The men's mass start competition in speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February, at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan. Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands won the event. Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark won the silver medal, marking the second Winter Olympic medal for Denmark. Andrea Giovannini of Italy won bronze, his first individual Olympic medal.
Background The defending champion, Bart Swings, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist, Chung Jae-won. The bronze medalist, Lee Seung-hoon, did not qualify. Before the Olympics, Jorrit Bergsma was leading the mass-start standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, closely followed by Andrea Giovannini, who was also the 2025 World champion in mass start.
Summary Bergsma and Thorup escaped, and at some point were half a lap ahead of the pursuit group, which did not manage to catch them. Two laps before the finish, Bergsma escaped from Thorup. Giovannini was the first at the finish from the pursuit group.
Qualification
Results Semifinals Rank Heat Name CountryLaps Points Time NotesS1S2S3S4Total 1 1 Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu 16 60 60 7:42.49 Q 2 1 Shomu Sasaki 16 40 40 7:42.61 Q 3 1 Chung Jae-won 16 1 20 21 7:42.81 Q 4 1 Jordan Stolz 16 3 2 6 11 7:43.81 Q 5 1 Mathieu Belloir 16 10 10 7:43.78 Q 6 1 Indra Médard 16 3 3 7:44.03 Q 7 1 Jorrit Bergsma 16 3 3 7:47.81 Q 8 1 Viktor Hald Thorup 16 3 3 8:01.77 Q 9 1 Daniele Di Stefano 16 2 1 3 8:05.12 10 1 Li Wenhao 16 2 2 7:53.54 11 1 Vladimir Semirunniy 16 1 1 7:46.08 12 1 Sigurd Holbø Dyrset 16 0 7:44.18 13 1 Felix Maly 16 0 7:46.65 14 1 Alexander Farthofer 16 0 7:55.59 1 2 Timothy Loubineaud 16 1 60 61 7:47.23 Q 2 2 Wu Yu 16 40 40 7:47.92 Q 3 2 Stijn van de Bunt 16 2 2 20 24 7:51.46 Q 4 2 Andrea Giovannini 16 3 10 13 7:51.81 Q 5 2 Bart Swings 16 1 6 7 7:52.03 Q 6 2 Metoděj Jílek 16 3 3 6 8:12.96 Q 7 2 Gabriel Odor 16 3 3 7:52.45 Q 8 2 Motonaga Arito 16 2 2 7:53.95 Q 9 2 Ethan Cepuran 16 1 1 7:53.07 10 2 Livio Wenger 16 0 7:52.74 11 2 Daniel Hall 16 0 7:53.68 12 2 Kim Min-seok 16 0 7:53.86 13 2 Cho Seung-min 16 0 7:56.44 14 2 Fridtjof Petzold 16 0 8:00.76 15 2 Didrik Eng Strand 16 0 8:42.18
Final Rank Name Country Laps PointsTimeS1S2S3S4Total Jorrit Bergsma 16 2 3 3 60 68 7:55.50 Viktor Hald Thorup 16 3 2 2 40 47 8:00.52 Andrea Giovannini 16 1 20 21 8:04.42 4 Jordan Stolz 16 10 10 8:04.51 5 Chung Jae-won 16 6 6 8:04.60 6 Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu 16 3 3 8:04.76 7 Mathieu Belloir 16 1 1 8:12.96 8 Indra Médard 16 1 1 8:26.25 9 Bart Swings 16 0 8:05.37 10 Shomu Sasaki 16 0 8:05.56 11 Timothy Loubineaud 16 0 8:06.93 12 Gabriel Odor 16 0 8:07.08 13 Motonaga Arito 16 0 8:09.46 14 Metoděj Jílek 16 0 8:10.90 15 Wu Yu 16 0 8:12.04 16 Stijn van de Bunt 16 0 8:18.60
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