2013 World Championships in Athletics

The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013)[2] (Russian: [Чемпионат мира по лёгкой атлетике 2013]) was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 2001. It was also the first time ever the host nation took the top of the medal table. However, after disqualification of Russian sprinter Antonina Krivoshapka for doping and following redistribution of medals in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay (as well as after series of other disqualifications of Russian athletes for doping offences), United States topped the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12. With 1,784 athletes from 203 countries it was the biggest single sports event of the year.[3] The number of spectators for the evening sessions was 268,548 surpassing Daegu 2011.[4]

14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Nations participating	203 (206 ready to compete)[1]
Athletes participating	1,784
Events	47
Dates	10 August 2013 – 18 August 2013
Officially opened by	President Vladimir Putin

Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both won three gold medals in the men's and women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay respectively to become the most successful athletes at the event. This achievement also earned Bolt the title of being the most successful athlete in the history of the World Championships with eight gold and two silver medals. Prior to the competition, four sprinters were banned on doping charges.[5]

Bidding process

When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities had confirmed their candidatures.[6] These were: Barcelona (Spain), Brisbane (Australia), Moscow (Russia) and Gothenburg (Sweden). The IAAF announced Moscow the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Mombasa on 27 March 2007.[7]

Gothenburg backed out already in December, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government.[8] Barcelona had a record of hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. It was chosen over Madrid and Valencia, which were at one point outlined as possible candidates.[6] (Barcelona was later selected as the host for the 2010 European Athletics Championships).

Brisbane simultaneously bid for 2011 and 2013 World Championships with the primary focus being on the 2011 event.[9] Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (ANZ Stadium) was the proposed venue. The venue had hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games.[10] It was also a failed bidder for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, which was eventually won by Berlin.

In the case of Moscow, Deputy Mayor Valery Vinogradov announced on 13 March 2006 that the city would bid for the 2011 Championships and suggested Luzhniki Stadium as venue. When the IAAF elected to decide the 2011 and 2013 events at the same meeting, Moscow added its name to the 2013 list. The city had hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics (also at the Luzhniki Stadium) and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[6]

Venue

Main venue was Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a capacity of 78,360 spectators.[11]

2013 World Championships Athletics panorama.

Event schedule

Day by day event schedule of the 2013 championships

Legend

Key	P	Q	H	½	F
Value	Preliminary round	Qualifiers	Heats	Semifinals	Final

All dates are MSK (UTC+3)

Men[12]

Date →	10 Aug		11 Aug			12 Aug			13 Aug		14 Aug		15 Aug		16 Aug		17 Aug		18 Aug
Event ↓	M	A	M	A		M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A
100 m	Q	H		½	F
200 m															H	½		F
400 m			H				½			F
800 m	H			½						F
1500 m											H					½				F
5000 m									H							F
10,000 m		F
Marathon																		F
110 m hurdles			H				½	F
400 m hurdles						H				½				F
3000 m steeplechase						H								F
4 × 100 m relay																				H	F
4 × 400 m relay														H		F
20 km walk				F
50 km walk											F
Long jump											Q					F
Triple jump															Q					F
High jump									Q					F
Pole vault	Q						F
Shot put													Q			F
Discus throw						Q				F
Hammer throw		Q					F
Javelin throw													Q					F
Decathlon	F

Women[12]

Date	10 Aug		11 Aug		12 Aug			13 Aug		14 Aug		15 Aug		16 Aug		17 Aug			18 Aug
Event	M	A	M	A	M	A		M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A	M	A		M	A
100 m			H			½	F
200 m												H	½		F
400 m		H		½		F
800 m												H			½					F
1500 m			H						½				F
5000 m										H							F
10,000 m				F
Marathon		F
100 m hurdles														H			½	F
400 m hurdles					H				½				F
3000 m steeplechase		H							F
4 × 100 m relay																				H	F
4 × 400 m relay														H			F
20 km walk								F
Long jump		Q		F
Triple jump								Q					F
High jump												Q					F
Pole vault				Q					F
Shot put			Q			F
Discus throw	Q			F
Hammer throw										Q					F
Javelin throw														Q						F
Heptathlon					F

Reference:[13]

Event summary

Sparrow mascot of the event.[14]

The championships featured 3 championship records, 22 world leadings, 2 area records, 48 national records but no world records.[15] In addition to gold medals, individual winners received prize money of $60,000 where as members of winning relay teams received $20,000.[3]

