2022 in athletics was a year highlighted by an unusual number of significant athletics events. The delayed 2020 Olympic program led to the 2021 World Athletics Championships being rearranged for 2022, while events normally held in the middle years of Olympic cycles, such as the Commonwealth Games athletics program and the various continental championships (e.g. the 2022 European Athletics Championships) were also held, meaning significant numbers of athletes had several peaks in quick succession, particularly Canadian, British, Australian, Kenyan and South African athletes.
World records
Indoor
Outdoor
World Athletics Series
Areas, Regional and Continental Championships
- February 5 & 6: South American Race Walking Championships in Lima
- 35 km winners: Luis Henry Campos (m) / Paola Pérez (f)
- 20 km winners: César RodrÃÂguez (m) / Glenda Morejón (f)
- February 6: European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Oeiras
- Winners: Rodrigue Kwizera (m) / Likina Amebaw (f)
- U20 winners: Dean Casey (m) / Ilona Mononen (f)
- Team winners: Ankara Ego (Polat Kemboi Arñkan, Yemane Haileselassie, ðlham Tanui ÃÂzbilen, ÃÂzeyir Söylemez) (m) / CA Playas de Castellón (Likina Amebaw, Blanca Fernández, Cristina Espejo, Clara Viñaras) (f)
- Team U20 winners: Ennis Track AC (Dean Casey, Dylan Casey, Niall Murphy, Mark Hanrahan) (m) / AC Mica RomÃÂ (Iulia MÃÂrginean, Alexandra Hudea, Mihaela Blaga, Andrea Bogdan) (f)
- February 13: Oceania Open 20 km Race Walking Championships in Adelaide
- Winners: Declan Tingay (m) / Jemima Montag (f)
- February 19 & 20: 2022 South American Indoor Championships in Athletics in Cochabamba
- 60 metres: Felipe Bardi dos Santos (m) / Rosângela Santos (f)
- 400 metres: Lucas Carvalho (m) / Tábata de Carvalho (f)
- 800 metres: Lucirio Antonio Garrido (m) / Deborah RodrÃÂguez (f)
- 1500 metres: David Ninavia (m) / Jhoselyn Camargo (f)
- 3000 metres: Daniel Toroya (m) / Lizeth Veizaga (f)
- 60 metres hurdles: Rafael Pereira (m) / Ketiley Batista (f)
- 4 ÃÂ 400 metres relay: (m) / (f)
- High jump: Thiago Moura (m) / Sarah Freitas (f)
- Pole vault: Augusto Dutra de Oliveira (m) / Isabel de Quadros (f)
- Long jump: José Luis Mandros (m) / Nathalee Aranda (f)
- Triple jump: Alexsandro Melo (m) / Gabriele dos Santos (f)
- Shot put: Darlan Romani (m) / Livia Avancini (f)
- Heptathlon: Felipe VinÃÂcius dos Santos (m)
- Pentathlon: Raiane Procópio
- February 20: 2022 Central American Race Walking Championship in San Salvador
- 20 km winners: ÃÂrick Barrondo (m) / Yasury Palacios (f)
- March 5: 2022 Balkan Indoor Championships in Istanbul
- 60 m winners: Kayhan ÃÂzer (m) / Olivia Fotopoulou (f)
- 400 m winners: Ilyas ÃÂanakçi (m) / Anita Horvat (f)
- 800 m winners: Abedin MujezinoviÃÂ (m) / TuÃÂba ToptaÃ
¡ (f)
- 1500 m winners: Mehmet ÃÂelÃÂk (m) / Ã
 ilan Ayyildiz (f)
- 3000 m winners: Vid Botolin (m) / Luiza Gega (f)
- 60 m Hurdles winners: Alin IonuÃÂ Anton (m) / Anamaria Nesteriuc (f)
- High Jump winners: BoÃ
¾idar Markovià(m) / Mirela Demireva (f)
- Pole Vault winners: Riccardo Klotz (m) / Eleni-Klaoudia Polak (f)
- Long Jump winners: ðzmir Smajlaj (m) / Vasiliki Chaitidou (f)
- Triple Jump winners: Levon Aghasyan (m) / TuÃÂba DaniÃÂmaz (f)
- Shot put winners: Giorgi Mujaridze (m) / Pinar Akyol (f)
- winners: (Remus Niculita, Mihai Dringo, Denis Toma, Robert Parge) (m) / (Agata Zupin, Jerneja Smonkar, Veronika Sadek, Anita Horvat) (f)
- February 15: Banskobystricka latka in Banská Bystrica
- High Jump winners: Sanghyeok Woo (m) / Eleanor Patterson (f)
- March 27: 2022 Pan American Cross Country Cup in Serra
- April 16 â 18: 2022 RIFTA Games in Kingston
- May 14 â 15: 2022 NACAC Combined Events Championship Ottawa
- May 15: 2022 Oceania Open 35 km Race Walking Championship Melbourne
- May 22: 2022 South American Marathon Championships Asunción
- June 8âÂÂ12: 2022 African Athletics Championships in St. Pierre
- June 11: 2022 Championships of the Small States of Europe in Marsa
- June 29 â July 3: 2022 Caribbean Games (U23) in Guadeloupe
- July 1âÂÂ4: XIX Mediterranean Games (Athletics) in Oran
- July 4âÂÂ7: 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem
- August 15âÂÂ21: 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich
- August 16âÂÂ22: 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou
- August 19âÂÂ21: 2022 NACAC Championships in Nassau
- August 21: 2022 South American Half Marathon Championships Buenos Aires
- September 9âÂÂ11: 2022 South American Athletics U18 Championships São Paulo
- September 30 â October 2: 2022 South American Athletics U23 Championships in Cascavel
- October 12âÂÂ15: 2022 South American Games in Asunción
- TBA: 4th Asian U18 Athletics Championships in Al-Kuwait
Elite Platinum
Elite
Label
Bronze
Challenger
Bronze
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Challenger
2021âÂÂ2022 World Athletics Cross Country Tour
Gold
Silver
Bronze
2021âÂÂ22 World Athletics Race Walking Tour
Bronze
Notes
References