2022 in the sport of athletics

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

edit

Indoor

edit
Event Perf. N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V P
Men's 1500 m
3:30.60
Jakob Ingebrigtsen   NOR
17 Feb 2022
Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin   FRA [1] [2]
Men's 60 m hurdles
7.29
Grant Holloway   USA
20 Mar 2022
World Championships Belgrade   SRB [3] P
Men's Pole vault
6.19 m
Armand Duplantis   SWE
7 Mar 2022
Belgrade   SRB P
6.20 m
Armand Duplantis   SWE
20 Mar 2022
Belgrade   SRB
Women's Triple jump
15.74 m
Yulimar Rojas   VEN
20 Mar 2022
World Championships Belgrade   SRB [4]
Women's Distance medley relay
10:33.85
[a] Heather McLean
Kendall Ellis
Roisin Willis
Elle Purrier St. Pierre
  USA
15 Apr 2022
A Night at the TRACK
Presented by New Balance Running
Boston   USA [5] [6]

Outdoor

edit
Event Perf. W N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V P
Men's Marathon
2:01:09
Eliud Kipchoge   KEN
25 Sep 2022
Berlin Marathon Berlin   GER [7]
Men's 50 km (road)
2:40:13.00
Stephen Mokoka   RSA
6 Mar 2022
Nedbank Runified 50km Gqeberha   RSA [8] [1]
2:38:43.00
CJ Albertson   USA
8 Oct 2022
Ruth Anderson Memorial Endurance Run San Francisco   USA [9]
Men's Pole vault
6.21 m
Armand Duplantis   SWE
24 Jul 2022
World Championships Eugene   USA [10] [2] P
Women's 10 km (road)
29:14.00
Mx Yalemzerf Yehualaw   ETH
27 Feb 2022
World Athletics Label road race Castellón de la Plana   ESP [11] [3]
Women's 100 m hurdles
12.12
+0.9
Tobi Amusan   NGR
24 Jul 2022
World Championships Eugene   USA [12] P
Women's 400 m hurdles
51.41
Sydney McLaughlin   USA
25 Jun 2022
USATF Outdoor Championships Eugene   USA P
50.68
Sydney McLaughlin   USA
22 Jul 2022
World Championships Eugene   USA [13] [4]

World Athletics Series

edit

Areas, Regional and Continental Championships

edit

[14]

Elite Platinum
Elite
Label
Bronze
Challenger

[15]

Bronze

[16]

Gold
Silver
Bronze
Challenger

2021–2022 World Athletics Cross Country Tour

edit

[17]

Gold
Silver
Bronze

2021–22 World Athletics Race Walking Tour

edit

[18]

Bronze

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Leg 1 (1200m) Heather McLean 3:14.92
    Leg 2 (400m) Kendall Ellis 52.04
    Leg 3 (800m) Roisin Willis 2:03.29
    Leg 4 (1600m) Elle Purrier St. Pierre 4:23.60

References

edit
  1. ^ "Ratified: world indoor 1500m record for Ingebrigtsen". World Athletics. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. ^ INGEBRIGTSEN'S FIRST RACE IN 2022 - Men's 1500m - Liévin Meeting World Indoor Tour 2022 New World Record
  3. ^ "Holloway earns first world indoor gold after matching 7.29m world record in 60m hurdles semifinal". World Athletics. 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Triple Jump Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. ^ "US quartet breaks distance medley relay world record in Boston". 16 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  6. ^ A Night at the TRACK Presented by New Balance Running April 15th 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States Women's Distance Medley Relay runnerspace.com
  7. ^ ELIUD KIPCHOGE CLOCKS 2:01:09 FOR NEW WORLD RECORD IN BERLIN MARATHON Fox News
  8. ^ "Mokoka breaks world record on 50km debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Albertson runs world 50km record in San Francisco | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  10. ^ "Men's Pole Vault Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. ^ Evelyn Watta (27 February 2022). "Ethiopia's Yalamzef Yehualaw breaks women's 10km road world record". olympics.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  13. ^ "400m Hurldes Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  14. ^ 2022 World Athletics Label Road Races
  15. ^ 2022 World Athletics Combined Events Tour
  16. ^ 2022 World Athletics Indoor Tour
  17. ^ 2021–2022 World Athletics Cross Country Tour
  18. ^ 2021–22 World Athletics Race Walking Tour