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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 | |
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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]
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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 |
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]
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]
All selections were made from nations' open allocation quotas.
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]
* Host nation (England)
Rank | CGA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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