2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
Coming off the turn about even with Gemili and Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir out in lane 7 separated from those two and gained significantly on the slowing Bolt, setting a personal best of 19.79. Taking a lesson from American teammate Wallace Spearmon who was vanquished in the semis, Curtis Mitchell spotted the field several meters then closed from dead last at the end of the turn to take the bronze. Gemili took a full dive at the finish to try to beat Ashmeade but still finished in fifth.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind: Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: −0.7 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12 and 15 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The final was, as expected, led by the Kenyan team. With multiple Olympic and returning World Champion Ezekiel Kemboi, they were at the front with the rest of the field strung out behind them. For the first four laps, Conseslus Kipruto did the majority of the leading, with the rest of the Kenyans, then both Ugandans behind. Occasionally Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad would pass one of the Ugandan athletes. With three laps to go, things began to shake up.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Paul Kipsiele Koech moved into the lead and at about the same time Noureddine Smaïl moved from the middle of the pack along the outside into third place. As the pace quickened, the Ugandans disappeared, replaced by the two Frenchmen and Evan Jager as contenders behind the Kenyan gauntlet. Over the next half lap, the pace quickened, Smai'l disappeared and Matthew Hughes of Canada emerged. Going into the last lap, Conseslus Kipruto and Koech were in the lead with Kemboi behind them followed by Mekhissi and Jager.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Menkhissi moved along the outside, with about 200 meters to go, passed Kemboi, then Koech and was even with Kipruto. But behind him, Kemboi moved into a different gear. Taking the barrier at the end of the straight in full hurdle stride, in the next 50 meters before the water jump, Kemboi went around the outside and took the lead. Mekhissi was next over the water jump with Kipruto scrambling to make up ground. In full sprint, Kipruto went around Mekhissi but didn't negotiate the last barrier as well as Kemboi.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Regaining his balance he again sprinted making up significant ground on his more experienced teammate, but it was not enough to get gold. Make that three straight for Kemboi, along with two Olympic gold medals unbeaten in the World Championships since he finished second to a different Kipruto in 2007. In all, three golds, three silvers and nothing worse in the World Championships since 2003. Mekhissi repeats his bronze medal.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 18 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Out of the blocks USA took the lead, passing first and building a small lead. A small lead is not adequate when Jamaica has Usain Bolt on the anchor. During the third handoff, Justin Gatlin seemed to go wide while struggling to get the baton, still in the lead while Jamaica had a smoother handoff. Once free of the technicalities, the multi gold medalist easily pulled away for the win. Great Britain finished the race in third place but were disqualified after passing the baton outside the takeover zone on the second changeover. Canada then took the bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–16 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The United States dominated, taking the lead from the start and never looking back, but not with the overwhelming show of force of some past championships. David Verburg passed first to silver medalist Tony McQuay who broke first and stayed out of traffic. Behind them, the race was quite competitive, with Russia's Maksim Dyldin closing the first lap in a rush then Lev Mosin running a strong curve to close off the break. Great Britain's Martyn Rooney had to go wide around the turn to pass the Russians, only to be passed himself by Belgium's Kevin Borlée.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
After Jonathan had led off, he passed to a third Borlée, Dylan. The team of brothers pulled to within two meters of the leading Americans with 500 meters to go, but then the gap widened to five meters. With gold medalist LaShawn Merritt pulling away, Russia's Vladimir Krasnov quickly passed Belgium's Will Oyowe at the handoff. Down the backstretch Jamaica's Javon Francis passed Great Britain, Belgium and Russia to move into second. Krasnov came back but Francis held him off at the line to take silver.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–13 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The final had the 2008 Olympic Champion/2009 World Champion LaShawn Merritt and current defending champion and Olympic champion Kirani James in lanes 6 and 5 respectively. At the gun, Merritt took it out hard, passing Luguelín Santos to his outside and leaving him a couple meters behind at the halfway mark. James worked hard along the backstretch and into the turn to keep up with Merritt reaching the final straight two meters back, Jonathan Borlée one meter further back while the rest of the field almost 5 meters back with Santos the last out of the turn.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
Then the long striding James began to flail in quicksand. As Merritt charged home for the personal best 43.74 win, James fell back through the field. In lane 4, Tony McQuay asserted himself against the rest of the field, the first to pass James and run home for the silver. Borlée was clearly the next but Santos came from dead last to catch him just before the line to take the bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
In the second semifinal, it took Emir Bekrić a new Serbian national record to get the second automatic qualifier behind Michael Tinsley. The third semifinal was fast, with the now 35-year-old double Olympic and World Champion Félix Sánchez chasing Omar Cisneros' new world leading time. "The Dictator's" 48.10 season best took the Masters M35 world record from Danny McFarlane.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
In the final Kerron Clement was out like a rocket, first over the first barrier, but long strides in lane one don't usually work out. Down the backstretch Tinsley asserted himself and by the fifth hurdle was clearly the leader with Cisneros the next in line. At the back were Bekrić and Sanchez. Through the turn Javier Culson then Jehue Gordon tried to make up ground on Tinsley. Gordon broke away and passed Tinsley over the last hurdle with the momentum. Going into the line it looked like Gordon had the step but Tinsley worked his way back into first. In one of the best dives of modern time, Gordon snatched the win, then one step later falling to the track. Bekrić might have been the fastest finisher, coming from fifth place to third on the final straight setting a second national record at 48.05


