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2013 World Championships in Athletics

{{Short description|2013 edition of the World Championships in Athletics}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox games

| name = 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics

| logo = 2013 World Championships in Athletics logo.png

| size = 250px

| caption =

| dates = 10–18 August 2013

| nations = 203 {{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/news/206-nations-set-to-compete-at-the-iaaf-world|title=206 nations set to compete at the IAAF World Championships|publisher=iaaf.org|date=2 August 2013|access-date=2 August 2013|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131232959/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/news/206-nations-set-to-compete-at-the-iaaf-world|url-status=dead}}

| athletes = 1,784

| events = 47

| opened_by = President Vladimir Putin

| closed_by = IAAF President Lamine Diack

| stadium = Luzhniki Stadium

| previous = Daegu 2011

| next = Beijing 2015

}}

The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013; {{langx|ru|Чемпионат мира по лёгкой атлетике 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.

File:2013 World Championships in Athletics (August, 10) - panorama.jpg

Event schedule

Day by day event schedule of the 2013 championships

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:All dates are MSK (UTC+3)

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|+Men[http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-4873/timetable/byday Timetable]

Date → || colspan="2"| 10 Aug || colspan="3"|11 Aug || colspan="3"|12 Aug || colspan="2"|13 Aug || colspan="2"|14 Aug|| colspan="2"|15 Aug || colspan="2"|16 Aug || colspan="2"|17 Aug || colspan="3"|18 Aug
Event ↓ || M || A || M || colspan="2"| A || M || colspan="2" | A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || colspan="2" | A
class="event" | 100 mclass="qualifiers" |Qclass="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" | ½class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 200 mcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" | ½class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|
class="event" | 400 mcolspan="2"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|class="semifinals" colspan="2"| ½class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 800 mclass="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" colspan="2"| ½colspan="3"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 1500 mcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|class="semifinals" | ½colspan="2"|class="final" colspan="2" |F
class="event" | 5000 mcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 10,000 mclass="final" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Marathoncolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|
class="event" | 110 m hurdlescolspan="2"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|class="semifinals" | ½class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 400 m hurdlescolspan="2"|colspan="3"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|class="semifinals" | ½colspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 3000 m steeplechasecolspan="2"|colspan="3"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 4 × 100 m relaycolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" | Hclass="final" |F
class="event" | 4 × 400 m relaycolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" | Hclass="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 20 km walkcolspan="2"|class="final" colspan="2"|Fcolspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 50 km walkcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Long jumpcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|class="qualifiers" | Qcolspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Triple jumpcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="qualifiers" | Qcolspan="2"|class="final" colspan="2"|F
class="event" | High jumpcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|class="qualifiers" | Qcolspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Pole vaultclass="qualifiers" | Qcolspan="3"|class="final" colspan="2"|Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Shot putcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="qualifiers" | Qclass="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Discus throwcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|class="qualifiers" | Qcolspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Hammer throwclass="qualifiers" | Qcolspan="3"|class="final" colspan="2"|Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Javelin throwcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="qualifiers" | Qcolspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|
class="event" | Decathlonclass="final" colspan="5" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|

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|+Women

Date || colspan="2"| 10 Aug || colspan="2"|11 Aug || colspan="3"|12 Aug || colspan="2"|13 Aug || colspan="2"|14 Aug || colspan="2"|15 Aug || colspan="2"|16 Aug || colspan="3"|17 Aug || colspan="3"|18 Aug
Event || M || A || M || A || M || colspan="2"| A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || A || M || colspan="2"| A || M || colspan="2"| A
class="event" | 100 mcolspan="2"|class="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" | ½class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 200 mcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" | ½class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 400 mclass="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" | ½class="final" colspan="2"|Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 800 mcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" | ½colspan="3"|class="final" colspan="2" |F
class="event" | 1500 mcolspan="2"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="3"|class="semifinals" | ½colspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 5000 mcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="final" colspan="2" |Fcolspan="3"|
class="event" | 10,000 mcolspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Marathonclass="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 100 m hurdlescolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hclass="semifinals" | ½class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|
class="event" | 400 m hurdlescolspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|class="semifinals" | ½colspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 3000 m steeplechaseclass="heats" |Hcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | 4 × 100 m relaycolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|class="heats" |Hclass="final" |F
class="event" | 4 × 400 m relaycolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="heats" |Hclass="final" colspan="2"|Fcolspan="3"|
class="event" | 20 km walkcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Long jumpclass="qualifiers" |Qclass="final" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Triple jumpcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|class="qualifiers" |Qcolspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | High jumpcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="qualifiers" |Qcolspan="2"|class="final" colspan="2"|Fcolspan="3"|
class="event" | Pole vaultcolspan="2"|class="qualifiers" |Qcolspan="3"|class="final" |Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Shot putcolspan="2"|class="qualifiers" |Qclass="final" colspan="2"|Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Discus throwclass="qualifiers" |Qclass="final" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Hammer throwcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|class="qualifiers" |Qcolspan="2"|class="final" |Fcolspan="3"|colspan="3"|
class="event" | Javelin throwcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="qualifiers" |Qcolspan="3"|class="final" colspan="2"|F
class="event" | Heptathloncolspan="2"|colspan="2"|class="final" colspan="5"| Fcolspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="2"|colspan="3"|colspan="3"|

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Reference:{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/ataglance|title=14th IAAF World Championships Timetable by day|website=iaaf.org|access-date=26 April 2015}}

Event summary

File:2013 World Championships in Athletics (August, 15) –3.JPG

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.{{cite news|title=Usain Bolt, Fraser-Pryce both golden|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=18 August 2013|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/9578898/usain-bolt-wins-3rd-gold-jamaica-sweeps-sprints|access-date=18 August 2013}} 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.{{cite news|title=Double delight for Mo Farah in Moscow|work=Al Jazeera|date=16 August 2013|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/athletics/2013/08/201381617393600396.html|access-date=16 August 2013}} 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.{{cite news|title=Stephen Kiprotich claims marathon|publisher=ESPN|date=17 August 2013|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/9576481/stephen-kiprotich-halts-kenya-world-championships-marathon-streak|access-date=18 August 2013}}

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.{{cite news|title=Derek Drouin wins bronze for Canada in men's high jump at world athletics championships|author=Josh Tapper|work=Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2013/08/15/derek_drouin_wins_bronze_for_canada_in_mens_high_jump_at_world_athletics_championships.html|date=15 August 2013|access-date=18 August 2013}}

==Track==

File:Usain Bolt 100 m heats Moscow 2013.jpg of Jamaica, winner of the men's 100 metres, here during the heats.]]

