# 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. 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

| Athlete | Gender | Event | Medal |
| Alex Schwazer | Men | 50 km walk | Bronze |

## Men

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

## Women

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