World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022 in Belgrade (Serbia): Program, Schedule & Dates

After a 4-year break, the 18th World Indoor Athletics Championships will be held from 18 March to 20 March 2022.

After the championships planned for 2020 in Nanjing were postponed until 2023, Belgrade will make a comeback after a four-year break.

The last World Indoor Championships to date were held in Birmingham in 2018. At that time, there were 26 medal decisions, 13 each for the men and the women. In Belgrade, medals will also be awarded in a total of 26 different events.

Timetable - WIC 2022 in Belgrade (Serbia)

Time = Locale Time (MEZ) || GMT = -1 hour || EST = -6 hours

Time	Gender	Discipline	Round
Friday, 18 March 2022 - Morning
09:35	Women	Pentathlon	60m Hurdles
09:55	Men	Heptathlon	60m
10:15	Women	60m	Round 1
10:40	Men	Heptathlon	Long Jump
11:00	Men	400m	Round 1
11:10	Women	Pentathlon	High Jump
11:45	Women	400m	Round 1
12:05	Men	Heptathlon	Shot Put
12:10	Men	Triple Jump	FINAL
12:30	Women	1500m	Round 1
13:00	Men	800m	Round 1
13:20	Women	Pentathlon	Shot Put
13:30	Men	3000m	Round 1
Friday, 18 March 2022 - Evening
17:45	Women	Pentathlon	Long Jump
18:10	Women	60m	Semifinal
18:35	Women	400m	Semifinal
18:55	Women	Shot Put	FINAL
19:00	Men	Heptathlon	High Jump
19:05	Men	Long Jump	FINAL
19:10	Men	400m	Semifinal
20:00	Women	Pentathlon	800m
20:30	Women	3000m	FINAL
20:55	Women	60m	FINAL
Saturday, 19 March 2022 - Morning
09:30	Men	Heptathlon	60m Hurdles
09:50	Women	60m Hurdles	Round 1
10:30	Men	Heptathlon	Pole Vault
10:45	Men	60m	Round 1
11:00	Women	High Jump	FINAL
11:40	Women	800m	Round 1
12:15	Men	1500m	Round 1
Saturday, 19 March 2022 - Evening
18:05	Women	Pole Vault	FINAL
18:15	Women	60m Hurdles	Semifinal
18:40	Men	60m	Semifinal
19:10	Men	800m	FINAL
19:30	Men	Heptathlon	1000m
19:40	Men	Shot Put	FINAL
19:50	Women	400m	FINAL
20:10	Men	400m	FINAL
20:35	Women	1500m	FINAL
21:05	Women	60m Hurdles	FINAL
21:20	Men	60m	FINAL
Sunday, 20 March 2022 - Morning
10:05	Men	60m Hurdles	Round 1
10:45	Men	High Jump	FINAL
11:00	Women	Triple Jump	FINAL
11:10	Women	4 x 400m	Round 1
11:35	Men	4 x 400m	Round 1
12:05	Men	3000m	FINAL
Sunday, 20  March 2022 - Evening
17:05	Men	60m Hurdles	Semifinal
17:17	Men	Pole Vault	FINAL
17:30	Women	Long Jump	FINAL
18:05	Women	800m	FINAL
18:35	Men	1500m	FINAL
19:30	Men	60m Hurdles	FINAL
19:40	Women	4 x 400m	FINAL
19:55	Men	4 x 400m	FINAL

The running events

• 60 metres
• 60 metres hurdles
• 400 metres
• 4 x 400 metre relay
• 800 metres
• 1,5000 metres
• 3,000 metres

The technical events

• Triple Jump
• High Jump
• Shot put
• Pole Vault
• Long Jump
• Pentathlon (women only)
• Heptathlon (men only)

The venues so far

Belgrade is organising the World Indoor Championships for the first time. The first time the world indoor title bouts were held was in Indianapolis in 1987:

1. Indianapolis - 1987
2. Budapest - 1989
3. Seville - 1991
4. Toronto - 1993
5. Barcelona - 1995
6. Paris - 1997
7. Maebashi - 1999
8. Lisbon - 2001
9. Birmingham - 2003
10. Budapest (2) - 2004
11. Moscow - 2006
12. Valencia - 2008
13. Doha - 2010
14. Istanbul - 2012
15. Sopot - 2014
16. Portland - 2016
17. Birmingham (2) - 2018
18. Belgrade - 2022
19. Nanjing - 2023
20. Glasgow - 2024

Birmingham and Budapest are the only cities with two venues each.

The venue in Belgrade

All competitions will be held in the Stark Arena. It has a capacity of 18,386 spectators. All competitions will be held from Friday to Sunday. Most of the finals will take place in the evening session.

The entry limits

The starting places in the individual competitions are limited. If a limit is reached, participation is guaranteed (exception: all-around competitions). If the maximum number of participants is not reached in a discipline, the field can be filled up. A maximum of two athletes from one nation may participate in each event.

All qualification standards for men

• 60 metres: 6.63 seconds or 10.10 seconds (over 100 metres)
• 60 metres hurdles: 7.72 seconds resp. 13.40 seconds (over 110 metres hurdles)
• 400 metres: 46.50 seconds resp. 45.00 seconds (outdoor)
• 800 metres: 1:47.60 minutes resp. 1:44.00 minutes (outdoor)
• 1,500 metres: 3:39.00 minutes or 3:33.00 minutes (outdoor) or 3:55.00 minutes (mile)
• 3,000 metres: 7:50.00 minutes or 7:40.00 minutes (outdoor) or 13:10.00 minutes (5,000 metres)
• Triple jump: 17.10 metres
• High jump: 2.34 metres
• Shot put: 21.10 metres
• Pole vault: 5.81 metres
• Long jump: 8.22 metres
• Heptathlon: by invitation only

All qualification standards for the women

• 60 metres: 7.30 seconds resp. 11.50 seconds (over 100 metres)
• 60 metres hurdles: 8.16 seconds resp. 12.85 seconds (over 100 metres hurdles)
• 400 metres: 52.90 seconds resp. 51.00 seconds (outdoor)
• 800 metres: 2:01.50 minutes resp. 1:58.00 minutes (outdoor)
• 1,500 metres: 4:09.00 minutes or 4:02.00 minutes (outdoor) or 4:28.50 minutes (mile)
• 3,000 metres: 8:49.00 minutes or 8:30.00 minutes (outdoor) or 14:50.00 minutes (5,000 metres)
• Triple jump: 14.30 metres
• High jump: 1.97 metres
• Shot put: 18.30 metres
• Pole vault: 4.75 metres
• Long jump: 6.80 metres
• Pentathlon: by invitation only