The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013; ) was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10 to 18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 2001. It was also the first time ever the host nation took the top of the medal table. However, following the disqualification of Russian sprinter Antonina Krivoshapka for doping and after the redistribution of medals in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay (as well as after series of other disqualifications of Russian athletes for doping offences), the United States moved to the top of the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12. With 1,784 athletes from 203 countries it was the biggest single sports event of the year. The number of spectators for the evening sessions was 268,548 surpassing Daegu 2011.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both won three gold medals in the men's and women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay respectively to become the most successful athletes at the event. This achievement also earned Bolt the title of being the most successful athlete in the history of the World Championships with eight gold and two silver medals. Prior to the competition, four sprinters were banned on doping charges.
Bidding process When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities had confirmed their candidatures. These were: Barcelona (Spain), Brisbane (Australia), Moscow (Russia) and Gothenburg (Sweden). The IAAF announced Moscow the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Mombasa on 27 March 2007.
Gothenburg backed out already in December, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government. Barcelona had a record of hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. It was chosen over Madrid and Valencia, which were at one point outlined as possible candidates. (Barcelona was later selected as the host for the 2010 European Athletics Championships).
Brisbane simultaneously bid for 2011 and 2013 World Championships with the primary focus being on the 2011 event. Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (ANZ Stadium) was the proposed venue. The venue had hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games. It was also a failed bidder for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, which was eventually won by Berlin.
In the case of Moscow, Deputy Mayor Valery Vinogradov announced on 13 March 2006 that the city would bid for the 2011 Championships and suggested Luzhniki Stadium as venue. When the IAAF elected to decide the 2011 and 2013 events at the same meeting, Moscow added its name to the 2013 list. The city had hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics (also at the Luzhniki Stadium) and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Venue Main venue was Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a capacity of 78,360 spectators.
Event schedule Day by day event schedule of the 2013 championships
All dates are MSK (UTC+3)
+MenTimetable Date → 10 Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 13 Aug 14 Aug15 Aug 16 Aug 17 Aug 18 AugEvent ↓ M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A 100 m QH ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H ½ F 5000 m H F 10,000 m F Marathon F 110 m hurdles H ½F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay H F 4 × 400 m relay H F 20 km walk F 50 km walk F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Decathlon F
+Women Date 10 Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 13 Aug 14 Aug 15 Aug 16 Aug 17 Aug 18 AugEvent M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A 100 m H ½F 200 m H ½ F 400 m H ½ F 800 m H ½ F 1500 m H ½ F 5000 m H F 10,000 m F Marathon F 100 m hurdles H ½F 400 m hurdles H ½ F 3000 m steeplechase H F 4 × 100 m relay HF 4 × 400 m relay H F 20 km walk F Long jump Q F Triple jump Q F High jump Q F Pole vault Q F Shot put Q F Discus throw Q F Hammer throw Q F Javelin throw Q F Heptathlon F
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Event summary
The championships featured 3 championship records, 22 world leadings, 2 area records, 48 national records but no world records. In addition to gold medals, individual winners received prize money of $60,000 where as members of winning relay teams received $20,000.
Men Usain Bolt of Jamaica moved to the top of the all-time World Championships medal table by winning three gold medals. He won the 100 metres, the 200 metres, and Jamaica won the 4 × 100 metres relay behind a strong anchor leg from Bolt who passed the United States' Justin Gatlin down the stretch. It was Bolt's second three gold performance at the World Championships. After the meet, his career total stood at 8 golds and 2 silvers, narrowly surpassing Carl Lewis' 8 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze. Trinidad and Tobago's Jehue Gordon edged America's Michael Tinsley by a hundredth of a second to win the 400-metres hurdles. It was the first gold for Trinidad and Tobago since 1997. Serbia's Emir Bekrić took bronze in national record time. Félix Sánchez, competing for the Dominican Republic, also made the final of the event, marking his seventh consecutive World Championship 400-metre hurdles final.
Great Britain's Mo Farah won the 5000 and 10,000 metres to become the second man in history to win both events at both the World Champions and the Olympics. The only man to do it before had been Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda became the first non-Kenyan to win the marathon at the World Championships since 2005. It was also Uganda's first men's title in the history of the event. Kiprotich became only the second man, after Gezahegne Abera, to follow an Olympic marathon gold medal with a world championship marathon gold medal. Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa and Tadese Tola took second and third respectively.
In the high jump, Bohdan Bondarenko set a Championship record of 2.41 (7'10.75") en route to a gold medal in a highly competitive final. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar took second and Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record while winning bronze.
Track
9.77 9.85 9.95 19.66 19.79= 20.04 43.74 , 44.40 44.52 1:43.31 1:43.55 1:43.76 3:36.28 3:36.78 3:36.83 13:26.98 13:27.26 13:27.26 27:21.71 27:22.23 27:22.61 2:09:51 2:10:12 2:10:23 13.00 13.13 13.24 47.69 , 47.70 48.05 8:06.01 8:06.37 8:07.86 1:21:09 1:21:21 1:22:05 1:20.58 3:37:56 3:40:03 3:40:39 3:38.58 Nesta CarterKemar Bailey-ColeNickel AshmeadeUsain BoltOshane Bailey* Warren Weir* 37.36 Charles SilmonMike RodgersRakieem SalaamJustin Gatlin 37.66Gavin SmellieAaron BrownDontae Richards-KwokJustyn Warner 37.92 David VerburgTony McQuayArman HallLaShawn MerrittJoshua Mance*James Harris* 2:58.71 Rusheen McDonaldEdino SteeleOmar JohnsonJavon FrancisJavere Bell* 2:59.88Conrad WilliamsMartyn RooneyMichael BinghamNigel Levine Jamie Bowie* 3:00.88Maksim DyldinLev MosinSergey PetukhovVladimir Krasnov 2:59.90* Medalists who participated in heats only.
