# Switzerland at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

Switzerland competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022. The Swiss Athletics Federation entered 26 athletes.
With 1 bronze medal, Switzerland ended 40th in the medal table, but ranked 25th in the overall placing table with a total of 18 points.

## Medalists

| Medal | Athlete | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Simon Ehammer | Men's Long jump | 16 July |

## Team

On 29 June 2022, the Swiss Athletics Federation announced a 26-member team qualified for the World Athletics Championships, which included the heptathlete Caroline Agnou who was later ruled out due to injury, reducing the Swiss team to 25 athletes. The final entry list published by World Athletics consigned 26 athletes for Switzerland, with Rachel Pellaud being added to the women's 4 × 400 metres relay team. Eventually, Pellaud was not part of the Swiss team that was made up of 25 athletes.
Sprinter Natacha Kouni was included in the team for the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, but finally she had no participation. In the same way, Sarah King was part of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay team, but had no participation.

## Results

Switzerland entered 26 athletes, but only 23 of them participated.

### Key

* Note: Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* PB = Personal best
* SB = Season best
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event

### Men
#### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| William Reais | 200 metres | 20.71 (+0.4) SB | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ricky Petrucciani | 400 metres | 46.60 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jason Joseph | 110 metres hurdles | 13.49 (−0.5) | 4 Q | 13.67 (−0.6) | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julien Bonvin | 400 metres hurdles | 50.40 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dany Brand | 400 metres hurdles | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Loïc Gasch | High jump | 2.21 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simon Ehammer | Long jump | 8.09 | 3 q | 8.16 | |
| Benjamin Gföhler | Long jump | 7.41 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women
#### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ajla del Ponte | 100 metres | 11.41 (+0.1) | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Géraldine Frey | 100 metres | 11.30 (+0.8) | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mujinga Kambundji | 100 metres | 10.97 (−0.1) | 1 Q | 10.96 (−0.2) | 4 q | 10.91 (+0.8) | 5 |
| Mujinga Kambundji | 200 metres | 22.34 (+0.9) | 2 Q | 22.05 (+2.0) NR | 3 q | 22.55 (+0.6) | 8 |
| Silke Lemmens | 400 metres | 52.86 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lore Hoffmann | 800 metres | 2:01.63 | 3 Q | 1:59.88 SB | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ditaji Kambundji | 100 metres hurdles | 13.12 (+1.5) | 5 q | 12.70 (+0.9) PB | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Noemi Zbären | 100 metres hurdles | 13.00 (−0.4) | 3 Q | 12.94 (+0.3) SB | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yasmin Giger | 400 metres hurdles | 55.90 SB | 4 q | 56.31 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chiara Scherrer | 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:22.15 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Atcho* Ajla del Ponte Géraldine Frey Mujinga Kambundji Salomé Kora | 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.73 | 5 q | — | — | 42.81 | 7 |
| Annina Fahr Yasmin Giger Silke Lemmens Julia Niederberger | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:29.11 SB | 4 q | — | — | 3:27.81 SB | 8 |
* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

#### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Angelica Moser | Pole vault | 4.35 | =12 q | 4.60 | 8 |

#### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Annik Kälin | Result | 13.17 (+0.7) PB | 1.74 | 13.71 | 24.05 (+1.5) | 6.56 | 48.25 | 2:17.49 SB | 6464 NR | 6 |
| Annik Kälin | Points | 1099 | 903 | 775 | 976 | 1027 | 826 | 858 | 6464 NR | 6 |