2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Explained

18th World Athletics Indoor Championships
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Host City:	Belgrade, Serbia
Nations Participating:	128
Athletes Participating:	611
Events:	26
Dates:	18–20 March 2022
Stadium:	Štark Arena
Previous:	Birmingham 2018
Next:	Glasgow 2024

The 18th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 18 to 20 March 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Ethiopia headed the medal table, with 4 gold medals. United States won the most medals, with 19, as well as getting the second highest number of golds, with 3.

Bidding process

Belgrade won the bid for the Championships on November 22, 2019.^[1]

Schedule

H	Heats	S	Semi-finals	F	Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session

All dates are CET (GMT+1)

**Men**
Date →	18 March	19 March	20 March
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A
			H	S	F
	H	S		F
	H			F
			H				F
	H					F
						H	S	F
						H	F
						F
							F
		F
	F
				F
	F

**Women**
Date →	18 March	19 March	20 March
Event ↓	M	A	M	A	M	A
	H	S	F
	H	S		F
				H				F
	H				F
		F
				H	S	F
							H	F
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Event schedule^[2]
Day 1 — Friday, 18 March 2022
Time (CET)	Division	Event	Round
9:35	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Pentathlon
9:55	M	60 Metres	Heptathlon
10:15	W	60 Metres	Heats
10:40	M	Long Jump	Heptathlon
11:00	M	400 Metres	Heats
11:10	W	High Jump	Pentathlon
11:45	W	400 Metres	Heats
12:05	M	Shot Put	Heptathlon
12:10	M	Triple Jump	Final
12:30	W	1500 Metres	Heats
13:00	M	800 Metres	Heats
13:20	W	Shot Put	Pentathlon
13:30	M	3000 Metres	Heats
17:30	W	Long Jump	Pentathlon
18:10	W	60 Metres	Semi-final
18:35	W	400 Metres	Semi-final
18:55	W	Shot Put	Final
19:00	M	High Jump	Heptathlon
19:05	M	Long Jump	Final
19:10	M	400 Metres	Semi-final
20:00	W	800 Metres	Pentathlon
20:30	W	3000 Metres	Final
20:55	W	60 Metres	Final
Day 2 — Saturday, 19 March 2022
Time (CET)	Division	Event	Round
9:30	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Heptathlon
9:50	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:30	M	Pole Vault	Heptathlon
10:45	M	60 Metres	Heats
11:00	W	High Jump	Final
11:45	W	800 Metres	Heats
12:15	M	1500 Metres	Heats
18:05	W	Pole Vault	Final
18:15	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Semi-final
18:40	M	60 Metres	Semi-final
19:10	M	800 Metres	Final
19:30	M	1000 Metres	Heptathlon
19:40	M	Shot Put	Final
19:50	W	400 Metres	Final
20:10	M	400 Metres	Final
20:35	W	1500 Metres	Final
21:05	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Final
21:20	M	60 Metres	Final
Day 3 — Sunday, 20 March 2022
Time (CET)	Division	Event	Round
10:05	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:45	M	High Jump	Final
11:00	W	Triple Jump	Final
11:10	W	4 x 400 Metres Relay	Heats
11:35	M	4 x 400 Metres Relay	Heats
12:05	M	3000 Metres	Final
16:35	M	Pole Vault	Final
17:05	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Semi-final
17:30	W	Long Jump	Final
18:05	W	800 Metres	Final
18:35	M	1500 Metres	Final
19:30	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Final
19:40	W	4 x 400 Metres Relay	Final
19:55	M	4 x 400 Metres Relay	Final

