2021 World Athletics Relays

The 2021 World Athletics Relays have been held in Chorzów, Poland from 1 to 2 May 2021.^[1][2][3]

2021 World Athletics Relays

Host city	Chorzów, Poland
Events	9
Dates	1–2 May
Main venue	Silesian Stadium
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Schedule

Silesia Stadium, the venue.

Day 1 - Saturday 1 May 2021 Time Event Round 18:30 Mixed Hurdle Relay Heats 19:00 Women's 4 × 400 m Heats 19:35 Men's 4 × 400 m Heats 20:08 Women's 4 × 100 m Heats 20:39 Men's 4 × 100 m Heats 21:08 Mixed 2 × 2 × 400 m Final 21:22 Mixed 4 × 400 m Heats 21:58 Mixed Hurdle Relay Final

Day 2 - Sunday 2 May 2021 Time Event Round 18:30 Women's 4 × 200 m Heats 18:55 Men's 4 × 200 m Heats 19:20 Mixed 4 × 400 m Final 19:35 Men's 4 × 100 m Final 19:46 Women's 4 × 100 m Final 19:59 Women's 4 × 200 m Final 20:13 Men's 4 × 200 m Final 20:26 Women's 4 × 400 m Final 20:42 Men's 4 × 400 m Final

Winners summary

There are no medalists but winners in each event.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 metres relay details	Italy Fausto Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	39.21	Japan Ryuichiro Sakai Ryota Suzuki [de] Daisuke Miyamoto [de] Hiroki Yanagita	39.42	Denmark Simon Hansen Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak Kojo Musah Frederik Schou-Nielsen	39.56
4 × 200 metres relay details	Germany Steven Müller Felix Straub Lucas Ansah-Peprah Owen Ansah	1:22.43 SB	Kenya Mark Odhiambo Mike Nyang'au Elijah Mathew [de] Hesborn Ochieng [de]	1:24.26 SB	Portugal Frederico Curvelo [de] Delvis Santos [de] Diogo Antunes André Prazeres [de]	1:24.53 SB[4]
4 × 400 metres relay details	Netherlands Jochem Dobber Liemarvin Bonevacia Ramsey Angela Tony van Diepen	3:03.45	Japan Rikuya Ito Kaito Kawabata Kentaro Sato Aoto Suzuki	3:04.45	Botswana Isaac Makwala Boitumelo Masilo Ditiro Nzamani Leungo Scotch	3:04.77

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 metres relay details	Italy Irene Siragusa Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Vittoria Fontana	43.79 SB	Poland Magdalena Stefanowicz Klaudia Adamek Katarzyna Sokólska Pia Skrzyszowska	44.10	Netherlands Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Nadine Visser Naomi Sedney	44.10
4 × 200 metres relay details	Poland Paulina Guzowska Kamila Ciba Klaudia Adamek Marlena Gola	1:34.98 NR	Ireland Aoife Lynch Kate Doherty Sarah Quinn Sophie Becker	1:35.93 NR	Ecuador Ángela Tenorio Virginia Villalba [de] Marizol Landázuri Anahí Suárez	1:36.86 SB
4 × 400 metres relay details	Cuba Zurian Hechavarría Rose Mary Almanza Lisneidy Veitía Roxana Gómez	3:28.41	Poland Kornelia Lesiewicz Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Karolina Łozowska Natalia Kaczmarek	3:28.81	United Kingdom Laviai Nielsen Ama Pipi Emily Diamond Jessie Knight	3:29.27

Mixed

From the top left: Scotti, Trevisan, Mangione and Re, the Italian national track relay team winners of the 4x400 m mixed relay.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details	Italy Edoardo Scotti Giancarla Trevisan Alice Mangione Davide Re	3:16.60	Brazil Anderson Henriques Tiffani Marinho Geisa Coutinho Alison dos Santos	3:17.54	Dominican Republic Lidio Féliz Anabel Medina Ventura Marileidy Paulino Alexander Ogando	3:17.58
2 × 2 × 400 metres relay details	Poland Joanna Jóźwik Patryk Dobek	3:40.92	Kenya Naomi Korir Ferguson Rotich	3:41.79	Slovenia Anita Horvat Žan Rudolf	3:41.95
Shuttle hurdles relay details	Germany Monika Zapalska [de] Erik Balnuweit Anne Weigold Gregor Traber	56.53	Poland Zuzanna Hulisz [de] Krzysztof Kiljan Klaudia Wojtunik Damian Czykier	56.68	Kenya Priscilla Tabunda [it] Michael Nzuku Nusra Rukia Wiseman Mukhobe	59.89

Winners positions

As the World Athletics Relays are not a championship, there are no champions or medalists, but just winners.

