Italy competed at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France from 6 to 14 August 2005. The nation sent a delegation of 49 athletes (27 men and 22 women) and won one medal at the competition. Alex Schwazer was the bronze medallist in the men's 50 kilometres race walk and he achieved a national record of 3:41:54 hours in the process. It was an unexpected medal, as Schwazer knocked nearly twenty minutes off his previous best that year.Kirdyapkin walks tall to 50km title. IAAF (2005-08-12). Retrieved 2018-03-20. Among other Italian performances, three athletes finished fifth in field event finals: Nicola Ciotti (men's high jump), Giuseppe Gibilisco (men's pole vault) and Zahra Bani (women's javelin throw). Excluding the straight finals in the marathon and walks, six Italians reached the final of their track and field event.
This was Italy's worst performance on the medal table at the World Championships at that point and presaged the outcome of no medals at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
Medalists AthleteGenderEventMedalAlex Schwazer Men 50 km walkBronze
Men EventAthleteRoundPositionResultNotes100 mSimone CollioHeats10.27QuarterfinalsEliminated10.60200 mAndrew HoweHeats21.08QuarterfinalsEliminated21.19Koura Kaba FantoniHeatsEliminated21.10400 mAndrea BarberiHeats45.70SemifinalsEliminated47.10800 mMaurizio BobbatoHeatsEliminated1:48.36MarathonOttaviano AndrianiFinal17th2:16:29Ruggero PertileFinal35th2:21:34Stefano BaldiniFinalMigidio BourifaFinalAlberico Di CeccoFinal20 km walkLorenzo CivalleroFinal14th1:22:52Ivano BrugnettiFinal50 km walkAlex SchwazerFinal3:41:54Marco De LucaFinal13th3:58:32Diego CafagnaFinalRule 230.6aHigh jumpNicola CiottiQualifying2.27 mFinal5th2.29 mAndrea BettinelliQualifyingEliminated2.24 mAlessandro TalottiQualifyingEliminatedPole vaultGiuseppe GibiliscoQualifying5.45 mFinal5th5.50 mTriple jumpPaolo CamossiQualifyingEliminated16.23 mHammer throwNicola VizzoniQualifyingEliminated70.77 mJavelin throwFrancesco PignataQualifyingEliminated72.17 m4 × 100 m relayLuca VerdecchiaSimone CollioMassimiliano DonatiAndrew HoweHeatsRule 170.74 × 400 m relayClaudio LicciardelloEdoardo ValletLuca GallettiAndrea BarberiHeatsEliminated3:04.40Splits: Licciardello 46.8, Vallet 46.7, Galletti 45.75, Barberi 45.19
Women EventAthleteRoundPositionResultNotes100 mManuela LevoratoHeats11.46QuarterfinalsEliminated11.54800 mElisa CusmaHeatsEliminated2:05.951500 mEleonora BerlandaHeatsEliminated4:14.54400 m hurdlesBenedetta CeccarelliHeats56.00SemifinalsEliminated55.41Monika NiederstätterHeats57.18SemifinalsEliminated56.14MarathonRosaria ConsoleFinal19th2:32:4720 km walkElisa RigaudoFinal7th1:29:52Gisella OrsiniFinal25th1:35:05Long jumpFiona MayQualifyingEliminated6.51 mTriple jumpMagdelín MartínezQualifying14.46 mFinal8th14.31 mSimona La MantiaQualifyingEliminated14.00 mShot putAssunta LegnanteQualifying18.06 mFinal10th16.99 mCristiana ChecchiQualifyingEliminated16.67 mChiara RosaQualifyingEliminated17.32 mHammer throwClarissa ClarettiQualifying68.21 mFinal8th64.76 mEster BalassiniQualifyingEliminatedJavelin throwZahra BaniQualifying60.09 mFinal5th62.75 mClaudia CoslovichQualifyingEliminated55.78 m4 × 100 m relayElena SordelliVincenza CalìManuela GrilloMaria Aurora SalvagnoHeatsEliminated44.03
References
External links The “Azzurri” at the World Championships (from 1983 to 2015)