Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Athletics
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Athletics ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium (track and field); Smithfield (marathon start); Victoria Square (marathon finish)
Dates	30 July−7 August 2022
Competitors	905 from 68 nations
	← 2018 2026 →

Athletics was one of the core sports that was held at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. As a founding sport, athletics had appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games, the recognized precursor to the Commonwealth Games.^[1]

The competition was split in two parts:the four marathon events (including the wheelchair marathon) were scheduled to the day 30 July and the other 54 events were held between 2 and 7 August 2022, spread across 58 events (including 10 para athletics events).^[2]

Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows:^[2]

	Qualifying / Heats	½	Semi-finals	F	Final

**Men**
Date Event	Sat 30	Tue 2		Wed 3			Thu 4		Fri 5		Sat 6		Sun 7
Session →	M	M	E	M	E		M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
100 m		H			½	F
100 m (T12)				H				F
100 m (T38)					F
100 m (T47)			F
200 m							H			½		F
400 m				H						½			F
800 m				H										F
1500 m							H				F
1500 m (T54)				H						F
5000 m												F
10,000 m			F
110 m hurdles			H					F
400 m hurdles			H									F
3000 m steeplechase											F
4 × 100 m relay											H		F
4 × 400 m relay									H					F
Marathon	F
Marathon (T54)	F
10,000 m walk													F
High jump			Q		F
Pole vault												F
Long jump		Q						F
Triple jump													F
Shot put										F
Discus throw		Q						F
Discus throw (F44)/(F64)					F
Hammer throw											F
Javelin throw														F
Decathlon							F

**Women**
Date Event	Sat 30	Tue 2		Wed 3			Thu 4		Fri 5		Sat 6		Sun 7
Session →	M	M	E	M	E		M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
100 m		H			½	F
100 m (T34)			F
100 m (T38)			F
200 m							H			½		F
400 m				H						½			F
800 m		H						½				F
1500 m									H					F
1500 m (T54)		H						F
5000 m														F
10,000 m					F
100 m hurdles									H				F
400 m hurdles								H				F
3000 m steeplechase										F
4 × 100 m relay											H		F
4 × 400 m relay														F
Marathon	F
Marathon (T54)	F
10,000 m walk											F
High jump							Q				F
Pole vault			F
Long jump									Q					F
Triple jump				Q						F
Shot put					F
Shot put (F57)											F
Discus throw			F
Discus throw (F44)/(F64)								F
Hammer throw												F
Javelin throw													F
Heptathlon		F

Venue

Alexander Stadium during the athletics events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Track and field events (including the race walks events start and the finish) were held at the Alexander Stadium,^[3] which was also the chosen venue for the opening and closing ceremonies.^[4] The marathons were held along a course that passed through streets in the city centre and famous locations including Smithfield / Victoria Square) and Bournville.^[5]^[6]

Qualification

Race walks

In addition to the variations that traditionally occur for EAD events, there was a change in the athletics program in relation to the Gold Coast 2018, which was the reduction of the distance of race walking events from 20 km to 10 km.The athletes entered for the 10 km march had to meet the following Minimum Participation Standards between 1 January 2021 and 27 June 2022:^[7]

Men – 44:00 (or 1:30:00 over 20 kilometres)
Women – 51:00 (or 1:45:00 over 20 kilometres)

All selections were made from nations' open allocation quotas.

Parasport

A total of up to 96 para athletes (48 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. Nations may earn three quotas per event, allocated as follows:^[8]

Athletes in the World Para Athletics (WPA) World Rankings (for performances between 31 December 2020 and 25 April 2022).
Recipients of a CGF/WPA Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (England)


Rank	CGA	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	10	10	5	25
2	England*	8	14	12	34
3	Kenya	6	5	9	20
4	Jamaica	6	5	2	13
5	Nigeria	5	1	3	9
6	Canada	4	1	2	7
7	Uganda	3	0	1	4
8	Scotland	2	2	4	8
9	New Zealand	2	2	2	6
10	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	0	3
11	Wales	2	0	1	3
12	India	1	4	3	8
13	South Africa	1	2	2	5
14	Barbados	1	1	1	3
15	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
15	Grenada	1	1	0	2
17	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
	Zambia	1	0	0	1
20	Northern Ireland	0	2	0	2
21	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
22	Botswana	0	1	0	1
	Cameroon	0	1	0	1
	Dominica	0	1	0	1
	Saint Lucia	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
27	Namibia	0	0	3	3
28	Ghana	0	0	2	2
29	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Fiji	0	0	1	1
	Guernsey	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		58	58	57	173

