Italy at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics

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.[1] 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.

Italy at the
2005 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeITA
National federationFIDAL
Websitewww.fidal.it
in Helsinki
Competitors49 (27 men, 22 women)
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

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

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Athlete Gender Event Medal
Alex Schwazer Men 50 km walk Bronze
Event Athlete Round Position Result Notes
100 m Simone Collio Heats Q 10.27
Quarterfinals Eliminated 10.60
200 m Andrew Howe Heats Q 21.08
Quarterfinals Eliminated 21.19
Koura Kaba Fantoni Heats Eliminated 21.10
400 m Andrea Barberi Heats q 45.70 PB
Semifinals Eliminated 47.10
800 m Maurizio Bobbato Heats Eliminated 1:48.36
Marathon Ottaviano Andriani Final 17th 2:16:29
Ruggero Pertile Final 35th 2:21:34
Stefano Baldini Final DNF
Migidio Bourifa Final DNF
Alberico Di Cecco Final DNF
20 km walk Lorenzo Civallero Final 14th 1:22:52 SB
Ivano Brugnetti Final DNF
50 km walk Alex Schwazer Final   3:41:54 NR
Marco De Luca Final 13th 3:58:32
Diego Cafagna Final DQ [2]
High jump Nicola Ciotti Qualifying q 2.27 m
Final 5th 2.29 m
Andrea Bettinelli Qualifying Eliminated 2.24 m
Alessandro Talotti Qualifying Eliminated NM
Pole vault Giuseppe Gibilisco Qualifying q 5.45 m
Final 5th 5.50 m
Triple jump Paolo Camossi Qualifying Eliminated 16.23 m
Hammer throw Nicola Vizzoni Qualifying Eliminated 70.77 m
Javelin throw Francesco Pignata Qualifying Eliminated 72.17 m
4 × 100 m relay Luca Verdecchia
Simone Collio
Massimiliano Donati
Andrew Howe
Heats DQ [3]
4 × 400 m relay Claudio Licciardello
Edoardo Vallet
Luca Galletti
Andrea Barberi
Heats Eliminated 3:04.40 [4]

Women

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Event Athlete Round Position Result Notes
100 m Manuela Levorato Heats Q 11.46
Quarterfinals Eliminated 11.54
800 m Elisa Cusma Heats Eliminated 2:05.95
1500 m Eleonora Berlanda Heats Eliminated 4:14.54
400 m hurdles Benedetta Ceccarelli Heats Q 56.00
Semifinals Eliminated 55.41 SB
Monika Niederstätter Heats Q 57.18
Semifinals Eliminated 56.14
Marathon Rosaria Console Final 19th 2:32:47
20 km walk Elisa Rigaudo Final 7th 1:29:52
Gisella Orsini Final 25th 1:35:05
Long jump Fiona May Qualifying Eliminated 6.51 m
Triple jump Magdelín Martínez Qualifying Q 14.46 m
Final 8th 14.31 m
Simona La Mantia Qualifying Eliminated 14.00 m
Shot put Assunta Legnante Qualifying q 18.06 m
Final 10th 16.99 m
Cristiana Checchi Qualifying Eliminated 16.67 m
Chiara Rosa Qualifying Eliminated 17.32 m
Hammer throw Clarissa Claretti Qualifying q 68.21 m
Final 8th 64.76 m
Ester Balassini Qualifying Eliminated NM
Javelin throw Zahra Bani Qualifying q 60.09 m
Final 5th 62.75 m PB
Claudia Coslovich Qualifying Eliminated 55.78 m
4 × 100 m relay Elena Sordelli
Vincenza Calì
Manuela Grillo
Maria Aurora Salvagno
Heats Eliminated 44.03

References

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  1. ^ Kirdyapkin walks tall to 50km title. IAAF (2005-08-12). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  2. ^ Rule 230.6a
  3. ^ Rule 170.7
  4. ^ Splits: Licciardello 46.8, Vallet 46.7, Galletti 45.75, Barberi 45.19
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