Men

Usain Bolt of Jamaica moved to the top of the all-time World Championships medal table by winning three gold medals. He won the 100 metres, the 200 metres, and Jamaica won the 4x100 metre relay behind a strong anchor leg from Bolt who passed the United States' Justin Gatlin down the stretch. It was Bolt's second three gold performance at the World Championships. After the meet, his career total stood at 8 golds and 2 silvers, narrowly surpassing Carl Lewis' 8 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze.[16] Trinidad and Tobago's Jehue Gordon edged America's Michael Tinsley by a hundredth of a second to win the 400-metre hurdles. It was the first gold for Trinidad and Tobago since 1997. Serbia's Emir Bekrić took bronze in national record time. Félix Sánchez, competing for the Dominican Republic, also made the final of the event, marking his seventh consecutive World Championship 400-metre hurdles final.[17]

Great Britain's Mo Farah won the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres to become the second man in history to win both events at both the World Champions and the Olympics. The only man to do it before had been Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia.[18] Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda became the first non-Kenyan to win the marathon at the World Championships since 2005. It was also Uganda's first men's title in the history of the event. Kiprotich became only the second man, after Gezahegne Abera, to follow an Olympic marathon gold medal with a world championship marathon gold medal. Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa and Tadese Tola took second and third respectively.[19]

In the high jump, Bohdan Bondarenko set a Championship record of 2.41 (7'10.75") en route to a gold medal in a highly competitive final. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar took second and Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record while winning bronze.[20]

Track

Usain Bolt of Jamaica, winner of the men's 100 metres, here during the heats.

Medalists of the 110 metres hurdles

Mo Farah of Great Britain, winner of the 5,000m and 10,000m

Chronology: 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM)	9.77 WL	Justin Gatlin  United States (USA)	9.85 SB	Nesta Carter  Jamaica (JAM)	9.95
200 metres	Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM)	19.66 WL	Warren Weir  Jamaica (JAM)	19.79 =PB	Curtis Mitchell  United States (USA)	20.04
400 metres	LaShawn Merritt  United States (USA)	43.74 WL, PB	Tony McQuay  United States (USA)	44.40 PB	Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic (DOM)	44.52 SB
800 metres	Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia (ETH)	1:43.31 SB	Nick Symmonds  United States (USA)	1:43.55 SB	Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti (DJI)	1:43.76
1500 metres	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya (KEN)	3:36.28	Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.  United States (USA)	3:36.78	Johan Cronje  South Africa (RSA)	3:36.83
5000 metres	Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13:26.98	Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia (ETH)	13:27.26	Isiah Koech  Kenya (KEN)	13:27.26
10,000 metres	Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	27:21.71 SB	Ibrahim Jeilan  Ethiopia (ETH)	27:22.23 SB	Paul Tanui  Kenya (KEN)	27:22.61
Marathon	Stephen Kiprotich  Uganda (UGA)	2:09:51	Lelisa Desisa  Ethiopia (ETH)	2:10:12	Tadese Tola  Ethiopia (ETH)	2:10:23
110 metres hurdles	David Oliver  United States (USA)	13.00 WL	Ryan Wilson  United States (USA)	13.13	Sergey Shubenkov  Russia (RUS)	13.24
400 metres hurdles	Jehue Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	47.69 WL, NR	Michael Tinsley  United States (USA)	47.70 PB	Emir Bekrić  Serbia (SRB)	48.05 NR
3000 metres steeplechase	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya (KEN)	8:06.01	Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya (KEN)	8:06.37	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France (FRA)	8:07.86
20 kilometres walk	Chen Ding  China (CHN)	1:21:09 SB	Miguel Ángel López  Spain (ESP)	1:21:21 SB	João Vieira  Portugal (POR)	1:22:05
50 kilometres walk	Robert Heffernan  Ireland (IRL)	3:37:56 WL	Jared Tallent  Australia (AUS)	3:40:03 SB	Ihor Hlavan  Ukraine (UKR)	3:40:39 PB
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Oshane Bailey* Warren Weir*	37.36 WL	United States (USA) Charles Silmon Mike Rodgers Rakieem Salaam Justin Gatlin	37.66	Canada (CAN) Gavin Smellie Aaron Brown Dontae Richards-Kwok Justyn Warner	37.92 SB
4 × 400 metres relay	United States (USA) David Verburg Tony McQuay Arman Hall LaShawn Merritt Joshua Mance* James Harris*	2:58.71 WL	Jamaica (JAM) Rusheen McDonald Edino Steele Omar Johnson Javon Francis Javere Bell*	2:59.88 SB	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Conrad Williams Martyn Rooney Michael Bingham Nigel Levine Jamie Bowie*	3:00.88
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) * Medalists who participated in heats only.

Field

Raphael Holzdeppe and Björn Otto of Germany, the gold and bronze medalist of the men's pole vault.

Ashton Eaton of United States, winner of the men's decathlon.

