2022 in the sport of athletics explained

2022 in athletics was a year highlighted by an unusual number of significant athletics events. The delayed 2020 Olympic program led to the 2021 World Athletics Championships being rearranged for 2022, while events normally held in the middle years of Olympic cycles, such as the Commonwealth Games athletics program and the various continental championships (e.g. the 2022 European Athletics Championships) were also held, meaning significant numbers of athletes had several peaks in quick succession, particularly Canadian, British, Australian, Kenyan and South African athletes.

World records

Indoor

EventAthlete(s)DateMeetingLocation
Men's 1500 mdata-sort-value="1Secs00210.60"Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-CalaisLiévin[1] [2]
Men's data-sort-value="1Secs00007.29"World ChampionshipsBelgrade[3] P
Men's data-sort-value="2Mtrs000006.19"BelgradeP
data-sort-value="2Mtrs000006.20"Belgrade
Women's data-sort-value="2Mtrs000015.74"World ChampionshipsBelgrade[4]
Women's data-sort-value="1Secs00636.50"A Night at the TRACK
Presented by New Balance Running
Boston[5] [6]

Outdoor

EventAthlete(s)DateMeetingLocation
Men's data-sort-value="1Secs07269.00" Berlin MarathonBerlin[7]
Men's data-sort-value="1Secs09813.00" Nedbank Runified 50kmGqeberha[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXJYXNOuBDg
data-sort-value="1Secs09523.00" CJ AlbertsonRuth Anderson Memorial Endurance RunSan Francisco[9]
Men's data-sort-value="2Mtrs000006.21" World ChampionshipsEugene[10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_FnI0kCX7wP
Women's data-sort-value="1Secs01754.00" Yalemzerf YehualawWorld Athletics Label road raceCastellón de la Plana[11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=118&v=GQQa8cOtOV4&feature=emb_logo
Women's data-sort-value="1Secs00012.12" World ChampionshipsEugene[12] P
Women's data-sort-value="1Secs00051.41" USATF Outdoor ChampionshipsEugeneP
data-sort-value="1Secs00050.68" World ChampionshipsEugene[13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV_8KfaIY14

World Athletics Series

Areas, Regional and Continental Championships

2022 World Athletics Label Road Races

[14]

Elite Platinum
Elite
Label

2022 World Athletics Continental Tour

Bronze
Challenger

2022 World Athletics Combined Events Tour

[15]

Bronze

2022 World Athletics Indoor Tour

[16]

Gold
Silver
Bronze
Challenger

2021–2022 World Athletics Cross Country Tour

[17]

Gold
Silver
Bronze

2021–22 World Athletics Race Walking Tour

[18]

Bronze

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-03-17 . Ratified: world indoor 1500m record for Ingebrigtsen . 2022-03-17 . World Athletics.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fikWXzvq08 INGEBRIGTSEN'S FIRST RACE IN 2022 - Men's 1500m - Liévin Meeting World Indoor Tour 2022
  3. News: Holloway earns first world indoor gold after matching 7.29m world record in 60m hurdles semifinal. . 20 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Triple Jump Final Results. World Athletics. 20 March 2022. 20 March 2022.
  5. Web site: US quartet breaks distance medley relay world record in Boston . 16 April 2022. 30 April 2022.
  6. https://the-track-at-new-balance-grand-opening.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=14468&do=videos&video_id=327081 A Night at the TRACK Presented by New Balance Running April 15th 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States Women's Distance Medley Relay
  7. https://www.foxsports.com/articles/other/eliud-kipchoge-clocks-20109-for-new-world-record-in-berlin-marathon ELIUD KIPCHOGE CLOCKS 2:01:09 FOR NEW WORLD RECORD IN BERLIN MARATHON
  8. Web site: Mokoka breaks world record on 50km debut. 7 March 2022. BBC Sport. en-GB.
  9. Web site: Albertson runs world 50km record in San Francisco REPORT World Athletics . 2022-10-10 . worldathletics.org.
  10. Web site: Men's Pole Vault Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 1 August 2022.
  11. News: Ethiopia's Yalamzef Yehualaw breaks women's 10km road world record. olympics.com. Evelyn Watta. 27 February 2022. 28 February 2022.
  12. Web site: Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 31 July 2022.
  13. Web site: 400m Hurldes Final Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2022. 23 July 2022.
  14. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races 2022 World Athletics Label Road Races
  15. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour 2022 World Athletics Combined Events Tour
  16. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour 2022 World Athletics Indoor Tour
  17. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-tour 2021–2022 World Athletics Cross Country Tour
  18. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-race-walking-tour 2021–22 World Athletics Race Walking Tour