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Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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]

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]

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]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

Men

Para Sport

Women

Para Sport


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.

References

  1. ^ "Commonwealth Games | Hosts | London, England 1911". Topend Sports Network. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Detailed Results | Athletics and Para Athletics | Schedule". BOCCG. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Venues | ALEXANDER STADIUM". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Venues | SMITHFIELD". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Venues | VICTORIA SQUARE". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.

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