NED   
Date of birth:
4 x 100m Olympic Champion 1948
4 x 400m World Champion 2023
4 x 400m World Indoor Champion 2024
4 x 400m World Indoor Silver Medallist 2022
3 European Golds
1946: 4x1 2016: 4x1 2022: 4x4
2 European Indoor Golds
2021: 4x4 2023: 4x4
3 European Silvers
1950: 4x1 2012: 4x1 2018: 4x1
4 x 100m 4th at Olympic Games 1968
4 x 100m 4th at Olympic Games 1932
4 x 100m 5th at Olympic Games 1936
4 x 100m 5th at Olympic Games 1928
4 x 100m 6th at Olympic Games 2012
4 x 100m 6th at Olympic Games 1952
4 x 400m 6th at Olympic Games 2021
4 x 400m 7th at World Championships 2019
4 x 100m 8th at World Championships 2017
Cross Country Team Competition World Championships finalist 1992
Cross Country Team Competition World Championships finalist 1981
Cross Country Team Competition World Championships finalist 1977
4 x 100m World Junior Alltime no. 6 44.09 Moncton 24 Jul 2010
4 x 400m World Indoor Alltime no. 5 3:25.07 Glasgow 3 Mar 2024
4 x 400m World Alltime no. 10 3:20.72 Budapest 27 Aug 2023
4 x 100m World Alltime no. 11 42.04 Amsterdam 10 Jul 2016

▲PROGRESSION

Personal bests in BOLD.

 
4 x 100m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1928  49.8hw    5Amsterdam5 Aug
1932  47.7aw    4Los Angeles CA7 Aug
1936  48.4aw    3h1Berlin8 Aug
1948  47.60w    1h3London6 Aug
1952  47.16w    6Helsinki27 Jul
1965  46.5hw    2Fontainebleau22 Aug
1967  45.6hw    3Dresden16 Jul
1968  43.44Aw   NR 4Ciudad de México20 Oct
1970  44.8hw    3Berlin2 Aug
1973  46.2hw    4Sittard5 Aug
1975  46.15w    4Sofia12 Jul
1977  45.91w    7Třinec6 Aug
1979  45.94w    4Sittard1 Jul
1981  45.03w    3Pescara2 Aug
1983  45.11w    3Sittard20 Aug
1985  44.64w    2Budapest10 Aug
1986  44.38w    4h1Stuttgart30 Aug
1987  45.02w    3Göteborg/S27 Jun
1988  43.48w    5s1Seoul1 Oct
1989  45.74w    2Dublin5 Aug
1991  44.58w    3Barcelona22 Jun
1992  43.54w    3Duisburg7 Jun
1993  44.33w    1Rotterdam12 Jun
1994  43.81w    6Helsinki13 Aug
1995  44.73w    2Basel10 Jun
1996  44.24w    2Lisboa28 Jun
1997  44.09w    1Odense28 Jun
1998  44.90w    1Hengelo1 Jun
1999  45.57w    2Rehlingen24 May
2000  45.46w    5Bydgoszcz8 Jul
2001  45.20w    3Budapest23 Jun
2002  44.73w    5Sevilla22 Jun
2003  43.96w    4h2Saint-Denis29 Aug
2004  43.69w    2Madrid17 Jul
2005  44.00w    1Leiden11 Jun
2006  44.56w    3Thessaloníki17 Jun
2007  45.98w    3h1-19Hengelo21 Jul
2008  44.77w    4Leiria21 Jun
2009  45.61w    5h1-22Kaunas19 Jul
2010  44.09w   NU20R 3-19Moncton24 Jul
2011  43.44w   NR 3h3Daegu4 Sep
2012  42.45w   NR 2h1London9 Aug
2013  43.26w    4h1Moskva18 Aug
2014  42.40w   NU23R NR1Lausanne3 Jul
2015  42.32w   NR 3h2Beijing29 Aug
2016  42.04w   NR 1Amsterdam10 Jul
2017  42.64w    4h1London12 Aug
2018  42.15w    2Berlin12 Aug
2019  42.28w    2Zürich29 Aug
2021  42.81w    5h1Tokyo5 Aug
2022  43.03w    5München21 Aug
2023  42.38w    1London23 Jul
 
4 x 200m
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2005  1:40.03iw   NR Vilafranca12 Feb
2008  1:38.42iw   NR Düsseldorf8 Mar
 