File:Wilson Oliver Shubenkov Moscow 2013.jpg

File:Mo Farah (2) Moscow 2013.jpg

{{Athletics championships navigation|Track}}

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Usain Bolt|JAM}}

9.77
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Justin Gatlin|USA}}

9.85
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Nesta Carter|JAM}}

9.95
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Usain Bolt|JAM}}

19.66
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Warren Weir|JAM}}

19.79
={{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Curtis Mitchell|USA}}

20.04
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|LaShawn Merritt|USA}}

43.74
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tony McQuay|USA}}

44.40
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Luguelín Santos|DOM}}

44.52
{{AthAbbr|SB}}
{{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mohammed Aman|ETH}}

1:43.31
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Nick Symmonds|USA}}

1:43.55
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ayanleh Souleiman|DJI}}

1:43.76
{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Asbel Kiprop|KEN}}

3:36.28

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Matthew Centrowitz Jr.|USA}}

3:36.78

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Johan Cronje|RSA}}

3:36.83
{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mo Farah|GBR}}

13:26.98

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Hagos Gebrhiwet|ETH}}

13:27.26

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Isiah Koech|KEN}}

13:27.26
{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mo Farah|GBR}}

27:21.71
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ibrahim Jeilan|ETH}}

27:22.23
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Paul Tanui|KEN}}

27:22.61
{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Stephen Kiprotich|UGA}}

2:09:51

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Lelisa Desisa|ETH}}

2:10:12

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tadese Tola|ETH}}

2:10:23
{{AthleticsLink|110 metres hurdles|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|David Oliver|USA}}

13.00
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ryan Wilson|USA}}

13.13

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sergey Shubenkov|RUS}}

13.24
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jehue Gordon|TRI}}

47.69
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|NR|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Michael Tinsley|USA}}

47.70
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Emir Bekrić|SRB}}

48.05
{{AthAbbr|NR|Serbian}}
{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres steeplechase|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ezekiel Kemboi|KEN}}

8:06.01

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Conseslus Kipruto|KEN}}

8:06.37

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad|FRA}}

8:07.86
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|20 kilometres walk|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Chen Ding|CHN}}

1:21:09
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Miguel Ángel López|ESP}}

rowspan=2| 1:21:21
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|João Vieira|POR}}

rowspan=2| 1:22:05
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Aleksandr Ivanov|RUS}}

1:20.58
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|50 kilometres walk|Men}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Robert Heffernan|IRL}}

rowspan=2| 3:37:56
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jared Tallent|AUS}}

3:40:03
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Ihor Hlavan|UKR}}

rowspan=2| 3:40:39
{{AthAbbr|PB}}
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mikhail Ryzhov|RUS}}

3:38.58
{{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Men}}

|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}
Nesta Carter
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Oshane Bailey*
Warren Weir*

37.36
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}
Charles Silmon
Mike Rodgers
Rakieem Salaam
Justin Gatlin

37.66

|{{flaglinkteam|CAN}}
Gavin Smellie
Aaron Brown
Dontae Richards-Kwok
Justyn Warner

37.92
{{AthAbbr|SB}}
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Men}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkteam|USA}}
David Verburg
Tony McQuay
Arman Hall
LaShawn Merritt
Joshua Mance*
James Harris*

rowspan=2| 2:58.71
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkteam|JAM}}
Rusheen McDonald
Edino Steele
Omar Johnson
Javon Francis
Javere Bell*

rowspan=2| 2:59.88
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkteam|GBR}}
Conrad Williams
Martyn Rooney
Michael Bingham
Nigel Levine
Jamie Bowie*

3:00.88
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkteam|RUS}}
Maksim Dyldin
Lev Mosin
Sergey Petukhov
Vladimir Krasnov

2:59.90
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|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
* Medalists who participated in heats only.

==Field==

File:2013 World Championships in Athletics (August, 12)- Raphael Holzdeppe and Björn Otto.JPG and Björn Otto of Germany, the gold and bronze medalist of the men's pole vault.]]

File:Ashton Eaton Moscow 2013.jpg of United States, winner of the men's decathlon.]]

{{Athletics championships navigation|Field}}

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|High jump|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Bohdan Bondarenko|UKR}}

2.41
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|CR|World Championships in Athletics}}, ={{AthAbbr|NR|Ukrainian}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

2.38

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Derek Drouin|CAN}}

2.38
{{AthAbbr|NR|Canadian}}
{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Raphael Holzdeppe|GER}}

5.89

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Renaud Lavillenie|FRA}}

5.89

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Björn Otto|GER}}

5.82
{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Aleksandr Menkov|RUS}}

8.56
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|NR|Russian}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ignisious Gaisah|NED}}

8.29
{{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Luis Rivera|MEX}}

8.27
{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Teddy Tamgho|FRA}}

18.04
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|NR|French}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Pedro Pablo Pichardo|CUB}}

17.68

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Will Claye|USA}}

17.52
{{AthAbbr|SB}}
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|David Storl|GER}}

