title: 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women
text: # 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women
  
  The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on Sunday 17 December 2017 in Annecy and will finish on Sunday 25 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.
  
  ## 2016–17 Top 3 standings
  
  | Medal | Athlete | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gold: | Gabriela Koukalová | 265 |
  | Silver: | Laura Dahlmeier | 254 |
  | Bronze: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 207 |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Annecy details | Justine Braisaz France | 37:19.4 (0+0+1+0) | Iryna Kryuko Belarus | 37:30.6 (0+0+0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 37:39.3 (0+1+0+1) |
  | Ruhpolding details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 34:05.6 (1+0+0+1) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 34:06.4 (1+0+0+1) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 34:10.2 (1+0+1+0) |
  | Antholz-Anterselva details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 40:23.9 (1+0+0+0) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 40:35.8 (1+1+0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 40:40.1 (1+0+2+1) |
  | Kontiolahti details | Vanessa Hinz Germany | 35:47.9 (0+0+0+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 36:01.4 (0+0+0+1) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 36:04.7 (0+0+0+1) |
  | Tyumen details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 35:27.4 (0+0+1+0) | Paulína Fialková Slovakia | 35:29.2 (1+0+0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 35:34.0 (0+0+0+0) |
  
  ## Standings
  
  | # | Name | ANN | RUH | ANT | KON | TYU | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 27 | 60 | 48 | 43 | 38 | 216 |
  | 2 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | 48 | 54 | 40 | 36 | 29 | 207 |
  | 3 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 40 | 20 | 32 | 60 | 43 | 195 |
  | 4 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | — | 38 | 60 | 31 | 60 | 189 |
  | 5 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 38 | 32 | 10 | 48 | 48 | 176 |
  | 6 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 43 | 16 | 54 | 25 | 30 | 168 |
  | 7 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 54 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 158 |
  | 8 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 30 | 26 | 43 | 38 | 21 | 158 |
  | 9 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 20 | 30 | 38 | 30 | 24 | 142 |
  | 10 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 31 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 132 |
  | 11 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 32 | 21 | 36 | 20 | 22 | 131 |
  | 12 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 4 | 36 | 25 | 54 | 6 | 125 |
  | 13 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 34 | 18 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 123 |
  | 14 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 28 | 24 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 123 |
  | 15 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 29 | 40 | 20 | — | 23 | 112 |
  | 16 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 26 | 28 | 30 | 18 | — | 102 |
  | 17 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 24 | 31 | 18 | 24 | — | 97 |
  | 18 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 16 | 48 | 8 | 21 | — | 93 |
  | 19 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 36 | 26 | 6 | 27 | — | 92 |
  | 20 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 60 | 8 | 21 | — | — | 89 |
  | 21 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | — | — | 28 | — | 54 | 82 |
  | 22 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | — | 25 | — | 32 | 25 | 82 |
  | 23 | Celia Aymonier (FRA) | 25 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 82 |
  | 24 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 22 | 34 | 12 | 8 | — | 76 |
  | 25 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | — | — | 34 | — | 40 | 74 |
  | 26 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | — | 43 | — | 28 | — | 71 |
  | 27 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | — | 22 | — | 36 | 58 |
  | 28 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | — | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 46 |
  | 29 | Anna Frolina (KOR) | — | — | — | 12 | 31 | 43 |
  | 30 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 18 | — | — | 23 | — | 41 |
  | # | Name | ANN | RUH | ANT | KON | TYU | Total |
  | 31 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | — | — | — | 40 | — | 40 |
  | 32 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
  | 33 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | — | — | — | — | 34 | 34 |
  | 34 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | — | — | — | — | 32 | 32 |
  | 35 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | — | — | 16 | 4 | 12 | 32 |
  | 36 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | — | 29 | — | — | — | 29 |
  | 37 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | — | — | — | — | 26 | 26 |
  | 38 | Daria Virolainen (RUS) | — | 10 | — | — | 16 | 26 |
  | 39 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | 23 | — | 2 | — | — | 25 |
  | 40 | Nicole Gontier (ITA) | — | — | 23 | — | — | 23 |
  | 41 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 21 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
  | 42 | Irina Uslugina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 20 | 20 |
  | 43 | Clare Egan (USA) | — | — | — | 16 | — | 16 |
  | 44 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 14 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
  | 45 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 12 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
  | 46 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
  | 46 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
  | 48 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
  | 49 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 |
  | 50 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 |
  | 51 | Ivona Fialková (SVK) | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
  