2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships

18th World Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates	18–20 March 2022
Host city	Belgrade, Serbia
Venue	Štark Arena
Events	26
Participation	611 athletes from 128 nations
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The 18th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 18 to 20 March 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Ethiopia headed the medal table, with 4 gold medals. United States won the most medals, with 19, as well as getting the second highest number of golds, with 3.

Bidding process

Belgrade won the bid for the Championships on November 22, 2019. ^[1]

Schedule

H	Heats	S	Semi-finals	F	Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session

All dates are CET (GMT+1)

Men

Date →	18 March		19 March			20 March
Event ↓	M	A	M	A		M	A
60 m			H	S	F
400 m	H	S		F
800 m	H			F
1500 m			H				F
3000 m	H					F
60 m hurdles						H	S	F
4 × 400 m						H	F
High jump						F
Pole vault							F
Long jump		F
Triple jump	F
Shot put				F
Heptathlon	F

Women

Date →	18 March			19 March			20 March
Event ↓	M	A		M	A		M	A
60 m	H	S	F
400 m	H	S			F
800 m				H				F
1500 m	H				F
3000 m		F
60 m hurdles				H	S	F
4 × 400 m							H	F
High jump				F
Pole vault					F
Long jump								F
Triple jump							F
Shot put		F
Pentathlon	F

Event schedule [2]
Day 1 — Friday, 18 March 2022
Time (CET)	Division	Event	Round
9:35	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Pentathlon
9:55	M	60 Metres	Heptathlon
10:15	W	60 Metres	Heats
10:40	M	Long Jump	Heptathlon
11:00	M	400 Metres	Heats
11:10	W	High Jump	Pentathlon
11:45	W	400 Metres	Heats
12:05	M	Shot Put	Heptathlon
12:10	M	Triple Jump	Final
12:30	W	1500 Metres	Heats
13:00	M	800 Metres	Heats
13:20	W	Shot Put	Pentathlon
13:30	M	3000 Metres	Heats
17:30	W	Long Jump	Pentathlon
18:10	W	60 Metres	Semi-final
18:35	W	400 Metres	Semi-final
18:55	W	Shot Put	Final
19:00	M	High Jump	Heptathlon
19:05	M	Long Jump	Final
19:10	M	400 Metres	Semi-final
20:00	W	800 Metres	Pentathlon
20:30	W	3000 Metres	Final
20:55	W	60 Metres	Final
Day 2 — Saturday, 19 March 2022
Time (CET)	Division	Event	Round
9:30	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Heptathlon
9:50	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:30	M	Pole Vault	Heptathlon
10:45	M	60 Metres	Heats
11:00	W	High Jump	Final
11:45	W	800 Metres	Heats
12:15	M	1500 Metres	Heats
18:05	W	Pole Vault	Final
18:15	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Semi-final
18:40	M	60 Metres	Semi-final
19:10	M	800 Metres	Final
19:30	M	1000 Metres	Heptathlon
19:40	M	Shot Put	Final
19:50	W	400 Metres	Final
20:10	M	400 Metres	Final
20:35	W	1500 Metres	Final
21:05	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Final
21:20	M	60 Metres	Final
Day 3 — Sunday, 20 March 2022
Time (CET)	Division	Event	Round
10:05	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Heats
10:45	M	High Jump	Final
11:00	W	Triple Jump	Final
11:10	W	4 × 400 Metres Relay	Heats
11:35	M	4 × 400 Metres Relay	Heats
12:05	M	3000 Metres	Final
16:35	M	Pole Vault	Final
17:05	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Semi-final
17:30	W	Long Jump	Final
18:05	W	800 Metres	Final
18:35	M	1500 Metres	Final
19:30	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Final
19:40	W	4 × 400 Metres Relay	Final
19:55	M	4 × 400 Metres Relay	Final

