2013 in the sport of athletics

In 2013, the foremost competition in athletics was the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. The International Association of Athletics Federations will hold two other global level competitions this year: the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. The IAAF World Cross Country Championships will return after its move to a biennial format.[1]

2013 in athletics
The Luzhniki Stadium, which hosted the 2013 World Championships
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The Diamond League enters its fourth year as the foremost seasonal track and field series.

Major events

World

Regional

National

Marathons

Season's bests
Best marks of the year
Event Men Women
Athlete Mark Notes Athlete Mark Notes
60 metres  Jimmy Vicaut (FRA)6.48  Murielle Ahouré (CIV)6.99
100 metres  Usain Bolt (JAM)9.77[nb1]  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)10.71
200 metres  Usain Bolt (JAM)19.66  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)22.13
400 metres  LaShawn Merritt (USA)43.74  Amantle Montsho (BOT)49.33
800 metres  Mohammed Aman (ETH)1:42.37  Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)1:56.72
1500 metres  Asbel Kiprop (KEN)3:27.72  Abeba Aregawi (ETH)3:56.60
Mile run  Silas Kiplagat (KEN)3:49.48  Sheila Reid (CAN)4:27.02i
3000 metres  Galen Rupp (USA)7:30.16i  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)8:26.95i
5000 metres  Edwin Soi (KEN)12:51.34  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)14:23.68
10,000 metres  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)26:51.02  Meseret Defar (ETH)30:08.06
60 metres hurdles  Sergey Shubenkov (RUS)7.49  Brianna Rollins (USA)7.78
100/110 metres hurdles  David Oliver (USA)13.00  Brianna Rollins (USA)12.26
400 metres hurdles  Jehue Gordon (TRI)47.69  Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)52.83
3000 metres steeplechase  Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)7:59.03  Milcah Chemos (KEN)9:11.65
10K run  Adugna Takele (ETH)27:30  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)30:30
Half marathon  Geoffrey Kipsang (KEN)58:54 [nb2]  Lucy Kabuu (KEN)66:09
Marathon  Wilson Kipsang (KEN)2:03:23  Rita Jeptoo (KEN)2:19:57
20 kilometres race walk  Pyotr Trofimov (RUS)1:18:28  Yelena Lashmanova (RUS)1:25:49
50 kilometres race walk  Robert Heffernan (IRL)3:37:56 —
Pole vault  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)6.02 m  Jenn Suhr (USA)5.02 mi
High jump  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)2.41 m  Brigetta Barrett (USA)2.04 m
Long jump  Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)8.56 m  Brittney Reese (USA)7.25 m
Triple jump  Teddy Tamgho (FRA)18.04 m  Olha Saladuha (UKR)14.88 mi
Shot put  Ryan Whiting (USA)22.28 m  Valerie Adams (NZL)20.98 mi
Discus throw  Piotr Małachowski (POL)71.84 m  Sandra Perković (CRO)68.96 m
Javelin throw  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)89.03 m  Mariya Abakumova (RUS)70.53 m
Hammer throw  Krisztián Pars (HUN)82.40 m  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)78.80 m
Pentathlon —  Ekaterina Bolshova (RUS)4851 pts
Heptathlon  Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)6372 pts  Tatyana Chernova (RUS)6623 pts
Decathlon  Ashton Eaton (USA)8809 pts —
4×100 metres relay  Jamaica (JAM)
Nesta Carter
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt		37.36  Jamaica (JAM)
Carrie Russell
Kerron Stewart
Schillonie Calvert
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce		41.29
4×400 metres relay  United States (USA)
David Verburg
Tony McQuay
Arman Hall
LaShawn Merritt		2:58.71  Russia (RUS)
Yulia Gushchina
Tatyana Firova
Kseniya Ryzhova
Antonina Krivoshapka		3:20.19
  • nb1 Tyson Gay, with 9.75 seconds, had a faster 100 m in 2013, but was disqualified due to doping.
  • nb2 Bernard Koech, with 58:41 minutes, had a faster half marathon time but this was set on an aided San Diego course which was not eligible for record purposes.
  • nb3 Priscah Jeptoo, with 65:45 minutes, had a faster half marathon time but this was set on an aided course at the Great North Run which was not eligible for record purposes.

References
  1. 47th IAAF Congress – Day 1 Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2009-08-12). Retrieved on 2013-02-19.
Season's best lists
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