Chronology: 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine (UKR)	2.41 WL, CR, =NR	Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar (QAT)	2.38	Derek Drouin  Canada (CAN)	2.38 NR
Pole vault	Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER)	5.89	Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA)	5.89	Björn Otto  Germany (GER)	5.82
Long jump	Aleksandr Menkov  Russia (RUS)	8.56 WL, NR	Ignisious Gaisah  Netherlands (NED)	8.29 NR	Luis Rivera  Mexico (MEX)	8.27
Triple jump	Teddy Tamgho  France (FRA)	18.04 WL, NR	Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba (CUB)	17.68	Will Claye  United States (USA)	17.52 SB
Shot put	David Storl  Germany (GER)	21.73 SB	Ryan Whiting  United States (USA)	21.57	Dylan Armstrong  Canada (CAN)	21.34 SB
Discus throw	Robert Harting  Germany (GER)	69.11	Piotr Małachowski  Poland (POL)	68.36	Gerd Kanter  Estonia (EST)	65.19
Javelin throw	Vítězslav Veselý  Czech Republic (CZE)	87.17	Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN)	87.07	Dmitriy Tarabin  Russia (RUS)	86.23
Hammer throw	Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL)	81.97 WL, PB	Krisztián Pars  Hungary (HUN)	80.30	Lukáš Melich  Czech Republic (CZE)	79.36
Decathlon	Ashton Eaton  United States (USA)	8809 WL	Michael Schrader  Germany (GER)	8670 PB	Damian Warner  Canada (CAN)	8512 PB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman in World Championships history to sweep the sprint events when anchored Jamaica to gold in the 4×100-metre relay. Jamaica's time of 41.29 set a Championships record. Earlier in the meet, Fraser-Pryce won the 100 metres and the 200 metres.[16] In the final of the 200 metres, Allyson Felix tore her right hamstring. A photo-finish gave Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast the silver over Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare after both finished in the same time.[18]

Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu won the 400 metres in a national record time of 49.41. She came from behind to edge out defending champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana by 4 thousands of a second in a photo finish.[21] Zuzana Hejnova won gold and set a Czech national record in the 400-metre hurdles.[17] Eunice Sum of Kenya won her first major title, besting Olympic champion Mariya Savinova of Russia in the 800 metres.[16]

In the 4×400 m relay, although the United States suffered a time-wasting exchange on the final leg, the Americans won by more than two seconds over Great Britain and France. The medal ceremony for the event took place at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London upon the certification of results by the IAAF following the retroactive disqualification of first-place Russia when Antonina Krivoshapka was retroactively disqualified on a positive drug test in a 2017 retest of samples.[19]

Russia's Tatyana Lysenko set a World Championships record in the hammer throw en route to the gold.[18] Caterine Ibargüen won Colombia's first ever World Championship gold by finishing first in the triple jump.[17] Christina Obergföll of Germany won her first World Championships title in javelin.[16]

Track

Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain, winner of the 400 metres

Edna Kiplagat after winning the marathon

Chronology: 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica (JAM)	10.71 WL	Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast (CIV)	10.93	Carmelita Jeter  United States (USA)	10.94
200 metres	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica (JAM)	22.17	Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast (CIV)	22.32	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria (NGR)	22.32
400 metres	Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	49.41 NR	Amantle Montsho  Botswana (BOT)	49.41	Stephenie Ann McPherson  Jamaica (JAM)	49.99
800 metres	Eunice Jepkoech Sum  Kenya (KEN)	1:57.38 PB	Brenda Martinez  United States (USA)	1:57.91 PB	Alysia Montaño  United States (USA)	1:57.95
1500 metres	Abeba Aregawi  Sweden (SWE)	4:02.67	Jennifer Simpson  United States (USA)	4:02.99	Hellen Onsando Obiri  Kenya (KEN)	4:03.86
5000 metres	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:50.19	Mercy Cherono  Kenya (KEN)	14:51.22	Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia (ETH)	14:51.33
10,000 metres	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH)	30:43.35	Gladys Cherono  Kenya (KEN)	30:45.17	Belaynesh Oljira  Ethiopia (ETH)	30:46.98
Marathon	Edna Kiplagat  Kenya (KEN)	2:25:44	Valeria Straneo  Italy (ITA)	2:25:58 SB	Kayoko Fukushi  Japan (JPN)	2:27:45
100 metres hurdles	Brianna Rollins  United States (USA)	12.44	Sally Pearson  Australia (AUS)	12.50 SB	Tiffany Porter  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	12.55 PB
400 metres hurdles	Zuzana Hejnová  Czech Republic (CZE)	52.83 WL, NR	Dalilah Muhammad  United States (USA)	54.09	Lashinda Demus  United States (USA)	54.27
3000 metres steeplechase	Milcah Chemos Cheywa  Kenya (KEN)	9:11.65 WL	Lydiah Chepkurui  Kenya (KEN)	9:12.55 PB	Sofia Assefa  Ethiopia (ETH)	9:12.84 SB
20 kilometres walk	Elena Lashmanova  Russia (RUS)	1:27:08	Liu Hong  China (CHN)	1:28:10	Sun Huanhuan  China (CHN)	1:28:32
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Carrie Russell Kerron Stewart Schillonie Calvert Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sheri-Ann Brooks*	41.29 WL, CR	United States (USA) Jeneba Tarmoh Alexandria Anderson English Gardner Octavious Freeman	42.75	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Dina Asher-Smith Ashleigh Nelson Annabelle Lewis Hayley Jones	42.87
4 × 400 metres relay	United States (USA) Jessica Beard Natasha Hastings Ashley Spencer Francena McCorory Joanna Atkins*	3:20.41 SB[22]	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Eilidh Child Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Christine Ohuruogu	3:22.61 SB	France (FRA) Marie Gayot Lénora Guion-Firmin Muriel Hurtis Floria Gueï Phara Anacharsis*	3:24.21
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Field

