Sport climbing at the 2022 World Games

Sport climbing
at the 2022 World Games
VenueSloss Furnaces
Dates14–16 July
No. of events6
← 2017
Sport climbing at the
2022 World Games
Bouldermenwomen
Leadmenwomen
Speedmenwomen

The sport climbing competition at the 2022 World Games took place from 14 to 16 July 2022,[1] at the Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, United States. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,  France.[2]

Qualification

Athletes qualified for the World Games through their placement in various international and continental championships held in 2020 and 2021. If a quota for a particular event is not used, then it is allocated to the next eligible athlete in the same event.[3]

Standard Lead Speed Boulder
Male Female Male Female Male Female
1. International quota
2021 World Championships 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 World Cup rankings 3 3 3 3 3 3
World Youth Junior 1 1 1 1 1 1
World Youth A 1 1 1 1 1 1
2. Continental quota
2021 Asian Championships 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 African Championships 1 1 1 1 1 1
2020 European Championships 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 Oceanian Championships 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 Pan American Championships 1 1 1 1 1 1
3. Host nation quota
United States 1 1 1 1 1 1
Subtotals 12 12 12 12 12 12
Total 72

Participating nations

59 climbers from 17 nations participated.[4]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan1326
2 Indonesia1102
3 Austria1001
 Belgium1001
 Switzerland1001
 United States*1001
7 Slovenia0112
8 Poland0101
9 France0011
 Germany0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (11 entries)66618

Events

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boulder
details 		 Nicolas Collin (BEL)  Kokoro Fujii (JPN)  Yoshiyuki Ogata (JPN)
Speed
details 		 Veddriq Leonardo (INA)  Kiromal Katibin (INA)  Yaroslav Tkach (UKR)
Lead
details 		 Sascha Lehmann (SUI)  Masahiro Higuchi (JPN)  Mejdi Schalck (FRA)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boulder
details 		 Miho Nonaka (JPN)  Katja Debevec (SLO)  Mao Nakamura (JPN)
Speed
details 		 Emma Hunt (USA)  Natalia Kałucka (POL)  Franziska Ritter (GER)
Lead
details 		 Jessica Pilz (AUT)  Natsuki Tanii (JPN)  Lana Skušek (SLO)

References

  1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". Reuters. April 2, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. ^ "WORLD GAMES 2022: LIST OF QUALIFYING EVENTS AND QUOTA" (PDF). International Federation of Sport Climbing. March 19, 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Sport Climbing – Number of Entries by Country" (PDF). swog2022.sportresult.com. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.[permanent dead link‍]