2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
| Women's 400 metres at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Arena Toruń | |||||||||
| Location | Toruń, Poland | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 March 2021 (round 1 and semi-finals) 6 March 2021 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 50.63 s i NR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 400 metres at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships took place in three rounds at the Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 5 and 6 March 2021.
The seven heats of round 1 were held on 5 March in the morning. Eighteen of thirty-nine athletes advanced to compete in the semi-finals. The three heats of the semi-finals were held on 5 March in the evening. Six athletes qualified for the final, that was held on 6 March in the evening.
The final was won by Femke Bol of the Netherlands in 50.63 seconds, followed by Justyna Święty-Ersetic of Poland in 51.41 seconds, and Jodie Williams of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 51.73 seconds.
Background
[edit]Having run 50.64 earlier in the winter, the fastest time by a European woman since 2009, Femke Bol entered the Championships as the overwhelming favorite. Her Dutch teammate, Lieke Klaver, was the second-fastest European woman of the indoor season with 51.21, a top 5 time by a European woman in the last ten years and over half a second faster than the third fastest woman of the season. Other contenders who ran under 52 seconds prior to the Championships included 2019 European indoor and world outdoor finalist Justyna Święty-Ersetic, 2016 European Youth Champion and 2019 European U23 bronze medallist Andrea Miklos and the Irish 100m and 200m outdoor national record holder Phil Healy. The defending 2019 champion Léa Sprunger was the 13th fastest European woman of the indoor season going into the Championships.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)
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49.59 | Milan, Italy | 7 March 1982 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | ||||
| World Leading |  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
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50.21 | New York City, New York, United States | 13 February 2021 |
| European Leading |  Femke Bol (NED)
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50.64 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 21 February 2021 |
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]The seven heats of the first round were held on 5 March in the morning, starting at 11:22.
Qualification: first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the semi-finals.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Phil Healy |  Ireland |
52.00 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic |  Poland |
52.06 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jessie Knight |  Great Britain |
52.17 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 5 | Léa Sprunger |  Switzerland |
52.25 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo |  Belgium |
52.27 | q, SB |
| 6 | 4 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain |
52.35 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Modesta Justė Morauskaitė |  Lithuania |
52.52 | q, PB |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Miklós |  Romania |
52.57 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Ama Pipi | Great Britain |
52.63 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 3 | Kateryna Klymyuk |  Ukraine |
52.70 | q, PB |
| 11 | 5 | Rebecca Borga |  Italy |
52.72 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Alice Mangione | Italy |
52.73 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | Lieke Klaver | Netherlands |
52.74 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | Irini Vasiliou |  Greece |
52.76 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 2 | Anna Ryzhykova | Ukraine |
52.76 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Femke Bol | Netherlands |
52.77 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands |
52.82 | Q, =SB |
| 18 | 6 | Lada Vondrová | Czech Republic |
52.83 | |
| 19 | 1 | Hanna Mikhailava |  Belarus |
52.96 | Q |
| 20 | 7 | Agnė Šerkšnienė | Lithuania |
53.00 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Laura Müller |  Germany |
53.03 | |
| 22 | 6 | Corinna Schwab | Germany |
53.06 | |
| 23 | 7 | Amandine Brossier |  France |
53.23 | |
| 24 | 3 | Cátia Azevedo |  Portugal |
53.28 | SB |
| 25 | 3 | Maja Ćirić |  Serbia |
53.28 | SB |
| 26 | 2 | Sophie Becker | Ireland |
53.31 | |
| 27 | 4 | Susanne Walli |  Austria |
53.41 | PB |
| 28 | 1 | Tereza Petržilková | Czech Republic |
53.46 | |
| 29 | 7 | Anastasiia Bryzgina | Ukraine |
53.50 | |
| 30 | 5 | Hanne Maudens | Belgium |
53.63 | |
| 31 | 4 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa |  Spain |
53.64 | |
| 32 | 2 | Camille Laus | Belgium |
53.68 | |
| 33 | 7 | Sharlene Mawdsley | Ireland |
53.68 | |
| 34 | 4 | Iveta Putalová |  Slovakia |
53.69 | SB |
| 35 | 2 | Eleonora Marchiando | Italy |
53.70 | |
| 36 | 2 | Krystsina Muliarchik | Belarus |
53.93 | |
| 37 | 1 | Andrea Jiménez | Spain |
54.34 | |
| 38 | 1 | Silke Lemmens | Switzerland |
54.48 | |
| 39 | 6 | Evelin Nádházy |  Hungary |
55.11 |
Semi-finals
[edit]The three heats of the semi-finals were held on 5 March in the evening, starting at 19:33.
Qualification: first 2 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.[2]
All five women who ran under 52 seconds prior to the Championships made the final. The surprise sixth spot went the British 200m specialist Jodie Williams, who was contesting her first 400m at a major Championships.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Femke Bol | Netherlands |
51.17 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Poland |
51.34 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | Lieke Klaver | Netherlands |
52.09 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain |
52.09 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Anna Ryzhykova | Ukraine |
52.11 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Jessie Knight | Great Britain |
52.22 | |
| 7 | 1 | Phil Healy | Ireland |
52.41 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Miklós | Romania |
52.41 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Amarachi Pipi | Great Britain |
52.54 | SB |
| 10 | 3 | Léa Sprunger | Switzerland |
52.64 | |
| 11 | 2 | Agnė Šerkšnienė | Lithuania |
53.09 | |
| 12 | 1 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands |
53.10 | |
| 13 | 1 | Kateryna Klymyuk | Ukraine |
53.10 | |
| 14 | 1 | Hanna Mikhailava | Belarus |
53.10 | |
| 15 | 3 | Modesta Justė Morauskaitė | Lithuania |
53.20 | |
| 16 | 3 | Irini Vasiliou | Greece |
53.31 | |
| 17 | 3 | Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo | Belgium |
53.74 | |
| 18 | 2 | Rebecca Borga | Italy |
54.23 |
Final
[edit]The final was on 6 March in the evening, starting at 20:25.
Starting in lane 6, Bol took her first 100m conservatively, and her Dutch teammate Klaver was the first one at the break. Bol took the lead at the back straight of the second lap, and by the 300m mark it was Bol, followed by Klaver and Święty-Ersetic. The last 50m saw Klaver tie up, with Święty-Ersetic moving into second place and Williams into third. Bol's winning time of 50.63 was a 0.01 second improvement of her own National Record and the fastest winning time at the European Indoor Championships since 2007. It was Bol's first international senior individual medal. Three finalists set personal bests in the final.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | Femke Bol | Netherlands |
50.63 | EL, NR |
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5 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Poland |
51.41 | |
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1 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain |
51.73 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Phil Healy | Ireland |
51.94 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Lieke Klaver | Netherlands |
52.03 | |
| 6 | 2 | Andrea Miklós | Romania |
52.10 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "European Athletics Indoor Championships – 400m Women – Round 1 – Results Summary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ a b Semifinals results[permanent dead link]
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships – 400m Women – Final – Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
