Italy at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics Italy at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics Italy competed at the 2003 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:
2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, on 10 July. 10 July 2013 Intermediate times:<br> 2 km: 8:26 Hagen Pohle <br> 4 km: 16:44 Hagen Pohle <br> 6 km: 25:02 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 8 km: 33:17 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 10 km: 41:34 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 12 km: 49:52 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 14 km: 58:00 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 16 km: 1:05:58 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 18 km: 1:13:52 Pyotr Bogatyrev According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 12 countries participated