Chronology: 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017

Women jump event winners

Caterine Ibargüen (COL), triple jump

Svetlana Shkolina (RUS), high jump

Brittney Reese (USA), long jump

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Brigetta Barrett  United States (USA)	2.00	Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP)	1.97	Not awarded
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia (RUS)	4.89 SB	Jenn Suhr  United States (USA)	4.82	Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB)	4.82
Long jump	Brittney Reese  United States (USA)	7.01	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria (NGR)	6.99	Ivana Španović  Serbia (SRB)	6.82 NR
Triple jump	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia (COL)	14.85 WL	Ekaterina Koneva  Russia (RUS)	14.81	Olha Saladuha  Ukraine (UKR)	14.65
Shot put	Valerie Adams  New Zealand (NZL)	20.88	Christina Schwanitz  Germany (GER)	20.41 PB	Gong Lijiao  China (CHN)	19.95
Discus throw	Sandra Perković  Croatia (CRO)	67.99	Mélina Robert-Michon  France (FRA)	66.28 NR	Yarelys Barrios  Cuba (CUB)	64.96
Hammer throw	Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL)	78.46 NR	Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN)	75.58 SB	Wang Zheng  China (CHN)	74.90 PB
Javelin throw	Christina Obergföll  Germany (GER)	69.05 SB	Kimberley Mickle  Australia (AUS)	66.60 PB	Mariya Abakumova  Russia (RUS)	65.09
Heptathlon	Hanna Melnychenko  Ukraine (UKR)	6586 PB	Brianne Theisen-Eaton  Canada (CAN)	6530 PB	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands (NED)	6477 NR
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Reference:[23]

Statistics

Medal table

A total of 47 sets of medals were distributed between 38 countries.[24][n 1] Initially, host nation Russia topped the medal table with seven gold medals. However, after numerous disqualifications of Russians athletes for doping, the United States topped the medal table with eight golds. In the overall medal count, the United States won 26 medals in total, followed by Kenya with 12.[16]

Flag parade during opening ceremony

Scene from the opening ceremony

  *   Host nation (Russia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	13	5	26
2	Jamaica (JAM)	6	2	2	10
3	Kenya (KEN)	5	4	3	12
4	Germany (GER)	4	2	1	7
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	4	10
6	Russia (RUS)*	3	2	3	8
7	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	3	1	3	7
8	Poland (POL)	2	1	0	3
9	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	2	4
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	1	3
11	China (CHN)	1	2	3	6
12	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
13	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
20	Australia (AUS)	0	3	0	3
21	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	2	0	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
23	Canada (CAN)	0	1	4	5
24	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	2	3
25	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	2
27	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	1	0	1
32	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	2	2
33	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	1	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 nations)		47	48	46	141

Points

The IAAF placing table assigns eight points to the first place and so on to the eight finalists (except teams that do not start or are disqualified). 60 IAAF members received points.[25]

Rank	Country				4	5	6	7	8	Pts
1	United States (USA)	7	13	5	9	6	9	2	7	283
2	Russia (RUS)	6	3	5	1	8	1	9	5	183
3	Kenya (KEN)	5	4	3	6	2	3	3	0	139
4	Germany (GER)	4	2	1	7	2	1	1	2	102
5	Jamaica (JAM)	6	2	1	4	2	0	0	4	100
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	3	4	2	3	0	2	2	97
7	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	3	1	2	2	5	1	1	2	80
8	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	1	2	2	1	4	0	51
9	France (FRA)	1	2	1	2	0	0	5	2	50
10	Poland (POL)	1	2	0	1	0	4	2	1	44
11	China (CHN)	0	1	3	2	0	2	0	1	42
12	Canada (CAN)	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	1	41
13	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	38
14	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	32
15	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	31
16	Australia (AUS)	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	27
17	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	24
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0
19	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	19
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
22	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	18
23	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
24	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13
25	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9
30	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8
	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
	Qatar (QAT)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
43	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Romania (ROM)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
47	Norway (NOR)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
50	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
53	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
	Grenada (GRN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	India (IND)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
57	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total		47	47	48	46	48	46	47	43	1690

   Host.

