2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Arena Toruń
Location	Toruń, Poland
Dates	7 March 2021 (final)
Teams	6 nations
Winning time	3:27.15 min CR NR
Medalists
Lieke Klaver Marit Dopheide Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol    Netherlands   Zoey Clark Jodie Williams Ama Pipi Jessie Knight    Great Britain   Natalia Kaczmarek Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Kornelia Lesiewicz Aleksandra Gaworska    Poland

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships took place over one round at the Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 7 March 2021.

The race was won by the team of the Netherlands in a championship record and national record of 3:27.15 minutes, followed by the teams of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3:28.20 min and Poland in 3:29.94 min. Outside the medals, the Italian and Ukrainian team set national records of 3:30.32 min and 3:30.38 min respectively.

Background

Before the 2021 championship, the world and European record was 3:23.37 min set by the team of Russia in 2006, the championship record was 3:27.56 min set by the team of Great Britain and Nortern Ireland in 2013, and the world leading performance of the 2021 season was 3:26.27 min ran by the team of the Texas A&M University on 13 February 2021.[1][2][3]

Records before the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Record	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record[1]	Russia (RUS)	3:23.37	Glasgow, United Kingdom	28 January 2006
European record[2]
Championship record[2]	Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GBR)	3:27.56	Gothenburg, Sweden	3 March 2013
World leading[3]	Texas A&M University	3:26.27	Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States	13 February 2021
European leading[4]	N/A[a]

Final

Six national teams competed in the final on 7 March 2021 at 19:10 (UTC+1). The race was won by the team of the Netherlands in a championship record (CR), a European leading time (EL), and a Dutch record (NR) of 3:27.15 min, follwed by the team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in second place in 3:28.20 min and the team of Poland in third place in 3:29.94 min. Outside the medals, the Italian team set a national record (NR) of 3:30.32 min and the Ukrainian team set a national record (NR) of 3:30.38 min.[2]

Results of the final[2]

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Netherlands	Lieke Klaver Marit Dopheide Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol	3:27.15	CR, EL, NR
	Great Britain & N.I.	Zoey Clark Jodie Williams Ama Pipi Jessie Knight	3:28.20
	Poland	Natalia Kaczmarek Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Kornelia Lesiewicz Aleksandra Gaworska	3:29.94
4	Italy	Rebecca Borga Alice Mangione Eleonora Marchiando Eloisa Coiro	3:30.32	NR
5	Ukraine	Viktoriya Tkachuk Anastasiia Bryzgina Kateryna Klymyuk Anna Ryzhykova	3:30.38	NR
6	Germany	Corinna Schwab Laura Müller Brenda Cataria-Byll Ruth Spelmeyer-Preuß	3:31.47

Notes

1. There were no teams under 3:30.00 min in 2021 before the championships.[4]

References

1. "Toplists – All time Top lists – Senior – 4x400 Metres Relay Short Track women – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
2. "4 x 400m Relay Women − Final − Results" (PDF). european-athletics.com. 7 March 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
3. "Toplists – All time Top lists – Senior – 4x400 Metres Relay Short Track women – World 2021", World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
4. "Toplists – All time Top lists – Senior – 4x400 Metres Relay Short Track women – Europe 2021", World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

External links

• Women's 4 × 400 metres relay final on YouTube