It was held at the Ahmed Al Rashdan Track & Field Stadium in Kuwait City from 13 to 16 October 2022.

First held in 2015, it is a youth category event open to athletes aged fifteen and seventeen.

[citation needed] In March 2014, the Asian Athletics Association's president Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad cited the creation of the championships as a way of boosting the grassroots-level development of the sport in Asia and raising the importance of continental-level competition among the region's countries.

[citation needed] Kuwait was hosting around 400 athletes from 33 Asian Countries.

[11][12][13] Following a decision by the judges, the bronze medal was awarded to two athletes in 800m Girls.