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

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Indoor

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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

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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

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Areas, Regional and Continental Championships

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Elite Platinum
Elite
Label
Bronze
Challenger

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Bronze

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Gold
Silver
Bronze