2021 European Athletics Team Championships

The 2021 European Athletics Team Championships was held in four cities, on 29–30 May (Super League) and on 19–20 June 2021. For the first time, the ETC was not held on the same weekend for all leagues. At the European Athletics Team Championships medals are not awarded in individual events.

Grouping and host cities League DateStadiumCityNationSuper League29–30 May 2021Silesian StadiumChorzów PolandFirst League19–20 June 2021Cluj ArenaCluj-Napoca RomaniaSecond League19–20 June 2021Stadion BeroeStara Zagora BulgariaThird League19–20 June 2021Tsirio StadiumLimassol Cyprus

It had been decided in 2018 that, starting in 2021, a new system would be introduced for grouping teams in the ETC. This would aim to have 8 teams in the Super League (plus the host country if it had not already qualified), 12 teams in the First and Second Leagues, and all the remaining teams in the Third League. The city of Minsk, Belarus, initially designated as the Super League venue, was replaced by Chorzów in November 2020 due to the political situation in Belarus.

Super League

The 2021 Super League consisted of only 8 teams, down from 12 in previous editions.

On 24 May, Ukraine withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the EAA ruled Ukraine would be relegated to First division in 2023.

The event was held over two days, attracting a total of 7,600 spectators (there was no entry fee for either day).

Participating countries

Final entries 406 athletes (206 men, 200 women) from 7 (8 scheduled) countries. All 54 athletes from Ukraine ended up not participating in the Championships. Some candidates for top spots, such as Marcell Jacobs, Gianmarco Tamberi, Marcin Lewandowski, Piotr Lisek, and Jessie Knight, were registered to compete but also chose to withdrew later.

Men's events 100 m(wind: -0.5 m/s) 10.28 10.29 10.35200 m(wind: -1.0 m/s) 20.48 20.87=PB 20.96400 m 45.65SB 45.89SB 45.90800 m 1:45.71 1:46.45 1:46.661500 m 3:56.64 3:56.79 3:57.133000 m 8:31.26 8:31.82 8:32.085000 m 13:17.23CR 13:17.95PB 13:18.15PB110 m hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s) 13.43 13.63 13.65400 m hurdles 49.70 49.95SB 50.763000 m steeplechase 8:39.67 8:40.03 8:40.414×100 m relay 38.73 39.07 SB 39.124×400 m relay 3:02.64EL 3:03.10 SB 3:03.43 SBHigh jump 2.24=SB 2.24 2.20=SBPole vault 5.65SB 5.55SB 5.55Long jump 7.88 m (−0.5) 7.82 m-0.8 SB 7.75 m −0.3 7.75 m −0.7Triple jump 17.13EL 17.01 (EL) 16.93SBShot put 21.34 20.77SB 20.00Discus throw 64.22 62.57 61.52Hammer throw 82.98CR 77.11SB 76.75Javelin throw 96.29CR 85.12SB 84.80NR

Women's events 100 m 11.25EU23L 11.27 11.27200 m 22.78SB 22.89EU23L 23.00400 m 51.36 52.22 52.72800 m 2:00.95 2:02.06SB 2:02.54SB1500 m 4:14.87 4:15.08SB 4:15.243000 m 9:13.36PB 9:14.45PB 9:15.275000 m 15:46.95 15:51.44 15:53.09SB100 m hurdles 12.99 13.05 13.24400 m hurdles 55.59 55.71SB 56.17SB3000 m steeplechase 9:35.63 9:36.04 9:41.444×100 m relay 43.36 43.83 43.914×400 m relay 3:26.37EL 3:27.16 3:29.05High jump 1.94=SB 1.91SB 1.88Pole vault 4.45 4.35 4.35SBLong jump 6.61=PB 6.55PB 6.42Triple jump 14.12 14.01 13.96PBShot put 18.75 18.74 18.17SBDiscus throw 61.36 59.29 58.13Hammer throw 75.06 73.18 70.31SBJavelin throw 69.19 CR 56.59 54.68