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 14 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
From the start on home soil, Russians Mikhail Ryzhov and Ivan Noskov took the lead, with Jared Tallent in tow. By 15K the three had broken away to a 12-second lead. Tallent began to fall back to lead a large chasing pack as the two men continued to set the pace. By the half way mark Grzegorz Sudol and Robert Heffernan, who had spotted the leaders 30 seconds earlier, joined world leader Yohann Diniz to form a 5-man pack at the front.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
By 35K roles had reversed, Heffernan was now leading the Russians, Diniz was exiting the back and Sudol was trying to hold on. Over the next 5K, Heffernan pushed the lead with Ryzhov, as Noskov and Sudol formed their own group now steadily losing ground. Meanwhile, Tallent continued to hang around, leading the chase pack then leaving them behind to do a one-man chase of the leaders. Heffernan finally broke Ryzhov and pushed his way to almost a minute victory. Tallent continued his pace to finish third. After giving up minutes to the leaders, Ihor Hlavan put in an impressive 21:38 final 5K to chase Tallent.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13 and 16 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
Fifteen qualified for the final. Of the ten automatic qualifiers, three each were from Kenya, Ethiopia and the United States. But all eyes were on the one from England, the defending champion, Olympic champion and 10000 winner from these championships all rolled up into one Mo Farah.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The first lap of the final started off at a jog for these world class competitors. On the second lap, the Kenyans as a group pushed the pace, but it didn't last long and the pack reformed. At such a leisurely pace, nobody was at risk of getting dropped. Instead confusion. Hagos Gebrhiwet literally a step behind Farah near the back of the pack, watching his every step. At 2000 meters, Farah decided to take a chance at the lead, but it was not to advance the pace but to slow it down.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
With Farah at the front the pace slowed to 68 seconds, then almost 70 seconds and the rest of the field obediently crowded up behind him, not willing to go out alone against the king. With 5 laps to go, Isiah Koech decided to make the break and took off. The race accelerated to 62-second laps with all the players covering each other's move and jockeying for position. For a lap Yenew Alamirew held the lead, accelerating as anyone looked to try to pass.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
With 650 to go, Farah made his move, successfully passing Alamirew he only gained a step on the field but that was enough, now he wouldn't let anybody pass him, the field stinging out behind him, the suitors dwindling. Through the final lap in 53 seconds, Koech made repeated attempts to get past Farah but each time Farah was able to go that much faster. Two steps behind at the beginning of the straight, Gebrhiwet weaved his way around the other two Kenyans and came flying down the outside as Koech let up in defeat, Gebrhiwet taking silver by one thousandth of a second after 5000 meters.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–13 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
In the final, Duane Solomon characteristically took out the pace at just about 50 seconds. Uncharacteristically, second place was occupied by his teammate Nick Symmonds, known for his come from behind tactics. On the final lap the two provided a wall for the rest of the field to get around. Solomon held the lead into the final straight with Symmonds about to pounce. Mohammed Aman was behind Solomon in a box pinned in by Ayanleh Souleiman.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
Souleiman slowed as Symmonds took off, the door opened Aman took off in chase of Symmonds passing him on the outside 20 meters before the finish. As Solomon slowed Souleiman was the next fastest to the finish to pick up bronze. Aman's 1:43.31 is a new Russian soil all comers record.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August in Moscow, Russia.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The first day ended with two Americans leading the competition, Olympic Champion and World Record holder Ashton Eaton and, surprisingly, World Junior Champion Gunnar Nixon who set a 15 cm personal record in the Long Jump, another in the Shot Put and led the field after the High Jump. After an average showing, particularly in the Shot Put and High Jump, Eaton regained the lead with 46.02 400 metres. Eaton's expected rival was defending champion and Eaton's Olympic runner up, American teammate Trey Hardee, who suffered from leg cramps and was only able to take slow, half-hearted attempts at the High Jump eventually no-heighting and dropping out.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The second day opened with Eaton beating the field in the 110 hurdles, opening up over 100 points on Nixon. Nixon's personal best was no match for Michael Schrader's personal best in the Discus as Schrader moved into second, with his German teammate Rico Freimuth and Damian Warner battling for third. Nixon fell out of contention. Eaton extended his lead with the third best pole vault of the day. Schrader scored big with his personal best in his lone attempt in the Javelin, but Eaton came through on his final throw to almost keep pace. Warner separated himself into a solid third with a personal best while Freimuth struggled with the poorest mark in the B group. The places were decided before the 1500, and in 80 percent humidity, there were no surprises.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Results, 100 metres
Wind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: -0.5 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Results, 110 metres hurdles
Wind:Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: 0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, Results, Final standings
Key:  PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–13 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The three automatic qualifiers turned out to be the three players in this event. On the second throw of the competition Piotr Małachowski took the lead which lasted for about a minute before Gerd Kanter made his first attempt. It was Robert Harting's second attempt that took the lead he would not relinquish. In the fourth round he unleashed his winner at 69.11. Between World Championships and Olympics, he continued his streak of four straight golds. Małachowski's fifth round 68.36 continued his streak of three silvers behind Harting in the same championships. Kanter, Harting's predecessor in both titles, held on for bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
Performances in the World Championships contributed to the final scoring of the 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge – a first for the series. Paweł Fajdek was victorious in both the World Championships and the seasonal challenge


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 77.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13–15 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
With 18 over 2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in), it took a first attempt clearance and one miss to make it into the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
In the final, three remained perfect to 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in), with Mutaz Essa Barshim just one miss behind, while Donald Thomas passed his personal best. But Barshim seized the lead with a first attempt clearance at 2.38 m (7 ft 9+1⁄2 in). Thomas and home team favorite Ivan Ukhov couldn't make the height, while Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record clearing on his second attempt. World leader Bohdan Bondarenko confidently passed the height knowing it would require him to equal his world leading jump from the previous month and to break Javier Sotomayor's championship record.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
On his second attempt at 2.41 m (7 ft 10+3⁄4 in), he made it to take the lead. Drouin took his three attempts and settled for bronze. Already above his personal best, Barshim passed to 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in), 1 cm below the world record, to try for the win but couldn't get it. Bondarenko watched, then took three attempts at Sotomayor's world record.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–17 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
Change seems to be hitting the event. Last year's surprise Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott, didn't make the final, nor did the returning bronze medalist Guillermo Martínez. The defending champion Matthias de Zordo did not return, nor did the Olympic silver medalist Oleksandr Pyatnytsya. Former two time Olympic gold medalist Andreas Thorkildsen was in danger of not qualifying, on his final attempt, he got into an automatic qualifier, one of only three, joining Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed, who set the Egyptian national record at 83.62.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
Four throws into the final and Tero Pitkämäki took the early lead. Five throws later Vítězslav Veselý threw the winner 87.17. Two more throws and Roman Avramenko was sitting in third place after the first round. In the second round Pitkämäki improved, followed by world leader Dmitriy Tarabin taking over third place. Veselý's remaining throws wouldn't be enough to place in the top four. Pitkämäki improved again on his third attempt, falling just 10 cm short of Veselý. That mark would be good enough for silver.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
At the same time as Kenyan women were in their customary position battling the Ethiopians in the women's 5000, Julius Yego's fifth round throw of 85.40 was a Kenyan national record, but more importantly, Kenya's first field event finalist was in third place in the world championships, with only one throw to go. Throwing before the home crowd, Tarabin's final effort of 86.23 took third place back for good, dashing Yego's hope for a medal.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 82.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–16 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying performance 8.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 17 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
Coming through the half marathon in 1:05:10, the lead pack stayed formed until around the 30K mark with still about 13 with that group. Over the next 5K, contenders began to fall off the pace, first a pack of six were left, with two Ugandans; reigning Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich and Jackson Kiprop, with three Ethiopians; Lelisa Desisa, Tadese Tola and Tsegaye Kebede and Peter Kimeli Some the lone Kenyan. Kiprop fell back but Kentaro Nakamoto fought his way back to the pack as Kiprotich began experimenting with surges. Some and then Nakamoto started to fall behind.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
Kebede was next to go, followed by Tola, but Desisa stuck to Kiprotich like glue. Kiprotich crossed the roadway from side to side, more like match race sailboat tacking maneuvers and Delisa followed. Finally in the last kilometer, Kiprotich was able to make a gap. A meter became ten then fifty. A jubilant Kiprotich began throwing kisses to the crowd, crossing the finish line more than a hundred meters ahead of Delisa. Tola held on for third, with Kebede barely ahead of Nakamoto. Solonei da Silva and Paulo Roberto Paula came in together, so with four Ethiopians, two Ugandans and two Brazilians, three countries put at least a pair of runners into the top ten, while Kenya only managed one; Some in ninth.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The original 33rd placer, Jeremías Saloj of Guatemala, was disqualified after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO).


