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. 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, 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
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.
The qualification time for the event (2:10.00 (1500 m)) was released on July 1, 2021, and was unchanged from 2018. Skaters had the time period of July 1, 2021 – January 16, 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events.
Results Semifinals Semifinal 1 resultsSemifinal 2 results Rank Heat Name CountryLaps Points Time NotesS1S2S3S4Total 1 1 Ivanie Blondin 16 2 3 60 65 8:28.68 Q 2 1 Ayano Sato 16 40 40 8:28.77 Q 3 1 Li Qishi 16 3 20 23 8:29.01 Q 4 1 Mia Kilburg 16 10 10 8:29.93 Q 5 1 Marijke Groenewoud 16 3 6 9 8:30.92 Q 6 1 Magdalena Czyszczoń 16 2 2 4 8:31.77 Q 7 1 Claudia Pechstein 16 3 3 8:30.99 Q 8 1 Maryna Zuyeva 16 1 1 2 8:31.54 Q 9 1 Elizaveta Golubeva 16 1 1 8:53.99 ADV 10 1 Nadja Wenger 16 0 8:31.50 11 1 Laura Gómez 16 0 8:31.66 12 1 Sofie Karoline Haugen 16 0 8:33.77 13 1 Park Ji-woo 16 0 8:53.64 14 1 María Victoria Rodríguez 9 0 1 2 Francesca Lollobrigida 16 2 60 62 8:34.19 Q 2 2 Kim Bo-reum 16 40 40 8:34.23 Q 3 2 Guo Dan 16 1 20 21 8:34.39 Q 4 2 Irene Schouten 16 3 10 13 8:34.43 Q 5 2 Karolina Bosiek 16 6 6 8:34.442 Q 6 2 Giorgia Birkeland 16 3 3 8:34.446 Q 7 2 Valérie Maltais 16 3 3 8:35.47 Q 8 2 Nadezhda Morozova 16 3 3 8:42.23 Q 9 2 Yauheniya Varabyova 16 2 2 8:43.65 10 2 Elena Sokhryakova 16 1 1 2 8:45.00 11 2 Michelle Uhrig 16 2 2 9:02.52 12 2 Sandrine Tas 16 0 8:37.77 13 2 Marit Fjellanger Bøhm 16 0 8:42.28 14 2 Nana Takagi 16 0 9:10.03 2 Nikola Zdráhalová Did not start
Final Final results Rank Name Country Laps PointsTimeDistance analysisS1S2S3S4Total Irene Schouten 16 60 60 8:14.73 Ivanie Blondin 16 40 40 8:14.79 Francesca Lollobrigida 16 20 20 8:14.98 4 Mia Kilburg 16 10 10 8:16.15 5 Kim Bo-reum 16 6 6 8:16.81 6 Valérie Maltais 16 3 3 6 8:20.46 7 Maryna Zuyeva 16 2 2 4 8:20.10 8 Ayano Sato 16 3 3 8:16.94 9 Claudia Pechstein 16 3 3 8:25.78 10 Magdalena Czyszczoń 16 1 1 2 8:21.07 11 Marijke Groenewoud 16 1 1 9:12.86 12 Giorgia Birkeland 16 0 8:18.10 13 Guo Dan 16 0 8:18.61 14 Nadezhda Morozova 16 0 8:21.05 15 Elizaveta Golubeva 15 0 Karolina Bosiek DisqualifiedLi Qishi 2
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