Participating nations

206 countries (or more accurately, IAAF members) participated with a total of 1974 athletes. The biggest delegation was the one of USA with 137 athletes. The number of athletes sent per nation is show in parentheses.

•  Afghanistan (AFG) (1)
•  Albania (ALB) (2)
•  Algeria (ALG) (11)
•  American Samoa (ASA) (1)
•  Andorra (AND) (1)
•  Angola (ANG) (1)
•  Anguilla (AIA) (1)
•  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) (1)
•  Argentina (ARG) (8)
•  Armenia (ARM) (1)
•  Aruba (ARU) (1)
•  Australia (AUS) (47)
•  Austria (AUT) (2)
•  Azerbaijan (AZE) (2)
•  Bahamas (BAH) (26)
•  Bahrain (BHR) (10)
•  Bangladesh (BAN) (1)
•  Barbados (BAR) (9)
•  Belarus (BLR) (27)
•  Belgium (BEL) (17)
•  Benin (BEN) (1)
•  Bermuda (BER) (2)
•  Bhutan (BHU) (1)
•  Bolivia (BOL) (2)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (2)
•  Botswana (BOT) (11)
•  Brazil (BRA) (32)
•  British Virgin Islands (IVB) (3)
•  Brunei (BRU) (1)
•  Bulgaria (BUL) (10)
•  Burkina Faso (BUR) (1)
•  Burundi (BDI) (1)
•  Cambodia (CAM) (1)
•  Cameroon (CMR) (1)
•  Canada (CAN) (46)
•  Cape Verde (CPV) (1)
•  Cayman Islands (CAY) (1)
•  Central African Republic (CAF) (1)
•  Chad (CHA) (1)
•  Chile (CHI) (7)
•  China (CHN) (53)
•  Colombia (COL) (20)
•  Comoros (COM) (1)
•  Congo (CGO) (1)
•  Cook Islands (COK) (1)
•  Costa Rica (CRC) (1)
•  Croatia (CRO) (7)
•  Cuba (CUB) (25)
•  Cyprus (CYP) (2)
•  Czech Republic (CZE) (28)
•  DR Congo (COD) (1)
•  Denmark (DEN) (2)
•  Djibouti (DJI) (1)
•  Dominica (DMA) (1)
•  Dominican Republic (DOM) (10)
•  Ecuador (ECU) (12)
•  Egypt (EGY) (4)
•  El Salvador (ESA) (1)
•  Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) (1)
•  Eritrea (ERI) (10)
•  Estonia (EST) (9)
•  Ethiopia (ETH) (46)
•  Fiji (FIJ) (2)
•  Finland (FIN) (10)
•  France (FRA) (52)
•  French Polynesia (PYF) (1)
•  Gabon (GAB) (2)
•  Gambia (GAM) (1)
•  Georgia (GEO) (2)
•  Germany (GER) (67)
•  Ghana (GHA) (1)
•  Gibraltar (GIB) (1)
•  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (60)
•  Greece (GRE) (17)
•  Grenada (GRN) (2)
•  Guam (GUM) (1)
•  Guatemala (GUA) (6)
•  Guinea (GUI) (1)
•  Guinea-Bissau (GBS) (1)
•  Guyana (GUY) (3)
•  Haiti (HAI) (1)
•  Honduras (HON) (1)
•  Hong Kong (HKG) (6)
•  Hungary (HUN) (11)
•  Iceland (ISL) (1)
•  India (IND) (15)
•  Indonesia (INA) (1)
•  Iran (IRI) (6)
•  Iraq (IRQ) (1)
•  Ireland (IRL) (11)
•  Israel (ISR) (3)
•  Italy (ITA) (57)
•  Ivory Coast (CIV) (3)
•  Jamaica (JAM) (45)
•  Japan (JPN) (41)
•  Jordan (JOR) (1)
•  Kazakhstan (KAZ) (17)
•  Kenya (KEN) (49)
•  Kiribati (KIR) (1)
•  Kuwait (KUW) (1)
•  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) (2)
•  Laos (LAO) (1)
•  Latvia (LAT) (10)
•  Lesotho (LES) (3)
•  Lithuania (LTU) (14)
•  Luxembourg (LUX) (1)
•  Macau (MAC) (1)
•  Macedonia (MKD) (1)
•  Madagascar (MAD) (2)
•  Malawi (MAW) (1)
•  Malaysia (MAS) (1)
•  Maldives (MDV) (1)
•  Mali (MLI) (1)
•  Malta (MLT) (1)
•  Marshall Islands (MHL) (1)
•  Mauritania (MTN) (1)
•  Mauritius (MRI) (1)
•  Mexico (MEX) (16)
•  F.S. Micronesia (FSM) (1)
•  Moldova (MDA) (4)
•  Monaco (MON) (1)
•  Mongolia (MGL) (2)
•  Montenegro (MNE) (2)
•  Montserrat (MNT) (1)
•  Morocco (MAR) (21)
•  Mozambique (MOZ) (1)
•  Myanmar (MYA) (1)
•  Namibia (NAM) (6)
•  Nauru (NRU) (1)
•  Netherlands (NED) (23)
•  New Zealand (NZL) (9)
•  Nicaragua (NCA) (1)
•  Niger (NIG) (1)
•  Nigeria (NGR) (17)
•  North Korea (PRK) (4)
•  Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) (1)
•  Norway (NOR) (11)
•  Oman (OMN) (1)
•  Pakistan (PAK) (1)
•  Palau (PLW) (1)
•  Palestine (PLE) (1)
•  Panama (PAN) (1)
•  Papua New Guinea (PNG) (2)
•  Paraguay (PAR) (1)
•  Philippines (PHI) (1)
•  Peru (PER) (2)
•  Poland (POL) (55)
•  Portugal (POR) (12)
•  Puerto Rico (PUR) (4)
•  Qatar (QAT) (5)
•  Romania (ROM) (18)
•  Russia (RUS) (119)
•  Rwanda (RWA) (2)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) (6)
•  Saint Lucia (LCA) (3)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) (2)
•  Samoa (SAM) (1)
•  San Marino (SMR) (1)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) (1)
•  Saudi Arabia (KSA) (11)
•  Senegal (SEN) (5)
•  Serbia (SRB) (8)
•  Seychelles (SEY) (1)
•  Sierra Leone (SLE) (1)
•  Singapore (SIN) (1)
•  Slovakia (SVK) (11)
•  Slovenia (SLO) (9)
•  Solomon Islands (SOL) (1)
•  Somalia (SOM) (1)
•  South Africa (RSA) (30)
•  South Korea (KOR) (16)
•  Spain (ESP) (41)
•  Sri Lanka (SRI) (8)
•  Sudan (SUD) (1)
•  Suriname (SUR) (1)
•  Swaziland (SWZ) (1)
•  Sweden (SWE) (24)
•  Switzerland (SUI) (18)
•  Syria (SYR) (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (TPE) (7)
•  Tajikistan (TJK) (2)
•  Tanzania (TAN) (2)
•  Thailand (THA) (2)
•  East Timor (TLS) (1)
•  Togo (TOG) (1)
•  Tonga (TGA) (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) (21)
•  Tunisia (TUN) (4)
•  Turkey (TUR) (10)
•  Turkmenistan (TKM) (1)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS) (1)
•  Tuvalu (TUV) (1)
•  Uganda (UGA) (12)
•  Ukraine (UKR) (61)
•  United Arab Emirates (UAE) (1)
•  United States (USA) (137)
•  Uruguay (URU) (1)
•  Uzbekistan (UZB) (3)
•  Vanuatu (VAN) (1)
•  Venezuela (VEN) (15)
•  Vietnam (VIE) (1)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) (1)
•  Yemen (YEM) (1)
•  Zambia (ZAM) (3)
•  Zimbabwe (ZIM) (2)

