Athletics was one of the core sports that was held at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

[2] The competition schedule was as follows:[2] Track and field events (including the race walks events start and the finish) were held at the Alexander Stadium,[3] which was also the chosen venue for the opening and closing ceremonies.

[4] The marathons were held along a course that passed through streets in the city centre and famous locations including Smithfield / Victoria Square) and Bournville.

[5][6] In addition to the variations that traditionally occur for EAD events, there was a change in the athletics program in relation to the Gold Coast 2018, which was the reduction of the distance of race walking events from 20 km to 10 km.The athletes entered for the 10 km march had to meet the following Minimum Participation Standards between 1 January 2021 and 27 June 2022:[7] All selections were made from nations' open allocation quotas.

Nations may earn three quotas per event, allocated as follows:[8] *   Host nation (England) There were 68 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in athletics with a total of 905 (494 men and 411 women) athletes.