Athletics World Championships 2013: IAAF Schedule, Event Dates and Participants

The next Summer Olympics won't be contested until 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but Olympics nuts will be able to get their fill over the next week as the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics will be held in Moscow, Russia.

This track and field spectacle will be made up of all the events that are seen every four years at the Olympics, so it should be intriguing to see how the world's top track and field athletes have progressed since last summer in London.

Perhaps the prestige of winning a world championship doesn't quite measure up to an Olympic gold medal, but it's a huge accomplishment nonetheless.

Here is everything you need to know about the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, including when and where to watch it, a full schedule of events and analysis of which athletes you should be keeping an eye on.

Where: Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia

When: Saturday, Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 18

Watch: NBC and Universal Sports Network

Live Stream: UniversalSports.com

Event Schedule

Day 1

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Women's Discus	Qualification Group A	1:30 a.m.
Men's 100-Meter Dash	Decathlon	1:35 a.m.
Men's 100-Meter Dash	Preliminary Round	2:10 a.m.
Men's Pole Vault	Qualification	2:15 a.m.
Men's Long Jump	Decathlon	2:35 a.m.
Women's Discus	Qualification Group B	2:50 a.m.
Men's 800-Meter Run	Heats	3:20 a.m.
Men's Shot Put	Decathlon	4:20 a.m.
Women's Marathon	Final	6 a.m.
Men's High Jump	Decathlon	7:30 a.m.
Men's Hammer Throw	Qualification Group A	9:05 a.m.
Women's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase	Heats	9:20 a.m.
Women's 400-Meter Run	Heats	10:05 a.m.
Men's Hammer Throw	Qualification Group B	10:35 a.m.
Men's 10,000-Meter Run	Final	10:55 a.m.
Women's Long Jump	Qualification	11:20 a.m.
Men's 400-Meter Run	Decathlon	11:40 a.m.
Men's 100-Meter Dash	Heats	12:15 p.m.

Day 2

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles	Decathlon	1:05 a.m.
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles	Heats	1:40 a.m.
Men's Discus	Decathlon Group A	2 a.m.
Women's 1,500-Meter Run	Heats	2:25 a.m.
Women's Shot Put	Qualification	2:45 a.m.
Men's 400-Meter Run	Heats	3:05 a.m.
Men's Discus	Decathlon Group B	3:20 a.m.
Women's 100-Meter Dash	Heats	3:55 a.m.
Men's Pole Vault	Decathlon	5:05 a.m.
Men's 20-Kilometer Race Walk	Final	9 a.m.
Men's Javelin	Decathlon Group A	9:15 a.m.
Men's Javelin	Decathlon Group B	10:30 a.m.
Women's Long Jump	Final	11 a.m.
Men's 100-Meter Dash	Semifinal	11:05 a.m.
Women's Pole Vault	Qualification	11:10 a.m.
Men's 800-Meter Run	Semifinal	11:35 a.m.
Women's 400-Meter Run	Semifinal	12:05 p.m.
Women's Discus	Final	12:15 p.m.
Men's 1,500-Meter Run	Decathlon	12:35 p.m.
Women's 10,000-Meter Run	Final	1:05 p.m.
Men's 100-Meter Dash	Final	1:50 p.m.

Day 3

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles	Heptathlon	1:30 a.m.
Men's Discus	Qualification Group A	1:40 a.m.
Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase	Heats	2:10 a.m.
Women's High Jump	Heptathlon	2:35 a.m.
Men's Discus	Qualification Group B	3:05 a.m.
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles	Heats	3:05 a.m.
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles	Heats	3:50 a.m.
Women's Shot Put	Heptathlon	10:45 a.m.
Men's Pole Vault	Final	11 a.m.
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles	Semifinal	11:05 a.m.
Women's 100-Meter Dash	Semifinal	11:35 a.m.
Men's 400-Meter Run	Semifinal	12:05 p.m.
Women's Shot Put	Final	12:25 p.m.
Men's Hammer Throw	Final	12:30 p.m.
Women's 200-Meter Dash	Heptathlon	12:35 p.m.
Women's 400-Meter Run	Final	1:15 p.m.
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles	Final	1:30 p.m.
Women's 100-Meter Dash	Final	1:50 p.m.

Day 4

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Women's Long Jump	Heptathlon	1:30 a.m.
Women's 20-Kilometer Race Walk	Final	1:35 a.m.
Men's High Jump	Qualification	1:50 a.m.
Men's 5,000-Meter Run	Heats	2:20 a.m.
Women's Javelin	Heptathlon Group A	3:10 a.m.
Women's Triple Jump	Qualification	3:25 a.m.
Women's Javelin	Heptathlon Group B	4:25 a.m.
Men's Discus	Final	11 a.m.
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles	Semifinal	11:05 a.m.
Women's Pole Vault	Final	11:35 a.m.
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles	Semifinal	11:40 a.m.
Women's 800-Meter Run	Heptathlon	12:10 p.m.
Women's 1,500-Meter Run	Semifinal	12:40 p.m.
Men's 800-Meter Run	Final	1:10 p.m.
Women's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase	Final	1:25 p.m.
Men's 400-Meter Run	Final	1:50 p.m.

