Monaco, August 11, 2021: The Local Organising Committee for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 has announced the marathons and race walks will be held in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon.
These locations are within miles of the event’s main venue, Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.
The perimeter of Autzen Stadium, also located on the University of Oregon campus, will serve as a hub for the start and finish of all WCH Oregon22 Road Events, including the men’s and women’s marathon and men’s and women’s race walk events.
The LOC has been working with the Eugene Marathon team to develop courses for the road events that allow athletes, spectators and digital fans to share in the glory of Oregon and the history of track & field in this community.
On the first day of competition, July 15, 2022, the women’s and men’s 20km race walk will take place. The only morning session of Day 8 is the women’s 35km race walk, the first of its kind in the World Championship series.
Day 10, the final day of WCH Oregon22, opens with the men’s 35km race walk. All race walk events will be conducted on a 1km looped course near Autzen Stadium.
The men’s marathon is set to open Day 3. The women’s marathon will be held the following morning on Day 4 of competition. Both the men’s and women’s marathon course will be a 14km looped course circling through Eugene and Springfield, Oregon.