2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships

The 18th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 18 to 20 March 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

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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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]