# 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.
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).

## Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows:
| Qualifying / Heats | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
Men :
| DateEvent | Sat 30 | Tue 2 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Wed 3 | Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Sun 7 |
| Session → | M | M | E | M | E | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 100 m | | H | | | ½ | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m (T12) | | | | H | | | | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m (T38) | | | | | F | 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 | F | | | | | | | | |
| Pole vault | | | | | | | | | | | | F | | |
| Long jump | | Q | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Triple jump | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| Shot put | | | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
| Discus throw | | Q | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Discus throw (F44)/(F64) | | | | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Hammer throw | | | | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Javelin throw | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F |
| Decathlon | | | | | | | F | F | F | F | | | | |
Women :
| DateEvent | Sat 30 | Tue 2 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Wed 3 | Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Sun 7 |
| Session → | M | M | E | M | E | 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 | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m hurdles | | | | | | | | | H | | | | F | |
| 400 m hurdles | | | | | | | | H | | | | F | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | | | | | | | | | | F | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | 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 | F | | | | | | | | |
| Shot put (F57) | | | | | | | | | | | F | | | |
| Discus throw | | | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Discus throw (F44)/(F64) | | | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| Hammer throw | | | | | | | | | | | | F | | |
| Javelin throw | | | | | | | | | | | | | F | |
| Heptathlon | | F | F | F | F | F | | | | | | | | |

## Venue

Track and field events (including the race walks events start and the finish) were held at the Alexander Stadium, which was also the chosen venue for the opening and closing ceremonies. The marathons were held along a course that passed through streets in the city centre and famous locations including Smithfield / Victoria Square) and Bournville.

## 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:
* 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

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:
* 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
### Medal table

* 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 |
| 15 | Grenada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | British Virgin Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 22 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Dominica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Bermuda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Guernsey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (32 entries) | Totals (32 entries) | 58 | 58 | 57 | 173 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Ferdinand Omanyala Kenya | 10.02 | Akani Simbine South Africa | 10.13 | Yupun Abeykoon Sri Lanka | 10.14 |
| 200 metres details | Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago | 19.80 GR, PB | Zharnel Hughes England | 20.12 SB | Joseph Amoah Ghana | 20.49 |
| 400 metres details | Muzala Samukonga Zambia | 44.66 NR | Matthew Hudson-Smith England | 44.81 | Jonathan Jones Barbados | 44.89 |
| 800 metres details | Wyclife Kinyamal Kenya | 1:47.52 | Peter Bol Australia | 1:47.66 | Ben Pattison England | 1:48.25 |
| 1500 metres details | Oliver Hoare Australia | 3:30.12 GR, PB | Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya | 3:30.21 SB | Jake Wightman Scotland | 3:30.53 |
| 5000 metres details | Jacob Kiplimo Uganda | 13:08.08 SB | Nicholas Kimeli Kenya | 13:08.19 | Jacob Krop Kenya | 13:08.48 |
| 10,000 metres details | Jacob Kiplimo Uganda | 27:09.19 GR SB | Daniel Ebenyo Kenya | 27:11.26 PB | Kibiwott Kandie Kenya | 27:20.34 PB |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Rasheed Broadbell Jamaica | 13.08 GR PB | Shane Brathwaite Barbados | 13.30 SB | Andrew Pozzi England | 13.37 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Kyron McMaster British Virgin Islands | 48.93 | Jaheel Hyde Jamaica | 49.78 | Alastair Chalmers Guernsey | 49.97 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Abraham Kibiwot Kenya | 8:11.15 | Avinash Sable India | 8:11.20 PB | Amos Serem Kenya | 8:16.83 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | England Jona Efoloko Zharnel Hughes Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Ojie Edoburun | 38.35 SB | Trinidad and Tobago Jerod Elcock Eric Harrison Jr. Kion Benjamin Kyle Greaux | 38.70 SB | Nigeria Udodi Onwuzurike Favour Ashe Alaba Akintola Raymond Ekevwo | 38.81 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Trinidad and Tobago Dwight St. Hillaire Asa Guevara Machel Cedenio Jereem Richards | 3:01.29 | Botswana Leungo Scotch Zibane Ngozi Anthony Pesela Bayapo Ndori | 3:01.85 | Kenya Wiseman Mukhobe Mike Nyang'au William Rayian Boniface Mweresa | 3:02.41 SB |
| Marathon details | Victor Kiplangat Uganda | 2:10:55 | Alphonce Simbu Tanzania | 2:12:29 | Michael Githae Kenya | 2:13:16 |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Evan Dunfee Canada | 38:36.37 GR, PB | Declan Tingay Australia | 38:42.33 PB | Sandeep Kumar India | 38:49.21 PB |
| High jump details | Hamish Kerr New Zealand | 2.25 m | Brandon Starc Australia | 2.25 m | Tejaswin Shankar India | 2.22 m |
| Pole vault details | Kurtis Marschall Australia | 5.70 m | Adam Hague England | 5.55 m =SB | Harry Coppell England | 5.50 m |
| Long jump details | LaQuan Nairn Bahamas | 8.08 m | Murali Sreeshankar India | 8.08 m | Jovan van Vuuren South Africa | 8.06 m |
| Triple jump details | Eldhose Paul India | 17.03 m w | Abdulla Aboobacker India | 17.02 m | Jah-Nhai Perinchief Bermuda | 16.92 m |
| Shot put details | Tom Walsh New Zealand | 22.26 m | Jacko Gill New Zealand | 21.90 m PB | Scott Lincoln England | 20.57 m |
| Discus throw details | Matthew Denny Australia | 67.26 m PB | Lawrence Okoye England | 64.99 m | Traves Smikle Jamaica | 64.58 m |
| Hammer throw details | Nick Miller England | 76.43 m | Ethan Katzberg Canada | 76.36 m | Alexandros Poursanidis Cyprus | 73.97 m |
| Javelin throw details | Arshad Nadeem Pakistan | 90.18 m GR, NR | Anderson Peters Grenada | 88.64 m | Julius Yego Kenya | 85.70 m SB |
| Decathlon details | Lindon Victor Grenada | 8233 pts | Daniel Golubovic Australia | 8197 pts SB | Cedric Dubler Australia | 8030 pts |