21.73
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ryan Whiting|USA}}

21.57

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Dylan Armstrong|CAN}}

21.34
{{AthAbbr|SB}}
{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Robert Harting|GER}}

69.11

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Piotr Małachowski|POL}}

68.36

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Gerd Kanter|EST}}

65.19
{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Vítězslav Veselý|CZE}}

87.17

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tero Pitkämäki|FIN}}

87.07

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Dmitriy Tarabin|RUS}}

86.23
{{AthleticsLink|Hammer throw|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Paweł Fajdek|POL}}

81.97
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Krisztián Pars|HUN}}

80.30

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Lukáš Melich|CZE}}

79.36
{{AthleticsLink|Decathlon|Men}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ashton Eaton|USA}}

8809
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Michael Schrader|GER}}

8670
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Damian Warner|CAN}}

8512
{{AthAbbr|PB}}
style="background:#e8e8e8;"

|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}

=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.{{cite news|title=World Championship athletics: Christine Ohuruogu wins world title in Moscow by four thousandths|author=Paul Higham|date=13 August 2013|publisher=Sky Sports|url=http://www1.skysports.com/athletics/news/12993/8867862/world-championship-athletics-christine-ohuruogu-wins-world-title-in-moscow-by-two-thousandths|access-date=18 August 2013}} 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==

File:2013 World Championships in Athletics (August, 12) - Christine Ohuruogu.JPG of Great Britain, winner of the 400 metres]]

File:Edna Kiplagat Moscow 2013.jpg after winning the marathon]]

{{Athletics championships navigation|Track 2}}

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce|JAM}}

10.71
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Murielle Ahouré|CIV}}

10.93

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Carmelita Jeter|USA}}

10.94
{{AthleticsLink|200 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce|JAM}}

22.17

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Murielle Ahouré|CIV}}

22.32

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Blessing Okagbare|NGR}}

22.32
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|400 metres|Women}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Christine Ohuruogu|GBR}}

rowspan=2| 49.41
{{AthAbbr|NR|British}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Amantle Montsho|BOT}}

rowspan=2| 49.41

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Stephenie Ann McPherson|JAM}}

49.99
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Antonina Krivoshapka|RUS}}

49.78
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|800 metres|Women}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Eunice Jepkoech Sum|KEN}}

rowspan=2| 1:57.38
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Brenda Martinez|USA}}

1:57.91
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Alysia Montaño|USA}}

rowspan=2| 1:57.95
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mariya Savinova|RUS}}

1:57.80
{{AthleticsLink|1500 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Abeba Aregawi|SWE}}

4:02.67

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jennifer Simpson|USA}}

4:02.99

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Hellen Onsando Obiri|KEN}}

4:03.86
{{AthleticsLink|5000 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Meseret Defar|ETH}}

14:50.19

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mercy Cherono|KEN}}

14:51.22

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Almaz Ayana|ETH}}

14:51.33
{{AthleticsLink|10,000 metres|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tirunesh Dibaba|ETH}}

30:43.35

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Gladys Cherono|KEN}}

30:45.17

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Belaynesh Oljira|ETH}}

30:46.98
{{AthleticsLink|Marathon|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Edna Kiplagat|KEN}}

2:25:44

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Valeria Straneo|ITA}}

2:25:58
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Kayoko Fukushi|JPN}}

2:27:45
{{AthleticsLink|100 metres hurdles|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Brianna Rollins|USA}}

12.44

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sally Pearson|AUS}}

12.50
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tiffany Porter|GBR}}

12.55
{{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|400 metres hurdles|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Zuzana Hejnová|CZE}}

52.83
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|NR|Czech}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Dalilah Muhammad|USA}}

54.09

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Lashinda Demus|USA}}

54.27
{{AthleticsLink|3000 metres steeplechase|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Milcah Chemos Cheywa|KEN}}

9:11.65
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Lydiah Chepkurui|KEN}}

9:12.55
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sofia Assefa|ETH}}

9:12.84
{{AthAbbr|SB}}
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|20 kilometres walk|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Liu Hong|CHN}}

1:28:10

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sun Huanhuan|CHN}}

1:28:32

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Elisa Rigaudo|ITA}}

rowspan=2| 1:28:41
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Elena Lashmanova|RUS}}

1:27:08

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Anisya Kirdyapkina|RUS}}

1:27:11
{{AthleticsLink|4 × 100 metres relay|Women}}

|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}
Carrie Russell
Kerron Stewart
Schillonie Calvert
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sheri-Ann Brooks*

41.29
{{AthAbbr|WL}}, {{AthAbbr|CR|World Championships in Athletics}}

|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}
Jeneba Tarmoh
Alexandria Anderson
English Gardner
Octavious Freeman

42.75

|{{flaglinkteam|GBR}}
Dina Asher-Smith
Ashleigh Nelson
Annabelle Lewis
Hayley Jones

42.87
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|4 × 400 metres relay|Women}}

|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}
Jessica Beard
Natasha Hastings
Ashley Spencer
Francena McCorory
Joanna Atkins*

3:20.41
{{AthAbbr|SB}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=52b68ed6-e7f8-4696-9527-bd77c1b2ac10.pdf&urlslug=NEWS%20182%20-%20April%202017 |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003205/https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=52b68ed6-e7f8-4696-9527-bd77c1b2ac10.pdf&urlslug=NEWS%20182%20-%20April%202017 |url-status=dead }}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkteam|GBR}}
Eilidh Child
Shana Cox
Margaret Adeoye
Christine Ohuruogu

rowspan=2| 3:22.61
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkteam|FRA}}
Marie Gayot
Lénora Guion-Firmin
Muriel Hurtis
Floria Gueï
Phara Anacharsis*

rowspan=2| 3:24.21
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkteam|RUS}}
Yuliya Gushchina
Tatyana Firova
Kseniya Ryzhova
Antonina Krivoshapka
Natalya Antyukh*