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 5.70 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–16 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying performance 20.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
Qualifying three triple jumpers to the final, including top qualifier Teddy Tamgho, the No. 3 jumper of all time coming back from injury, No. 2 qualifier Yoann Rapinier and Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya who squeaked in on a tie breaker, France looks to be the new triple jump power.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The first round revealed what would be the final order of finish for the first four jumpers, but not the final distances. Tamgho's first round jump of 17.65 m (57 ft 10 3⁄4 in) took the lead. In the second round Pedro Pablo Pichardo took the lead, putting one out to 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in), just one centimeter short of his world lead. Will Claye bounced his best jump in the third round, 17.52 m (57 ft 5 3⁄4 in).


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
In the fourth round Tamgho equalled Pichardo with a 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in), though with the earlier 17.65 m (57 ft 10 3⁄4 in) he held the tiebreaker. With two more rounds, would it be enough? Pichardo's 17.52 m (57 ft 5 3⁄4 in) in the fifth round was long but meaningless. In the final round, defending champion and reigning Olympic champion Christian Taylor made his best effort to get on the medal stand, but 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in) was only good enough for fourth place.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
With Pichardo holding the last attempt, Tamgho had to make sure. His 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) world leader and personal best left no doubt. It increased his standing as the third best performer ever and moved him up as the third member of the 18-meter club. Pichardo's 16.98 m (55 ft 8 1⁄2 in) couldn't compete with that.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
At the beginning it was Shalane Flanagan who took out the pace, with the African contenders content to let her. Following was Hitomi Niiya, who after a brief rainshower took over the lead as Flanagan faded after the first 8 laps. Niiya held the lead until the final 600 meters as the pack dwindled. That was when Tirunesh Dibaba began to race seriously. Followed by her teammate, Belaynesh Oljira, the two Ethiopians picked up the pace with Kenyans Gladys Cherono and Emily Chebet giving chase, Niiya couldn't handle the acceleration and disappeared from contention. Even Oljira couldn't keep up with Dibaba's smooth pace to gold, she was passed by Cherono who gave a game effort and picked up the silver.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–12 August and was won by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
In the first round, English Gardner won her third heat decisively in a time of 10.94 seconds. Others qualified for the semifinal round in up to 11.41 seconds. The semis were faster, since although the first was slowest at 11.08, the other two were won in under 11 seconds, with the fastest time qualifier Alexandria Anderson at 11.01.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
In the final, there was no doubt who would win as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce shot out of the block leaving nothing but a pink streak (hair and shoes) for her competitors to follow. Jeter's 10.94 was the same as Gardner's time in the heats. But Gardner only had 10.97 left for the final to miss a medal. Slow reacting Kerron Stewart gave up .06 at the start line but lost the silver medal by only .04.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.5 m/s, Heat 4: −0.3 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s, Heat 6: −0.6 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.1 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
In the heats and semis it was the same two names, now lined up next to each other. Brianna Rollins has set the event on fire all season long, winning the NCAA Championships in the fastest time in the last 20 years and Sally Pearson the defending champion and Olympic champion, who had that same honor before Rollins. In the final it was Pearson out first, but Rollins did what she has done all year, run faster than everybody else. Pearson equalled her season best from the semis in second, Tiffany Porter put in a personal best 12.55 to push Dawn Harper off the medal stand only the second time at a major since the 2008 Olympics.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind: Heat 1: −0.5 m/s, Heat 2: −0.5 m/s, Heat 3: −0.5 m/s, Heat 4: −0.4 m/s, Heat 5: −0.8 m/s.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s , Heat 3: -0.7 m/s.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–15 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
From the start of the final, two Americans, defending champion Jennifer Simpson and super high-schooler Mary Cain bracketed the field and closed to fill in the front of the pack. But most of the pack stayed in close order formation throughout with much jockeying for position and flying elbows. Cain tried to stay on the curb but kept getting moved back as new suitors moved forward then fell back. Zoe Buckman came forward then went to the curb to suffer the same fate ahead of Cain. Throughout world leader Abeba Aregawi hovered near the front but not passing Simpson.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
With 300 to go, Aregawi went around Simpson and made a break for it. But Simpson and the rest of the pack didn't go away. Just 100 meters later, Simpson looked like she would go by, but Aregawi wouldn't let her by. Then Hellen Onsando Obiri moved up with momentum, but couldn't make her way around either of them. Aregawi gained a couple of steps around the final turn, but Simpson came back to make it a close finish. Obiri lost ground but held on to keep the bronze. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon tried to hang on to her teammate but Hannah England made an impressive run from back in the pack to pass her on the inside to get fourth.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 13 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The original 27th place walker, Ayman Kozhakhmetova of Kazakhstan, was disqualified for a positive drug test for exogenous testosterone and EPO.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–16 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
Before the race, without her nemesis of the last 8 years, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Allyson Felix came into this race as the favorite. She had won three gold medals in a row, but that streak was interrupted by Campbell Brown. Felix was back to start a new streak. But she was not without challengers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was just two-tenths behind her at the previous Olympics and like the previous two Olympics, Fraser-Pryce had already won the 100. And Kimberlyn Duncan had actually beaten Felix at the American Championships, but after a long college season, she didn't make it to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
At the gun, Fraser-Pryce was out quick, making up the stagger on Blessing Okagbare to her outside halfway through the turn. The pressure was on, Fraser-Pryce was pulling away and before the turn was over, Felix was rolling to the ground with a pulled hamstring. Jeneba Tarmoh and Murielle Ahouré were the next best to the straight, Okagbare a step back. As Tarmoh faded, Okagbare managed to pass Ahouré, but Ahouré came back. As the two battled, they were gaining on Fraser-Pryce, but not enough to make a dent in her huge lead. After giving up .026 to Okagbare in reaction time at the start, Ahouré beat her by .008 to take silver, with nobody else close to the medalists.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
Two sprinters, Turkmenistan's Yelena Ryabova and Ukraine's Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, gave positive drug tests at the competition.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: −0.1 m/s, Heat 6: +0.3 m/s, Heat 7: +0.4 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.2 m/s


