2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on Sunday 18 December 2016 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 19 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was 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.

2015–16 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Gabriela Soukalová	241
Silver:	Marie Dorin Habert	236
Bronze:	Laura Dahlmeier	228

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Nové Město details	Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic	34:42.1 (0+1+0+0)	Laura Dahlmeier Germany	34:45.2 (2+0+0+0)	Dorothea Wierer Italy	34:51.8 (1+0+0+0)
Oberhof details	Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic	37:20.5 (0+0+0+0)	Laura Dahlmeier Germany	37:52.0 (0+0+1+0)	Eva Puskarčíková Czech Republic	38:05.9 (0+0+0+0)
Antholz-Anterselva details	Nadine Horchler Germany	36:11.5 (0+0+0+0)	Laura Dahlmeier Germany	36:14.6 (1+0+0+2)	Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic	36:19.5 (1+1+0+0)
World Championships details	Laura Dahlmeier Germany	33:13.8 (0+0+0+0)	Susan Dunklee United States	33:18.4 (0+0+0+0)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland	33:33.9 (1+0+0+0)
Oslo Holmenkollen details	Tiril Eckhoff Norway	34:23.1 (0+0+1+0)	Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic	34:45.7 (0+1+0+0)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland	34:57.6 (0+0+1+1)

Standings

#	Name	NOV	OBE	ANT	HOC	OSL	Total
1	Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)	60	60	48	43	54	265
2	Laura Dahlmeier (GER)	54	54	54	60	32	254
3	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	34	34	43	48	48	207
4	Yuliia Dzhima (UKR)	22	40	31	38	31	162
5	Dorothea Wierer (ITA)	48	24	24	34	26	156
6	Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)	36	27	40	36	8	147
7	Selina Gasparin (SUI)	28	36	22	23	30	139
8	Vanessa Hinz (GER)	43	20	34	21	14	132
9	Franziska Hildebrand (GER)	20	38	20	8	40	126
10	Eva Puskarčíková (CZE)	24	48	30	10	12	124
11	Susan Dunklee (USA)	—	32	14	54	21	121
12	Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)	30	—	—	29	60	119
13	Anaïs Chevalier (FRA)	27	16	23	28	24	118
14	Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)	23	23	16	25	28	115
15	Justine Braisaz (FRA)	29	22	26	6	29	112
16	Marte Olsbu (NOR)	40	31	6	4	25	106
17	Tatiana Akimova (RUS)	31	28	25	16	4	104
18	Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ)	18	43	28	—	10	99
19	Anna Magnusson (SWE)	14	30	36	—	16	96
20	Veronika Vítková (CZE)	25	—	27	—	43	95
21	Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT)	32	DNF	29	12	20	93
22	Alexia Runggaldier (ITA)	—	—	38	32	18	88
23	Anaïs Bescond (FRA)	21	10	12	—	36	79
24	Mari Laukkanen (FIN)	16	—	10	—	38	64
25	Maren Hammerschmidt (GER)	—	21	21	—	22	64
26	Teja Gregorin (SLO)	—	—	—	40	23	63
27	Nadine Horchler (GER)	—	—	60	—	—	60
28	Paulína Fialková (SVK)	—	—	—	31	27	58
29	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	—	—	—	22	34	56
30	Olena Pidhrushna (UKR)	26	25	—	—	—	51
#	Name	NOV	OBE	ANT	HOC	OSL	Total
31	Federica Sanfilippo (ITA)	12	8	4	20	6	50
32	Celia Aymonier (FRA)	6	14	2	24	2	48
33	Franziska Preuß (GER)	38	—	—	—	—	38
34	Lena Häcki (SUI)	8	18	8	—	—	34
35	Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR)	—	—	32	—	—	32
36	Lisa Vittozzi (ITA)	—	—	—	30	—	30
37	Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL)	—	29	—	—	—	29
38	Monika Hojnisz (POL)	10	—	18	—	—	28
39	Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR)	—	—	—	27	—	27
40	Chardine Sloof (SWE)	—	26	—	—	—	26
40	Irina Starykh (RUS)	—	—	—	26	—	26
42	Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK)	—	—	—	18	—	18
43	Clare Egan (USA)	—	—	—	14	—	14
44	Rosanna Crawford (CAN)	—	12	—	—	—	12
45	Tang Jialin (CHN)	—	6	—	—	—	6
46	Anna Frolina (KOR)	—	4	—	—	—	4
46	Fanny Horn Birkeland (NOR)	4	—	—	—	—	4
48	Ekaterina Avvakumova (KOR)	—	—	—	2	—	2