Field
2.41, , = 2.38 2.38 5.89 5.89 5.82 8.56, 8.29 8.27 18.04, 17.68 17.52 21.73 21.57 21.34 69.11 68.36 65.19 87.17 87.07 86.23 81.97, 80.30 79.36 8809 8670 8512
Women Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman in World Championships history to sweep the sprint events when anchored Jamaica to gold in the 4 × 100-metres relay. Jamaica's time of 41.29 set a Championships record. Earlier in the meet, Fraser-Pryce won the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In the final of the 200 metres, Allyson Felix tore her right hamstring. A photo-finish gave Murielle Ahouré of the Ivory Coast the silver over Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare after both finished in the same time.
Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu won the 400 metres in a national record time of 49.41. She came from behind to edge out defending champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana by 4 thousands of a second in a photo finish. Zuzana Hejnová won gold and set a Czech national record in the 400-metres hurdles. Eunice Sum of Kenya won her first major title, besting Olympic champion Mariya Savinova of Russia in the 800 metres.
In the 4 × 400 m relay, although the United States suffered a time-wasting exchange on the final leg, the Americans won by more than two seconds over Great Britain and France. The medal ceremony for the event took place at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London upon the certification of results by the IAAF following the retroactive disqualification of first-place Russia when Antonina Krivoshapka was retroactively disqualified on a positive drug test in a 2017 retest of samples.
Russia's Tatyana Lysenko set a World Championships record in the hammer throw en route to the gold. Caterine Ibargüen won Colombia's first ever World Championship gold by finishing first in the triple jump. Christina Obergföll of Germany won her first World Championships title in javelin.
Track
10.71 10.93 10.94 22.17 22.32 22.32 49.41 49.41 49.99 49.78 1:57.38 1:57.91 1:57.95 1:57.80 4:02.67 4:02.99 4:03.86 14:50.19 14:51.22 14:51.33 30:43.35 30:45.17 30:46.98 2:25:44 2:25:58 2:27:45 12.44 12.50 12.55 52.83, 54.09 54.27 9:11.65 9:12.55 9:12.84 1:28:10 1:28:32 1:28:41 1:27:08 1:27:11Carrie RussellKerron StewartSchillonie CalvertShelly-Ann Fraser-PryceSheri-Ann Brooks* 41.29, Jeneba TarmohAlexandria AndersonEnglish GardnerOctavious Freeman 42.75Dina Asher-SmithAshleigh NelsonAnnabelle LewisHayley Jones 42.87 Jessica BeardNatasha HastingsAshley SpencerFrancena McCororyJoanna Atkins* 3:20.41 Eilidh ChildShana CoxMargaret AdeoyeChristine Ohuruogu 3:22.61 Marie Gayot Lénora Guion-Firmin Muriel Hurtis Floria Gueï Phara Anacharsis* 3:24.21Yuliya GushchinaTatyana FirovaKseniya RyzhovaAntonina Krivoshapka Natalya Antyukh* 3:20.19* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Field
2.00 1.97Not awarded 2.03 4.89 4.82 4.82 7.01 6.99 6.82 14.85 14.81 14.65 20.88 20.41 19.95 67.99 66.28 64.96 78.46 75.58 74.90 78.80 69.05 66.60 65.09 6586 6530 6477
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Statistics
Medal table A total of 47 sets of medals were distributed between 39 countries. Initially, host nation Russia topped the medal table with seven gold medals. However, after numerous disqualifications of Russians athletes for doping, the United States topped the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12.
Points The IAAF placing table assigns eight points to the first place and so on to the eight finalists (except teams that do not start or are disqualified). 59 IAAF members received points.
RankCountry45678Pts1 8 13 5 9 7 7 3 8 2932 5 4 3 6 2 3 3 1 1403 2 2 3 3 5 3 6 4 1084 4 2 1 7 2 1 1 3 1035 6 2 2 3 2 0 1 3 1026 3 3 4 2 3 0 3 1 987 3 1 3 1 5 1 1 2 818 1 2 2 1 0 0 5 2 51 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 010 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 50 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 112 0 1 4 0 0 3 1 0 4213 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 4014 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 34 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 216 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 30 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 018 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2419 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2320 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 20 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 022 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1823 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 025 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1326 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1227 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1128 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 031 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 932 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 039 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 043 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 045 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 048 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 449 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 052 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 057 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 47484647474745401682
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Participating nations
206 countries (or more accurately, IAAF members) participated with a total of 1974 athletes. The biggest delegation was the one of USA with 137 athletes. The number of athletes sent per nation is show in parentheses.
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Broadcasting
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