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–13 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
No Kenyan or Ethiopian had won the Women's Steeplechase at the World Championships. It became quickly obvious that was going to change. From the gun the three Kenyans and the three Ethiopians formed a pack that separated from the rest of the field. At the beginning of the 6th lap Sofia Assefa, running at the back of the back, tripped over a barrier and fell, losing several seconds to the field. She got back up and tried to catch back up to the pack. Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi was the first to fall out the back, passed by Assefa.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
But Milcah Chemos Cheywa and Lydiah Chepkurui were on the front of train, stringing out the Ethiopians. Chemos, running determined after two successive bronze medals, led out the final lap, with Assefa chasing her teammates. Chemos held her slight lead all the way to the finish. Assefa caught Hiwot Alayew just before the water jump and continued to gain on Chepkurui. At the last barrier it looked like Assefa had the momentum to go by, but she seemed to lose a step after landing, Chepkuri ran away to the silver and Assefa making an impressive comeback to get bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 18 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
In the final, Jamaica and the United States were out early, Jamaica passing first. The British team seemed to be keeping up with the leaders, passing efficiently. At the second handoff, English Gardner seemed to leave even with Schillonie Calvert, unfortunately Alexandria Anderson had not arrived with the baton yet. Gardner had to come to a complete stop at the end of the zone to wait for the baton, finally resuming with a legal handoff in dead last place. Inside of USA, France was having similar difficulties with the baton.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
By the final handoff, Jamaica had an 8-meter lead on the second place Russian team, Gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on the anchor pulling away and victory assured. Jamaica dominated the race finishing with a championship record 41.29. Coming down the straight, Britain's Hayley Jones was swallowed up by France's Stella Akakpo, Germany's Verena Sailer and American Octavious Freeman speeding from the back trying to make up lost ground. Freeman was able to pass three teams in the last few steps but France beat USA to the line.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The French relay team members were duly presented their silver medals during the medal ceremony. After the medal ceremony, the British team filed a protest against the French team, claiming that the latter had an out-of-zone baton handover between Ayodelé Ikuesan and Myriam Soumaré. More than two hours after the race, the French relay team was officially disqualified. The French delegation appealed against their disqualification, but it was in vain. Consequently, the American team was upgraded to the silver medal and the British team received the bronze medal.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bernard Amsalem, the president of the Fédération française d'athlétisme, called the French team's disqualification "an outrage". He explained that normally the decision to disqualify a team had to be made before the medal ceremony and teams had to file protests within thirty minutes from the end of the race. With this 4x100m victory, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman to win the sprint triple (100, 200, 4x100) at the World Athletics Championships


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–17 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
After giving up .08 in reaction time at the start, Jessica Beard split 50.79 to give the United States the early lead. By the time Natasha Hastings broke, she had a clear lead of more than 10 meters over the Tatyana Firova from Russia in second place. But after a 49.88 lap by Hastings (Firova obviously much faster than that), the Russian team had pulled even at the handoff. Kseniya Ryzhova went around the outside of Ashley Spencer and into the lead.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Ryzhova opened up as much as a 2-meter lead, but by the home stretch, Spencer had gained that back and passed Ryzhova on the inside. But Ryzhova fought back to a slight lead. With the American team in second place coming off the turn, Francena McCorory was waiting in lane 2. Spencer had to cross behind Ryzhova to hand off. It was 400-meter bronze medalist Antonina Krivoshapka against 6th placer Francena McCorory, with Great Britain anchored by gold medalist Christine Ohuruogu a distant third.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Krivoshapka opened up about a 5-meter lead on the back stretch, but McCorory looked to run within herself and came back to pass Krivoshapka on the home stretch. But Krivoshapka fought back, retaking the lead and holding it across the finish. Ohuruogu found herself challenged by Floria Guei on the backstretch but ran away from her on the home stretch for a clear third place.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
In 2016, Russia's anchor runner Antonina Krivoshapka's samples from the 2012 Olympics were retested and found to contain turinabol. In 2017 she was given a two-year ban including this race and Russia was disqualified. All teams advanced one place. The IAAF conducted the medal ceremony at the 2017 World Championships.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
Heats started with Christine Ohuruogu leading 6 others under 51 with an exceptionally fast 50.20. 50 seconds was the order of the semifinal day. Six finalists dipped under 50, and Kseniya Ryzhova was lucky Amantle Montsho had gapped the first semi with the leading qualifier of 49.56. Ryzhova cruised in with a 50.48 to be the second automatic qualifier. Five others ran personal bests attempting to qualify.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The fast semifinals slowed the majority of the field. Only the medalists improved their times. From the gun Natasha Hastings and defending champion Amantle Montsho took it out, Hastings in lane 3 making up the stagger on Christine Ohuruogu in 4. Francena McCorory held her own and came off the final turn with Montsho but as Montsho aimed at the finish, the others went backward. With 50 metres to go, Christine Ohuruogu had worked her way from several metres down in the turn and had pulled even, looking like a good bet for silver. But she had other ideas.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
A steady stretch run put both a diving Ohuruogu and Montsho on the line at the same time. And that was what was posted 49.41, the same time for both. It took a look at the photo finish to determine that Ohuruogu had won by 4 thousandths of a second. Running a more even pace Russian Antonina Krivoshapka came off the turn even with Ohuruogu and made a stretch run of her own, overtaking the Americans and Stephanie McPherson to get the bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
In the process of running a personal best to win the championship, Ohuruogu also got Kathy Smallwood-Cook's 29-year-old British national record (from the 1984 Olympics) that had so far evaded her through her career, a career that had included two Olympic medals, including the gold in 2008, and a previous World Championship.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
Running on home soil, reigning Olympic Champion Natalya Antyukh might have been expected to be the favorite. Instead she made a quick exit, finishing sixth in her semifinal. The Olympic silver medalist from that close Olympic final is the returning champion Lashinda Demus, but having a bye, she has raced sparingly. She ran her season best to qualify in that same semi. The distant bronze medalist Zuzana Hejnová in 2012 was the 2013 world leader. She won the first semi, almost half a second faster than the other qualifiers. Perri Shakes-Drayton won the second semi passing a fading Demus.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
In the final, Hejnová in lane 3 was first to the first hurdle but backed off. It was Demus took off in lane 4 and was the leader down the back stretch, with training partner Dalilah Muhammad almost on the same pace. Both are trained by Demus' mom. Shakes-Drayton between them tried to keep up with the two Americans. Hejnová was gaining steadily on Demus and Muhammad through the turn.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
Demus, who still holds the American high school record in the 300 hurdles did that distance well, but Hejnová, who set the world best in that race just two weeks earlier, passed her over the 8th hurdle at 290 meters. Demus' arm carry noticeably dropped, she had played her best card and Hejnová had trumped it. Hejnová continued ahead to victory with Demus fighting to stay with her. Muhammad caught Demus with 10 meters to go for silver. Demus a step back for bronze. Shakes-Drayton disappeared back through the field, nobody else was in contention with the three clear winners. Hejnová's 52.83 is the Czech national record and makes her the number 12 performer of all time (Demus already number 3).


