Golden Gala

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Golden Gala
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The Stadio Olimpico hosts the event
DateMay – September
Location Rome, Italy Flag of Italy.svg
Event type Track and field
World Athletics Cat. GW [1]
Established5 August 1980;44 years ago (1980-08-05)
Official site Diamond League Rome
Logo Golden gala logo.svg
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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.

Contents

The 2021 and 2023 events were temporarily relocated to Florence. [2]

History

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.

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Usain Bolt at the 2011 Golden Gala

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]

Editions

In 1981 the IAAF World Cup was held in Rome, so no Golden Gala meeting was organized. [5]

World records

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.

World records set at the Golden Gala
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
1983 Pole vault 5.83 m Thierry Vigneron Flag of France.svg France
1984 Pole vault 5.94 m Sergey Bubka Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
5.91 m Thierry Vigneron Flag of France.svg France
1987 5000 m 12:58.39 Saïd Aouita Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
1995 5000 m 12:55.30 Moses Kiptanui Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
1998 1500 m 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
1999 Mile 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
2000 Javelin throw 68.22 m Trine Hattestad Flag of Norway.svg Norway
2008 Pole vault 5.03 m Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2023 1500 m 3:49.11 Faith Kipyegon Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

Meeting records

Men

Women

See also

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