3:20.19
{{AthAbbr|WL}}
style="background:#e8e8e8;

|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

==Field==

{{Athletics championships navigation|Field 2}}

{{multiple image

| align = right

| direction = horizontal

| header = Women jump event winners

| footer =

| width1 = 175

| image1 = Caterine Ibargüen Moscow 2013.jpg

| alt1 = Caterine Ibargüen (COL) won the women's triple jump

| caption1 = Caterine Ibargüen (COL), triple jump

| width3 = 173

| image3 = Brittney Reese (2013 World Championships in Athletics) 02.jpg

| alt3 = Brittney Reese (USA) won the women's long jump

| caption3 = Brittney Reese (USA), long jump

}}

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|High jump|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Brigetta Barrett|USA}}

2.00

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}
{{flaglinkmedalist|Ruth Beitia|ESP}}

rowspan=2| 1.97

!rowspan=2|Not awarded

!rowspan=2|

bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Svetlana Shkolina|RUS}}

2.03
{{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{AthleticsLink|Pole vault|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Yelena Isinbayeva|RUS}}

4.89
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Jenn Suhr|USA}}

4.82

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Yarisley Silva|CUB}}

4.82
{{AthleticsLink|Long jump|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Brittney Reese|USA}}

7.01

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Blessing Okagbare|NGR}}

6.99

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ivana Španović|SRB}}

6.82
{{AthAbbr|NR|Serbian}}
{{AthleticsLink|Triple jump|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Caterine Ibargüen|COL}}

14.85
{{AthAbbr|WL}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Ekaterina Koneva|RUS}}

14.81

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Olha Saladuha|UKR}}

14.65
{{AthleticsLink|Shot put|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Valerie Adams|NZL}}

20.88

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Christina Schwanitz|GER}}

20.41
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Gong Lijiao|CHN}}

19.95
{{AthleticsLink|Discus throw|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Sandra Perković|CRO}}

67.99

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mélina Robert-Michon|FRA}}

66.28
{{AthAbbr|NR|French}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Yarelys Barrios|CUB}}

64.96
rowspan=2| {{AthleticsLink|Hammer throw|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

78.46
{{AthAbbr|NR|Polish}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Zhang Wenxiu|CHN}}

rowspan=2| 75.58
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|rowspan=2| {{flaglinkmedalist|Wang Zheng|CHN}}

rowspan=2| 74.90
{{AthAbbr|PB}}
bgcolor=pink

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Tatyana Lysenko|RUS}}

78.80
{{AthAbbr|CR}}
{{AthleticsLink|Javelin throw|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Christina Obergföll|GER}}

69.05
{{AthAbbr|SB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Kimberley Mickle|AUS}}

66.60
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Mariya Abakumova|RUS}}

65.09
{{AthleticsLink|Heptathlon|Women}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Hanna Melnychenko|UKR}}

6586
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Brianne Theisen-Eaton|CAN}}

6530
{{AthAbbr|PB}}

|{{flaglinkmedalist|Dafne Schippers|NED}}

6477
{{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}}
style="background:#e8e8e8;"

|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}

Reference:{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/bydiscipline|title=14th IAAF World Championships Timetable By Discipline|website=iaaf.org|access-date=26 April 2015|archive-date=16 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816143448/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/bydiscipline|url-status=dead}}

Statistics

=Medal table=

A total of 47 sets of medals were distributed between 39 countries.{{refn|group=n|Two silver medals were awarded in women's high jump.}} 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.

File:2013 World Championships in Athletics (August, 10) by Dmitry Rozhkov 122 crop.jpg

File:2013 World Championships in Athletics (August, 10) by Dmitry Rozhkov 101 crop.jpg

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = RUS

| flag_template = flaglinkteam

| event =

| team =

| gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 13 | bronze_USA = 5

| gold_JAM = 6 | silver_JAM = 2 | bronze_JAM = 2

| gold_KEN = 5 | silver_KEN = 4 | bronze_KEN = 3

| gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_ETH = 3 | silver_ETH = 3 | bronze_ETH = 4

| gold_GBR = 3 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 3

| gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 3 | host_RUS = yes

| gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 2

| gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0

| gold_UKR = 2 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 2

| gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 2

| gold_COL = 1 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 0

| gold_CRO = 1 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 0

| gold_IRL = 1 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 0

| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 0

| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0

| gold_TRI = 1 | silver_TRI = 0 | bronze_TRI = 0

| gold_UGA = 1 | silver_UGA = 0 | bronze_UGA = 0

| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 3 | bronze_AUS = 0

| gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 2 | bronze_CIV = 0

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 0

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 4

| gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 2

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 1

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 1 | bronze_NGR = 1

| gold_BOT = 0 | silver_BOT = 1 | bronze_BOT = 0

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 0

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0

| gold_QAT = 0 | silver_QAT = 1 | bronze_QAT = 0

| gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 2

| gold_DJI = 0 | silver_DJI = 0 | bronze_DJI = 1

| gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 1

| gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 0 | bronze_EST = 1

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 1

| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1

| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 0 | bronze_RSA = 1

}}

=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.

