ||||
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| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | Total | |||||
| Marijke Groenewoud | 16 | 60 | 60 | 8:34.70 | |||||
| Ivanie Blondin | 16 | 40 | 40 | 8:35.09 | |||||
| Mia Manganello | 16 | 20 | 20 | 8:35.39 | |||||
| 4 | Francesca Lollobrigida | 16 | 10 | 10 | 8:35.95 | ||||
| 5 | Valérie Maltais | 16 | 6 | 6 | 8:36.10 | ||||
| 6 | Kaitlyn McGregor | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8:47.96 | |||
| 7 | Yang Binyu | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:36.16 | ||||
| 8 | Jeannine Rosner | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:36.68 | ||||
| 9 | Fran Vanhoutte | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:58.71 | ||||
| 10 | Bente Kerkhoff | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9:08.16 | |||
| 11 | Ramona Härdi | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8:53.52 | ||||
| 12 | Greta Myers | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8:37.14 | ||||
| 13 | Sandrine Tas | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8:47.72 | ||||
| 14 | Park Ji-woo | 16 | 0 | 8:36.31 | |||||
| 15 | Ayano Sato | 16 | 0 | 8:36.58 | |||||
| 16 | Elizaveta Golubeva | 16 | 0 | 8:38.07 | |||||
References
edit- ↑ "2026 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version - Speed skating". Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- ↑ "Women's mass start". Olympics. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ↑ "Speed skating-Bergsma rolls back years for gold as Groenewoud seals Dutch double". Reuters. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Dutch double as Bergsma and Groenewoud win Olympic speed skating gold". France24. Retrieved 2 March 2026.