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The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon , United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the first time.
The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was held in 1976 for the men's 50 kilometres race walk only, as the International Olympic Committee excluded that event for the Olympic athletics programme that year.
The idea of having an Athletics World Championships was around well before the competition's first event in 1983. In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the late 1960s the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World ...
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 ...
World record: world records will be recognised after 1 January 2023: Championship record: new event: World Leading Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2:26:40: Wajima, Japan: 17 April 2022 African Record Wayne Snyman (RSA) 2:32:52: Cape Town, South Africa: 15 January 2022 Asian Record Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2:26:40: Wajima, Japan: 17 April 2022
Everything you need to know ahead of the event in Budapest
The men's decathlon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 23 and 24 July 2022. [1] Kevin Mayer was the winner of the competition with a score of 8816 points.
The men's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 18 to 21 July 2022. [1] The winning margin was 0.46 seconds.