2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
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The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in one round at the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 March 2025. It was the first time this mixed-sex event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Omnisport Apeldoorn | |||||||||
| Location | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 March 2025 (final) | |||||||||
| Teams | 6 national teams | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:15.63 min CR NR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The race was won by the team of the Netherlands in a championship record and Dutch record of 3:15.63 minutes, followed by the team of Belgium in 3:16.19 minutes and the team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3:16.49 minutes.
Background
The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[1] It was the first time that the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the European Indoor Championships.[2] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.[1]
| Record | Team | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record[3] | Vacant | 3:12.44 | — | |
| European record[4] | Vacant | 3:15.50 | — | |
| Championship record[2] | Vacant | — | ||
| World leading[5] |  Ireland (IRL) |
3:19.78 | Dublin, Ireland | 15 January 2025 |
| European leading[5] | ||||
Qualification
In the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, host country the Netherlands was allocated one place. Three places were allocated in accordance with the order of ranking of European Athletics member federation official teams in 4 × 400 m combined outdoor lists 2024. The other two places were allocated in accordance with the accumulated 400 m times of individual athletes from 2024 indoor season as at 10 days prior to the first day of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (24 February 2025).[citation needed]
Final
Six national teams competed in the final on 6 March at 21:50 (UTC+1) in the evening.[6]
In the first leg, Julien Watrin of Belgium was out as the fastest, followed by Nick Smidt of the Netherlands and Michal Desenský of the Czech Republic. Just before the 300-metres point, Smidt passed Watrin and handed the baton over first to Eveline Saalberg of the Netherlands. Saalberg was leading the race until she was passed near the end of the second leg by Imke Vervaet of Belgium and Emily Newnham of Great Britain, who had already passed Marcela Pírková of the Czech Republic earlier in the leg. Throughout the third leg, the running order was Christian Iguacel of Belgium, Joshua Faulds of Great Britain, and Tony van Diepen of the Netherlands. At the final handover, Faulds' baton didn't reach Lina Nielsen of Great Britain smoothly, leading Femke Bol of the Netherlands to move into second position. Near the 300-metres point, Bol also passed Helena Ponette of Belgium.[7]
The race was won by the team of the Netherlands in a championship record (CR) and national record (NR) of 3:15.63 min, followed by the team of Belgium in 3:16.19 min and team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3:16.49 min.[4][8][9]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 |  Netherlands |
Nick Smidt, Eveline Saalberg, Tony van Diepen, Femke Bol | 3:15.63 | CR, NR[9] |
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4 |  Belgium |
Julien Watrin, Imke Vervaet, Christian Iguacel, Helena Ponette | 3:16.19 | |
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5 |  Great Britain |
Alastair Chalmers, Emily Newnham, Joshua Faulds, Lina Nielsen | 3:16.49 | |
| 4 | 1 |  Spain |
Manuel Guijarro, Carmen Avilés, Bernat Erta, Daniela Fra | 3:17.12 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ireland |
Conor Kelly, Phil Healy, Marcus Lawler, Sharlene Mawdsley | 3:17.63 | SB |
| 6 | 3 |  Czech Republic |
Michal Desenský, Marcela Pírková, Milan Ščibráni, Tereza Petržilková | 3:19.17 |