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India competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, from 15 to 24 July 2022. [1] India had entered 21 athletes. [2] India won their first silver at the World Athletics Championships since their debut in the games. Neeraj Chopra became the first male Indian athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. [3]
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.
India has participated in the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. Their first ever medal was a Bronze medal won by Anju Bobby George in 2003 in Paris; in the Women's long jump discipline. [1] Neeraj Chopra is the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. [2]
Jul 24, 2022; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Tobi Amusan (NGR) celebrates after setting a new world record in a qualifying heat of the women's 100m hurdles during the World Athletics Championships Oregon 22 ...
World Leading Anderson Peters (GRN) 93.07 m: Doha, Qatar: 13 May 2022 African Record Julius Yego (KEN) 92.72 m: Beijing, China: 26 August 2015 Asian Record Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE) 91.36 m: Taipei City, Taipei: 26 August 2017 North, Central American and Caribbean record Anderson Peters (GRN) 93.07 m: Doha, Qatar: 13 May 2022 South American Record
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 ...
World record Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 m: Tokyo, Japan: 30 August 1991 Championship record: World Leading Simon Ehammer (SUI) 8.45 m: Götzis, Austria: 28 May 2022 African Record Luvo Manyonga (RSA) 8.65 m: Potchefstroom, South Africa: 22 April 2017 Asian Record Mohamed Salman Al Khuwalidi (KSA) 8.48 m: Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France: 2 July 2006
World Championships: Budapest, Hungary [97] 5000 m walk: 22:05.75 Khushbir Kaur: 19 January 2015 All India Inter-University Championships Moodabidri, India [98] 10,000 m walk: 43:38.83 Priyanka Goswami: 6 August 2022 Commonwealth Games: Birmingham, United Kingdom [99] 20,000 m walk: 1:36:16.87 Bhawna Jat: 22 August 2019 All-India Railway ...