Summary
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]
| 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 |
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 edit
The competition schedule was as follows:[2]
| Qualifying / Heats | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
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 | ||||||||||||||
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 edit
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 edit
Race walks edit
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 edit
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 edit
Medal table edit
* 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 |
 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 edit
Para Sport edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (T12) |
Ndodomzi Ntutu South Africa |
10.83 | Zachary Shaw England |
10.90 | Ananias Shikongo Namibia |
10.95 |
| 100 metres (T38) |
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) |
Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker England |
10.94 GR PB | Jaydon Page Australia |
11.10 | Ola Abidogun England |
11.14 PB |
| 1500 metres (T54) |
Nathan Maguire England |
3:11.83 | Daniel Sidbury England |
3:12.15 | Samuel Carter Australia |
3:12.82 |
| Marathon (T54) |
John Charles Smith England |
1:41:15 | Sean Frame Scotland |
1:45:49 SB | Simon Lawson England |
1:45:49 |
| Discus throw (F44)/(F64) |
Aled Davies Wales |
51.39 m | Palitha Bandara Sri Lanka |
44.20 m PB | Harrison Walsh Wales |
54.76 m |
Women edit
Para Sport edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (T34) |
Hannah Cockroft England |
16.84 GR | Kare Adenegan England |
17.79 SB | Fabienne André England |
19.58 |
| 100 metres (T38) |
Olivia Breen Wales |
12.83 PB | Sophie Hahn England |
13.09 | Rhiannon Clarke Australia |
13.13 |
| 1500 metres (T54) |
Madison de Rozario Australia |
3:53.03 | Angela Ballard Australia |
3:53.30 | Samantha Kinghorn Scotland |
3:53.38 |
| Marathon (T54) |
Madison de Rozario Australia |
1:56:00 GR | Eden Rainbow-Cooper England |
1:59:45 PB | Not awarded (only 4 entries) | |
| Shot put (F57) |
Eucharia Iyiazi Nigeria |
10.03 GR, SB | Arlette Mawe Fokoa Cameroon |
9.38 PB | Ugochi Alam Nigeria |
9.30 |
| Discus throw (F44)/(F64) |
Goodness Nwachukwu Nigeria |
36.56 m WR, GR | Sarah Edmiston Australia |
34.96 m | Naibili Vatunisolo Fiji |
23.70 m PB |
Participating nations edit
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.
Anguilla (4)
Antigua and Barbuda (5)
Australia (84)
Bahamas (11)
Bangladesh (5)
Barbados (9)
Belize (5)
Bermuda (5)
Botswana (17)
British Virgin Islands (9)
Cameroon (8)
Canada (38)
Cayman Islands (4)
Cook Islands (1)
Cyprus (11)
Dominica (7)
England (93)
Eswatini (5)
Fiji (3)
The Gambia (7)
Ghana (14)
Gibraltar (2)
Grenada (8)
Guernsey (5)
Guyana (10)
India (42)
Isle of Man (7)
Jamaica (49)
Jersey (3)
Kenya (48)
Kiribati (1)
Lesotho (11)
Malawi (3)
Malaysia (8)
Maldives (3)
Malta (6)
Mauritius (6)
Montserrat (5)
Mozambique (3)
Namibia (12)
Nauru (3)
New Zealand (17)
Nigeria (38)
Northern Ireland (12)
Pakistan (5)
Papua New Guinea (18)
Rwanda (4)
Saint Helena (2)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (4)
Saint Lucia (7)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
Samoa (9)
Scotland (33)
Seychelles (6)
Sierra Leone (8)
Singapore (14)
Solomon Islands (6)
South Africa (35)
Sri Lanka (7)
Tanzania (8)
Tonga (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (23)
Turks and Caicos Islands (7)
Tuvalu (1)
Uganda (17)
Vanuatu (4)
Wales (24)
Zambia (6)
References edit
- ^ "Commonwealth Games | Hosts | London, England 1911". Topend Sports Network. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Detailed Results | Athletics and Para Athletics | Schedule". BOCCG. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Birmingham Named As 2022 Commonwealth Games Host City". NDTV Sports. Agence France-Presse. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Venues | ALEXANDER STADIUM". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Venues | SMITHFIELD". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Venues | VICTORIA SQUARE". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Athlete Allocation System | Athletics" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / World Athletics. 10 December 2021. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Athlete Allocation System | Para Athletics" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / World Para Athletics. 12 December 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Athletics and Para Athletics Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
External links edit
- Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Athletics and Para Athletics
- Athletics and Para Athletics – Results Book