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ferdinand Omanyala Kenya	10.02	Akani Simbine South Africa	10.13	Yupun Abeykoon Sri Lanka	10.14
200 metres details	Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago	19.80 GR, PB	Zharnel Hughes England	20.12 SB	Joseph Amoah Ghana	20.49
400 metres details	Muzala Samukonga Zambia	44.66 NR	Matthew Hudson-Smith England	44.81	Jonathan Jones Barbados	44.89
800 metres details	Wyclife Kinyamal Kenya	1:47.52	Peter Bol Australia	1:47.66	Ben Pattison England	1:48.25
1500 metres details	Oliver Hoare Australia	3:30.12 GR, PB	Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya	3:30.21 SB	Jake Wightman Scotland	3:30.53
5000 metres details	Jacob Kiplimo Uganda	13:08.08 SB	Nicholas Kimeli Kenya	13:08.19	Jacob Krop Kenya	13:08.48
10,000 metres details	Jacob Kiplimo Uganda	27:09.19 GR SB	Daniel Ebenyo Kenya	27:11.26 PB	Kibiwott Kandie Kenya	27:20.34 PB
110 metres hurdles details	Rasheed Broadbell Jamaica	13.08 GR PB	Shane Brathwaite Barbados	13.30 SB	Andrew Pozzi England	13.37
400 metres hurdles details	Kyron McMaster British Virgin Islands	48.93	Jaheel Hyde Jamaica	49.78	Alastair Chalmers Guernsey	49.97
3000 metres steeplechase details	Abraham Kibiwot Kenya	8:11.15	Avinash Sable India	8:11.20 PB	Amos Serem Kenya	8:16.83
4 × 100 metres relay details	England Jona Efoloko Zharnel Hughes Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Ojie Edoburun	38.35 SB	Trinidad and Tobago Jerod Elcock Eric Harrison Jr. Kion Benjamin Kyle Greaux	38.70 SB	Nigeria Udodi Onwuzurike Favour Ashe Alaba Akintola Raymond Ekevwo	38.81
4 × 400 metres relay details	Trinidad and Tobago Dwight St. Hillaire Asa Guevara Machel Cedenio Jereem Richards	3:01.29	Botswana Leungo Scotch Zibane Ngozi Anthony Pesela Bayapo Ndori	3:01.85	Kenya Wiseman Mukhobe Mike Nyang'au William Rayian Boniface Mweresa	3:02.41 SB
Marathon details	Victor Kiplangat Uganda	2:10:55	Alphonce Simbu Tanzania	2:12:29	Michael Githae Kenya	2:13:16
10,000 metres walk details	Evan Dunfee Canada	38:36.37 GR, PB	Declan Tingay Australia	38:42.33 PB	Sandeep Kumar India	38:49.21 PB
High jump details	Hamish Kerr New Zealand	2.25 m	Brandon Starc Australia	2.25 m	Tejaswin Shankar India	2.22 m
Pole vault details	Kurtis Marschall Australia	5.70 m	Adam Hague England	5.55 m =SB	Harry Coppell England	5.50 m
Long jump details	LaQuan Nairn Bahamas	8.08 m	Murali Sreeshankar India	8.08 m	Jovan van Vuuren South Africa	8.06 m
Triple jump details	Eldhose Paul India	17.03 m w	Abdulla Aboobacker India	17.02 m	Jah-Nhai Perinchief Bermuda	16.92 m
Shot put details	Tom Walsh New Zealand	22.26 m	Jacko Gill New Zealand	21.90 m PB	Scott Lincoln England	20.57 m
Discus throw details	Matthew Denny Australia	67.26 m PB	Lawrence Okoye England	64.99 m	Traves Smikle Jamaica	64.58 m
Hammer throw details	Nick Miller England	76.43 m	Ethan Katzberg Canada	76.36 m	Alexandros Poursanidis Cyprus	73.97 m
Javelin throw details	Arshad Nadeem Pakistan	90.18 m GR, NR	Anderson Peters Grenada	88.64 m	Julius Yego Kenya	85.70 m SB
Decathlon details	Lindon Victor Grenada	8233 pts	Daniel Golubovic Australia	8197 pts SB	Cedric Dubler Australia	8030 pts