Entry standards

Event	Men			Women			Athletes
Event	Indoor	Outdoor		Indoor	Outdoor
60 metres	6.63	10.10	100m	7.30	11.15	100m	56
400 metres	46.50	45.00		52.90	51.00		30
800 metres	1:46.70	1:44.00		2:01.50	1:58.00		18
1500 metres	3:39.00	3:33.00	1500m	4:09.00	4:02.00	1500m	18
3:55.00	3:39.00	Mile	4:28.50	4:09.00	Mile		18
3000 metres	7:50.00	7:40.00	3000m	8:49.00	8:30.00	3000m	24 (men) 15 (women)
13:10.00	7:50.00	5000m	14:50.00	8:49.00	5000m		24 (men) 15 (women)
60 metres hurdles	7.72	13.40	110mh	8.16	12.85	100mh	48
High jump			12
Pole vault			12
Long jump			16
Triple jump			16
Shot put			16
4 × 400 metres relay	No Standard	No Standard	–
Indoor heptathlon / Indoor pentathlon	Winner of 2021 Combined Events Challenge 5 best from 2021 outdoor list 5 best from 2022 indoor list 1 wild card	12

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Medal summary

Men

	6.41,	6.41		6.44
	45.00,	45.05		45.33
	1:46.20	1:46.35		1:46.51
	3:32.77	3:33.02		3:33.36
	7:41:38	7:41:63		7:42:02
	7.39	7.50		7.53
Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée	3:06.52	3:06.82	Taymir Burnet Nick Smidt Terrence Agard Tony van Diepen Isayah Boers Jochem Dobber	3:06.90
	2.34 m	2.31 m		2.31 m
	2.34 m	2.31 m		2.31 m
	6.20 m	5.95 m		5.90 m
	8.55 m	8.38 m		8.27 m
	17.64 m	17.46 m		17.21 m
	22.53 m,	22.44 m		22.31 m
	6489 pts	6363 pts		6344 pts

Women

	6.96		6.99		7.04
	50.31		50.57		50.79
	1:59.09		2:00.54		2:00.66
	3:57.19		4:02.29		4:03.39
	8:41.82		8:42.04		8:42.23
	7.78		7.81		7.87
Junelle Bromfield Janieve Russell Roneisha McGregor Stephenie Ann McPherson Tiffany James	3:28.40	Lieke Klaver Eveline Saalberg Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Andrea Bouma	3:28.57	Natalia Kaczmarek Iga Baumgart-Witan Kinga Gacka Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Gaworska	3:28.59
	2.02 m		2.00 m		1.98 m
	4.80 m		4.75 m		4.75 m
	7.06 m		6.85 m		6.82 m
	15.74 m		14.74 m		14.62 m
	20.43 m		20.21 m		19.48 m
	4929 pts		4851 pts		4680 pts

Participating nations

In brackets the number of athletes participating.

(1)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(15)
(2)
(1)
(5)
(1)
(3)
(20)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(17)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(18)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(5)
(3)
(13)
(5)
(1)
(5)
(1)
(1)
(5)
(1)
(14)
(5)
(10)
(1)
(16)
(2)
(1)
(30)
(6)
(1)
(4)
(2)
(1)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(16)
(3)
(22)
(1)
(15)
(7)
(3)
(9)
(1)
(1)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(5)
(20)
(5)
(1)
(6)
(1)
(5)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(23)
(12)
(1)
(2)
(10)
(1)
(1)
(13)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(7)
(7)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(25)
(1)
(14)
(10)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(6)
(1)
(52)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)

Belarusian and Russian athletes are not allowed to compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Concerns and critisms

Kosovo's participation

Kosovo had one representative at the championships, Gresa Bakraći who competed at women's 1500m event. Due a long-standing dispute over the country's independence from the host nation, Kosovo's flag was not shown on the big screen and not been included on the official competition website ran by the Organising Committee and hosted on the World Athletics domain.^[4]

External links

World Athletics website

Notes and References

Web site: Belgrade and Yangzhou to host 2022 World Athletics Series competitions, RusAF reinstatement process suspended . . 22 November 2019 . 2 July 2021.
https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/61bb44850f23dcbb59975f00.pdf 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Timetable
https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/60547408b75ab52d9176e4dd.pdf 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Entry standards and qualification system
News: Berkeley. Geoff. 19 March 2022. Kosovo flag absent from World Athletics website at Indoor Championships in Serbia. InsideTheGames.biz. 20 March 2022.