# 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on 23 December 2018 in Nové Město and finished on 24 March 2019 in Holmenkollen. It was won by Hanna Öberg of Sweden, with the defending titlist, Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland, finishing 21st.

## 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.

## 2017–18 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 216 |
| Silver: | Laura Dahlmeier | 207 |
| Bronze: | Vanessa Hinz | 195 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Nové Město details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 35:34.4 (1+0+0+1) | Paulína Fialková Slovakia | 35:46.5 (0+0+1+1) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 35:47.7 (1+1+1+0) |
| Ruhpolding details | Franziska Preuß Germany | 32:34.0 (0+0+0+0) | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway | 32:34.2 (0+0+0+0) | Paulína Fialková Slovakia | 32:49.1 (0+0+1+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 35:32.8 (1+0+0+0) | Markéta Davidová Czech Republic | 35:45.9 (0+0+1+0) | Vanessa Hinz Germany | 35:49.2 (1+0+0+0) |
| World Championships details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 37:26.4 (0+0+0+2) | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Russia | 37:31.3 (0+0+1+1) | Denise Herrmann Germany | 37:41.8 (0+1+2+1) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 35:56.2 (0+0+1+1) | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 35:57.5 (0+0+2+1) | Clare Egan United States | 36:06.6 (0+0+0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | NOV | RUH | ANT | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 31 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 60 | 220 |
| 2 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 43 | 22 | 40 | 60 | 29 | 194 |
| 3 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | 54 | 48 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 194 |
| 4 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 28 | 34 | 31 | 36 | 32 | 161 |
| 5 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 32 | 24 | 22 | 54 | 23 | 155 |
| 6 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 38 | 54 | 10 | 30 | 22 | 154 |
| 7 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 36 | 60 | — | 22 | 34 | 152 |
| 8 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 40 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 20 | 150 |
| 9 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | — | 29 | 28 | 48 | 43 | 148 |
| 10 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 60 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 145 |
| 11 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 26 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 28 | 142 |
| 12 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 8 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 132 |
| 13 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | — | 2 | 60 | 38 | 25 | 125 |
| 14 | Clare Egan (USA) | 27 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 48 | 125 |
| 15 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | — | 29 | 40 | 54 | 123 |
| 16 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | — | — | 54 | 25 | 27 | 106 |
| 17 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 30 | 26 | 48 | — | — | 104 |
| 18 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 29 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 104 |
| 19 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 34 | 20 | 20 | 26 | DNF | 100 |
| 20 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 20 | 32 | 24 | — | 24 | 100 |
| 21 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 18 | 8 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 96 |
| 22 | Linn Persson (SWE) | — | 36 | — | 32 | 21 | 89 |
| 23 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 2 | 28 | 16 | — | 40 | 86 |
| 24 | Julia Simon (FRA) | 24 | 25 | DNF | — | 36 | 85 |
| 25 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 25 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 81 |
| 26 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 12 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 74 |
| 27 | Svetlana Mironova (RUS) | — | 21 | 23 | — | 26 | 70 |
| 28 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 48 | 4 | — | — | — | 52 |
| 29 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | — | 18 | 34 | — | — | 52 |
| 30 | Irina Starykh (RUS) | 6 | 23 | 18 | — | — | 47 |
| # | Name | NOV | RUH | ANT | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Celia Aymonier (FRA) | — | — | — | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 32 | Joanne Reid (USA) | — | — | — | 31 | — | 31 |
| 33 | Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS) | — | 6 | — | 23 | — | 29 |
| 34 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | — | — | — | 24 | 4 | 28 |
| 35 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 16 | — | — | 12 | — | 28 |
| 36 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 23 | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| 37 | Kinga Zbylut (POL) | 22 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| 38 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 21 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| 39 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | — | — | — | 18 | — | 18 |
| 40 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | — | — | — | — | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 14 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 40 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | — | — | 14 | — | — | 14 |
| 43 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 44 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 45 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | — | — | — | 8 | — | 8 |
| 46 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | — | — | 6 | — | — | 6 |
| 46 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| 48 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| 48 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 48 | Nicole Gontier (ITA) | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 |