4 x 400m
Outdoor Alltime  Show/hide
1970  3:43.2hw    5Berlin2 Aug
1973  3:44.6hw    4Sittard5 Aug
1975  3:39.27w    4Sofia12 Jul
1977  3:40.5hw    7Třinec6 Aug
1978  3:34.7hw    6h1Praha2 Sep
1979  3:41.0hw    6Sittard1 Jul
1981  3:33.01w    NR3Pescara2 Aug
1983  3:37.50w    7Sittard20 Aug
1985  3:34.14w    4Budapest11 Aug
1987  3:46.42w    4h2-19Birmingham8 Aug
1988  3:45.30w    4H3-19Sudbury30 Jul
1989  3:36.05w    1Dublin6 Aug
1991  3:37.80w    7Barcelona23 Jun
1993  3:38.71w    3Rotterdam13 Jun
1994  3:37.91w    1Dublin12 Jun
1995  3:36.23w    4Basel11 Jun
1996  3:40.35w    7Lisboa29 Jun
1997  3:40.14w    1Odense29 Jun
1998  3:32.31w   NR 1Eindhoven28 Jun
1999  3:36.15w    4Lahti6 Jun
2000  3:37.91w    5Bydgoszcz9 Jul
2001  3:36.87w    4Budapest24 Jun
2002  3:33.31w    5Sevilla23 Jun
2003  3:34.48w    2Velenje22 Jun
2004  3:33.12w    2Istanbul20 Jun
2005  3:36.57w    4Leiria19 Jun
2006  3:33.48w    2Thessaloníki18 Jun
2007  3:35.45w    3Vaasa24 Jun
2008  3:37.92w    5Leiria22 Jun
2009  3:36.26w    2r2Bergen21 Jun
2010  3:33.93w    2r1Budapest20 Jun
2011  3:37.44w   NU23R NU20R 4-19Tallinn24 Jul
2012  4:13.35w    4r2-19Leiria15 Sep
2013  3:39.19w    3Dublin23 Jun
2014  3:32.84w    2rBBraunschweig22 Jun
2015  3:33.30w    2Iráklio21 Jun
2016  3:26.98w   NR 5h1Rio de Janeiro19 Aug
2017  3:31.79w    1rBVilleneuve d'Ascq25 Jun
2018  3:30.57w    4Bern16 Jun
2019  3:27.40w    4h1Doha5 Oct
2021  3:23.74w   NR 6Tokyo7 Aug
2022  3:20.87w   NR 1München20 Aug
2023  3:20.72w   NR 1Budapest27 Aug
Indoor Alltime  Show/hide
2024  3:25.07iw   NR 1Glasgow3 Mar