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–17 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
With Margaret Wangari Muriuki dropping out injured in the first round, the finals had three Ethiopians (four if you count Tejitu Daba) and three Americans and only two Kenyans. Also missing by design is world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba who won the 10000 earlier, leaving Meseret Defar the 5000.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The final started slow with the Ethiopians watching the front (the reigning Olympic champion Defar watching her teammates from the back), letting Dominika Nowakowska then Dolores Checa jog through 75-second laps at the front. With 2000 to go, the racing began, Almaz Ayana took over the lead and the crowd disappeared. Within a lap, not surprisingly, the three Ethiopians and two Kenyans were running alone. Lap times were dropping, 71, 69, 68. In the next lap Buze Diriba fell back to the trailing American duo of Molly Huddle and Shannon Rowbury.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The two Ethiopians were leading, the two Kenyans trying to keep up. Shortly after the bell, Viola Kibiwot lost touch with her teammate Mercy Cherono and then there were three. Defar stayed tucked into second place waiting until the time was right. The time was 200 meters to go, that was when Defar accelerated past Ayana and into the lead. Cherono made no effort to go after Defar, she was gone sprinting to gold. Cherono waited through the turn and executed her best move to outsprint Ayana for the silver. So prepared for victory, Defar and Ayana had already received their flags and were displaying them while the early leaders were still finishing.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–18 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The first woman to break 2:00 was Hildegard Falck in 1971. At this meet, it almost took 2:00 to get into the semi-final. Through the first three heats, the slowest automatic qualifier was Halima Hachlaf at 2:00.04, with each race being split at low 57. In the final heat Eunice Jepkoech Sum managed to maintain order, splitting at just under a more leisurely 59 and bringing the three qualifiers in slower than the slowest time qualifier, Lenka Masná at 2:00.31. At that, world leader Francine Niyonsaba, returning medalists Caster Semenya and Janeth Jepkosgei were all missing.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
In the final Alysia Montaño displayed tactics reminiscent of Johnny Gray, taking the race out in 26.80 and 56.06 splits opening up as much as a 15-meter lead on the field. Montaño hit the 600 at 1:26.45 with the lead but as she was slowing that's still a long way to get home. Sum had spent most of the last lap second to Montaño, but when defending champion Mariya Savinova tried to go past her at the head of the straight, she responded and held off the challenge. Both of them passed a dying Montaño 40 meters out with the rest of the field gaining rapidly. As she was passed on the inside by teammate Brenda Martinez, Montaño tossed herself at the finish line, collapsing to the track in fourth as Martinez took the bronze.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
In 2015, Savinova and Ekaterina Poistogova were recommended for lifetime bans dating back to the 2012 Olympics as part of the wholesale Russian performance enhancing drug scandal. On February 10, 2017 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) officially disqualified Savinova's results backdated to July 2010. When medal reallocations were decided, Montaño was given the bronze medal and Martinez the silver.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
There were 6 automatic qualifiers for the final. It took 60.14 to get in. In the final Sandra Perković dominated from her first throw. Any of her three fair throws would have won the competition. Yarelys Barrios was a solid second place from her first throw, but she never improved. Meanwhile, Mélina Robert-Michon did improve, her third round throw putting her into second and her final throw more than a meter further to improve her own French national record set more than 11 years (and one daughter) earlier. The record throw was all the more remarkable due to the rainy conditions that hampered the rest of the field, hers was the only improvement after the rains started toward the end of the fourth round.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 63.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–16 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
After feeling out the ring, there were six automatic qualifiers to the final, most making it on their second attempt. It took 70.47 to make the final. Among the non-qualifiers was the world record holder Betty Heidler.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
In the final, Jeneva McCall's first attempt 72.33 held up through the first 9 throwers until Tatyana Lysenko let loose a 77.58. Zhang Wenxiu answered that with a 74.62 to move into second place. The second round got more serious with three more throwers over 74 meters, with Wang Zheng moving into second with a personal best 74.90. Lysenko had a second throw out over 77. In the third round, Anita Włodarczyk moved into the lead, her 77.79 tickling her own championship record from 2009, what was at the time the world record.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
Zhang moved past her teammate back into third with a 75.09. And after leading most of the first round, McCall's day was done. After the short break to rearrange the order, the fourth round was the decider. The five competitors all fouled consecutively, then Zhang shored up her third place with a 75.58. Next into the ring, Lysenko sent it out 78.80 a new championship record. And following her, Włodarczyk set a new Polish national record with her 78.46. In the final two rounds, nobody came within a meter of improving.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
Performances in the World Championships contributed to the final scoring of the 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge – a first for the series.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 73.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium Moskva RUSSIA on 12–13 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Results, 200 metres
Wind:Heat 1: −0.2, Heat 2: −0.1, Heat 3: −0.2, Heat 4: 0.0, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–17 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
It took 1.92 to make the final. In the final, six competitors cleared 1.97, world leader and Olympic silver medalist Brigetta Barrett, Olympic gold medalist and defending champion Anna Chicherova, and European indoor champion Ruth Beitia still perfect. But at 2.00, only Barrett and Olympic bronze medalist Svetlana Shkolina made it, both on the first attempt, giving Barrett the lead and leaving Chicherova and Beitia tied for bronze. At 2.03, Shkolina reversed that position with a first attempt clearance. Barrett had no answer.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The answer came in February 2019 when Shkolina was handed a four-year ban for doping, retroactive to 2012, disqualifying her gold medal.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
Throwing at home, defending champion and world leader Mariya Abakumova made one attempt in the trials. Her 69.09 flew past the automatic qualifying mark and turned out to be the farthest throw of the competition, leading ten other automatic qualifiers.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
In the final, Abakumova couldn't match her qualifier, though she did take the first round lead with 65.09. But that was to be her best. In the second round Kimberley Mickle threw a personal best 66.25 to take the lead. The lead lasted only 5 attempts before Christina Obergföll let loose a 69.05. That was it, the only other news from the final four rounds was Mickle's second improvement on her personal best to 66.60 in the final round.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Summary
Two time defending champion, current Olympic champion and world leading Brittney Reese squeaked through qualifying in the last qualifying position. Her 6.57 tied with teammate Funmi Jimoh so she won her position by her second best jump (also 6.57 with Jimoh not having a second legal jump). Shara Proctor led three automatic qualifiers.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Summary
In the final, her first round 6.50 was more of the same, while Blessing Okagbare jumped 6.89 for the lead. Reese's 7.01 to start the second round changed the tune, moving the marker beyond any else's range. Volha Sudarava's 6.82 put her into third place. In the fifth round, Ivana Španović's Serbian national record of 6.82 equaled Sudarava and Okagbare improved her best to 6.99, just 2 cm short of Reese. Reese followed with a meaningless 6.95. Okagbare's final attempt was 6.96, again close but too short to take the win. Left with a tie for third, officials again had to look to the second best attempt for the tiebreaker. Španović jumped 6.70 in the first round to get the bronze over Sudarava's 6.66, also in the first round.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 6.75 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The women's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 10 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The first event of these World Championships started under hot and humid conditions at 2 in the afternoon. The race was dominated by the front running of 37-year-old Italian Valeria Straneo, leading at every split point. Like the 2012 Olympics, this did not look like the day for defending champion Edna Kiplagat, by 10K she had already dropped almost 30 seconds off the pace set by a large pack of leaders.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
By 15K, Kiplagat had joined the pack of 7 leaders, which also included Jia Chaofeng, Lucy Wangui Kabuu, Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer, Meselech Melkamu, Feyse Tadese and Kayoko Fukushi with the rest of the field being single or double marathoners, without any chase group. The pack lost individuals, Jia was the first to exit, followed by Tadese, Kipketer and Kabuu. By the time Fukushi lost some ground, the closest remaining chaser was her teammate Ryoko Kizaki over a minute back. When Melkamu left, she left quickly leaving a two-woman race to the finish. In the shadow of the stadium, Kiplagat pulled away from Straneo through the Olympic Park to a 14-second victory, Fukushi about 2 minutes back to get the bronze. Kiplagat is the first woman to repeat as champion in the marathon.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–13 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
Missing on her first attempt, home stadium favorite and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva found herself in third place behind Silke Spiegelburg and Jennifer Suhr, both of whom were perfect to 4.75. Along with Yarisley Silva, who struggled with misses at several heights, these four athletes went to 4.82, where Suhr and Isinbaeva made it on their second attempts, giving Suhr the lead, Silva on her third and Spiegelburg bowed out. At 4.89, Isinbaeva moved into first place with a first attempt clearance. Suhr and then Silva failed to negotiate the same height. Isinbayeva then took three attempts at her own world record, but failed.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–12 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
Over the previous 6 years, Valerie Adams had been virtually unbeatable by any legal thrower. This year was more of the same. From the home of the world record (more than 26 years earlier), she took the lead on her first toss at a distance only one other competitor would equal in the competition. Michelle Carter moved into second place with her first round 19.92, while she improved it slightly in the second round, Gong Lijiao threw one centimeter better. Meanwhile, Adams improved on her second and third attempts, reaching 20.88. m.That would be the competition until the final round, when Christina Schwanitz pulled out at 21 cm personal best improvement to rocket from fifth place into second.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows (in m.):