Day 5

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Men's 50-Kilometer Race Walk	Final	12:30 a.m.
Women's Hammer Throw	Qualification Group A	1:30 a.m.
Women's 5,000-Meter Run	Heats	1:40 a.m.
Men's Long Jump	Qualification	2:25 a.m.
Men's 1,500-Meter Run	Heats	2:35 a.m.
Women's Hammer Throw	Qualification Group B	3:10 a.m.

Day 6

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Men's Javelin	Qualification Group A	1:30 a.m.
Women's High Jump	Qualification	1:40 a.m.
Women's 800-Meter Run	Heats	1:55 a.m.
Men's Shot Put	Qualification	2:20 a.m.
Women's 200-Meter Dash	Heats	2:55 a.m.
Men's Javelin	Qualification Group B	3 a.m.
Men's High Jump	Final	11 a.m.
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay	Heats	11:05 a.m.
Women's Triple Jump	Final	11:40 a.m.
Women's 200-Meter Dash	Semifinal	11:45 a.m.
Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase	Final	12:20 p.m.
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles	Final	12:45 p.m.
Men's 400-Meter Hurdles	Final	1 p.m.
Women's 1,500-Meter Run	Final	1:20 p.m.

Day 7

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Women's Javelin	Qualification Group A	1:30 a.m.
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles	Heats	1:45 a.m.
Men's Triple Jump	Qualification	2 a.m.
Men's 200-Meter Dash	Heats	2:35 a.m.
Women's Javelin	Qualification Group B	2:55 a.m.
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay	Heats	3:30 a.m.
Women's Hammer Throw	Final	11 a.m.
Men's 1,500-Meter Run	Semifinal	11:05 a.m.
Men's Long Jump	Final	11:30 a.m.
Men's 200-Meter Dash	Semifinal	11:40 a.m.
Men's Shot Put	Final	12:10 p.m.
Women's 800-Meter Run	Semifinal	12:15 p.m.
Men's 5,000-Meter Run	Final	12:45 p.m.
Women's 200-Meter Dash	Final	1:15 p.m.
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay	Final	1:30 p.m.

Day 8

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Men's Marathon	Final	7:30 a.m.
Women's High Jump	Final	10 a.m.
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles	Semifinal	10:20 a.m.
Men's Javelin	Final	10:35 a.m.
Women's 5,000-Meter Run	Final	10:55 a.m.
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay	Final	11:30 a.m.
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles	Final	11:50 a.m.
Men's 200-Meter Dash	Final	12:10 p.m.

Day 9

Event	Round	Time (ET)
Women's Javelin	Final	8 a.m.
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay	Heats	8:15 a.m.
Men's Triple Jump	Final	8:45 a.m.
Men's 4x100-Meter Relay	Heats	8:50 a.m.
Men's 1,500-Meter Run	Final	9:25 a.m.
Women's 800-Meter Run	Final	9:50 a.m.
Women's 4x100-Meter Relay	Final	10:10 a.m.
Men's 4x100-Meter Relay	Final	10:40 a.m.

Athletes to Watch

Usain Bolt

Few track-and-field athletes have captivated fans across the world like Jamaican star Usain Bolt in recent years. Bolt was a triple gold medalist at both the Beijing and London Olympics, and he is widely regarded as the fastest man on Earth.

While that may be true, Bolt has revenge on his mind heading into Moscow. Bolt won gold in the 200-meter dash and the 4x100-meter relay in 2011's World Championships, but he failed to medal in his specialty, the 100-meter dash, as he was disqualified due to a false start. According to BBC Sport, Bolt intends to prove that his slip-up two years ago was a fluke:

Bolt truly seemed to erase all doubt surrounding him at the Olympics last year, so there is no question that he will be the overwhelming favorite to win gold in each of his three events. If is unable to do so for whatever reason, it will surely make headlines across the globe.

Allyson Felix

Few American athletes had more success than Allyson Felix at the 2012 Summer Olympics as she came away with gold medals in the 200-meter dash as well as the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays. The 200-meter dash has always been considered Felix's specialty, but she finished second in the Athens and Beijing Olympics, so finally coming out on top in London was huge for her.

Rather than focusing on a number of different races, Felix will only be competing in the 200-meter dash in Moscow. Felix already has three 200-meter gold medals to her credit in the World Championships, and a fourth would put her in elite company. Felix is already in Moscow, and she certainly seems ready to dominate the race as she finished a disappointing third in 2011.

Felix made some big strides from the 2011 World Championships to the 2012 Olympics, and it would be a pretty big surprise if she failed to come away with gold in Moscow.

Ashton Eaton

Ashton Eaton is arguably the greatest athlete in the world as he excelled across 10 disciplines last year at the London Olympics in winning the gold medal in decathlon. Eaton turned in a dominant performance, outlasting American teammate Trey Hardee to win his first career gold medal in decathlon across major international competitions.

Not surprisingly, Eaton is the odds-on favorite to turn the trick again in Moscow. Like Bolt and Felix, though, Eaton is on the hunt for redemption as he came away with only a silver medal in Daegu, South Korea two years ago. Eaton was edged out by Hardee in that event, so there should be a spirited competition between them once again this year.

Eaton is far from a lock to win, but he has emerged as the best decathlete in the world over the past couple years. A World Championships gold medal is the one thing missing from his trophy case, so he'll do everything in his power to get one this year.

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