2021 World Athletics Relays
Host cityPoland Chorzów, Poland
Events9
Dates1–2 May
Main venueSilesian Stadium

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

Schedule

Silesia Stadium, the venue.

Winners summary

There are no medalists but winners in each event.

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 metres relay
  Italy
Fausto Desalu
Marcell Jacobs
Davide Manenti
Filippo Tortu		39.21  Japan
Ryuichiro Sakai
Ryota Suzuki
Daisuke Miyamoto
Hiroki Yanagita		39.42  Denmark
Simon Hansen
Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak
Kojo Musah
Frederik Schou-Nielsen		39.56
4 × 200 metres relay
  Germany
Steven Müller
Felix Straub
Lucas Ansah-Peprah
Owen Ansah		1:22.43 SB  Kenya
Mark Odhiambo
Mike Nyang'au
Elijah Mathew
Hesborn Ochieng		1:24.26 SB  Portugal
Frederico Curvelo
Delvis Santos
Diogo Antunes
André Prazeres		1:24.53 SB[4]
4 × 400 metres relay
  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
  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
  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
Marizol Landázuri
Anahí Suárez		1:36.86 SB
4 × 400 metres relay
  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
Erik Balnuweit
Anne Weigold
Gregor Traber		56.53  Poland
Zuzanna Hulisz
Krzysztof Kiljan
Klaudia Wojtunik
Damian Czykier		56.68  Kenya
Priscilla Tabunda
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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)3003
2 Poland (POL)*2305
3 Germany (GER)2002
4 Netherlands (NED)1012
5 Cuba (CUB)1001
6 Kenya (KEN)0213
7 Japan (JPN)0202
8 Brazil (BRA)0101
 Ireland (IRL)0101
10 Botswana (BOT)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Dominican Republic (DOM)0011
 Ecuador (ECU)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
Totals (16 entries)99927

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
RankNationPoints
1 Poland37
2 Italy33
3 Kenya24
4 Netherlands20
T-5 Germany19
T-5 Japan19
7 Ecuador15
8 Denmark14
T-9 Great Britain10
T-9 Portugal10

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.

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 (April 28, 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 (April 29, 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.
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