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13–15 August.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
Defending champion Olha Saladuha was the leading qualifier, but it took her two attempts to get there. Irina Gumenyuk and world leader Caterine Ibargüen took care of business on their first attempts. Saladuha's former Ukrainian teammate Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko, now competing for Israel, suffered through two fouls before popping the No. 3 qualifier on her last attempt.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
In the final, Saladuha took the first round lead, with Knyazyeva-Minenko leading a crowd of four hovering around 14.30. In the second round, the event was decided. First the home team's Ekaterina Koneva put one out at 14.81 to take the lead. Two jumps later, Ibargüen improved on her world leading jump of the year by going 14.85, just 4 cm further. Two jumps after that, Saladuha improved out to 14.65. That turned out to be it, but nobody knew it.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
Ibargüen continued with a 14.83 in the fourth round, which turned out to be the second best of the competition and watched nervously as Koneva tickled her best with a 14.79 in the fifth. But the lead held up and Ibargüen took home Colombia's first World Championship gold medal to go along with the bronzes she and racewalker Luis Lopez earned in Daegu.


2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2013 World Club 7s
The 2013 World Club 7s was the first edition of the rugby sevens tournament and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England on 17 and 18 August 2013.


2013 World Club 7s, Format
The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. Following all the group games, the winner and runner up in each group progressed to the Knockout Stage along with the best two third-place teams.


2013 World Club Challenge
The 2013 World Club Challenge (PROBIZ World Club Challenge for sponsorship purposes) was the fourteenth consecutive annual World Club Challenge and was contested by Super League XVII champions, Leeds Rhinos and 2012 NRL Premiers, the Melbourne Storm. It took place on Friday 22 February at 8pm GMT (Saturday 23 February 7:00am AEDST). Melbourne prevailed after a hard-fought contest 18-14.


2013 World Club Challenge, Background
2013's match was third time ever that these two clubs have played each other, with Leeds having won the 2008 World Club Challenge, and Melbourne winning, and subsequently being stripped of, the 2010 World Club Challenge title.


2013 World Club Challenge, Background
On 19 February the World Club Challenge was officially announced as a sellout with all 20,400 tickets sold. In addition the referees for the match were also announced, with Ben Thaler to take charge of the game.


2013 World Club Challenge, Background, Leeds Rhinos
Leeds finished Super League XVII's regular season in 5th place and went on to defeat 2nd-placed Warrington Wolves 26-18 in the grand final, qualifying the Rhinos for their second World Club Challenge in succession and 6th overall.


2013 World Club Challenge, Background, Melbourne Storm
The Storm finished the 2012 NRL season in 2nd place and went on to defeat the 1st-placed Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 - 4 in the grand final, qualifying Melbourne for their fourth World Club Challenge, and first since 2010.


2013 World Club Challenge, Background, Melbourne Storm
The Storm unveiled their special one-off jersey designed especially for the World Cup Challenge in December 2012 The design resembles the club’s away jersey with its predominantly white body but also includes the iconic purple V' that continues to represent the club’s Victorian heritage.


2013 World Club Challenge, Background, Melbourne Storm
On 10 February 2013, the Melbourne Storm announced the 21-man Squad that will make the trip to London for the World Club Challenge, the team is as follows: Kenny Bromwich, Jesse Bromwich, Will Chambers, Cooper Cronk, Brett Finch, Mahe Fonua, Ben Hampton, Tohu Harris, Ryan Hinchcliffe, Ryan Hoffman, Junior Moors, Bryan Norrie, Justin O’Neill, Jason Ryles, Junior Sa’u, Lagi Setu, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith (capt), Siosaia Vave, Sisa Waqa, Gareth Widdop.


2013 World Club Challenge, Background, Melbourne Storm
On 20 February 2013 the above squad was trimmed to 19 players with the official announcement of the team. Two interchange players were further cut when the final team was announced on the Friday before the game, final teams listed below.


2013 World Club Challenge, Match details
The match was a close, hard-fought contest throughout. A slick pass from half back, Cooper Cronk led to fullback Billy Slater scoring the opening try of the match in the 20th minute. Cameron Smith kicked the conversion, making the score 6-0. A penalty goal soon after, extended the lead to 8-0. A last-tackle attacking raid in the 29th minute put Leeds winger Ryan Hall over in the left corner. Kevin Sinfield converted the goal and soon added another penalty goal to tie the game at 8-8 at half time.


2013 World Club Challenge, Match details
Storm prop Jesse Bromwich trundled up the ball in the 44th minute and beat four defenders to score a try next to the posts, with Smith converting, to lead the game 14-8. A 50-metre movement finished with Tohu Harris racing into the clear, passing to Will Chambers with winger Sisa Waqa hemmed in by defence on the right side. Waqa found Chambers in support and the rookie Harris dived over for the try of the match. Down 18-8, Leeds captain, Sinfield kicked to the left, Ryan Hall claimed the ball and passed to Joel Moon.


2013 World Club Challenge, Match details
The centre then passed infield to second rower Jamie Jones-Buchanan who scored. With 10 minutes left, the Storm appeared to have wrapped up victory when winger Mahe Fonua scored, but referee Ben Thaler ruled forward the final pass from centre Justin O'Neill. Leeds repeatedly attacked Storm's forward line in the final minutes, but failed to capitalise, with Storm winning a close contest 18-14. Storm half back, Cooper Cronk was awarded the Man of the Match.


2013 World Combat Games
The 2013 World Combat Games was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 18 to 26, 2013.


2013 World Combat Games, Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was officially opened on October 18, 2013 at 20:30-22:00 local time.


2013 World Combat Games, Games, Sports
Compared to the 5 sports and 38 events in the Olympic Games, the 2013 Combat Games featured 15 sports and 135 events throughout the 9 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. The 2013 Combat Games comprised more sports and events than the last one, as 12 sports and 136 events were in 2010. Fencing and Savate made their debut at these Games. Aikido, however, is the sole demonstration sport here.


2013 World Combat Games, Participating nations
A total of 97 national teams came to compete in these Games. The number of athletes for each nation are in the brackets. However, a World Team was created for all three team wrestling events.


2013 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
The 2013 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 5th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from November 28 to November 30, 2013.