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS

 
Outdoor
European Half Marathon Cup
EC 2016: 93:43:50
4 x 100m
OG 1928: 549.8h 2h150.4h
OG 1932: 447.7a
OG 1936: 548.8a 3h148.4a
EC 1946: 147.8h
OG 1948: 147.60 1h347.60
EC 1950: 247.4h
OG 1952: 647.16 2h147.32
EC 1958: 446.2h 2h246.1h
ECp 1965: 546.9h
EC 1966: 745.6h 4h245.9h
OG 1968: 443.44A 1h243.49A
EJ 1970: h1-19DQ
WUG 1970: 445.6h 4h245.5h
EJ 1977: 5-1946.20
EC 1986: 744.38 4h144.38
OG 1988: 5s143.48 3h343.96
WJ 1988: 8H2-1946.43
ECp 1989: 245.74
ECp 1991: 344.58
OG 1992: 6h243.91
EC 1994: 643.81 3h143.89
EC 2002: h1DQ
EJ 2003: 6-1946.63 4h1-1945.89
WC 2003: 4h243.96
OG 2004: h2DNF
WC 2005: h1DQ
EJ 2007: 3h1-1945.98 -19DQ
WJ 2008: 6h1-1945.21
EJ 2009: 3-1945.88 5h1-2245.61 4h1-1945.86
ETC-1 2009: 3r145.72
EYOF 2009: 1h2-1746.42
EC 2010: 8h144.70
ETC-1 2010: 1r144.45
WJ 2010: 3-1944.09 3h1-1944.70
EJ 2011: 5-2244.61 3h1-2244.94 h1-19DQ
ETC-1 2011: 1r143.90
EYOF 2011: 1-1745.93 1h1-1746.86
WC 2011: 3h343.44
EC 2012: 242.80 2h243.80
ECCC-B 2012: 4r2-1951.18
OG 2012: 642.70 2h142.45
WJ 2012: 6-1945.22 2h1-1944.68
EJ 2013: 4-2244.18 3-1944.22 1h1-1944.75
ETC-1 2013: DNF
WC 2013: 4h143.26
EC 2014: 2h142.77 DNF
ETC 2014: 1rB42.95
WJ 2014: 3h2-1945.29
ECCC 2015: 345.67
ECCC-B 2015: 3-1950.25
EJ 2015: 4-2244.46 2h2-2244.46 2h1-1944.86 -19DNF
ETC-1 2015: 1rB42.88
WC 2015: 3h242.32 DQ
EC 2016: 142.04 3h243.34
OG 2016: 5h142.88
WJ 2016: h1-19DNF
EJ 2017: 8-1945.61 3h3-1944.64
ETC 2017: 2rB43.56
WC 2017: 843.07 4h142.64
EC 2018: 242.15 2h142.62
ECCC 2018: 6-1949.11
ECCC 2019: 8-1952.34
EJ 2019: 2-1944.21
ETC-1 2019: rBDNF
WC 2019: 4h143.01
ETC-1 2021: 143.38
OG 2021: 5h142.81 DNF
EC 2022: 543.03 4h243.75
WC 2022: 6=h243.46
ETC 2023: 142.61
WC 2023: 4h242.53 DNF
4 x 400m
EJ 1975: 6-193:47.8h
EC 1978: 6h13:34.7h
EJ 1981: 4-193:42.40
EJ 1987: 8-193:50.07 4h2-193:46.42
WJ 1988: 4H3-193:45.30
ECp 1989: 13:36.05
ECp 1991: 73:37.80
EJ 2001: 6-223:37.33
WUG 2001: 63:37.51
WJ 2004: 6h2-193:40.74 6h2-193:40.74
EJ 2005: 5h1-193:44.64
EJ 2007: 8-193:47.75
ETC-1 2009: 2r23:36.26
ETC-1 2010: 2r13:33.93
EJ 2011: 4-193:37.44 4h1-193:44.42
ETC-1 2011: 4r23:38.44
ECCC-B 2012: 4r2-194:13.35
ETC-1 2013: 33:39.19
ETC 2014: 2rB3:32.84
ECCC 2015: 53:45.84
ECCC-B 2015: 1-194:05.60
ETC-1 2015: 23:33.30
EC 2016: 63:29.23 4h23:29.18
OG 2016: 5h13:26.98
ETC 2017: 1rB3:31.79
WC 2017: h1DQ
ECCC 2018: 8-194:13.41
ECCC 2019: 8-194:06.51
ETC-1 2019: 33:33.97
WC 2019: 73:27.89 4h13:27.40
ETC-1 2021: 53:34.41
OG 2021: 63:23.74 4h23:24.01
EC 2022: 13:20.87 1h23:25.84
WC 2022: h1DQ
EJ 2023: 2-193:33.33 3h2-193:37.44
WC 2023: 13:20.72 3h13:23.75
Cross Country Team Competition
WC 1977: 11170.00
WC 1978: 14219.00
WC 1980: 13247.00
WC 1981: 12218.00
WC 1982: 16307.00
WC 1983: 18370.00
WC 1985: 17303.00
WC 1986: 25494.00
WC 1990: 18306.00
WC 1991: 18369.00
WC 1992: 12189.00
WC 1993: 15307.00
WC 1996: 15288.00
WC 1997: 17354.00
 
Indoor
4 x 400m
EC 2021: 13:27.15
WC 2022: 23:28.57 2h13:29.36
EC 2023: 13:25.66
WC 2024: 13:25.07 1h13:27.70

▲PERSONAL BESTS

note: click on event name to get head to head stats against another athlete,
click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.

