NES = No entry standards Note: The column “athletes” refers to the target number of athletes per event not the limit number of athletes per event.
Only athletes aged at least 16 (sixteen) and not more than 17 (seventeen) years on 31 December 2022 (born in 2005 and 2006) may participate in the European Athletics U18 Championships 2022. Competitors must comply with eligibility qualifications for Area Games or Championships as set out in the World Athletics Rules;
No athlete may compete in the European Athletics U18 Championships unless entered by a European Athletics Member Federation.
Individual participation (1603.5): Each European Athletics Member Federation may enter up to 3 (three) athletes in each individual event of whom up to 2 (two) may participate provided all of them shall have achieved the qualifying standard for that event (see regulation 1608.1.3).
Alternatively to 1603.5, each European Athletics Member Federation may enter one athlete without qualification standard in each individual event, where they do not have qualified athletes. However, the total number of athletes without qualifying standards per European Athletics Member Federation shall not exceed two men and two women in total. If the host country of the European Athletics U18 Championships does not have a qualified athlete in one of the disciplines, it may enter one athlete in this discipline regardless of any Entry Standard. The acceptance of these unqualified entries is at the discretion of the Technical Delegates, considering the number of entered athletes but always ensuring the quality of the event.
Relay teams (1603.7): Each European Athletics Member Federation may enter 1 (one) team in each relay event. Up to 8 (eight) athletes may be entered for each relay. From these 8 (eight) and from any other athletes entered for any event in the European Athletics U18 Championships, the 4 (four) athletes to participate must be nominated at the time specified for the Final Declaration.
Each European Athletics Member Federation may enter only those athletes who have received and hold a valid certification for having completed European Athletics Anti-Doping Education Programme – I Run Clean. The certification is to be achieved by all athletes in addition to fulfilling any requirements for the qualification for the event they are entered in.