2013 World Cup of Golf
The 2013 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf is a golf tournament that was played 21–24 November at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 57th World Cup. The format changed from being a team event to being primarily an individual event with a team component. Sixty players from 34 countries competed in the individual tournament and 26 teams (two-player combined score) competed for the team prize. The total purse was US$8 million, $7 million for the individual competition and $1 million for the teams. The event was a 72-hole stroke play tournament. Official World Golf Ranking points were award for the first time in the World Cup.


2013 World Cup of Golf
Australia's Jason Day shot a final round 70 to win the individual tournament. Day teamed with Adam Scott to win the team prize.


2013 World Cup of Golf, Qualification
The field was based on the Official World Golf Ranking on 23 September 2013. The top 15 players in the rankings were eligible with a limit of four players per country. After the top 15, players were eligible with a limit of two players per country until the field of 60 players was filled. The individual portion was similar to what will be used at the 2016 Summer Olympics, except that England, Scotland, and Wales fielded teams instead of a single Great Britain team in the Olympics.


2013 World Cup of Golf, Players
The table below lists the players together with their World Ranking at the time of the tournament.


2013 World Cup of Pool
The 2013 World Cup of Pool was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held at the York Hall, London from 17 to 22 September 2013. The event was won by the Phillipene team of Lee Vann Corteza and Dennis Orcollo.


2013 World Cup of Softball
The eighth World Cup of Softball will be held between July 11–14 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA. The competing national teams will be the United States, Puerto Rico, Japan, Australia, Canada.


2013 World Cup of Softball, Championship
all times CDTThe fourth and fifth-place finishers will play, the loser finishes in fifth, the winner plays for third place against the third-place finisher. The top two finishers play for the championship. The fourth-place finisher advanced directly to the third place game due to rain.


2013 World Draughts Championship
The 2013 World Draughts Championship was an international draughts tournament held in Ufa, Russia. 40 players from 24 countries who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which began on June 2, 2013 and ended on June 20, 2013. Among them was women's Draughts World Champion Zoja Golubeva from Latvia.


2013 World Draughts Championship
Alexander Georgiev (Russia) became the World Champion. Jean Marc Ndjofang (Camerun) took second place, and Roel Boomstra (Netherlands) took third place.


2013 World Draughts Championship, Competition
In the first stage 40 participants played in four groups named after the well-known world champions Andris Andreiko, Baba Sy, Iser Kuperman, and Marcel Deslauriers round-robin tournament. The first three from each group participated in the final.


2013 World Draughts Championship, Competition
The final was held in the form of a round-robin tournament. Matches between people who had already played each other in the group stage did not take place, but the results of those group matches were taken into account. The final place was determined by total points. In the event of a tie, the tie-breaking criteria were greatest number of victories, the greatest difference between plus and minus draws, the largest number of plus draws*, and the result of the game(s) between the players involved. Other sportsmen played in final B.


2013 World Draughts Championship, Competition
In the B final, the winner was Ndiaga Samb (Senegal).


2013 World Draughts Championship, Competition
French champion Arnaud Cordier refused to participate. He was replaced by Artem Ivanov (Ukraine).


2013 World Draughts Championship, Final
*  draw is considered a draw with the «plus» sign, if one opponent on the board for three and a more ordinary pieces  (king counts as two simple pieces).


2013 World Draughts Championship, Final, Final B
In final B  three women played — Tamara Tansykkuzhina, Aygul Idrisova and Regina Ajupova (all from Russia).


2013 World Draughts Championship match
The 2013 World Draughts Championship match  at the international draughts was held May 12–18, 2013 in Tallinn, Estonia International Draughts Federation FMJD between the actual World Champion Alexander Georgiev (Russia) and the challenger Alexander Schwartzman (Russia). Alexander Georgiev won and became the world champion for the seven time.


2013 World Draughts Championship match, Rules and regulations
The match consists of seven micro-matches. Each micro-match is played till the first victory. First game of micro-match — standard game 1 hour 20 min + 1 min per move, if draw at 1st game — rapid game 20 min + 5 sec per move. If draw at rapid game — blitz game 5 min + 3 sec per move.


2013 World Draughts Championship match, Rules and regulations
If draw at blitz game — Lehmann-Georgiev tie break 5 min + 2 sec per move on all games till the first victory.


2013 World Draughts Championship match, Rules and regulations
The final result of the match was determined by the result games with normal time control, if draw was determined by the result rapid games, if draw was determined by the result blitz games.


2013 World Fencing Championships
The 2013 World Fencing Championships were held at Budapest, Hungary from 5–12 August.


2013 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2013 World Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2012–13 season. The event was held at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, Canada on March 11–17. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event also determined the number of entries a country may send to the 2014 World Championships and 2014 Winter Olympics.


2013 World Figure Skating Championships, Host
The International Skating Union selected London as the host in June 2010. Canada most recently organized the event in 2006 in Calgary, Alberta. The cost of the 2013 event was estimated at CDN $12 million. It was held at the Budweiser Gardens. Total economic activity generated in Ontario by the event was CDN $42.6 million ($32.1 million in London), resulting in net economic activity (GDP) of $23.2 million ($17.2 million in London).


2013 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Skaters were eligible for the event if they were representing an ISU member nations and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2012 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships.


2013 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2012 World Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.


2013 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2013 World Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2013 World Freestyle Skating Championships
The 7th World Freestyle Skating Championships were held in Taipei City, Taiwan from November 5 to November 8, 2013. 24 countries took part in the competition


2013 World Games
The 2013 World Games (Spanish: Juegos del mundo 2013), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.


2013 World Games, Host city allocation history
The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession.


2013 World Games, Host city allocation history
Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013.


2013 World Games, Sports, Official sports
The 2013 World Games programme featured 32 official sports, and 4 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.


2013 World Games, Garden of Sport
The "Garden of Sport" events were held in the neighboring towns of Buga and Jamundí. These demonstration events served to showcase these disciplines for potential inclusion in future games.


2013 World Games, Garden of Sport
Two of the competitions were held at Coliseo Mayor in Buga:


2013 World Games, Medal mistake
This particular edition made the mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals. This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno. Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo. According to the representative of the firm that engraved the medals, several authorities had seen and approved the medals' design without noticing the mistake, including Coldeportes director Andrés Botero, and the head of the Organizing Committee Rodrigo Otoya.


2013 World Games, Medal mistake
The representative also stated that, according to a corporate policy, "... any mistake after the art has been approved (by the client) will not be responsibility of the Firm"    Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, stated that "This mistake in no way undermines the value of the medals, and the spirit of the games. People are making a tempest in a tea cup out of this situation."


2013 World Games, Medal results, Official sports
Key:Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating. In one aerobic gymnastics event there was a four-way tie for first place; four gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded. In another aerobic gymnastics event there was a tie for second-place; two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded. In two trampoline/tumbing gymnastics events, there was tie for first-place; in each event, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded.


2013 World Games, Medal results, Invitational sports
Key:As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally.


2013 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2013 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the sixteenth staging of the  World Grand Prix. It was played from 7–13 October 2013 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.


2013 World Grand Prix (darts)
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion having won his first major PDC ranking title in 2012 with a 6–4 defeat over Mervyn King. However, he lost in the quarter-finals to Dave Chisnall. Chisnall went on to reach his first major PDC final but lost 6–0 to Phil Taylor, who claimed his 11th and final Grand Prix title.


