2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women explained

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 12.5km (07.8miles) 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	40:02.2 (1+1+1+0)	Tora Berger	40:14.7 (1+0+1+0)	Andrea Henkel	40:34.2 (1+0+0+0)
Antholz-Anterselva details	Darya Domracheva	35:03.6 (2+0+0+0)	Anastasiya Kuzmina	35:28.8 (0+0+0+1)	Magdalena Neuner	35:35.7 (0+0+0+2)
Holmenkollen details	Andrea Henkel	38:01.2 (1+0+0+0)	Darya Domracheva	38:27.8 (1+1+1+1)	Teja Gregorin	38:28.4 (0+0+0+0)
World Championships details	Tora Berger	35:41.6 (0+1+0+0)	Marie Laure Brunet	35:49.7 (0+0+0+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	35:54.3 (0+0+0+1)
Khanty-Mansiysk details	Darya Domracheva	39:01.4 (1+0+0+2)	Tora Berger	39:11.4 (0+0+0+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	39:34.0 (2+0+1+1)

Standings

	Name	OBE	ANT	HOL	WCH	KHA	Total^[2]
1		36	60	54	40	60	250
2		54	43	30	60	54	241
3		38	26	40	54	40	198
4		bgcolor=CC9966	48	28	60	28	31	195
5		29	30	32	bgcolor=CC9966	48	bgcolor=CC9966	48	187
6		20	54	29	34	43	180
7		60	bgcolor=CC9966	48	—	31	38	176
8		34	32	34	38	34	172
9		40	34	43	26	26	169
10		32	38	—	36	30	136
11		27	31	bgcolor=CC9966	48	28	—	134
12		24	18	28	43	21	134
13		21	25	36	23	14	119
14		14	27	31	16	29	117
15		25	40	14	17	20	116
16		23	21	38	22	—	104
17		43	36	23	0	—	102
18		26	19	24	13	17	99
19		13	13	19	19	25	89
20		15	16	26	—	27	84
21		—	—	27	27	24	78
22		30	15	—	—	28	73
23		28	22	—	—	23	73
24		—	24	—	32	15	71
25		16	17	20	—	18	71
26		—	—	12	18	32	61
27		18	23	18	—	—	59
28		—	—	—	30	22	52
29		—	14	—	25	13	52
30		19	29	—	—	—	48
31		31	—	15	—	—	46
32		—	11	21	—	12	44
33		22	—	—	21	—	43
34		—	—	—	—	36	36
35		—	—	17	15	—	32
36		—	—	16	14	—	30
37		12	—	—	—	16	28
38		—	—	25	—	—	25
39		—	—	—	24	—	24
40		—	—	22	—	—	22
41		—	—	—	20	—	20
41		—	20	—	—	—	20
43		—	—	—	—	19	19
44		17	—	—	—	—	17
45		—	—	13	—	—	13
46		—	—	—	12	—	12
46		—	12	—	—	—	12
48		—	—	—	—	11	11
48		11	—	—	—	—	11

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110814205424/http://docs.biathlonresults.com/1011%5CBT%5CSWRL%5CSWMS.pdf 2010/11 Final standings
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127122259/http://docs.biathlonresults.com/1112%5CBT%5CSWRL%5CSWMS.pdf Standings Mass start women