  *   Host nation (Poland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	3	0	0	3
2	Poland (POL)*	2	3	0	5
3	Germany (GER)	2	0	0	2
4	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	1	2
5	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	0	1
6	Kenya (KEN)	0	2	1	3
7	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
10	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		9	9	9	27

Team standings

Teams scored for every place in the top 8 with 8 points awarded for first place, 7 for second, etc. The overall points winner was given the Golden Baton.^[5]

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Poland	37
2	Italy	33
3	Kenya	24
4	Netherlands	20
T-5	Germany	19
T-5	Japan	19
7	Ecuador	15
8	Denmark	14
T-9	Great Britain	10
T-9	Portugal	10

Participating nations

37 nations were due to take part in the competition, before the renouncement of Canada,^[6] India,^[7] Jamaica,^[8] Nigeria,^[9] and Trinidad and Tobago.^[10][11] Other notable absences include Australia, China and the USA, who will all be missing the event for the first time. Zambia are set to make their debut.

Spanish Ángel David Rodríguez, 41, is the oldest athlete entered for the event, while 17-year-old Nigerian sprinter Imaobong Nse Uko is the youngest competitor.

•  Belarus (13)
•  Belgium (12)
•  Botswana (21)
•  Brazil (20)
•  Canada (26)^[12]
•  Chile (6)
•  Colombia (9)
•  Cuba (5)
•  Czech Republic (31)
•  Denmark (12)
•  Dominican Republic (6)
•  Ecuador (10)
•  France (40)
•  Germany (40)
•  Ghana (11)
•  Great Britain (16)
•  India (20)^[13]
•  Ireland (16)
•  Italy (38)
•  Jamaica (39)^[14]
•  Japan (29)
•  Kenya (36)
•  Netherlands (24)
•  Nigeria (24)^[15]
•  Poland (44)
•  Portugal (16)
•  Puerto Rico (5)
•  Slovakia (10)
•  Slovenia (2)
•  South Africa (16)
•  Spain (40)
•  Switzerland (14)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (8)^[16]
•  Turkey (16)
•  Ukraine (5)
•  Zambia (5)
•  Zimbabwe (7)

References

1. "SILESIA NAMED HOST OF 2021 IAAF WORLD RELAYS". IAAF. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. Silesia to host IAAF World Relays in 2021 insidethegames.biz
3. IAAF Moves 2021 World Relays to Europe Dyestat.com
4. Sporting CP (POR) ran 1:24.20 in 2003.
5. "Team standings". IAAF. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
6. "Canada withdraws from 2021 World Athletics Relays". athletics.ca. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
7. "Dutee Chand, Hima Das to miss World Athletics Relays". olympics.com. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
8. "U.S., Jamaica won't send teams to World Athletics Relays". runningmagazine.ca. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
9. "Nigeria out of World Relays due to infighting". premiumtimesng.com. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
10. "TT track team withdrawn from World Athletics Relays". Newsday. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
11. "Entry Lists by COUNTRY and EVENT" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
12. "Canada withdraws from upcoming World Relays in Poland over COVID-19 concerns".
13. @afiindia (28 April 2021). "Team @WASilesia21 sadly we won't be able to join you 😔😔 But we are sending our best wishes to you 🤗, Have a great…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. "U.S., Jamaica won't send teams to World Athletics Relays". Canadian Running Magazine. April 22, 2021.
15. @Naija_PR (29 April 2021). "Nigeria out of World Relays because Polish embassy denied our athletes visas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
16. "TT track team withdrawn from World Athletics Relays". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. April 21, 2021.

External links

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• World Athletics website
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