Final standings PosCountryPts Note 181.5 179Did not start in men's high jump (received 0 points) 174 4 171 5 167 6 140 7 97.5Should have been relegated to the 2023 First League, but finally only Ukraine is relegated to 2nd Division in 2023–withdrew

Before the last event on Sunday, the Men's 4×400 m relay, three teams were still vying for the Championship: Poland with 176.5 points, Great Britain with 174 points, and Italy with 172 points. The Italian team lead the race after the first two legs, with Great Britain close behind. In the third leg, British runners failed to make the baton pass, while the Polish team finished strongly in the last leg to go from 5th to 3rd. As a result, Poland obtained enough points to win over Italy.

Score table Event 100 metresM 7 5 3 6 4 2 1W 4 6 5 2 7 1 3200 metresM 3 5 4 7 2 1 6W 3 5 7 6 4 2 1400 metresM 7 3 6 5 1 2 4W 1 5 3 2 7 4 6800 metresM 2.5 2.5 7 4 5 1 6W 4 0 7 6 5 2 3 1500 metresM 1 7 4 2 5 3 6W 3 1 4 7 2 6 53000 metresM 6 0 3 4 2 7 5W 2 5 7 3 4 1 65000 metresM 6 3 4 7 1 2 5W 4 5 3 7 1 2 6 3000 metre steeplechaseM 6 3 2 5 4 1 7W 3 6 1 4 7 2 5110 metre hurdles100 metre hurdlesM 3 1 6 4 5 2 7W 3 4 2 6 7 1 5400 metre hurdlesM 5 4 6 7 2 1 3W 1 6 7 5 3 2 4 4×100 metres relayM 5 7 2 3 4 1 6W 5 0 7 3 6 4 04×400 metres relayM 4 3 0 7 5 2 6W 0 4 6 5 7 2 3High jumpM 4 5 6 0 7 2.5 2.5W 3 4 5 6 7 1 2Pole vaultM 1 5 6 4 7 2 3W 4 1.5 5 7 1.5 3 6Long jumpM 4.5 6 3 7 2 1 4.5W 0 7 2 4 6 3 5Triple jumpM 3 7 2 4 1 6 5W 7 4 6 1 5 2 3Shot putM 1 4 5 6 7 2 3W 1 7 4 2 5 6 3Discus throwM 0 5 7 4 6 2 3W 3 6 5 2 4 7 1Hammer throwM 5 2 4 3 7 1 6W 7 3 2 5 6 1 4Javelin throwM 2 7 1 4 6 3 5W 6 7 5 3 4 1 2Country Total140171174179181.597.5167

Broken records

Men's 5000 m CR Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) 13:17.23 on 29 May 2021 Men's Javelin Throw WL CR Johannes Vetter (GER) 96.29 m on 29 May 2021 Men's Hammer Throw WL CR Paweł Fajdek (POL) 82.98 m on 30 May 2021 Men's Triple Jump EL Max Heß (GER) 17.13 m on 30 May 2021 Men's 4×400 m Relay EL Italy Team with Davide Re, Alessandro Sibilio, Edoardo Scotti and Vladimir Aceti 3:02.64 on 30 May 2021 Women's Javelin Throw CR Christin Hussong (GER) 69.19 m on 30 May 2021 Women's 4×400 m Relay EL Poland Team with Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Kornelia Lesiewicz, Justyna Święty-Ersetic and Natalia Kaczmarek 3:26.37 on 30 May 2021.

Medal table At the European Athletics Team Championships medals are only awarded to teams, with gold, silver, and bronze only referring to the top three finishes.

First League

Participating countries Participating nations were vying for two promotion spots. Ireland decided not to participate in this edition and was automatically relegated to Second division in 2023.