Reference:[26]

Broadcasting

• Argentina: TyC Sports[27]
• Austria: ORF Sport +
• Belgium: Canvas, La Deux
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHT 1
• Brazil: SporTV
• Bulgaria: BNT 1
• Colombia: Caracol TV
• Costa Rica: Teletica
• Croatia: HRT 2
• Cuba Tele Rebelde
• Czech Republic: ČT Sport
• Denmark: DR3
• El Salvador: Canal 4
• Estonia: ETV
• European Union: Eurosport, EBU[28]
• Finland: Yle
• Iceland: RÚV
• France: France 2
• Germany: ARD,: ZDF
• Greece: HBC
• Hong Kong: STAR Sports (only in Score Tonight)
• India: TEN Sports[27]
• Israel: IBA 1
• Italy: Rai Sport 1
• Jamaica: TVJ
• Japan: TBS[29]
• Latvia: LTV 7
• Lithuania: LRT
• Macedonia: ALFA TV
• Netherlands: NOS
• Norway: NRK1, NRK2
• Pakistan: TEN Sports
• Peru: ATV
• Poland: TVP
• Portugal: RTP2
• Russia: Russia 2, Sport 1
• Serbia: RTS 2
• Slovakia: Dvojka
• Slovenia: RTV Slo 2
• South Africa: SuperSport
• Spain: Teledeporte
• Sweden: TV4
• Switzerland: SRG SSR
• Turkey: TRT 3
• United Kingdom: BBC Sport
• Ukraine: NTU
• United States: Universal Sports, NBC Sports

