Golden Gala | |
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Date | June – August |
Location | Rome, Italy |
Event type | Track and field |
World Athletics Cat. | GW [1] |
Official site | rome.diamondleague.com |
Golden Gala is an annual track and field event normally held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League. Following the 2013 death of Italian sprinting legend Pietro Mennea, the organizers added his name to the title of the meet.
The 2021 and 2023 events were temporarily relocated to Florence. [2]
Primo Nebiolo, the Italian president of IAAF since 1981, was the founder of the Golden Gala and had the idea to bring the athletes and the people from the United States and the NATO countries together after their boycott of the Moscow Olympics in 1980 as a result of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Nebiolo died of a heart attack at age 76 in 1999.
At the 2009 edition of the Golden Gala, Kenenisa Bekele, Kerron Stewart, Sanya Richards and Yelena Isinbayeva all remained on target for the 2009 Golden League jackpot. [3] In the 100 m, Tyson Gay equalled his American record and Daniel Bailey set an Antiguan record in the men's race. [4] Antonietta Di Martino brought the sole Italian victory in Rome by beating off favourite Blanka Vlašić in the high jump. [4]
Over the course of its history, ten world records have been set at the Gala. The 1500 metres and Mile records by Hicham El Guerrouj still stand. In 2014 Joanne Pavey's 15:04.87 in the 5000 metres bettered the existing masters world record in the W40 division by almost 16 seconds.
Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
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2023 | 1500 m | 3:49.11 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya |
2008 | Pole vault | 5.03 m | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia |
2000 | Javelin throw | 68.22 m | Trine Hattestad | Norway |
1999 | Mile | 3:43.13 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco |
1998 | 1500 m | 3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco |
1995 | 5000 m | 12:55.30 | Moses Kiptanui | Kenya |
1987 | 5000 m | 12:58.39 | Saïd Aouita | Morocco |
1984 | Pole vault | 5.94 m 5.91 m |
Sergey Bubka Thierry Vigneron |
Soviet Union France |
1983 | Pole vault | 5.83 m | Thierry Vigneron | France |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref |
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100 m | 9.75 (+0.9 m/s) | Justin Gatlin | United States | 4 June 2015 | [5] |
200 m | 19.70 (+0.7 m/s) | Michael Norman | United States | 6 June 2019 | [6] |
400 m | 43.62 | Jeremy Wariner | United States | 14 July 2006 | |
800 m | 1:42.79 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 7 July 1999 | |
1500 m | 3:26.00 WR | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 14 July 1998 | |
Mile | 3:43.13 WR | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 7 July 1999 | |
2000 m | 4:54.02 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 8 June 1995 | |
3000 m | 7:26.64 DLR | Jacob Kiplimo | Uganda | 17 September 2020 | [7] |
5000 m | 12:46.33 | Nicholas Kimeli | Kenya | 9 June 2022 | [8] |
110 m hurdles | 13.01 (+0.8 m/s) | Allen Johnson | United States | 7 July 1999 | |
13.01 (-0.1 m/s) | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 10 June 2021 | [9] | |
400 m hurdles | 47.07 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 17 September 2020 | [10] |
3000 m steeplechase | 7:54.31 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | Kenya | 31 May 2012 | [11] |
High jump | 2.41 m | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | 5 June 2014 | [12] |
Pole vault | 6.15 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 17 September 2020 | [7] |
Long jump | 8.61 m (0.0 m/s) | Dwight Phillips | United States | 10 July 2009 | [13] |
Triple jump | 17.96 m (-0.4 m/s) | Pedro Pichardo | Cuba | 4 June 2015 | [14] |
Shot put | 21.97 m | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland | 6 June 2019 | [15] |
Discus throw | 70.72 m | Kristjan Ceh | Slovenia | 9 June 2022 | [8] |
Hammer throw | 84.88 m | Sergey Litvinov | Soviet Union | 10 September 1986 | |
Javelin throw | 90.34 m | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway | 14 July 2006 | |
4 × 100 m relay | 38.31 |
Santa Monica Track Club Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Floyd Heard Carl Lewis |
United States | 8 June 1994 | |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.76 |
Nigel Levine Conrad Williams Chris Clarke Jack Green |
Great Britain | 31 May 2012 | [16] |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref |
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100 m | 10.75 (+0.6 m/s) | Marion Jones | United States | 14 July 1998 | |
10.75 (+0.4 m/s) | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 10 July 2009 | [17] | |
200 m | 21.91 (+1.3 m/s) | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica | 9 June 2022 | [8] |
400 m | 49.17 | Marita Koch | East Germany | 10 September 1986 | |
800 m | 1:55.69 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 11 July 2008 | |
1500 m | 3:49.11 WR | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 2 June 2023 | [18] |
Mile | 4:21.38 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 19 July 1989 | |
3000 m | 8:23.96 | Olga Yegorova | Russia | 29 June 2001 | |
5000 m | 14:12.59 DLR | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | 2 June 2016 | [19] |
100 m hurdles | 12.37 (+0.1 m/s) | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Puerto Rico | 9 June 2022 | [8] |
400 m hurdles | 52.43 | Femke Bol | Netherlands | 2 June 2023 | [20] |
3000 m steeplechase | 9:00.71 | Sembo Almayew | Ethiopia | 2 June 2023 | [21] |
High jump | 2.03 m | Yelena Slesarenko | Russia | 2 July 2004 | [22] |
Hestrie Cloete | South Africa | 2 July 2004 | [22] | ||
Blanka Vlašić | Croatia | 10 June 2010 | |||
Chaunté Howard-Lowe | United States | 10 June 2010 | |||
Pole vault | 5.03 m WR | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 13 July 2007 | |
Long jump | 7.23 m (−0.3 m/s) | Marion Jones | United States | 14 July 1998 | |
Triple jump | 15.29 m (+0.3 m/s) | Yamilé Aldama | Cuba | 11 July 2003 | |
Shot put | 21.03 m DLR | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | 31 May 2012 | [23] |
Discus throw | 68.93 m | Sandra Perković | Croatia | 31 May 2018 | [24] |
Javelin throw | 68.66 m | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 10 June 2010 | |
4 × 100 m relay | 43.64 |
Nataliya Strohova Yelizaveta Bryzgina Olesya Povh Natalia Pohrebniak |
Ukraine | 2 June 2016 | [25] |