The women's mass start competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February, at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz. Océane Michelon of France won the event, thus securing her first individual Olympic gold. Her teammate Julia Simon won the silver medal, and Tereza Voborníková of the Czech Republic won bronze, her first Olympic medal.
Background The defending champion, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, qualified for the Olympics. The silver and bronze medalists, Tiril Eckhoff and Marte Olsbu Røiseland, retired from competitions. Prior to the Olympics, Lou Jeanmonnot was leading the total as well as mass-start standings of the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup. Elvira Öberg was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results The race was started at 14:15. Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+P+S+S) Deficit 5 37:18.1 2 (1+0+0+1) — 1 37:24.7 1 (0+0+1+0) 20 37:25.5 1 (1+0+0+0) 4 8 37:44.7 0 (0+0+0+0) 5 12 37:48.1 2 (0+1+1+0) 6 10 37:50.0 1 (0+0+0+1) 7 16 37:54.3 1 (0+0+0+1) 8 21 38:01.9 2 (1+0+1+0) 9 24 38:17.3 1 (0+0+1+0) 10 9 38:21.2 3 (1+1+1+0) +1:03.1 11 29 38:22.9 2 (0+1+0+1) +1:04.8 12 2 38:23.4 4 (1+1+0+2) +1:05.3 13 28 38:22.5 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:05.4 14 6 38:40.0 2 (0+0+0+2) +1:21.9 15 25 38:44.0 2 (1+0+1+0) +1:25.9 16 4 38:47.7 3 (0+0+1+2) +1:29.6 17 30 38:59.7 4 (0+0+2+2) +1:41.6 18 3 39:01.6 4 (1+1+0+2) +1:43.5 19 7 39:05.1 1 (0+0+1+0) +1:47.0 20 19 39:14.4 5 (0+1+1+3) +1:56.3 21 14 39:31.2 3 (1+0+1+1) +2:13.1 22 27 39:49.8 5 (3+1+1+0) +2:31.7 23 23 39:50.1 4 (0+0+2+2) +2:32.0 24 17 40:18.4 4 (0+0+2+2) +3:00.3 25 18 40:23.0 5 (0+2+1+2) +3:04.9 26 15 40:26.5 5 (3+1+1+0) +3:08.4 27 11 40:30.3 6 (0+2+2+2) +3:12.2 28 13 40:50.5 7 (1+1+4+1) +3:32.4 29 26 41:18.2 2 (0+0+1+1) +4:00.1 30 22 43:27.5 10 (2+3+3+2) +6:09.4
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