Entry standards

Event	Men			Women			Athletes
	Indoor	Outdoor		Indoor	Outdoor
60 metres	6.63	10.10	100 m	7.30	11.15	100 m	56
400 metres	46.50	45.00		52.90	51.00		30
800 metres	1:46.70	1:44.00		2:01.50	1:58.00		18
1500 metres	3:39.00	3:33.00	1500 m	4:09.00	4:02.00	1500 m	18
		3:55.00	Mile		4:28.50	Mile
3000 metres	7:50.00	7:40.00	3000 m	8:49.00	8:30.00	3000 m	24 (men) 15 (women)
		13:10.00	5000 m		14:50.00	5000 m
60 metres hurdles	7.72	13.40	110 m h	8.16	12.85	100 m h	48
High jump	2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)			1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)			12
Pole vault	5.81 m (19 ft 1⁄2 in)			4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)			12
Long jump	8.22 m (26 ft 11+1⁄2 in)			6.80 m (22 ft 3+1⁄2 in)			16
Triple jump	17.10 m (56 ft 1 in)			14.30 m (46 ft 10+3⁄4 in)			16
Shot put	21.10 m (69 ft 2+1⁄2 in)			18.30 m (60 ft 1⁄4 in)			16
4 × 400 metres relay	No Standard			No Standard			–
Indoor heptathlon / Indoor pentathlon	Winner of 2021 Combined Events Challenge 5 best from 2021 outdoor list 5 best from 2022 indoor list 1 wild card						12

