2022 World Athletics Championships

The selection of the host city was announced on April 16, 2015, in Beijing, China. Eugene was selected without a traditional bidding process, though Eugene did put in a bid for the 2019 World Championships, losing out to Doha. ''Runner's World'' magazine reported that Eugene's selection by World Athletics, then known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, was an "unusual move". The race walking was held on a 1-km loop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, near Autzen Stadium, and the marathon race started from the same stadium, towards Pre's Trail and going to Springfield, Oregon and back. ==Medal table==

Men • Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals Women • Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals Mixed • Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals World Team ==Placing table==

World Athletics announced that athletes would qualify by their World Athletics Rankings position, wild card (reigning world champion or 2021 Diamond League winner) or by achieving the entry standard. To qualify as a Wild Card you had to be one of the following things: • Reigning World Outdoor Champion • Winner of the 2021 Diamond League • By finishing position at designated competitions (Area competitions) • Leader (as at closing date of the qualification period): • IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge • World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking • World Athletics Challenge - Combined Events Countries who had no male and/or no female athletes who had achieved the Entry Standard or considered as having achieved the entry standard (see above) or a qualified relay team, could enter one unqualified male athlete OR one unqualified female athlete in one event of the championships (except the road events and field events, combined events, 10,000 m and 3000 m steeplechase). Target numbers At the end of the qualification period, the 2021 World Athletics Rankings were published. They were used to invite additional athletes to the World Championships where the target number of athletes had not been achieved for that event through other methods of qualification. The maximum of three athletes per country in individual events was not affected by this rule. Member federations retained the right to confirm or reject athlete selections through this method. Where the highest ranked athletes were from a country that already had three entrants for the event, or where member federations had rejected an entrant, the next highest ranked athlete became eligible for entry via the world rankings. Area Champions The following regulations shall applied for Automatic Qualification to the 2022 World Athletics Championships (not applicable for relays and marathon). 1. The Area Champion (in each individual event to be contested at the World Championships) automatically qualifies for the World Championships, irrespective of whether his performance has reached the Entry Standard. This does not apply to 10,000 m, 3000 m Steeplechase, Combined Events, Field Events and Road Events where the entry of the athlete will be subject to the approval of the Technical Delegates 2. The Area Champion shall be the one who has achieved the title either in 2020, 2021 or 2022 3. The Member Federation of the Area Champion will have the ultimate authority to enter the athlete or not, based on its own domestic standard or qualification system 4. If the Member Federation of the Area Champion enters the athlete, he will be considered as having achieved the Entry Standard 5. If the Area Champion, for whatever reason, is not entered, his quota will not be delegated to the second placed athlete and the normal entry rules and conditions apply 6. For those Area Championships that do not have certain events, the Area Associations can organize alternate Area-specific event Championships with conditions conforming to Area Championships Regulations. World Athletics shall be notified of such alternative Championships at least one month in advance of the events being held ==Schedule==

1,972 athletes from 192 member federations were scheduled to compete at the championships, but owing to vaccination requirements and resulting visa issues the final total was reduced to 179 nations (plus the Athlete Refugee Team) and more than 1,700 athletes, the lowest number since 1991 for the former and 2005 for the latter. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • East Timor (1) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (hosts) • • • • • • • • ==Prize money==

There was a world record programme where if a world record was broken the athlete who broke it would get $100,000. A total amount of $8,498,000 was also offered by World Athletics to finalists at Oregon 2022, of which $2 million has been ringfenced from the fines paid by the Russian Athletics Federation (for doping rules offenses). The prize money is as follows: ;Individual events • Gold: $70,000 • Silver: $35,000 • Bronze: $22,000 • Fourth place: $16,000 • Fifth place: $11,000 • Sixth place: $7,000 • Seventh place: $6,000 • Eighth place: $5,000 ;Relays (per each team) • Gold: $80,000 • Silver: $40,000 • Bronze: $20,000 • Fourth place: $16,000 • Fifth place: $12,000 • Sixth place: $8,000 • Seventh place: $6,000 • Eighth place: $4,000 ==Media coverage==

The event was streamed live in some territories on the World Athletics YouTube and Facebook channels. The broadcast opening title sequence was created by University of Oregon freshman Quinn Connell. The event was the most watched World Athletics Championships in US television history, reaching an excess of 13.7 million viewers. • Sportv: Brazil • SuperSport, TVMS: Pan Sub-Saharan Africa • TV Jamaica: Pan Caribbean • TyC Sports: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela (except Brazil) National broadcasters • Antigua and Barbuda: ABS • Australia: SBS • Austria: ORF • Bahamas: ZNS • Barbados: CBC • Belarus: BTRC • Belgium: RTBF, VRT • Botswana: BTV • Brazil: Sportv • Burkina Faso: RTB • Canada: CBC Sports • Cape Verde: TCV • Cayman Islands: TVJi • Chile: TVN • China: CCTV • Colombia: RTVC • Comoros: ORTC • Costa Rica: Tigo Sports • Croatia: HRT • Cuba: ICRT • Cyprus: CYCBC • Czech Republic: CT • Democratic Republic of Congo: RTNC • Denmark: TV2 • Equador: Spring Media • Estonia: ERR • Eswatini: Eswatini TV • Ethiopia: EBC • Finland: YLE • France: FT • Gambia: GRTS • Germany: ARD, ZDF • Ghana: GTV • Greece: ERT • Grenada: GBN • Honduras: Spring Media • Hungary: MTVA • Iceland: RUV • India: Sony Pictures Sports Network • Indonesia: TVRI • Israel: The Sports Channel • Italy: RAI, Sky • Jamaica: Television Jamaica • Japan: TBS • Kenya: KBC • Latvia: LT • Liberia: LNTV • Lithuania: LRT • Madagascar: TVM • Malawi: MBC • Malaysia and Brunei: ASTRO • Mauritius: MBC • Mexico: Claro Sports • Morocco: SNRT • Namibia: NBC • Netherlands: NOS • New Zealand: Sky Network NZ • Nigeria: NTA Sports 24 • Norway: NRK • Panama: Medcom • Peru: Spring Media • Poland: TVP • Portugal: RTP • Romania: TVR • Rwanda: RTV • Senegal: RTS • Seychelles: SBC • Slovenia: RTVS • South Africa: SABC • South Korea: Sky Sports • Spain: TVE • St Lucia: Winners TV • Sweden: SVT • Switzerland: SRG, SSR • Türkiye: TRT • Uganda: UBC • Ukraine: UA:PBC • United Kingdom: BBC Sport • Uruguay: VTV • Venezuela: Meridiano == Notes and references ==

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