2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

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The women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2021 at 11:22 (heats) and at 19:33 (semi-finals), and on 6 March 2021 at 20:25 (final) local time.

Medalists[]

Gold Silver Bronze
Femke Bol
 Netherlands 		Justyna Święty-Ersetic
 Poland 		Jodie Williams
 Great Britain

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 49.59 Milan, Italy 7 March 1982
European record  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 49.59 Milan, Italy 7 March 1982
Championship record  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 49.59 Milan, Italy 7 March 1982
World Leading  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 50.21 New York City, United States 13 February 2021
European Leading  Femke Bol (NED) 50.64 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 21 February 2021

Results[]

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 Lea Sprunger was the 13th fastest European woman of the indoor season going into the Championships.

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. 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.

Heats[]

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.[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  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  Belarus 53.93
37 1  Spain 54.34
38 1 Silke Lemmens   Switzerland 54.48
39 6  Hungary 55.11

Semifinals[]

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.[2]

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  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[]

[3]

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Femke Bol  Netherlands 50.63 EL, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Justyna Święty-Ersetic  Poland 51.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[]

  1. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  2. ^ Semifinals results[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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