2013 World Championships in Athletics
Dates | 10–18 August 2013 |
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The 14th World Championships in Athletics are held in Moscow, Russia from 10–18 August 2013.
Bidding process
When the seeking deadline passed on 1 December 2006, four candidate cities (Barcelona, Brisbane, Moscow and Gothenburg) had confirmed their candidatures.[2] Gothenburg backed out later that month, citing lack of financial support from the Swedish government.[3] The IAAF announced Moscow the winning candidate at the IAAF Council Meeting in Mombasa on 27 March 2007.[4]
Candidates
Barcelona, Spain
The city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Barcelona was chosen over Madrid and Valencia, which were at one point outlined as possible candidates.[2]
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane was announced as the Australian candidate with Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (formally ANZ Stadium) the proposed venue. The venue previously hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 2001 Goodwill Games. The event would have been held in July/August 2011 if Brisbane had been successful. It was a failed bidder for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, which was eventually won by Berlin.
Melbourne, the host of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, was named as a possible candidate for 2013 if Brisbane's bid for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was unsuccessful. [citation needed]
Moscow, Russia
Deputy Mayor of Moscow Valery Vinogradov announced on 13 March 2006 that Moscow would bid for the Championships and suggested that they would use Luzhniki Stadium for the event. The city hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
In addition, Moscow confirmed their candidature to host the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.[2]
Event schedule
Template:2013AthleticsWCSchedule
Medal summary
Men
Track
Field
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine |
2.41 CR, NR |
Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar |
2.38 | Derek Drouin Canada |
2.38 NR |
Pole vault |
Raphael Holzdeppe Germany |
5.89 | Renaud Lavillenie France |
5.89 | Björn Otto Germany |
5.82 |
Long jump |
Aleksandr Menkov Russia |
8.56 WL,PB |
Ignisious Gaisah Netherlands |
8.29 NR |
Luis Rivera Mexico |
8.27 |
Triple jump |
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Shot put |
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Discus throw |
Robert Harting Germany |
69.11 | Piotr Małachowski Poland |
68.36 | Gerd Kanter Estonia |
65.19 |
Javelin throw |
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Hammer throw |
Paweł Fajdek Poland |
81.97 WL,PB |
Krisztián Pars Hungary |
80.30 | Lukáš Melich Czech Republic |
79.36 |
Decathlon |
Ashton Eaton United States |
8809 WL |
Michael Schrader Germany |
8670 PB |
Damian Warner Canada |
8512 PB |
Women
Track
Field
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
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Pole vault |
Yelena Isinbayeva Russia |
4.89 SB |
Jenn Suhr United States |
4.82 | Yarisley Silva Cuba |
4.82 |
Long jump |
Brittney Reese United States |
7.01 | Blessing Okagbare Nigeria |
6.99 | Ivana Španović Serbia |
6.82 NR |
Triple jump |
Caterine Ibargüen Colombia |
14.85 WL |
Ekaterina Koneva Russia |
14.81 | Olha Saladuha Ukraine |
14.65 |
Shot put |
Valerie Adams New Zealand |
20.88 | Christina Schwanitz Germany |
20.41 PB |
Gong Lijiao China |
19.95 |
Discus throw |
Sandra Perković Croatia |
67.99 | Mélina Robert-Michon France |
66.28 NR |
Yarelys Barrios Cuba |
64.96 |
Hammer throw |
Tatyana Lysenko Russia |
78.80 CR |
Anita Wlodarczyk Poland |
78.46 NR |
Zhang Wenxiu China |
75.58 'SB" |
Javelin throw |
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Heptathlon |
Hanna Melnychenko Ukraine |
6586 PB |
Brianne Theisen-Eaton Canada |
6530 PB |
Dafne Schippers Netherlands |
6477 NR |
Medal table
1 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
2 | United States (USA) | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
3 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
4 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
8 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | 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 | |
17 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
18 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
20 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
28 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
30 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 | |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |
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Participating nations
Broadcasting
- TyC Sports
- ORF Sport +
- Canvas, La Deux
- BHT 1
- SporTV
- BNT 1
- Caracol TV
- HRT 2
- ČT sport
- DR3
- Canal 4
- ETV
- Eurosport, EBU
- Yle
- France 2
- ARD, ZDF
- STAR Sports (only in Score Tonight)
- TEN Sports
- IBA 1
- Rai Sport 1
- TVJ
- TBS
- LTV 7
- LRT
- NOS
- NRK1, NRK2
- TEN Sports
- TVP
- RTP2
- Russia 2
- RTS 2
- Dvojka
- RTV Slo 2
- SuperSport
- Teledeporte
- TV4
- TRT Spor
- BBC Sport
- NTU
- Most of the coverage of the World Championships were denied to the large American television audience because the IAAF sold exclusive rights to Universal Sports,[5] a marginal network associated with NBC Sports. Because of their new business model which significantly cut their availability in order to strongarm rights fees, Universal Sports can only be seen in about 10 percent of the households in the U.S. market.[6][7] While NBC provided an hour and a half of coverage on weekend days, Universal Sports kept a tight lid on other distribution of the content, even online content requiring login with cable subscription user names.[8] Since authorized accounts were not available to the millions of cable subscribers whose cable service providers do not have a contract with Universal Sports, nationwide coverage of the entire meet was limited to 6 hours of weekend coverage. IAAF supported the coverage embargo, by providing in the form of short youtube highlight clips,[9] only a small fraction of the online coverage they provided from Daegu two years earlier, instead promoting an internet radio feed and twitter updates.
References
- ^ "206 nations set to compete at the IAAF World Championships". iaaf.org. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ a b c IAAF (2 December 2006). "Candidates confirmed for 2011 and 2013 World Championships in Athletics". Retrieved 3 December 2006.
- ^ IAAF (15 December 2006). "Sweden withdraws IAAF World Championships' bid". Retrieved 15 December 2006.
- ^ IAAF (27 March 2007). "And the hosts will be ..." IAAF. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
- ^ http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=31258
- ^ http://www.ksl.com/?nid=769&sid=18723705
- ^ http://ronsview.org/2013/08/12/world-championship-blackout/
- ^ http://universalsports.com/faq/
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz-gfY4so9kaAoJ4Z8JbP6geRb3-voGaN
External links
- Official website
- Official IAAF website for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
- IAAF Entry Standards (PDF)