Men's events 100 m +0.6 m/s 10.31 10.36 10.42200 m −0.1 m/s 20.82 21.03 21.28400 m 45.40 46.08 46.54800 m 1:47.48PB 1:47.54 1:47.741500 m 3:38.63PB 3:39.97 3:40.023000 m 7:57.43 7:58.72 8:02.22 PB5000 m 13:46.98 13:48.16 13:56.47PB110 m hurdles 13.50 SB 13.69 13.73400 m hurdles 48.82 49.90 50.093000 m steeplechase 8:38.30 8:39.21 PB 8:39.94 PB4×100 m relay 38.81 38.94 39.074×400 m relay 3:02.42EL, NR 3:02.49 3:04.96High jump 2.25 2.25 2.23Pole vault 5.65 5.55 5.55SBLong jump 8.38 (+0.1) CR 7.95 (+0.4) 7.94 (+0.3)Triple jump 16.65 (−1.0) 16.38 (−1.3) 16.18 (−0.7)Shot put 20.79 20.20 19.90Discus throw 62.38 61.26 61.26Hammer throw 77.10SB 73.46 73.37Javelin throw 79.20 78.5076.35

Women's events 100 m 11.34 11.44 11.45 200 m 23.30SB 23.32 23.45400 m 50.37CR 52.11 52.94SB800 m 2:03.89 2:04.55 2:04.571500 m 4:15.58 4:15.84 4:16.713000 m 9:01.80PB 9:06.04PB 9:07.41PB5000 m 15:42.45 15:52.94 15:57.34100 m hurdles 12.62CR 12.87SB 12.94PB400 m hurdles 55.94 56.74 57.06PB3000 m steeplechase 9:39.00 9:41.68 9:45.58SB4×100 m relay 43.38 43.73 43.924×400 m relay 3:28.14 3:28.77 3:30.51High jump 1.96=EL, NR 1.92SB 1.90Pole vault 4.65SB 4.60=SB 4.45Long jump 6.55 6.40PB 6.36Triple jump 14.63 (+1.0)EL, NR 14.13=SB 14.13Shot put 18.50SB 17.23 17.09Discus throw 58.50 56.61 55.10Hammer throw 71.19 69.48SB 68.76Javelin throw 61.86 58.68SB 57.07

Final standings PosCountryPts Note 320.5Promoted to First division in 2023 310Initially promoted to First division in 2023, later banned 300 4 279 5 269 6 265 7 264.5 8 248 9 244 10 243Promoted to First division in 2023, replacing Belarus 11 207 12 159 DNPRelegated to Second division in 2023

NOTES: Ireland withdrew citing COVID-19 as the reason and was, subsequently, relegated to Second division in 2023. In 2019, the city of Minsk, Belarus, was initially designated as the Super League venue and the team should have been automatically promoted to that division. However, in November 2020, European Athletics decided on Chorzów as the Super League venue due to the political situation in Belarus. During this competition, Belarus earned promotion to the higher level, but was later barred from competing due to country's support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Katsiaryna Karneyenka of Belarus, finishing 7th in the women's 5000 metres, and Kyriakos Zotos of Greece, finishing 5th in the men's shot put, were disqualified after the competition for previous doping violations. Final standings in these disciplines have been changed accordingly.

