Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start
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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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
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| Venue | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 60 | ||||||||||||
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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 | Country | Laps | Points | Time | Notes | ||||
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| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | Total | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Ayano Sato |  Japan | 16 | 60 | 60 | 8:36.33 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | Yang Binyu |  China | 16 | 3 | 40 | 43 | 8:36.44 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | Mia Manganello |  United States | 16 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 8:36.62 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | Valérie Maltais |  Canada | 16 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8:36.69 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | Sandrine Tas |  Belgium | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8:37.28 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | Jeannine Rosner |  Austria | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8:37.44 | Q | ||
| 7 | 1 | Kaitlyn McGregor |  Switzerland | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:40.11 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | Bente Kerkhoff |  Netherlands | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8:37.46 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | Maira Jasch |  Germany | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8:39.72 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | Lim Lee-won |  South Korea | 16 | 0 | 8:39.27 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | Maryna Zuyeva |  Individual Neutral Athletes | 16 | 0 | 8:39.63 | |||||
| 12 | 1 | Aurora Grinden Løvås |  Norway | 16 | 0 | 8:43.15 | |||||
| 13 | 1 | Natalia Czerwonka |  Poland | 16 | 0 | 8:52.93 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | Marijke Groenewoud | Netherlands | 16 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 64 | 8:43.59 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Francesca Lollobrigida |  Italy | 16 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 45 | 8:44.02 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Park Ji-woo | South Korea | 16 | 20 | 20 | 8:44.22 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | Fran Vanhoutte | Belgium | 16 | 10 | 10 | 8:44.36 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | Ramona Härdi | Switzerland | 16 | 6 | 6 | 8:44.52 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | Ivanie Blondin | Canada | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8:46.50 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Elizaveta Golubeva |  Kazakhstan | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:44.66 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | Greta Myers | United States | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:48.84 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | Anastasiia Semenova | Individual Neutral Athletes | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8:45.91 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | Ahenaer Adake | China | 16 | 0 | 8:45.31 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | Josie Hofmann | Germany | 16 | 0 | 8:45.54 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | Momoka Horikawa | Japan | 16 | 0 | 8:46.79 | |||||
| 13 | 2 | Anna Molnar | Austria | 16 | 0 | 8:48.55 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | Violette Braun |  France | 16 | 0 | 8:50.91 | |||||
Final
| Rank | Name | Country | Laps | Points | Time | ||||
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| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | Total | |||||
 | Marijke Groenewoud | Netherlands | 16 | 60 | 60 | 8:34.70 | |||
 | Ivanie Blondin | Canada | 16 | 40 | 40 | 8:35.09 | |||
 | Mia Manganello | United States | 16 | 20 | 20 | 8:35.39 | |||
| 4 | Francesca Lollobrigida | Italy | 16 | 10 | 10 | 8:35.95 | |||
| 5 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 16 | 6 | 6 | 8:36.10 | |||
| 6 | Kaitlyn McGregor | Switzerland | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8:47.96 | ||
| 7 | Yang Binyu | China | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:36.16 | |||
| 8 | Jeannine Rosner | Austria | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:36.68 | |||
| 9 | Fran Vanhoutte | Belgium | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8:58.71 | |||
| 10 | Bente Kerkhoff | Netherlands | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9:08.16 | ||
| 11 | Ramona Härdi | Switzerland | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8:53.52 | |||
| 12 | Greta Myers | United States | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8:37.14 | |||
| 13 | Sandrine Tas | Belgium | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8:47.72 | |||
| 14 | Park Ji-woo | South Korea | 16 | 0 | 8:36.31 | ||||
| 15 | Ayano Sato | Japan | 16 | 0 | 8:36.58 | ||||
| 16 | Elizaveta Golubeva | Kazakhstan | 16 | 0 | 8:38.07 | ||||