| Iaaf: | RSA |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Moscow |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Previous: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2015 |
South Africa competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. A team of 30 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.
(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anaso Jobodwana | 100 metres | 10.17 | 2 | 10.17 | 4 | ||||
| Akani Simbine | 100 metres | 10.38 | 7 | ||||||
| Anaso Jobodwana | 200 metres | 20.17 | 1 | 20.13 | 2 | 20.14 | 6 | ||
| Wayde van Niekerk | 400 metres | 46.37 | 5 | ||||||
| André Olivier | 800 metres | DNS | – | ||||||
| Johan Cronje | 1500 metres | 3:39.95 | 4 | 3:43.71 | 5 | 3:36.83 | 3 | ||
| Elroy Gelant | 5000 metres | 13:25.07 | 6 | 13:43.58 | 12 | ||||
| Stephen Mokoka | 10,000 metres | 28:11.61 | 20 | ||||||
| PC Beneke | 400 metres hurdles | 51.14 | 7 | ||||||
| Cornel Fredericks | 400 metres hurdles | 49.66 | 4 | 48.85 | 4 | ||||
| L.J. van Zyl | 400 metres hurdles | 50.05 | 5 | ||||||
| Sibusiso Nzima | Marathon | 2:26:32 | 43 | ||||||
| Hendrick Ramaala | Marathon | 2:30:23 | 47 | ||||||
| Lebogang Shange | 20 kilometres walk | DNF | – | ||||||
| Marc Mundell | 50 kilometres walk | 3:57:55 | 31 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width Height | Rank | Width Height | Rank | ||
| Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | Long jump | 8.16 | 2 | 8.10 | 7 |
| Zarck Visser | Long jump | 7.79 | 10 | ||
| Orazio Cremona | Shot put | 19.42 | 7 | ||
| Victor Hogan | Discus throw | 62.45 | 6 | 64.35 | 5 |
| John Robert Oosthuizen | Javelin throw | 74.36 | 16 | ||
| Chris Harmse | Hammer throw | 71.42 | 13 | ||
| Willem Coertzen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Results | Points | Rank | |||
| 100 m | 10.95 | 872 | 2 | |||
| Long jump | 7.44 | 920 | 3 | |||
| Shot put | 13.88 | 721 | 6 | |||
| High jump | 2.05 | 850 | 4 | |||
| 400 m | 48.32 | 894 | 1 | |||
| 110 m hurdles | 14.30 | 936 | 1 | |||
| Discus throw | 43.25 | 731 | 4 | |||
| Pole vault | 4.50 | 760 | 7 | |||
| Javelin throw | 69.35 | 879 | 2 | |||
| 1500 m | 4:24.60 | 780 | 2 | |||
| Total | 8343 | 9 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Justine Palframan | 200 metres | 23.64 | 5 | ||||||
| Anneri Ebersohn | 400 metres hurdles | 57.90 | 6 | ||||||
| Tanith Maxwell | Marathon | 2:56:37 | 42 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width Height | Rank | Width Height | Rank | |||
| Lynique Prinsloo | Long jump | 6.17 | 15 | |||
| Sunette Viljoen | Javelin throw | 64.51 | 2 | 63.58 | 6 | |