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width="50"|Rankstyle="width:130px;"|Countrywidth="30"|{{Gold1}}width="30"|{{Silver2}}width="30"|{{Bronze3}}width="30"|4width="30"|5width="30"|6width="30"|7width="30"|8width="50"|Pts
1align=left style=""|{{flaglinkteam|USA}}813597738293
style="background:#ccf;"
2align=left|{{flaglinkteam|KEN}}54362331140
3width="150" align=left|{{flaglinkteam|RUS}}22335364108
4align=left|{{flaglinkteam|GER}}42172113103
5align=left|{{flaglinkteam|JAM}}62232013102
6align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ETH}}3342303198
7align=left|{{flaglinkteam|GBR}}3131511281
rowspan="2"|8align=left|{{flaglinkteam|FRA}}12210052rowspan="2"| 51
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|UKR}}20220320
rowspan="2"|10align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CHN}}22200202rowspan="2"| 50
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|POL}}21012321
12align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CAN}}0140031042
13align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CZE}}2010303040
rowspan="2"|14align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CUB}}01221001rowspan="2"| 34
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|JPN}}00114202
rowspan="2"|16align=left|{{flaglinkteam|AUS}}03001110rowspan="2"| 30
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ESP}}02021010
18align=left|{{flaglinkteam|NED}}0110201124
19align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ITA}}0110021223
rowspan="2"|20align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BRA}}00002311rowspan="2"| 20
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|NGR}}01101100
22align=left|{{flaglinkteam|RSA}}0010121018
rowspan="2"|23align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CIV}}02000000rowspan="2"| 14
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|TRI}}10001010
25align=left|{{flaglinkteam|SWE}}1001000013
26align=left|{{flaglinkteam|SRB}}0020000012
27align=left|{{flaglinkteam|FIN}}0100100011
rowspan="3"|28align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BEL}}00020000rowspan="3"|10
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|DOM}}00101000
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|HUN}}01000100
31align=left|{{flaglinkteam|POR}}001001009
rowspan="7"|32align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BAH}}00010100rowspan="7"|8
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|COL}}10000000
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CRO}}10000000
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|IRL}}10000000
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|MEX}}00100010
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|NZL}}10000000
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|UGA}}10000000
rowspan="4"|39align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BOT}}01000000rowspan="4"|7
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|EST}}00100001
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|QAT}}01000000
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|SVK}}00010010
rowspan="2"|43align=left|{{flaglinkteam|DJI}}00100000rowspan="2"|6
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ROU}}00000200
rowspan="3"|45align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BLR}}00010000rowspan="3"|5
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|NOR}}00000102
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|SLO}}00010000
48align=left|{{flaglinkteam|KSA}}000001014
rowspan="3"|49align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BHR}}00000100rowspan="3"|3
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ISR}}00000100
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|PUR}}00000100
rowspan="5"|52align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ARG}}00000010rowspan="5"|2
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|EGY}}00000010
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|GRN}}00000010
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|IND}}00000010
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|SEN}}00000010
rowspan="3"|57align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BUL}}00000001rowspan="3"|1
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ERI}}00000001
align=left|{{flaglinkteam|PRK}}00000001
colspan=2| Total ||47||48||46||47||47||47||45||40||1682

{{legend inline|#ccf}} Host.

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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  • {{flaglinkteam|ALB||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ALG||11}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ASA||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|AND||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ANG||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|AIA||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ATG||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ARG||8}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ARM||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ARU||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|AUS||47}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|AUT||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|AZE||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BAH||26}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BHR||10}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BAN||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BAR||9}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BLR||27}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BEL||17}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BEN||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BER||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BHU||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BOL||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BIH||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BOT||11}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BRA||32}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|IVB||3}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BRU||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BUL||10}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BUR||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|BDI||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CAM||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CMR||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CAN||46}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CPV||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CAY||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CAF||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CHA||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CHI||7}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CHN||53}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|COL||20}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|COM||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CGO||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|COK||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CRC||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CRO||7}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CUB||25}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CYP||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CZE||28}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|COD||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|DEN||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|DJI||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|DMA||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|DOM||10}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ECU||12}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|EGY||4}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ESA||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GEQ||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ERI||10}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|EST||9}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ETH||46}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|FIJ||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|FIN||10}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|FRA||52}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|PYF||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GAB||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GAM||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GEO||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GER||67}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GHA||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GIB||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GBR||60}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GRE||17}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GRN||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GUM||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GUA||6}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GUI||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GBS||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|GUY||3}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|HAI||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|HON||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|HKG||6}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|HUN||11}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ISL||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|IND||15}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|INA||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|IRI||6}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|IRQ||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|IRL||11}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ISR||3}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|ITA||57}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|CIV||3}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|JAM||45}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|JPN||41}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|JOR||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|KAZ||17}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|KEN||49}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|KIR||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|KUW||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|KGZ||2}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|LAO||1}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|LAT||10}}
  • {{flaglinkteam|LES||3}}
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=American coverage=

In the United States the IAAF sold exclusive rights to Universal Sports, a network associated with NBC Sports.{{cite web |url=http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=31258 |title=Universal Sports & NBC in Long-Term Deal With IAAF |publisher=Trackandfieldnews.com |date=4 May 2009 |access-date=18 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105132123/http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=31258 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead }} Universal Sports can only be seen in about ten percent of the households in the American market.{{cite web|url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=769&sid=18723705 |title=Universal Sports cuts availability, moves to cable |publisher=ksl.com |access-date=18 August 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://ronsview.org/2013/08/12/world-championship-blackout/ |title=World Championship Blackout|publisher=Ronsview.org |date=12 August 2013 |access-date=18 August 2013}} While NBC provided an hour and a half of coverage on weekend days, Universal Sports limited other distribution of the content, even online content requiring login with cable subscription user names.{{cite web|url=http://universalsports.com/faq/ |title= Year-Round Coverage of Olympic Sports & Athletes |publisher=Universal Sports |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=18 August 2013}} For those viewers without access to Universal Sports, nationwide coverage of the entire meet was generally limited to six hours of weekend coverage. The IAAF provided short YouTube highlight clips,{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz-gfY4so9kaAoJ4Z8JbP6geRb3-voGaN |title=WCH Moscow 2013 – Competition |publisher=YouTube |date=10 August 2013 |access-date=18 August 2013}} a fraction of the online coverage they provided from Daegu two years earlier, instead promoting an internet radio feed and Twitter updates.

