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:
2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk The Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 17 July. 17 July 2011 / 10:00 Intermediate times:<br> 2 km: 10:21 Alexandra Gradinariu <br> 4 km: 19:48 Tatyana Mineyeva <br> 6 km: 28:55 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 8 km: 37:48 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 10 km: 46:42 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 12 km: 55:31 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 14 km: 1:04:30 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 16 km: 1:13:32 Tatyana Mineyeva <br> 18