# 2021 World Athletics Relays

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

## Schedule

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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 × 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |
| 8 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 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.
| 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, India, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago. 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)
* 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)
* Ireland (16)
* Italy (38)
* Jamaica (39)
* Japan (29)
* Kenya (36)
* Netherlands (24)
* Nigeria (24)
* Poland (44)
* Portugal (16)
* Puerto Rico (5)
* Slovakia (10)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (16)
* Spain (40)
* Switzerland (14)
* Trinidad and Tobago (8)
* Turkey (16)
* Ukraine (5)
* Zambia (5)
* Zimbabwe (7)