Controversies

File:Emma Green Daegu 2011 crop.jpg (SWE) painted her nails in support of gay rights]]

The introduction of a Russia federal law in June banning "homosexual propaganda" affected the championships hosted in Moscow. Western and international bodies had already condemned the move prior to the event, which was scheduled several months prior to the more prominent 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.Gibson, Own (8 August 2013). [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/08/world-championships-tickets-tests-negativity Positive tests and negative vibes cast a shadow over world championships]. The Guardian. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. The IAAF deputy secretary general, Nick Davies, stated that the international nature of the competition might alter the country's perspective, but that the matter of gay rights would not be addressed by the championships, as long as its athletes were unaffected.Douglas, Scott (7 August 2013). [http://www.runnersworld.com/races/iaaf-wont-make-gay-rights-an-issue-during-world-championships IAAF Won't Make Gay Rights an Issue During World Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811171629/http://www.runnersworld.com/races/iaaf-wont-make-gay-rights-an-issue-during-world-championships |date=11 August 2013 }}. Runners World. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. Russian politician Vitaly Milonov had stated that the law would apply to athletes and tourists in the same way as Russian citizens.Morgan, Joe (30 July 2013). [http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russian-lawmaker-we-will-arrest-gay-athletes-tourists-olympic-games300713 Russian lawmaker: We will arrest gay athletes, tourists at Olympic Games] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809162924/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/russian-lawmaker-we-will-arrest-gay-athletes-tourists-olympic-games300713 |date=9 August 2013 }}. Gay Star News. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. He also said those suggesting a boycott of the championships in protest of the laws were merely avoiding their competitors, saying "sports competitions are a place where there can't be any politics".[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2013/aug/09/russia-sporting-boycott-anti-gay-laws-video Russian MP rails against idea of sporting boycott over anti-gay laws – video]. The Guardian/Reuters (9 August 2013). Retrieved on 19 August 2013.

Several athletes voiced their concerns over the issue of gay rights in Russia, but none boycotted the event. American runner Nick Symmonds, a supporter of the NOH8 Campaign for equal rights, said he would respect the host nation and its laws and would focus on sporting competition only in Moscow. However, he maintained his position as an advocate of gay rights and would silently dedicate his performance "to my gay and lesbian friends back home".Symmonds, Nick (7 August 2013). [http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/the-playing-field-is-not-a-place-for-politics 'The Playing Field Is Not a Place for Politics'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917132917/http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/the-playing-field-is-not-a-place-for-politics |date=17 September 2013 }}. Runners World. Retrieved on 19 August 2013.

Two Swedish athletes, high jumper Emma Green Tregaro and sprinter Moa Hjelmer, attracted attention when they painted their nails in a rainbow pattern in support of gay rights and displayed the colours during the qualifying rounds.[http://instagram.com/p/c_w9acEJGF/ Naglar målade i regnbågens tecken]. Instagram. Retrieved on 19 August 2013.[https://news.yahoo.com/athletes-worlds-sport-rainbow-fingernails-101042258.html Athletes at worlds sport rainbow fingernails]. Yahoo. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. The IAAF notified the Swedish Athletics Federation that this gesture was in breach of rules on athlete conduct. The Swedish officials stood by Green Tregaro, but she relented under the pressure – in the high jump finals, she sported all red nails as a symbol of love.[https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/9576506/iaaf-notifies-swedish-high-jumper-emma-green-tregaro-rainbow-nails Gay-rights gesture may violate rules]. ESPN/Associated Press (17 August 2013). Retrieved on 19 August 2013. While watching the high jump finals, Paavo Arhinmäki, the Finnish Minister for Culture and Sport, waved a rainbow flag at the arena.Patrick, Joseph. (18 August 2013) [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/08/19/russia-finnish-minister-waves-rainbow-flag-at-moscow-athletics-despite-anti-gay-laws/ Russia: Finnish minister waves rainbow flag at Moscow athletics, despite anti-gay laws]. PinkNews.co.uk. Retrieved on 22 August 2013. Hjelmer had been eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres and did not compete again at the championships.[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sweden/moa-hjelmer-236782#honours Moa Hjelmer]. IAAF. Retrieved on 19 August 2013.

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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva was a popular winner in the women's pole vault, but later drew controversy for her remarks criticizing Green Tregaro's nails.{{cite news|title=Controversial Isinbayeva back in the spotlight|date=15 August 2013|work=Reuters|author=Mitch Phillips|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-world-idUSBRE97E13820130815|access-date=18 August 2013}} She said the protests were disrespectful towards the host nation and commented in English: "We consider ourselves like normal, standard people, we just live boys with women, girls with boys...We have our law which everyone has to respect. When we go to different countries, we try to follow their rules."Luhn, Alec (15 August 2013). [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/15/yelena-isinbayeva-green-tregaro-rainbow-gesture Isinbayeva says Green Tregaro's gesture was disrespectful to Russia]. The Guardian. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. Following the negative reactions from other athletes and Western media she said that she had been misunderstood due to her grasp of English: "What I wanted to say was that people should respect the laws of other countries particularly when they are guests. But let me make it clear I respect the views of my fellow athletes, and let me state in the strongest terms that I am opposed to any discrimination against gay people on the grounds of their sexuality (which is against the Olympic Charter)."Phillips, Mitch (16 August 2013). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-world-isinbayeva-idUSBRE97F08H20130816 I was misunderstood, back-tracking Isinbayeva says]. Reuters. Retrieved on 19 August 2013.

