IAAF World Championships, Moscow, 2013, Basic Information for athletes and spectators
The IAAF World Championships in Athletics has been decided to have its fourteenth edition in Moscow, Russia. As per the dates approved by the Council of the IAAF, the event will take place from August 10 to August 18.
The bidding procedure for the global athletics championships event began back on December 1st, 2006 when it was confirmed that four cities, i.e. Gothenburg, Barcelona, Brisbane and Moscow had the candidature for the event. As the procedure for
final selection lingered on, Gothenburg decided to withdraw its name from the potential hosts’ list of the cities for the event as the Swedish government could not assure for the provision of the required financial support. Thus, in a meeting in Mombasa on
March 07, 2007, the IAAF Council decided to grant the privilege to host the event to Moscow.
Here in the present articles, some information about the hosting city, Moscow, has been shared for the interest of the athletes and the spectators.
Information about the hosting city:
Population: Circa 11 million
Airports: Domodedovo International, Sheremetyevo International and Vnukovo International
Climate: 23°C to 30°C – Humid continental climate
Currency: Russian Rouble
Time Zone: GMT+4
Altitude: 200m
ORGANISING MEMBER (OM) ALONG WITH ADDRESS:
All Russia Athletic Federation
Luzhnetskaya Nab 8
Moscow 19992 – Russia
President Valentin BALAKHNICHEV
General Secretary Mikhail BUTOV
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC):
14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
President
Alexander ZHUKOV
First Deputy Chairman
Vitaly MUTKO
Deputy Chairman
Valentin BALAKHNICHEV
Deputy Chairman/ Head of LOC Working Group
Alexander GORBENKO
Deputy Chairman
Pavel KOLOBKOV
Head/Director
Alexander POLINSKY
Deputy Director
P. VASSILYEV
CEO, Event Coordinator
Mikhail BUTOV
Competition Director
Vadim ZELICHENOK
Marketing/Sponsorship
Mikhail BUTOV
Marketing
I. KURILKIN
Services
S. KUPTSOV
Media
S. ALTUKHOV
Broadcast
V. VAINSTEIN
Protocol
I. KASYANOVA
Medical
Z. ORDZONIKIDZE
IAAF DELEGATES:
Organisational
Sergey BUBKA (UKR)
Jose Maria ODRIOZOLA
Technical
William BAILEY (AUS)
Robert HERSH (USA)
Jorge SALCEDO (POR)
Television
Manolo ROMERO (ESP)
International Starter
Vesa ARTMAN (FIN)
ITOs
Brian ROE (AUS) – Chief
Suren AYADASSEN (MRI)
Keith DAVIES (GBR)
Pierre DELACOUR (FRA)
Klaus HARTZ (GER)
Yrjö KELHA (FIN)
Jose Paulo MOREIRA (POR)
Bob PODKAMINER (USA)
Trevor SPITTLE (NZL)
Tien Choy WONG (SIN)
Jury of Appeal
IAAF Council by rotation
PRIZE MONEY
(US$ paid by the IAAF)
Individual
1st 60,000
2nd 30,000
3rd 20,000
4th 15,000
5th 10,000
6th 6000
7th 5000
8th 4000
Relays (per team)
1st 80,000
2nd 40,000
3rd 20,000
4th 16,000
5th 12,000
6th 8000
7th 6000
8th 4000
The IAAF World Marathon Cup
Teams
1st 20,000
2nd 15,000
3rd 12,000
4th 10,000
5th 8000
6th 6000
$100,000 World Record bonus
TIMETABLE
To be approved February 2012
IMPLEMENTS
To be approved August 2012
ENTRY STANDARDS
To be approved February 2012/November 2012
Preliminary Entry deadline: 10 April 2013 (Midnight Monaco time)
Final Entry deadline: 29 July 2013 (Midnight Monaco time)
STADIUM
Stadium Olympic Complex “Luzhniki” – Big Sports Arena
Seating Capacity: 75,000
Track Mondo track (will be renovated with new Mondo surface and equipment)
10 lanes in the straight – 9 lanes in the oval
WARM UP
North Sports Complex (for all but throwing events)
The Stadium will be renovated with a new MONDO surface.
Distance from the main stadium – approx. 300m
10 lanes in the straight
8 lanes on the oval (400m)
All facilities including weight training
TRAINING VENUES
Sportivniy Gorodok Stadium
(holds IAAF Class 2 Athletics Facility Certificate)
8 lanes in the straight
8 lanes on the oval (400m)
All facilities including weight training
Water jump for SC is inside lane 1
WARM UP /TRAINING VENUES FOR THROWING EVENTS
Stadium South Sports Complex
Distance from the main stadium – approx. 300m
All facilities including weight training