The invention discloses a preparation method of ion imprinted hydroxamic acid chelate resin. According to the invention, propenyl hydroxamic acid is subjected to coordination with imprinting metal ions such as manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel, lanthanum, cerium, yttrium, praseodymium, neodymium, and the like; under the effects of a crosslinking agent and an initiating agent, a propenyl hydroxamic acid-metal ion chelate is polymerized; and the imprinting metal ion is eluted, such that the ion imprinted hydroxamic acid chelate resin is obtained. The method provided by the invention has the advantages of mild reaction condition and high reaction efficiency. The prepared resin has the advantages such as high absorption capacity, high absorption selectivity, and the like.