2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women
| Biathlon World Cup |
| 2011–12 |
| Men |
|
Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay |
| Mixed relay |
| Women |
|
Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay |
| World Cup events |
|
Östersund |
Hochfilzen |
Hochfilzen (2) |
Oberhof |
Nové Město |
The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women will start at January 8, 2012 in Oberhof and will finish in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Darya Domracheva of Belarus.
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, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m 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).
2010–11 Top 3 Standings
| Medal | Athlete | Points[1] |
|---|---|---|
| Silver: |  Darya Domracheva | 236 |
| Gold: |  Magdalena Neuner | 228 |
| Bronze: |  Tora Berger | 206 |
Medal winners
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Oberhof details |
Magdalena Neuner Germany | 40:02.2 (1+1+1+0) |
Tora Berger Norway | 40:14.7 (1+0+1+0) |
Andrea Henkel Germany | 40:34.2 (1+0+0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details |
Darya Domracheva Belarus | 35:03.6 (2+0+0+0) |
Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 35:28.8 (0+0+0+1) |
Magdalena Neuner Germany | 35:35.7 (0+0+0+2) |
| Holmenkollen details |
Andrea Henkel Germany | 38:01.2 (1+0+0+0) |
Darya Domracheva Belarus | 38:27.8 (1+1+1+1) |
Teja Gregorin Slovenia | 38:28.4 (0+0+0+0) |
| World Championships details |
Tora Berger Norway | 35:41.6 (0+1+0+0) |
Marie Laure Brunet France | 35:49.7 (0+0+0+1) |
Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 35:54.3 (0+0+0+1) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details |
Darya Domracheva Belarus | 39:01.4 (1+0+0+2) |
Tora Berger Norway | 39:11.4 (0+0+0+1) |
Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 39:34.0 (2+0+1+1) |
Standings
| # | Name | OBE | ANT | HOL | WCH | KHA | Total[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 36 | 60 | 54 | 40 | 60 | 250 | |
| 2 | Tora Berger (NOR) | 54 | 43 | 30 | 60 | 54 | 241 |
| 3 | Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) | 38 | 26 | 40 | 54 | 40 | 198 |
| 4 | Andrea Henkel (GER) | 48 | 28 | 60 | 28 | 31 | 195 |
| 5 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 29 | 30 | 32 | 48 | 48 | 187 |
| 6 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 20 | 54 | 29 | 34 | 43 | 180 |
| 7 | Magdalena Neuner (GER) | 60 | 48 | — | 31 | 38 | 176 |
| 8 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 34 | 32 | 34 | 38 | 34 | 172 |
| 9 |  Helena Ekholm (SWE) | 40 | 34 | 43 | 26 | 26 | 169 |
| 10 |  Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 32 | 38 | — | 36 | 30 | 136 |
| 11 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 27 | 31 | 48 | 28 | — | 134 |
| 12 | Tina Bachmann (GER) | 24 | 18 | 28 | 43 | 21 | 134 |
| 13 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 21 | 25 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 119 |
| 14 |  Krystyna Pałka (POL) | 14 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 29 | 117 |
| 15 |  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) | 25 | 40 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 116 |
| 16 | Olga Vilukhina (RUS) | 23 | 21 | 38 | 22 | — | 104 |
| 17 | Olga Zaitseva (RUS) | 43 | 36 | 23 | 0 | — | 102 |
| 18 |  Michela Ponza (ITA) | 26 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 99 |
| 19 | Elise Ringen (NOR) | 13 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 89 |
| 20 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 15 | 16 | 26 | — | 27 | 84 |
| 21 |  Veronika Vítková (CZE) | — | — | 27 | 27 | 24 | 78 |
| 22 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS) | 30 | 15 | — | — | 28 | 73 |
| 23 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 28 | 22 | — | — | 23 | 73 |
| 24 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | — | 24 | — | 32 | 15 | 71 |
| 25 | Natalya Burdyga (UKR) | 16 | 17 | 20 | — | 18 | 71 |
| 26 |  Zina Kocher (CAN) | — | — | 12 | 18 | 32 | 61 |
| 27 | Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS) | 18 | 23 | 18 | — | — | 59 |
| 28 | Jana Gerekova (SVK) | — | — | — | 30 | 22 | 52 |
| 29 |  Susan Dunklee (USA) | — | 14 | — | 25 | 13 | 52 |
| 30 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 19 | 29 | — | — | — | 48 |
| 31 | Nastassia Dubarezava (BLR) | 31 | — | 15 | — | — | 46 |
| 32 | Miriam Gössner (GER) | — | 11 | 21 | — | 12 | 44 |
| 33 | Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE) | 22 | — | — | 21 | — | 43 |
| 34 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | — | — | — | 36 | 36 |
| 35 |  Selina Gasparin (SUI) | — | — | 17 | 15 | — | 32 |
| 36 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | — | — | 16 | 14 | — | 30 |
| 37 |  Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU) | 12 | — | — | — | 16 | 28 |
| 38 | Anna Boulygina (RUS) | — | — | 25 | — | — | 25 |
| 39 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | — | — | — | 24 | — | 24 |
| 40 | Sophie Boilley (FRA) | — | — | 22 | — | — | 22 |
| 41 |  Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN) | — | — | — | 20 | — | 20 |
| 41 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | — | 20 | — | — | — | 20 |
| 43 | Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 19 | 19 |
| 44 | Marine Boillet (FRA) | 17 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| 45 |  Eva Tofalvi (ROU) | — | — | 13 | — | — | 13 |
| 46 | Magdalena Gwizdon (POL) | — | — | — | 12 | — | 12 |
| 46 | Katja Haller (SUI) | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 48 | Andreja Mali (SLO) | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| 48 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR) | 11 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
- A Kansas city star article covering the event
- An RT article about the event
- bwin - an online betting website's coverage of the event (controversial source)
- - 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup season - YouTube video on Hochfilzen Sprint, Magdalena Neuner's 26th World Cup win 9 December 2011 | Hochfilen, Austria