Colombia_at_the_2022_World_Athletics_Championships

Colombia at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

Colombia at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

Sporting event delegation

Colombia competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022. The Colombian Athletics Federation had initially entered 14 athletes,[1] but ended up competing with 7 of them due to the withdrawals of 7 athletes.

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Without having won any medal, Colombia ranked 73rd place in the overall placing table with one point, achieved thanks to Éider Arévalo's eighth place in the men's 35 kilometres race walk. It was the first time since Berlin 2009 that Colombia did not win a medal.[2]

Team

Originally, Colombia entered 14 athletes qualified for the World Athletics Championships;[1] however, the Colombian team was eventually reduced to 7 athletes after the withdrawals of the team for men's 4 × 400 metres relay event (conformed by Gustavo Barrios, Raúl Mena, Jhon Perlaza, Jelssin Robledo, Nicolás Salinas and Jhon Solis) and the javelin thrower Flor Ruiz, all of whom were unable to obtain a visa to enter the United States (except for Raúl Mena).[3][4]

Other notable absences for Colombia (due to injuries) included the sprinter Anthony Zambrano and the racewalker Sandra Arenas, both silver medalists at Tokyo 2020.[5]

Results

Colombia entered 14 athletes.[1]

Key
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • PB = Personal best
  • SB = Season best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Note: Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only

Men

Track and road events
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* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Field events
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Women

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References

  1. [1]
    "Entry Lists by COUNTRY and EVENT (As of 7 July 2022)" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Con el top-10 de Eider Arévalo en marcha, Colombia cerró el Mundial de Atletismo" [With the top-10 of Eider Arévalo in racewalking, Colombia finished the World Athletics Championship] (in Spanish). El Espectador. Agence France-Presse. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    Zabala, Daniel (13 July 2022). "Las bajas confirmadas en Colombia para el Mundial de atletismo" [Withdrawals confirmed in Colombia for the World Athletics Championships] (in Spanish). RCN Radio. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. [4]
    Romo Mendoza, Nilson (14 July 2022). "El mundial de Atletismo para Colombia, sin Anthony Zambrano" [The World Athletics Championships for Colombia, without Anthony Zambrano] (in Spanish). El Heraldo. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Pobre representación colombiana en Mundial de Atletismo" [Poor Colombian representation at the World Athletics Championships] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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