During the medal ceremony for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay images of Kseniya Ryzhova and Yuliya Gushchina{{refn|group=n|Several sources misidentified the pictures of Gushchina as fellow relay medallist Tatyana Firova.}} sharing a kiss on the lips spread through social media and were interpreted as a protest against the anti-gay laws.Hart, Simon (18 August 2013). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10251084/World-Athletics-Championships-2013-gay-row-invented-by-Western-media-insists-Russian-sports-minister.html World Athletics Championships 2013: gay row 'invented by Western media' insists Russian sports minister]. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. Both Ryzhova and Gushchina denied any intention to make such a protest, rather they were simply happy with their athletic success, and stated that they were married to men.Luhn, Alec (19 August 2013). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/russian-athlete-kiss-protest-anti-gay-law Russian athlete denies kiss with relay partner was in protest at anti-gay law]. The Guardian. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. Although reports were principally focused on the pair, all four of the Russia relay runners briefly kissed each other on the podium.[http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Russian-relay-team-kiss-on-podium-in-Moscow-World-Athletics-Championships-2013/tabid/415/articleID/309591/Default.aspx VIDEO: Russian relay team kiss on podium in Moscow, World Athletics Championships 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016175740/http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Russian-relay-team-kiss-on-podium-in-Moscow-World-Athletics-Championships-2013/tabid/415/articleID/309591/Default.aspx |date=16 October 2013 }}. 3 News. Retrieved on 19 August 2013. Ryzhova described her assumed connection to LGBT as insulting.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/news/2013/08/20/n_3124137.shtml|title=Рыжова: западные СМИ оскорбили и нас с Юлей, и всю федерацию|work=Газета.Ru|access-date=26 April 2015}} The Russian Minister for Sport, Vitaly Mutko, said that Western media had overemphasised the issue, noting that same-sex relations are not illegal in Russia and sparser coverage of the issue in domestic media.[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/18/russia-anti-gay-law-uproar-invented-mutko Russia's anti-gay law uproar an 'invented problem' – sports minister]. The Guardian/Reuters (19 August 2013). Retrieved on 19 August 2013.

Anti-doping

File:RusseDaryaVitalyevnaPishchalnikovaLondon2012.jpg was among those banned for doping prior to the championships]]

At the championships the IAAF collected blood samples from all participating athletes, following the procedure introduced at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, in line with supporting its Athlete Biological Passport programme. This assisted the federation in detecting athlete's potential usage of banned substances, including steroids, human growth hormone, EPO and blood doping. In addition to the mandatory blood tests, the IAAF also conducted around 500 urine tests at the championships in three groups: all medallists were subjected to urine tests, those showing biological passport anomalies were targeted, and random urine tests were also applied. Continuing with procedures initiated at the 2005 edition, all urine tests were scheduled for long-term storage to allow retrospective testing in future. All athlete samples were processed at the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.Landells, Steve (5 August 2013). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/anti-doping-qa-explains-how-the-cheats-are-ca Anti-doping Q&A explains how the cheats are caught]. IAAF. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/sophisticated-anti-doping-programme-planned-f Sophisticated anti-doping programme planned for Moscow – IAAF World Championships]. IAAF (24 July 2013). Retrieved on 21 August 2013.

In the months preceding the event around 40 Russian athletes received doping bans. The most prominent of these were Darya Pishchalnikova (discus runner-up at the 2012 Summer Olympics) and Olga Kuzenkova (former Olympic and world champion in the hammer throw). The Russian Athletics Federation president Valentin Balakhnichev defended the bans as proof of the increasing effectiveness of RUSADA (the Russian Anti-Doping Agency) which had been formed three years before.[http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/russia-hosts-athletics-showpiece-doping-shadow Russia hosts athletics showpiece in doping shadow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817065505/http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/russia-hosts-athletics-showpiece-doping-shadow |date=17 August 2013 }}. Agence France-Presse (5 August 2013). Retrieved on 21 August 2013. According to The New York Times, Pishchalnikova was a whistleblower who sent the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) a December 2012 email detailing state-run doping programs in which Russian athletes had to participate; her ban by the Russian Athletics Federation was likely in retaliation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/sports/olympics/world-anti-doping-agency-russia-cheating.html|title=Even With Confession of Cheating, World's Doping Watchdog Did Nothing|last1=Macur|first1=Rebecca R. Ruiz, Juliet|date=15 June 2016|last2=Austen|first2=Ian|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=15 June 2016}}

A month before the competition it was reported that the head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, had been arrested on charges of drug distribution, but the case against him had been dropped. His sister was convicted of purchasing banned drugs with the intention to supply them to athletes. Former Russian coach Oleg Popov and 400 metres runner Valentin Kruglyakov stated that athletes were ordered to dope and paid officials to conceal their positive tests.Ruiz, Rebecca R, and Schwirtzmay, Michael, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sports/russia-doping-sochi-olympics-2014.html Russian Insider Says State-Run Doping Fueled Olympic Gold], The New York Times, 12 May 2016 The coach of the national athletics team, Valentin Maslakov, noted that Kruglyakov had tested positive for drugs and that Popov coached Lada Chernova, who had twice tested positive. He also stated that RUSADA and its labs were independent from the national sports federations.[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-athletics-coach-slams-doping-claims/482815.html Russian Athletics Coach Slams Doping Claims]. The Moscow Times (7 July 2013). Retrieved on 21 August 2013. On 18 November 2015, WADA suspended laboratory of RUSADA – Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, however the organization was not dissolved and tests are to be done by other independent labs.{{cite news|last1=Ingle|first1=Sean|title=Russian Anti-Doping Agency suspended by Wada for non-compliance|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/18/russian-anti-doping-agency-suspended-wada|access-date=20 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=18 November 2015}}

In February 2016, two high-ranking directors of the organisation – Vyacheslav Sinyev and Nikita Kamayev – died.{{cite web | url=http://tass.ru/sport/2667193 | title=Скончался бывший исполнительный директор РУСАДА Никита Камаев Подробнее на ТАСС: tass.ru/sport/2667193 | access-date=15 February 2016 }} According to Sunday Times, Kamayev approached the news agency shortly before his death planning to publish a book on "the true story of sport pharmacology and doping in Russia since 1987".{{Cite news|title = Late Russian anti-doping agency boss was set to expose true story: report|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-corruption-russia-idUSKCN0VU007|newspaper = Reuters|date = 21 February 2016|access-date = 21 February 2016}}

Outside of Russia, three of the world's top sprinters had positive tests during the buildup: Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Veronica Campbell Brown.Clarey, Christopher (9 August 2013). [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/10/sports/track-championships-put-russia-and-doping-in-spotlight.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Track Championships Add Layer of Scrutiny to Russia and Doping]. The New York Times. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.