Para Sport

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (T12) details	Ndodomzi Ntutu South Africa	10.83	Zachary Shaw England	10.90	Ananias Shikongo Namibia	10.95
100 metres (T38) details	Evan O'Hanlon Australia	11.24 GR SB	Charl du Toit South Africa	11.54 GR SB	Zachary Gingras Canada	11.65
100 metres (T47) details	Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker England	10.94 GR PB	Jaydon Page Australia	11.10	Ola Abidogun England	11.14 PB
1500 metres (T54) details	Nathan Maguire England	3:11.83	Daniel Sidbury England	3:12.15	Samuel Carter Australia	3:12.82
Marathon (T54) details	John Charles Smith England	1:41:15	Sean Frame Scotland	1:45:49 SB	Simon Lawson England	1:45:49
Discus throw (F44)/(F64) details	Aled Davies Wales	51.39 m	Palitha Bandara Sri Lanka	44.20 m PB	Harrison Walsh Wales	54.76 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica	10.95	Julien Alfred Saint Lucia	11.01	Daryll Neita England	11.07
200 metres details	Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica	22.02 GR	Favour Ofili Nigeria	22.51	Christine Mboma Namibia	22.80
400 metres details	Sada Williams Barbados	49.90 GR	Victoria Ohuruogu England	50.72 PB	Jodie Williams England	51.26 SB
800 metres details	Mary Moraa Kenya	1:57.07	Keely Hodgkinson England	1:57.40	Laura Muir Scotland	1:57.87 SB
1500 metres details	Laura Muir Scotland	4:02.75	Ciara Mageean Northern Ireland	4:04.14 SB	Abbey Caldwell Australia	4:04.79
5000 metres details	Beatrice Chebet Kenya	14:38.21 SB	Eilish McColgan Scotland	14:42.14 SB	Selah Busieni Kenya	14:48.24 PB
10,000 metres details	Eilish McColgan Scotland	30:48.60 GR	Irene Chepet Cheptai Kenya	30:49.52 SB	Sheila Chepkirui Kenya	31:09.46 SB
100 metres hurdles details	Tobi Amusan Nigeria	12.30 GR	Devynne Charlton Bahamas	12.58	Cindy Sember England	12.59
400 metres hurdles details	Janieve Russell Jamaica	54.14	Shiann Salmon Jamaica	54.47	Zeney van der Walt South Africa	54.47 PB
3000 metres steeplechase details	Jackline Chepkoech Kenya	9:15.68 GR, PB	Elizabeth Bird England	9:17.79 PB	Peruth Chemutai Uganda	9:23.24
4 × 100 metres relay details	England Asha Philip Imani-Lara Lansiquot Bianca Williams Daryll Neita	42.41 SB	Jamaica Kemba Nelson Natalliah Whyte Remona Burchell Elaine Thompson-Herah	43.08	Australia Ella Connolly Bree Masters Jacinta Beecher Naa Anang	43.16
4 × 400 metres relay details	Canada Natassha McDonald Aiyanna Stiverne Micha Powell Kyra Constantine	3:25.84	Jamaica Shiann Salmon Junelle Bromfield Roneisha McGregor Natoya Goule	3:26.93	Scotland Zoey Clark Beth Dobbin Jill Cherry Nicole Yeargin	3:30.15 SB
Marathon details	Jessica Stenson Australia	2:27:31 SB	Margaret Muriuki Kenya	2:28:00 PB	Helalia Johannes Namibia	2:28:39 SB
10,000 metres walk details	Jemima Montag Australia	42:34.30 GR, PB	Priyanka Goswami India	43:38.83 PB	Emily Wamusyi Ngii Kenya	43:50.86 AR, PB
High jump details	Lamara Distin Jamaica	1.95 m	Eleanor Patterson Australia	1.92 m	Kimberly Williamson Jamaica	1.92 m
Pole vault details	Nina Kennedy Australia	4.60 m	Molly Caudery England	4.45 m	Imogen Ayris New Zealand	4.45 m SB
Long jump details	Ese Brume Nigeria	7.00 m GR	Brooke Buschkuehl Australia	6.95 m	Deborah Acquah Ghana	6.94 m PB
Triple jump details	Shanieka Ricketts Jamaica	14.94 m GR, SB	Thea LaFond Dominica	14.39 m	Naomi Metzger England	14.37 m
Shot put details	Sarah Mitton Canada	19.03 m	Danniel Thomas-Dodd Jamaica	18.98 m	Maddison-Lee Wesche New Zealand	18.84 m
Discus throw details	Chioma Onyekwere Nigeria	61.70 m SB	Jade Lally England	58.42 m	Obiageri Amaechi Nigeria	56.99 m
Hammer throw details	Camryn Rogers Canada	74.08 m	Julia Ratcliffe New Zealand	69.63 m	Jillian Weir Canada	67.35 m
Javelin throw details	Kelsey-Lee Barber Australia	64.34 m	Mackenzie Little Australia	64.27 m PB	Annu Rani India	60.00 m
Heptathlon details	Katarina Johnson-Thompson England	6377 pts SB	Kate O'Connor Northern Ireland	6233 pts SB	Jade O'Dowda England	6212 pts

Para Sport

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (T34) details	Hannah Cockroft England	16.84 GR	Kare Adenegan England	17.79 SB	Fabienne André England	19.58
100 metres (T38) details	Olivia Breen Wales	12.83 PB	Sophie Hahn England	13.09	Rhiannon Clarke Australia	13.13
1500 metres (T54) details	Madison de Rozario Australia	3:53.03	Angela Ballard Australia	3:53.30	Samantha Kinghorn Scotland	3:53.38
Marathon (T54) details	Madison de Rozario Australia	1:56:00 GR	Eden Rainbow-Cooper England	1:59:45 PB	Not awarded (only 4 entries)
Shot put (F57) details	Eucharia Iyiazi Nigeria	10.03 GR, SB	Arlette Mawe Fokoa Cameroon	9.38 PB	Ugochi Alam Nigeria	9.30
Discus throw (F44)/(F64) details	Goodness Nwachukwu Nigeria	36.56 m WR, GR	Sarah Edmiston Australia	34.96 m	Naibili Vatunisolo Fiji	23.70 m PB

Participating nations

There were 68 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in athletics with a total of 905 (494 men and 411 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.^[9] Brunei, Falkland Islands, Norfolk Island and Niue did not enter any athletes.