2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on Sunday 18 December 2016 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 19 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

Competition format In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.

2015–16 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Gabriela Soukalová 241Silver: Marie Dorin Habert 236Bronze: Laura Dahlmeier 228

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Nové Městodetails Gabriela Koukalová 34:42.1 Laura Dahlmeier 34:45.2 Dorothea Wierer 34:51.8 Oberhofdetails Gabriela Koukalová 37:20.5 Laura Dahlmeier 37:52.0 Eva Puskarčíková 38:05.9 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Nadine Horchler 36:11.5 Laura Dahlmeier 36:14.6 Gabriela Koukalová 36:19.5 World Championshipsdetails Laura Dahlmeier 33:13.8 Susan Dunklee 33:18.4 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 33:33.9 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Tiril Eckhoff 34:23.1 Gabriela Koukalová 34:45.7 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 34:57.6

Standings # Name NOV OBE ANT HOC OSL Total Women's Mass start 1 60 60 48 43 54 265 2 54 54 54 60 32 254 3 34 34 43 48 48 207 4 22 40 31 38 31 162 5 48 24 24 34 26 156 6 36 27 40 36 8 147 7 28 36 22 23 30 139 8 43 20 34 21 14 132 9 20 38 20 8 40 126 10 24 48 30 10 12 124 11 — 32 14 54 21 121 12 30 — — 29 60 119 13 27 16 23 28 24 118 14 23 23 16 25 28 115 15 29 22 26 6 29 112 16 40 31 6 4 25 106 17 31 28 25 16 4 104 18 18 43 28 — 10 99 19 14 30 36 — 16 96 20 25 — 27 — 43 95 21 32 DNF 29 12 20 93 22 — — 38 32 18 88 23 21 10 12 — 36 79 24 16 — 10 — 38 64 25 — 21 21 — 22 64 26 — — — 40 23 63 27 — — 60 — — 60 28 — — — 31 27 58 29 — — — 22 34 56 30 26 25 — — — 51 # Name NOV OBE ANT HOC OSL Total 31 12 8 4 20 6 50 32 6 14 2 24 2 48 33 38 — — — — 38 34 8 18 8 — — 34 35 — — 32 — — 32 36 — — — 30 — 30 37 — 29 — — — 29 38 10 — 18 — — 28 39 — — — 27 — 27 40 — 26 — — — 26 40 — — — 26 — 26 42 — — — 18 — 18 43 — — — 14 — 14 44 — 12 — — — 12 45 — 6 — — — 6 46 — 4 — — — 4 46 4 — — — — 4 48 — — — 2 — 2

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