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Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details	Marcell Jacobs   Italy	6.41 WL, AR	Christian Coleman   United States	6.41 WL	Marvin Bracy   United States	6.44 PB
400 metres details	Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago	45.00 CR, NR	Trevor Bassitt   United States	45.05 PB	Carl Bengtström   Sweden	45.33 NR
800 metres details	Mariano García   Spain	1:46.20	Noah Kibet   Kenya	1:46.35	Bryce Hoppel   United States	1:46.51
1500 metres details	Samuel Tefera   Ethiopia	3:32.77 CR	Jakob Ingebrigtsen   Norway	3:33.02	Abel Kipsang   Kenya	3:33.36 SB
3000 metres details	Selemon Barega   Ethiopia	7:41:38	Lamecha Girma   Ethiopia	7:41:63	Marc Scott   Great Britain	7:42:02 SB
60 metres hurdles details	Grant Holloway   United States	7.39	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France	7.50	Jarret Eaton   United States	7.53
4 × 400 metres relay details	Belgium  (BEL) Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée	3:06.52 SB	Spain  (ESP) Bruno Hortelano Iñaki Cañal Manuel Guijarro Bernat Erta	3:06.82 SB	Netherlands  (NED) Taymir Burnet Nick Smidt Terrence Agard Tony van Diepen Isayah Boers Jochem Dobber	3:06.90 SB
High jump details	Woo Sang-hyeok   South Korea	2.34 m	Loïc Gasch   Switzerland	2.31 m SB	Hamish Kerr   New Zealand	2.31 m NR
					Gianmarco Tamberi   Italy	2.31 m SB
Pole vault details	Armand Duplantis   Sweden	6.20 m WR	Thiago Braz   Brazil	5.95 m AR	Christopher Nilsen   United States	5.90 m
Long jump details	Miltiadis Tentoglou   Greece	8.55 m WL	Thobias Montler   Sweden	8.38 m NR	Marquis Dendy   United States	8.27 m SB
Triple jump details	Lázaro Martínez   Cuba	17.64 m WL	Pedro Pichardo   Portugal	17.46 m NR	Donald Scott   United States	17.21 m SB
Shot put details	Darlan Romani   Brazil	22.53 m CR, AR	Ryan Crouser   United States	22.44 m	Tomas Walsh   New Zealand	22.31 m AR
Heptathlon details	Damian Warner   Canada	6489 pts WL	Simon Ehammer   Switzerland	6363 pts NR	Ashley Moloney   Australia	6344 pts AR
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres details	Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland	6.96 WL NR	Mikiah Brisco   United States	6.99 PB	Marybeth Sant-Price   United States	7.04 PB
400 metres details	Shaunae Miller-Uibo   Bahamas	50.31 SB	Femke Bol   Netherlands	50.57	Stephenie Ann McPherson   Jamaica	50.79 NR
800 metres details	Ajeé Wilson   United States	1:59.09 SB	Freweyni Hailu   Ethiopia	2:00.54 SB	Halimah Nakaayi   Uganda	2:00.66
1500 metres details	Gudaf Tsegay   Ethiopia	3:57.19 CR	Axumawit Embaye   Ethiopia	4:02.29	Hirut Meshesha   Ethiopia	4:03.39
3000 metres details	Lemlem Hailu   Ethiopia	8:41.82 SB	Elinor Purrier St. Pierre   United States	8:42.04	Ejgayehu Taye   Ethiopia	8:42.23
60 metres hurdles details	Cyréna Samba-Mayela   France	7.78 NR	Devynne Charlton   Bahamas	7.81 NR	Gabbi Cunningham   United States	7.87
4 × 400 metres relay details	Jamaica  (JAM) Junelle Bromfield Janieve Russell Roneisha McGregor Stephenie Ann McPherson Tiffany James	3:28.40 SB	Netherlands  (NED) Lieke Klaver Eveline Saalberg Lisanne de Witte Femke Bol Andrea Bouma	3:28.57 SB	Poland  (POL) Natalia Kaczmarek Iga Baumgart-Witan Kinga Gacka Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Gaworska	3:28.59 SB
High jump details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh   Ukraine	2.02 m WL	Eleanor Patterson   Australia	2.00 m AR	Nadezhda Dubovitskaya   Kazakhstan	1.98 m AR
Pole vault details	Sandi Morris   United States	4.80 m SB	Katie Nageotte   United States	4.75 m	Tina Šutej   Slovenia	4.75 m
Long jump details	Ivana Vuleta   Serbia	7.06 m WL	Ese Brume   Nigeria	6.85 m SB	Lorraine Ugen   Great Britain	6.82 m SB
Triple jump details	Yulimar Rojas   Venezuela	15.74 m WR	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk   Ukraine	14.74 m PB	Kimberly Williams   Jamaica	14.62 m SB
Shot put details	Auriol Dongmo   Portugal	20.43 m WL	Chase Ealey   United States	20.21 m AR	Jessica Schilder   Netherlands	19.48 m
Pentathlon details	Noor Vidts   Belgium	4929 pts WL	Adrianna Sułek   Poland	4851 pts NR	Kendell Williams   United States	4680 pts SB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Serbia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ethiopia  (ETH)	4	3	2	9
2	United States  (USA)	3	7	9	19
3	Belgium  (BEL)	2	0	0	2
4	Switzerland  (SUI)	1	2	0	3
5	Sweden  (SWE)	1	1	1	3
6	Bahamas  (BAH)	1	1	0	2
	Brazil  (BRA)	1	1	0	2
	France  (FRA)	1	1	0	2
	Portugal  (POR)	1	1	0	2
	Spain  (ESP)	1	1	0	2
	Ukraine  (UKR)	1	1	0	2
12	Jamaica  (JAM)	1	0	2	3
13	Italy  (ITA)	1	0	1	2
14	Canada  (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Cuba  (CUB)	1	0	0	1
	Greece  (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Serbia  (SRB)*	1	0	0	1
	South Korea  (KOR)	1	0	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela  (VEN)	1	0	0	1
21	Netherlands  (NED)	0	2	2	4
22	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	1	2
	Kenya  (KEN)	0	1	1	2
	Poland  (POL)	0	1	1	2
25	Nigeria  (NGR)	0	1	0	1
	Norway  (NOR)	0	1	0	1
27	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	2	2
	New Zealand  (NZL)	0	0	2	2
29	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia  (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda  (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		26	26	27	79

Participating nations

In brackets the number of athletes participating.

