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. 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.
Background The 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
Results Semifinals Rank Heat Name CountryLaps Points Time NotesS1S2S3S4Total 1 1 Ayano Sato 16 60 60 8:36.33 Q 2 1 Yang Binyu 16 3 40 43 8:36.44 Q 3 1 Mia Manganello 16 3 20 23 8:36.62 Q 4 1 Valérie Maltais 16 1 10 11 8:36.69 Q 5 1 Sandrine Tas 16 2 1 6 9 8:37.28 Q 6 1 Jeannine Rosner 16 2 3 5 8:37.44 Q 7 1 Kaitlyn McGregor 16 3 3 8:40.11 Q 8 1 Bente Kerkhoff 16 2 2 8:37.46 Q 9 1 Maira Jasch 16 1 1 8:39.72 10 1 Lim Lee-won 16 0 8:39.27 11 1 Maryna Zuyeva 16 0 8:39.63 12 1 Aurora Grinden Løvås 16 0 8:43.15 13 1 Natalia Czerwonka 16 0 8:52.93 1 2 Marijke Groenewoud 16 2 2 60 64 8:43.59 Q 2 2 Francesca Lollobrigida 16 2 3 40 45 8:44.02 Q 3 2 Park Ji-woo 16 20 20 8:44.22 Q 4 2 Fran Vanhoutte 16 10 10 8:44.36 Q 5 2 Ramona Härdi 16 6 6 8:44.52 Q 6 2 Ivanie Blondin 16 3 1 1 5 8:46.50 Q 7 2 Elizaveta Golubeva 16 3 3 8:44.66 Q 8 2 Greta Myers 16 3 3 8:48.84 Q 9 2 Anastasiia Semenova 16 1 1 8:45.91 10 2 Ahenaer Adake 16 0 8:45.31 11 2 Josie Hofmann 16 0 8:45.54 12 2 Momoka Horikawa 16 0 8:46.79 13 2 Anna Molnar 16 0 8:48.55 14 2 Violette Braun 16 0 8:50.91
Final Rank Name Country Laps PointsTimeS1S2S3S4Total 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
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