Score table Event 100 metresM 1 9 8 6 7 4 10 3 2 5 11 12W 8 11 3 2 7 10 9 6 4 5 12 1200 metresM 5 6 12 4 10 3 11 9 2 1 7 8W 6 12 4 2 5 10 11 7 9 8 3 1 400 metresM 6 11 10 1 2 4 12 9 8 5 7 3W 6 3 11 2 7 8 12 9 1 10 4 5800 metresM 7 10 9 6 2 3 4 11 1 8 5 12W 8 6 9 3 10 2 11 7 1 4 12 51500 metresM 7 10 11 1 9 3 8 12 2 5 4 6W 11 5 10 1 12 4 7 8 2 3 9 63000 metresM 5 9 7 3 10 1 12 8 4 11 2 6W 12 1 2 4 6 8 10 5 7 11 3 95000 metresM 10 11 5 1 2 4 7 12 9 6 8 3W 0 5 11 2 3 4 8 9 7 10 12 6 3000 metre steeplechaseM 10 0 11 5 12 2 3 8 4 6 7 9W 9 0 4 5 3 2 12 6 11 8 10 7110 metre hurdles100 metre hurdlesM 12 4 10 9 8 3 2 1 5 6 7 11W 12 11 7 3 5 0 10 4 8 2 9 4400 metre hurdlesM 4 3 10 12 1 2 11 6 5 9 7 8W 9 7 6 3 12 10 5 8 1 4 11 2 4 × 100 metres relayM 6 5 10 7 0 9 12 8 4 3 0 11W 6 8 7 1 5 9 12 4 3 10 11 24 × 400 metres relayM 5 7 12 3 2 1 11 6 8 4 9 10W 12 8 10 2 6 9 7 5 1 4 11 3High jumpM 12 6.5 3 2 8 10 5 1 4 6.5 11 9W 9 7 6 3 5 8 4 1 11 10 12 2Pole vaultM 7 6 10 5 8 9 3 1 4 2 11 12W 2 7.5 7.5 4 10 11 6 3 1 9 12 5Long jumpM 9 8 11 1 4 12 3 7 6 10 5 2W 9 1 3 6 5 7 11 2 12 10 8 4Triple jumpM 12 6 7 4 9 10 3 0 0 8 5 11W 11 1 7 4 12 10 5 6 3 9 2 8Shot putM 7 3 12 6 4 0 9 10 11 2 5 8W 10 3 11 4 7 5 8 1 2 9 6 12Discus throwM 8 10 1 9 2 6 5 11 12 7 4 3W 5 6 7 4 11 8 9 2 1 10 3 12Hammer throwM 10 4 5 6 9 11 3 8 7 1 2 12W 3 11 8 6 7 10 1 4 12 9 5 2Javelin throwM 8 1 11 2 12 7 4 3 9 6 5 10W 11 1 12 5 6 9 4 10 3 8 2 7Country Total310244320.5159265248300243207264.5 279269

Broken records

Men's Long Jump, CR, Miltiadis Tentoglou, 8,38 m, 19 June 2021 Men's 4 × 400 m Relay, Final A, EL and NR, CZE (Jan Tesař, Vít Müller, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm) 3:02.42, 20 June 2021 Women's 400 m, Final A, EL and CR, Femke Bol, 50.37, 19 June 2021 Women's 100 m Hurdles, Final A, CR, Elvira Herman, 12.62, 20 June 2021 Women's Triple Jump, EL and NR, Senni Salminen, 14.63 m, 19 June 2021

Second League

Participating countries

Participating nations were vying for three promotion spots. As Russia, Austria, and Israel, decided not to participate in this edition, they were automatically relegated to Third division in 2023.

Austria and Israel withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while Russia was serving its continuing suspension by the IAAF for gross and systematic doping violations.

Men's events 100 m 10.21NR 10.46 (.456)PB 10.46 (.460)=PB200 m 20.92 (.912)PB 20.92 (.916) 20.99400 m 46.32PB 46.37SB 46.98800 m 1:47.83 1:48.28 1:49.72 PB1500 m 3:46.24 3:47.28 3:47.543000 m 8:01.56PB 8:01.88PB 8:03.265000 m 14:13.73 14:20.15 14:23.48110 m hurdles 13.86PB 13.95 14.22400 m hurdles 50.00 50.66 50.87SB3000 m steeplechase 8:33.80 8:37.20 8:47.894×100 m relay 39.40 40.22 40.264×400 m relay 3:05.33 3:09.47 3:09.56High jump 2.26 2.17 2.17=SBPole vault 5.51=SB 5.10=SB 5.10PBLong jump 7.72 (+0.4 m/s) 7.70 (−0.3 m/s) 7.43 (+0.4 m/s) SBTriple jump 16.35 (+0.6 m/s) SB 16.08 (−0.3 m/s) 15.45 (+0.1 m/s) PBShot put 19.21 18.10SB 17.93Discus throw 66.55 63.90 62.75Hammer throw 76.18 71.92 65.80Javelin throw 83.00 SB 78.13 77.92 SB

Women's events