
The 2013 Archery World Cup was the eighth edition of the annual Archery World Cup, organised by the World Archery Federation. Four stages were held from May to August 2013, in Shanghai, Antalya, Medellin and Wroclaw, in which archers in the recurve and compound disciplines acquired qualifying points based on their performance. The top mixed team and the top seven individual archers over the course of the four stages joined the leading non-qualified host nation archer for the finals at the Fontaines du Trocadéro in Paris on 21–22 September.

Host country Colombia competed at the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia.

The Colombian Open 2013 is the men's edition of the 2013 Colombian Open, which is a tournament of the PSA World Tour event International. The event took place in Bogota in Colombia from 8 to 11 August. Peter Barker won his fourth Colombian Open trophy, beating Omar Mosaad in the final.

The 2013 Pan American Junior Championships was held at the Estadio Alfonso Galvis Duque in Medellin, Colombia, from 23–25 August. The competition was originally scheduled for 2–4 August in Lima, Peru. Lima was ruled out as the host and the dates were also amended in April, due to the clash with the 2013 World Games in Cali and its proximity to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.

The 48th South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Parque de Atletismo Campo Elías Gutiérrez in Cartagena, Colombia, between July 5-7, 2013.

Colombia competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.

Colombia is competing at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. A team of 20 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.

The 2013 World Games, the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.