American coverage

In the United States the IAAF sold exclusive rights to Universal Sports, a network associated with NBC Sports.[30] Universal Sports can only be seen in about ten percent of the households in the American market.[31][32] While NBC provided an hour and a half of coverage on weekend days, Universal Sports limited other distribution of the content, even online content requiring login with cable subscription user names.[33] For those viewers without access to Universal Sports, nationwide coverage of the entire meet was generally limited to six hours of weekend coverage. The IAAF provided short YouTube highlight clips,[34] a fraction of the online coverage they provided from Daegu two years earlier, instead promoting an internet radio feed and Twitter updates.

Controversies

Emma Green Tregaro (SWE) painted her nails in support of gay rights

The introduction of a Russia federal law in June banning "homosexual propaganda" affected the championships hosted in Moscow. Western and international bodies had already condemned the move prior to the event, which was scheduled several months prior to the more prominent 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[35] The IAAF deputy secretary general, Nick Davies, stated that the international nature of the competition might alter the country's perspective, but that the matter of gay rights would not be addressed by the championships, as long as its athletes were unaffected.[36] Russian politician Vitaly Milonov had stated that the law would apply to athletes and tourists in the same way as Russian citizens.[37] He also said those suggesting a boycott of the championships in protest of the laws were merely avoiding their competitors, saying "sports competitions are a place where there can't be any politics".[38]

Several athletes voiced their concerns over the issue of gay rights in Russia, but none boycotted the event. American runner Nick Symmonds, a supporter of the NOH8 Campaign for equal rights, said he would respect the host nation and its laws and would focus on sporting competition only in Moscow. However, he maintained his position as an advocate of gay rights and would silently dedicate his performance "to my gay and lesbian friends back home".[39]

Two Swedish athletes, high jumper Emma Green Tregaro and sprinter Moa Hjelmer, attracted attention when they painted their nails in a rainbow pattern in support of gay rights and displayed the colours during the qualifying rounds.[40][41] The IAAF notified the Swedish Athletics Federation that this gesture was in breach of rules on athlete conduct. The Swedish officials stood by Green Tregaro, but she relented under the pressure – in the high jump finals, she sported all red nails as a symbol of love.[19][42] While watching the high jump finals, Paavo Arhinmäki, the Finnish Minister for Culture and Sport, waved a rainbow flag at the arena.[43] Hjelmer had been eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres and did not compete again at the championships.[44]

Yelena Isinbayeva's (RUS) who caused controversy

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva was a popular winner in the women's pole vault, but later drew controversy for her remarks criticizing Green Tregaro's nails.[17] She said the protests were disrespectful towards the host nation and commented in English: "We consider ourselves like normal, standard people, we just live boys with women, girls with boys...We have our law which everyone has to respect. When we go to different countries, we try to follow their rules."[45] Following the negative reactions from other athletes and Western media she said that she had been misunderstood due to her grasp of English: "What I wanted to say was that people should respect the laws of other countries particularly when they are guests. But let me make it clear I respect the views of my fellow athletes, and let me state in the strongest terms that I am opposed to any discrimination against gay people on the grounds of their sexuality (which is against the Olympic Charter)."[46]

During the medal ceremony for the women's 4×400 metres relay images of Kseniya Ryzhova and Yuliya Gushchina[n 2] sharing a kiss on the lips spread through social media and were interpreted as a protest against the anti-gay laws.[47] Both Ryzhova and Gushchina denied any intention to make such a protest, rather they were simply happy with their athletic success, and stated that they were married to men.[48] Although reports were principally focused on the pair, all four of the Russia relay runners briefly kissed each other on the podium.[49] Ryzhova described her assumed connection to LGBT as insulting.[50] The Russian Minister for Sport, Vitaly Mutko, said that Western media had over-emphasised the issue, noting that same-sex relations are not illegal in Russia and sparser coverage of the issue in domestic media.[51]

Anti-doping

Russia's 2012 Olympic discus medallist Darya Pishchalnikova was among those banned for doping prior to the championships