2013 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money
The total prize fund was £350,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:


2013 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 23. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2013 ProTour Order of Merit.


2013 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2013 World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, in January 2013.


2013 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The event was sponsored by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and was the 35th annual World Indoor Bowls Championships. The men's singles title was won by Stewart Anderson, while the ladies singles was won by Rebecca Field.


2013 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2013 tournament saw the introduction of the shot clock, used for the first time at the World Championships. It was previously trialled at the 2012 Scottish International Open and has been used in Australia. Each player is allowed 30 seconds to play their shot, and if they run out of time, the hooter will sound and their bowl is removed. However, players can use up to four time-outs in a match - which resets the clock to 60 seconds - and are given an extra time-out if the match goes to a tie-break set.


2013 World Judo Championships
The 2013 World Judo Championships were held at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 26 August to 1 September.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's +100 kg
The men's over 100 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 31.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's 100 kg
The men's 100 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 31.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's 60 kg
The men's 60 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 26.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg
The men's 66 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 27.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's 73 kg
The men's 73 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 28.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's 81 kg
The men's 81 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 29.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's 90 kg
The men's 90 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 30.


2013 World Judo Championships – Men's team
The men's team competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on September 1.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's +78 kg
The women's 78 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 31.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's 48 kg
The women's 48 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 26.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg
The women's 52 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 27.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg
The women's 57 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 28.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's 63 kg
The women's 63 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 29.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg
The women's 70 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 30.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's 78 kg
The women's 78 kg competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on August 30.


2013 World Judo Championships – Women's team
The women's team competition of the 2013 World Judo Championships was held on September 1.


2013 World Junior A Challenge
The 2013 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from November 4–10, 2013, at the Mariners Centre. The event included the 9th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Challenge, marking the third time the two events have been paired together.


2013 World Junior A Challenge, Background
Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States, Switzerland, and Czech Republic all return.


2013 World Junior A Challenge, CJHL Prospects Game
For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game was a part of the WJAC festivities. Just like the previous four Prospects Games, the event was actually two "prospect" games with the President's Cup going to the winning goal aggregate.


2013 World Junior A Challenge, CJHL Prospects Game
Prospects East won their fourth President's Cup in nine years with an 8-4 aggregate victory (4-2, 4-2) over Prospects West.


2013 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2013 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 28 to March 10 at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is also scheduled to host the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics.


2013 World Junior Curling Championships, Women, Round Robin Results, Draw 6
Switzerland ran out of time in the tenth end, and conceded the game to the United States.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2012–13 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The event was held in Milan, Italy from 25 February to 3 March 2013.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who were at least 13 but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before July 1, 2012 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the Junior Worlds.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters may remain age-eligible for Junior Worlds even after competing nationally and internationally at the senior level. At junior events, the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2012 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline. Countries which qualified more than one entry in a discipline:


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Entries
China removed Yan Han from the roster, despite having three spots. No reason was given.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
2012 silver medalist Joshua Farris, Shotaro Omori, and Jason Brown, all of the United States, took the top three spots after the men's short program. In the free skating, Farris was second to Brown but finished first overall, Brown moved up from third to take the silver medal, and Omori obtained the bronze. The three Americans produced the first ever sweep of the men's podium at the World Junior Championships.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
Samantha Cesario of the United States was first in the ladies' short program, followed by Anna Pogorilaya of Russia and another American Courtney Hicks. Russia's Elena Radionova won the free skating and moved up from fifth to take the gold, Yulia Lipnitskaya climbed from fourth to take silver, and Pogorilaya ended with the bronze. They produced Russia's third sweep of the ladies' podium at Junior Worlds (previously in 1996 and 1998). The sound system failed before the last two skaters, resulting in a thirty-minute interruption.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
2012 silver medalists Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang of China led after the pairs' short program, with Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro of Canada and Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier in second and third respectively. The free skating was delayed by 1 hour and 20 minutes due to a technical problem. Denney / Frazier rose from third to take the gold, Purdy / Marinaro remained in second, and Russia's Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin climbed from seventh to take the bronze.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Overview
2012 silver medalists Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin of Russia placed first in the short dance, followed by Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron of France and Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton of the United States. Stepanova / Bukin also won the free dance and took gold. Papadakis / Cizeron held on to silver after placing third in the segment. Papadakis sprained her ankle in an off-ice warm up before the morning practice on March 1. She paused the free dance after 2:52 minutes and was allowed a medical break, after which she and Cizeron completed the dance. Aldridge / Eaton were the bronze medalists for the second year in a row.


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, By country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship (commonly known as the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC). It was hosted in Ufa, Russia. It began on December 26, 2012, and ended with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013. The United States defeated defending-champion Sweden 3–1 to win their third title, their first one since 2010. American goalie John Gibson was named MVP of the tournament.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Russia defeated Canada 6–5 in overtime to win the bronze medal, sending the Canadians home without a medal for the first time since 1998. Latvia was relegated to Division I and Norway was promoted to the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World ChampionshipThey were the following:


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division
Each round will be a round-robin tournament, where the teams play each other once within their group. The Preliminary Round is divided into two groups: Group A and Group B, which includes five teams each. From each group, the top three teams will qualify for the playoffs; the 1st-ranked teams earn a direct trip to the Semifinals, while the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams qualify for the Quarterfinals.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division
The 4th and 5th-ranked teams have to play in the Relegation Round, where the three best teams qualify for the Top Division tournament the following year, with the last-placed team being relegated to the Division I tournament the following year. In the Semifinals, the directly-qualified Semifinalists face the winners from the Quarterfinals.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division, Relegation round
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Amiens, France, from 9 to 15 December 2012.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 10 to 16 December 2012.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 9 to 15 December 2012.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played  in Belgrade, Serbia, from 12 to 18 January 2013.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The Division III tournament was played  in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 14 to 20 January 2013.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
*  United Arab Emirates were disqualified and all their games were counted as 5-0 wins for their opponents.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Amiens, France, from 9 to 15 December 2012.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 10 to 16 December 2012.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
The 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions II A and II B represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 9 to 15 December 2012.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 12 to 18 January 2013.


2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
The 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was played in one group of six teams. The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 14 and 20 January 2013. The UAE was to have made their first appearance, but forfeited all games for not fulfilling minimum registration requirements. Their games were still played, but did not count in the standings.


2013 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2013 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 22 to 24 February 2013 in Warsaw, Poland at the Torwar Hall. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


2013 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Participating nations
191 athletes from 39 countries participated in these championships, which is an increase of eleven nations and 61 athletes from the last year's competition.


2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Rabat, Morocco, from 1 to 8 December 2013. It was organised by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Tennis de Table (FRMTT) under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


2013 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2013 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia from 17 to 21 July 2013 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course. It was the 15th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 2nd edition for the Under 23 category.


2013 World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
No medals were awarded for the men's U23 C2 event due to the fact that it did not meet the criteria for a medal event. In an Olympic event there need to be at least 6 countries from 3 continents represented to count as a world championship event.