The drug testing results from the competition revealed several athletes had been using performance-enhancing drugs. The fifth-place finisher in the men's javelin, Roman Avramenko of Ukraine, tested positive for 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (a steroid), as did Turkmenistan's Yelena Ryabova (a competitor in the women's 200 m). Another 200 m runner, Yelyzaveta Bryzgina, also of Ukraine, was banned for the steroid drostanolone. Afghan 100 m runner Masoud Azizi had nandrolone in his sample. Two athletes in the walking events, Ayman Kozhakhmetova and Ebrahim Rahimian, failed their tests for EPO, as did Guatemala's marathon runner Jeremias Saloj.[http://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/seven-athletes-fail-doping-tests-at-world-athletics-championships-20130921-2u600.html Seven athletes fail doping tests at world athletics championships]. Sydney Morning Herald (21 September 2013). Retrieved on 4 February 2014.

=Russian doping scandal=

{{See also|Doping in Russia|Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics|McLaren Report|Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games}}

Media attention began growing in December 2014 when German broadcaster ARD reported on state-sponsored doping in Russia, comparing it to doping in East Germany. In November 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a report and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspended Russia indefinitely from world track and field events. The 335-page report, compiled following a nearly yearlong investigation by a commission led by former anti-doping agency President Dick Pound, urged the International Association of Athletics Federations to suspend Russia from competition, including the Olympics in Brazil. The report said Russia "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics by allowing athletes who should have been banned for doping violations to compete in the London Games. It recommended the anti-doping agency impose lifetime suspensions for 10 Russian coaches and athletes, including women's 800-meters gold medalist Mariya Savinova.{{cite news|title=The Independent Commission Report #1|url=https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/wada_independent_commission_report_1_en.pdf|publisher=WADA|date=9 November 2015|access-date=2 December 2017}} The United Kingdom Anti-Doping agency later assisted WADA with testing in Russia. In June 2016, they reported that they were unable to fully carry out their work and noted intimidation by armed Federal Security Service (FSB) agents.{{cite news|title=Update on the status of Russia testing|url=https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/2016.06.15_russia_testing_update_final.pdf|publisher=WADA|date=June 2016|access-date=11 November 2017}}

After a Russian former lab director made allegations about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, WADA commissioned an independent investigation led by Richard McLaren. McLaren's investigation found corroborating evidence, concluding in a report published in July 2016 that the Ministry of Sport and the FSB had operated a "state-directed failsafe system" using a "disappearing positive [test] methodology" (DPM) from "at least late 2011 to August 2015".{{cite news|title=McLaren Independent Investigations Report into Sochi Allegations|url=https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resources/doping-control-process/mclaren-independent-investigation-report-part-i|publisher=WADA|date=18 July 2016|access-date=11 November 2017}}

Athlete desertion

Orlando Ortega, a Cuban athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles deserted his national delegation during the championships and did not return to Cuba at its conclusion.{{cite news | title = Federación Cubana de Atletismo deplora deserción de Orlando Ortega | newspaper = Cuba Debate | location = Havana, Cuba | language = Spanish | date = 20 August 2013 | url = http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2013/08/20/federacion-cubana-de-atletismo-deplora-desercion-de-orlando-ortega/ | access-date = 21 August 2013}} Ortega had received a six-month ban from the Cuban Athletics Federation earlier in the season for unspecified disciplinary reasons. Valentin Balakhnichev, the president of the Russian Athletics Federation, stated that he had had no contact from the athlete and in any case the federation was not looking to recruit him.Zaccardi, Nick (21 August 2013). [http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/21/orlando-ortega-cuba-track-and-field/ Reports: Hurdler Orlando Ortega deserts Cuban team, whereabouts unknown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823083836/http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/21/orlando-ortega-cuba-track-and-field/ |date=23 August 2013 }}. NBC Sports. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.

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{{cite web|title=RECORDS BROKEN AT MOSKVA (LUZHNIKI) 2013|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/records/broken|publisher=14TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AUG 2013|access-date=22 August 2013}}

{{cite web|title=Largest Russian Premier League Stadiums/Arenas|url=http://www.sportmapworld.com/map/soccer/russia/russian-premier-league/|publisher=Sport Map World|access-date=23 August 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/medaltable|title=14th IAAF World Championships Medal Table|website=iaaf.org|access-date=26 April 2015}}

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External links

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  • {{official website|http://www.mos2013.org/en/}}
  • [http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships Official IAAF website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810194902/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships |date=10 August 2013 }} for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
  • [http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/7b3aec46-579b-4065-b644-9c69c1be096d.pdf IAAF Entry Standards (PDF)]
  • [http://www.iaaf.org/download/competition?filename=Overall-ResultsSet.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C4873%5C&urlslug=14th%20IAAF%20World%20Championships-Complete%20Results%20Set&updatedOn=08%2F18%2F2013%2018%3A02%3A48 Full results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722224707/http://www.iaaf.org/download/competition?filename=Overall-ResultsSet.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C4873%5C&urlslug=14th%20IAAF%20World%20Championships-Complete%20Results%20Set&updatedOn=08%2F18%2F2013%2018%3A02%3A48 |date=22 July 2014 }} from IAAF

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