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Line 27: After the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], [[World Athletics]] banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from participating at the championships. In addition, the stringent vaccination requirements for people entering the United States caused [[Travel visa\|visa]] delays for participants and officials, with some ultimately being unable to enter the country.<ref>{{cite web \|date=July 15, 2022 \|title=World Championship organisers scrambling to fix visa issues \|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/world-championship-organisers-scrambling-fix-visa-issues-2022-07-15/ \|publisher=Reuters\|first=Mitch\|last=Phillips\|accessdate=July 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|date=July 15, 2022 \|title=Visa delays for Oregon22 affecting many athletes including 41-year-old Thompson \|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125728/oregon22-visa-hold-ups-100-athletes \|work=Inside the Games\|first=Mike\|last=Rowbottom\|publisher=Dunsar Media\|accessdate=July 20, 2022}}</ref> These issues caused the final total to stand at 179 nations (180 including the [[Athlete Refugee Team]]), the lowest number since [[1991 World Championships in Athletics\|Tokyo 1991]]. A record 29 countries won at least one gold medal during the championships. Peru, Kazakhstan, and Nigeria won their first-ever gold medals~~, while Brazil won two medals (one gold and one bronze),~~. India and Burkina Faso had their best medal performances, winning a silver, and the Philippines won a bronze. A new award was the [[2022 World Athletics Championships – World Team\|team event trophy]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/news/press-releases/wch-oregon22-announces-first-ever-team-trophies-at-world-championships\|title = WCH Oregon22 announces first ever Team Trophies at World Championships\|date=March 10, 2022\|publisher=World Athletics\|accessdate=July 20, 2022}}</ref> which was won by the United States, which also won the second-most gold medals, with 13, and the most medals overall, with 33 (a record for a single edition). The event was the most-watched edition ever in US television history.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/news/press-releases/athletes-world-shine-wch-oregon22\|title=Record number of countries win gold at World Athletics Championships Oregon22\|date=July 25, 2022\|publisher=World Athletics\|accessdate=July 25, 2022}}</ref> More than 146,000 tickets were sold, with several evening sessions sold out.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon22/2022/07/eugene-charms-athletes-fans-as-unlikely-world-athletics-championships-host.html \|title=Eugene charms athletes, fans as unlikely World Athletics Championships host \|first=Jeff \|last=Manning \|date=July 27, 2022 \|website=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> There were four athletes who won two gold medals: [[Kimberly García]] in the [[20 kilometres race walk\|Women's 20km Race Walk]] and the [[Racewalking\|Women's 35km Race Walk]]; [[Michael Norman (sprinter)\|Michael Norman]] in the [[400 metres\|Men's 400m]] and the [[4 × 400 metres relay\|Men's 4x400m Relay]]; [[Sydney McLaughlin]] in the [[400 metres hurdles\|Women's 400m Hurdles]] and the [[4 × 400 metres relay\|Women's 4x400m Relay]]; and [[Abby Steiner]] in the [[4 × 100 metres relay\|Women's 4x100m Relay]] and [[4 × 400 metres relay\|Women's 4x400m Relay]]. In addition to the athletes who won two gold medals, [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]] and [[Shericka Jackson]] both of Jamaica, earned 3 medals, 1 gold and 2 silvers in the [[100 metres\|Women's 100m]] (Fraser-Pryce gold; Jackson silver), the [[200 metres\|Women's 200 metres]] (Jackson gold; Fraser-Pryce silver) and the [[4 x 100 metres relay\|Women's 4x100m Relay]] (silver for both).

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