#### Para Sport

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (T12) details | Ndodomzi Ntutu South Africa | 10.83 | Zachary Shaw England | 10.90 | Ananias Shikongo Namibia | 10.95 |
| 100 metres (T38) details | 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) details | Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker England | 10.94 GR PB | Jaydon Page Australia | 11.10 | Ola Abidogun England | 11.14 PB |
| 1500 metres (T54) details | Nathan Maguire England | 3:11.83 | Daniel Sidbury England | 3:12.15 | Samuel Carter Australia | 3:12.82 |
| Marathon (T54) details | John Charles Smith England | 1:41:15 | Sean Frame Scotland | 1:45:49 SB | Simon Lawson England | 1:45:49 |
| Discus throw (F44)/(F64) details | Aled Davies Wales | 51.39 m | Palitha Bandara Sri Lanka | 44.20 m PB | Harrison Walsh Wales | 54.76 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica | 10.95 | Julien Alfred Saint Lucia | 11.01 | Daryll Neita England | 11.07 |
| 200 metres details | Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica | 22.02 GR | Favour Ofili Nigeria | 22.51 | Christine Mboma Namibia | 22.80 |
| 400 metres details | Sada Williams Barbados | 49.90 GR | Victoria Ohuruogu England | 50.72 PB | Jodie Williams England | 51.26 SB |
| 800 metres details | Mary Moraa Kenya | 1:57.07 | Keely Hodgkinson England | 1:57.40 | Laura Muir Scotland | 1:57.87 SB |
| 1500 metres details | Laura Muir Scotland | 4:02.75 | Ciara Mageean Northern Ireland | 4:04.14 SB | Abbey Caldwell Australia | 4:04.79 |
| 5000 metres details | Beatrice Chebet Kenya | 14:38.21 SB | Eilish McColgan Scotland | 14:42.14 SB | Selah Busieni Kenya | 14:48.24 PB |
| 10,000 metres details | Eilish McColgan Scotland | 30:48.60 GR | Irene Chepet Cheptai Kenya | 30:49.52 SB | Sheila Chepkirui Kenya | 31:09.46 SB |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Tobi Amusan Nigeria | 12.30 GR | Devynne Charlton Bahamas | 12.58 | Cindy Sember England | 12.59 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Janieve Russell Jamaica | 54.14 | Shiann Salmon Jamaica | 54.47 | Zeney van der Walt South Africa | 54.47 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Jackline Chepkoech Kenya | 9:15.68 GR, PB | Elizabeth Bird England | 9:17.79 PB | Peruth Chemutai Uganda | 9:23.24 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | England Asha Philip Imani-Lara Lansiquot Bianca Williams Daryll Neita | 42.41 SB | Jamaica Kemba Nelson Natalliah Whyte Remona Burchell Elaine Thompson-Herah | 43.08 | Australia Ella Connolly Bree Masters Jacinta Beecher Naa Anang | 43.16 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Canada Natassha McDonald Aiyanna Stiverne Micha Powell Kyra Constantine | 3:25.84 | Jamaica Shiann Salmon Junelle Bromfield Roneisha McGregor Natoya Goule | 3:26.93 | Scotland Zoey Clark Beth Dobbin Jill Cherry Nicole Yeargin | 3:30.15 SB |