•   Albania (1)
•   Algeria (2)
•   Andorra (1)
•   Argentina (1)
•   ART (1)
•   Australia (15)
•   Austria (2)
•   Azerbaijan (1)
•   Bahamas (5)
•   Bangladesh (1)
•   Barbados (3)
•   Belgium (20)
•   Bermuda (1)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•   Botswana (1)
•   Brazil (17)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   British Virgin Islands (2)
•   Burundi (1)
•   Canada (18)
•   Chad (1)
•   Chile (1)
•   China (1)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Comoros (1)
•   Croatia (2)
•   Cuba (5)
•   Cyprus (3)
•   Czech Republic (13)
•   Denmark (5)
•   Dominica (1)
•   Ecuador (5)
•   Egypt (1)
•   Eritrea (1)
•   Estonia (5)
•   Eswatini (1)
•   Ethiopia (14)
•   Finland (5)
•   France (10)
•   Gambia (1)
•   Germany (16)
•   Ghana (2)
•   Gibraltar (1)
•   Great Britain (30)
•   Greece (6)
•   Grenada (1)
•   Guyana (4)
•   Haiti (2)
•   Hong Kong (1)
•   Hungary (4)
•   Iceland (2)
•   India (3)
•   Indonesia (1)
•   Iran (2)
•   Ireland (16)
•   Israel (3)
•   Italy (22)
•   Ivory Coast (1)
•   Jamaica (15)
•   Japan (7)
•   Kazakhstan (3)
•   Kenya (9)
•   Kosovo (1)
•   Kuwait (1)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Liberia (2)
•   Lebanon (1)
•   Libya (1)
•   Lithuania (2)
•   Luxembourg (3)
•   Madagascar (1)
•   Maldives (1)
•   Mali (1)
•   Malta (2)
•   Mauritius (1)
•   Mexico (4)
•   Moldova (1)
•   Monaco (1)
•   Montenegro (1)
•   Morocco (5)
•   Netherlands (20)
•   New Zealand (5)
•   Niger (1)
•   Nigeria (6)
•   North Macedonia (1)
•   Norway (5)
•   Oman (1)
•   Pakistan (1)
•   Paraguay (1)
•   Peru (1)
•   Philippines (1)
•   Poland (23)
•   Portugal (12)
•   Puerto Rico (1)
•   Qatar (2)
•   Romania (10)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   Senegal (1)
•   Serbia (13)
•   Seychelles (1)
•   Sierra Leone (1)
•   Singapore (1)
•   Slovakia (7)
•   Slovenia (7)
•   South Africa (3)
•   South Korea (1)
•   South Sudan (1)
•   Spain (25)
•   Sudan (1)
•   Sweden (14)
•   Switzerland (10)
•   Tajikistan (1)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   Togo (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (4)
•   Tunisia (1)
•   Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Uganda (2)
•   Ukraine (6)
•   United Arab Emirates (1)
•   United States (52)
•   United States Virgin Islands (1)
•   Uruguay (1)
•   Uzbekistan (2)
•   Venezuela (3)

• Belarusian and Russian athletes are not allowed to compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Concerns and criticisms

Kosovo's participation

Kosovo had one representative at the championships, Gresa Bakraći who competed at women's 1500 m event. Due a long-standing dispute over the country's independence from the host nation, Kosovo's flag was not shown on the big screen and not been included on the official competition website ran by the Organising Committee and hosted on the World Athletics domain. ^[4]

References

1. "Belgrade and Yangzhou to host 2022 World Athletics Series competitions, RusAF reinstatement process suspended". IAAF. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Timetable World Athletics
3. 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Entry standards and qualification system World Athletics
4. Berkeley, Geoff (19 March 2022). "Kosovo flag absent from World Athletics website at Indoor Championships in Serbia". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 20 March 2022.

External links

• World Athletics website