 
4 x 100m
Outdoor42.04    NRAmsterdam10 Jul 2016
 
4 x 200m
Indoor1:38.42    NRDüsseldorf8 Mar 2008
 
4 x 400m
Winstreak: 2 (finals)  Show/hide   
Outdoor3:20.72    NRBudapest27 Aug 2023
Indoor3:25.07    NRGlasgow3 Mar 2024

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

4 x 100m, 10 best results (legal):
42.04   1Amsterdam10 Jul 2016
42.15   2Berlin12 Aug 2018
42.28   2Zürich29 Aug 2019
42.32   3h2Beijing29 Aug 2015
42.33   1Lausanne5 Jul 2019
42.38   1London23 Jul 2023
42.40   1Lausanne3 Jul 2014
42.45   2h1London9 Aug 2012
42.53   4h2Budapest25 Aug 2023
42.61   1Chorzów24 Jun 2023
 
Average: 42.349
 
4 x 400m, 10 best results (legal):
3:20.72   1Budapest27 Aug 2023
3:20.87   1München20 Aug 2022
3:23.74   6Tokyo7 Aug 2021
3:23.75   3h1Budapest26 Aug 2023
3:24.01   4h2Tokyo5 Aug 2021
3:25.07i  1Glasgow3 Mar 2024
3:25.66i  1Istanbul5 Mar 2023
3:25.84   1h2München19 Aug 2022
3:26.98   5h1Rio de Janeiro19 Aug 2016
3:27.15i  1Toruń7 Mar 2021
 
Average: 3:24.379
 
Cross Country Team Competition, 10 best results (legal):
494.00   25Neuchâtel23 Mar 1986
370.00   18Gateshead20 Mar 1983
369.00   18Antwerpen24 Mar 1991
354.00   17Torino23 Mar 1997
307.00   16Roma21 Mar 1982
307.00   15Amorebieta28 Mar 1993
306.00   18Aix-les-Bains24 Mar 1990
303.00   17Lisboa24 Mar 1985
288.00   15Cape Town23 Mar 1996
247.00   13Paris9 Mar 1980
 
Average: 334.5
 

Total results in db: 375

By event:

European Half Marathon Cup:1
4 x 100m:244
4 x 200m:2
4 x 400m:92
Cross Country Team Competition:36

▲IN 2024

position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.

4 x 400m
3:27.70iw
SB
1h1WCGlasgowWC, Glasgow3 Mar 
 Myrte Van Der Schoot, Eveline Saalberg,
Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol
3:25.07iw
WL NR PB
1WCGlasgowWC, Glasgow3 Mar 
 Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters,
Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

SeasonInd/OutEventPosResult
1998Outdoor4 x 100m1544.90
1998Outdoor4 x 400m103:32.31
2002Outdoor4 x 100m3544.73
2002Outdoor4 x 400m333:33.31
2003Outdoor4 x 100m2643.96
2003Outdoor4 x 400m373:34.48
2004Outdoor4 x 100m1943.69
2004Outdoor4 x 400m293:33.12
2005Outdoor4 x 100m3044.00
2005Outdoor4 x 400m763:36.57
2006Outdoor4 x 100m6644.56
2006Outdoor4 x 400m513:33.48
2007Outdoor4 x 400m653:35.45
2008Outdoor4 x 100m8044.77
2008Outdoor4 x 400m913:37.92
2009Outdoor4 x 400m733:36.26
2010Outdoor4 x 100m3444.09
2010Outdoor4 x 400m553:33.93
2011Outdoor4 x 100m2243.44
2011Outdoor4 x 400m913:37.44
2012Outdoor4 x 100m442.45
2013Outdoor4 x 100m1943.26
2014Outdoor4 x 100m542.40
2014Outdoor4 x 400m473:32.84
2015Outdoor4 x 100m542.32
2015Outdoor4 x 400m293:33.30
2016Outdoor4 x 100m542.04
2016Outdoor4 x 400m113:26.98
2017Outdoor4 x 100m942.64
2017Outdoor4 x 400m163:31.79
2018Outdoor4 x 100m342.15
2018Outdoor4 x 400m163:30.57
2019Outdoor4 x 100m642.28
2019Outdoor4 x 400m93:27.40
2021Outdoor4 x 100m842.81
2021Outdoor4 x 400m63:23.74
2022Outdoor4 x 100m1143.03
2022Outdoor4 x 400m33:20.87
2023Outdoor4 x 100m1042.38
2023Outdoor4 x 400m13:20.72
2023Indoor4 x 400m23:25.66
2024Indoor4 x 400m13:25.07

▲WINSTREAKS