| Marathon details | Jessica Stenson Australia | 2:27:31 SB | Margaret Muriuki Kenya | 2:28:00 PB | Helalia Johannes Namibia | 2:28:39 SB |
| 10,000 metres walk details | Jemima Montag Australia | 42:34.30 GR, PB | Priyanka Goswami India | 43:38.83 PB | Emily Wamusyi Ngii Kenya | 43:50.86 AR, PB |
| High jump details | Lamara Distin Jamaica | 1.95 m | Eleanor Patterson Australia | 1.92 m | Kimberly Williamson Jamaica | 1.92 m |
| Pole vault details | Nina Kennedy Australia | 4.60 m | Molly Caudery England | 4.45 m | Imogen Ayris New Zealand | 4.45 m SB |
| Long jump details | Ese Brume Nigeria | 7.00 m GR | Brooke Buschkuehl Australia | 6.95 m | Deborah Acquah Ghana | 6.94 m PB |
| Triple jump details | Shanieka Ricketts Jamaica | 14.94 m GR, SB | Thea LaFond Dominica | 14.39 m | Naomi Metzger England | 14.37 m |
| Shot put details | Sarah Mitton Canada | 19.03 m | Danniel Thomas-Dodd Jamaica | 18.98 m | Maddison-Lee Wesche New Zealand | 18.84 m |
| Discus throw details | Chioma Onyekwere Nigeria | 61.70 m SB | Jade Lally England | 58.42 m | Obiageri Amaechi Nigeria | 56.99 m |
| Hammer throw details | Camryn Rogers Canada | 74.08 m | Julia Ratcliffe New Zealand | 69.63 m | Jillian Weir Canada | 67.35 m |
| Javelin throw details | Kelsey-Lee Barber Australia | 64.34 m | Mackenzie Little Australia | 64.27 m PB | Annu Rani India | 60.00 m |
| Heptathlon details | Katarina Johnson-Thompson England | 6377 pts SB | Kate O'Connor Northern Ireland | 6233 pts SB | Jade O'Dowda England | 6212 pts |

#### Para Sport

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (T34) details | Hannah Cockroft England | 16.84 GR | Kare Adenegan England | 17.79 SB | Fabienne André England | 19.58 |
| 100 metres (T38) details | Olivia Breen Wales | 12.83 PB | Sophie Hahn England | 13.09 | Rhiannon Clarke Australia | 13.13 |
| 1500 metres (T54) details | Madison de Rozario Australia | 3:53.03 | Angela Ballard Australia | 3:53.30 | Samantha Kinghorn Scotland | 3:53.38 |
| Marathon (T54) details | Madison de Rozario Australia | 1:56:00 GR | Eden Rainbow-Cooper England | 1:59:45 PB | Not awarded (only 4 entries) | Not awarded (only 4 entries) |
| Shot put (F57) details | Eucharia Iyiazi Nigeria | 10.03 GR, SB | Arlette Mawe Fokoa Cameroon | 9.38 PB | Ugochi Alam Nigeria | 9.30 |
| Discus throw (F44)/(F64) details | Goodness Nwachukwu Nigeria | 36.56 m WR, GR | Sarah Edmiston Australia | 34.96 m | Naibili Vatunisolo Fiji | 23.70 m PB |

## 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. 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)