At the championships the IAAF collected blood samples from all participating athletes, following the procedure introduced at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, in line with supporting its Athlete Biological Passport programme. This assisted the federation in detecting athlete's potential usage of banned substances, including steroids, human growth hormone, EPO and blood doping. In addition to the mandatory blood tests, the IAAF also conducted around 500 urine tests at the championships in three groups: all medallists were subjected to urine tests, those showing biological passport anomalies were targeted, and random urine tests were also applied. Continuing with procedures initiated at the 2005 edition, all urine tests were scheduled for long-term storage to allow retrospective testing in future. All athlete samples were processed at the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.[52][53]

In the months preceding the event around 40 Russian athletes received doping bans. The most prominent of these were Darya Pishchalnikova (discus runner-up at the 2012 Summer Olympics) and Olga Kuzenkova (former Olympic and world champion in the hammer throw). The Russian Athletics Federation president Valentin Balakhnichev defended the bans as proof of the increasing effectiveness of RUSADA (the Russian Anti-Doping Agency) which had been formed three years before.[54] According to the New York Times, Pishchalnikova was a whistleblower who sent the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) a December 2012 email detailing state-run doping programs in which Russian athletes had to participate; her ban by the Russian Athletics Federation was likely in retaliation.[55]

A month before the competition it was reported that the head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, had been arrested on charges of drug distribution, but the case against him had been dropped. His sister was convicted of purchasing banned drugs with the intention to supply them to athletes. Former Russian coach Oleg Popov and 400 metres runner Valentin Kruglyakov stated that athletes were ordered to dope and paid officials to conceal their positive tests.[56] The coach of the national athletics team, Valentin Maslakov, noted that Kruglyakov had tested positive for drugs and that Popov coached Lada Chernova, who had twice tested positive. He also stated that RUSADA and its labs were independent from the national sports federations.[57] On 18 November 2015, WADA suspended laboratory of RUSADA – Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, however the organization was not dissolved and tests are to be done by other independent labs.[58]

In February 2016, two high-ranking directors of the organisation – Vyacheslav Sinyev and Nikita Kamayev – died.[59] According to Sunday Times, Kamayev approached the news agency shortly before his death planning to publish a book on "the true story of sport pharmacology and doping in Russia since 1987".[60]

Outside of Russia, three of the world's top sprinters had positive tests during the buildup: Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Veronica Campbell-Brown.[61]

The drug testing results from the competition revealed several athletes had been using performance-enhancing drugs. The fifth-place finisher in the men's javelin, Roman Avramenko of Ukraine, tested positive for 4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (a steroid), as did Turkmenistan's Yelena Ryabova (a competitor in the women's 200 m). Another 200 m runner, Yelyzaveta Bryzgina, also of Ukraine, was banned for the steroid drostanolone. Afghan 100 m runner Masoud Azizi had nandrolone in his sample. Two athletes in the walking events, Ayman Kozhakhmetova and Ebrahim Rahimian, failed their tests for EPO, as did Guatemala's marathon runner Jeremias Saloj.[62]

Russian doping scandal

See also: Doping in Russia, Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, McLaren Report, and Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games

Media attention began growing in December 2014 when German broadcaster ARD reported on state-sponsored doping in Russia, comparing it to doping in East Germany. In November 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a report and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspended Russia indefinitely from world track and field events. The 335-page report, compiled following a nearly yearlong investigation by a commission led by former anti-doping agency President Dick Pound, urged the International Association of Athletics Federations to suspend Russia from competition, including the Olympics in Brazil. The report said Russia "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics by allowing athletes who should have been banned for doping violations to compete in the London Games. It recommended the anti-doping agency impose lifetime suspensions for 10 Russian coaches and athletes, including women's 800-meters gold medalist Mariya Savinova.[63] The United Kingdom Anti-Doping agency later assisted WADA with testing in Russia. In June 2016, they reported that they were unable to fully carry out their work and noted intimidation by armed Federal Security Service (FSB) agents.[64]

After a Russian former lab director made allegations about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, WADA commissioned an independent investigation led by Richard McLaren. McLaren's investigation found corroborating evidence, concluding in a report published in July 2016 that the Ministry of Sport and the FSB had operated a "state-directed failsafe system" using a "disappearing positive [test] methodology" (DPM) from "at least late 2011 to August 2015".[65]

Athlete desertion

Orlando Ortega, a Cuban athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles deserted his national delegation during the championships and did not return to Cuba at its conclusion.[66] Ortega had received a six-month ban from the Cuban Athletics Federation earlier in the season for unspecified disciplinary reasons. Valentin Balakhnichev, the president of the Russian Athletics Federation, stated that he had had no contact from the athlete and in any case the federation was not looking to recruit him.[67]

Notes

1. Two bronze medals were awarded in women's high jump.
2. Several sources misidentified the pictures of Gushchina as fellow relay medallist Tatyana Firova.[47]

See also

• Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• 2013 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards

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External links

• Official website
• Official IAAF website for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
• IAAF Entry Standards (PDF)
• Full results from IAAF