2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on 23 December 2018 in Nové Město and finished on 24 March 2019 in Holmenkollen. It was won by Hanna Öberg of Sweden, with the defending titlist, Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland, finishing 21st.

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.

2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 216Silver: Laura Dahlmeier 207Bronze: Vanessa Hinz 195

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Nové Městodetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 35:34.4 Paulína Fialková 35:46.5 Anaïs Chevalier 35:47.7 Ruhpoldingdetails Franziska Preuß 32:34.0 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 32:34.2 Paulína Fialková 32:49.1 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Laura Dahlmeier 35:32.8 Markéta Davidová 35:45.9 Vanessa Hinz 35:49.2 World Championshipsdetails Dorothea Wierer 37:26.4 Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht 37:31.3 Denise Herrmann 37:41.8 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Hanna Öberg 35:56.2 Tiril Eckhoff 35:57.5 Clare Egan 36:06.6

Standings # Name NOV RUH ANT ÖST OSL Total Women's Mass start 1 31 43 43 43 60 220 2 43 22 40 60 29 194 3 54 48 25 29 38 194 4 28 34 31 36 32 161 5 32 24 22 54 23 155 6 38 54 10 30 22 154 7 36 60 — 22 34 152 8 40 31 32 27 20 150 9 — 29 28 48 43 148 10 60 27 21 6 31 145 11 26 38 36 14 28 142 12 8 30 30 34 30 132 13 — 2 60 38 25 125 14 27 14 26 10 48 125 15 — — 29 40 54 123 16 — — 54 25 27 106 17 30 26 48 — — 104 18 29 10 27 28 10 104 19 34 20 20 26 DNF 100 20 20 32 24 — 24 100 21 18 8 38 16 16 96 22 — 36 — 32 21 89 23 2 28 16 — 40 86 24 24 25 DNF — 36 85 25 25 16 8 20 12 81 26 12 40 12 2 8 74 27 — 21 23 — 26 70 28 48 4 — — — 52 29 — 18 34 — — 52 30 6 23 18 — — 47 # Name NOV RUH ANT ÖST OSL Total31 — — — 21 18 3932 — — — 31 — 3133 — 6 — 23 — 2934 — — — 24 4 2835 16 — — 12 — 2836 23 — — — — 2337 22 — — — — 2238 21 — — — — 2139 — — — 18 — 1840 — — — — 14 1440 14 — — — — 1440 — — 14 — — 1443 — 12 — — — 1244 10 — — — — 1045 — — — 8 — 846 — — 6 — — 646 — — — — 6 648 — — — 4 — 448 4 — — — — 448 — — 4 — — 4

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