Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start

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The men'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.[1][2] Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands won the event. Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark won the silver medal, marking the second Winter Olympic medal for Denmark. Andrea Giovannini of Italy won bronze, his first individual Olympic medal.[3][4]

Date21 February 2026
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Winning points68
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Men's mass start
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
VenueMilano Speed Skating Stadium,
Milan
Date21 February 2026
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Winning points68
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Hald Thorup  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrea Giovannini  Italy
 2022
2030 
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Background

The defending champion, Bart Swings, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist, Chung Jae-won. The bronze medalist, Lee Seung-hoon, did not qualify. Before the Olympics, Jorrit Bergsma was leading the mass-start standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, closely followed by Andrea Giovannini, who was also the 2025 World champion in mass start.

Summary

Bergsma and Thorup escaped, and at some point were half a lap ahead of the pursuit group, which did not manage to catch them. Two laps before the finish, Bergsma escaped from Thorup. Giovannini was the first at the finish from the pursuit group.

Qualification

Results

Semifinals

More information Rank, Heat ...
RankHeatNameCountryLapsPointsTimeNotes
S1 S2 S3 S4 Total
11Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Canada1660607:42.49Q
21Shomu Sasaki Japan1640407:42.61Q
31Chung Jae-won South Korea16120217:42.81Q
41Jordan Stolz United States16326117:43.81Q
51Mathieu Belloir France1610107:43.78Q
61Indra Médard Belgium16337:44.03Q
71Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands16337:47.81Q
81Viktor Hald Thorup Denmark16338:01.77Q
91Daniele Di Stefano Italy162138:05.12
101Li Wenhao China16227:53.54
111Vladimir Semirunniy Poland16117:46.08
121Sigurd Holbø Dyrset Norway1607:44.18
131Felix Maly Germany1607:46.65
141Alexander Farthofer Austria1607:55.59
12Timothy Loubineaud France16160617:47.23Q
22Wu Yu China1640407:47.92Q
32Stijn van de Bunt Netherlands162220247:51.46Q
42Andrea Giovannini Italy16310137:51.81Q
52Bart Swings Belgium161677:52.03Q
62Metoděj Jílek Czech Republic163368:12.96Q
72Gabriel Odor Austria16337:52.45Q
82Motonaga Arito Japan16227:53.95Q
92Ethan Cepuran United States16117:53.07
102Livio Wenger Switzerland1607:52.74
112Daniel Hall Canada1607:53.68
122Kim Min-seok Hungary1607:53.86
132Cho Seung-min South Korea1607:56.44
142Fridtjof Petzold Germany1608:00.76
152Didrik Eng Strand Norway1608:42.18
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Final

More information Rank, Name ...
RankNameCountryLapsPointsTime
S1 S2 S3 S4 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands1623360687:55.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Viktor Hald Thorup Denmark1632240478:00.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Andrea Giovannini Italy16120218:04.42
4Jordan Stolz United States1610108:04.51
5Chung Jae-won South Korea16668:04.60
6Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Canada16338:04.76
7Mathieu Belloir France16118:12.96
8Indra Médard Belgium16118:26.25
9Bart Swings Belgium1608:05.37
10Shomu Sasaki Japan1608:05.56
11Timothy Loubineaud France1608:06.93
12Gabriel Odor Austria1608:07.08
13Motonaga Arito Japan1608:09.46
14Metoděj Jílek Czech Republic1608:10.90
15Wu Yu China1608:12.04
16Stijn van de Bunt Netherlands1608:18.60
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