Golden Gala

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Golden Gala
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The Stadio Olimpico hosts the event
DateJune – August
Location Rome, Italy Flag of Italy.svg
Event type Track and field
World Athletics Cat.GW [1]
Official site rome.diamondleague.com
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.

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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]

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.

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

Meet records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m 9.75 (+0.9 m/s) Justin Gatlin Flag of the United States.svg United States4 June 2015 [5]
200 m 19.70 (+0.7 m/s) Michael Norman Flag of the United States.svg United States6 June 2019 [6]
400 m 43.62 Jeremy Wariner Flag of the United States.svg United States14 July 2006
800 m 1:42.79 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark7 July 1999
1500 m 3:26.00 WR Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco14 July 1998
Mile 3:43.13 WR Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco7 July 1999
2000 m 4:54.02 Vénuste Niyongabo Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi8 June 1995
3000 m 7:26.64 DLR Jacob Kiplimo Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda17 September 2020 [7]
5000 m 12:46.33 Nicholas Kimeli Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya9 June 2022 [8]
110 m hurdles 13.01 (+0.8 m/s) Allen Johnson Flag of the United States.svg United States7 July 1999
13.01 (-0.1 m/s) Omar McLeod Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica10 June 2021 [9]
400 m hurdles 47.07 Karsten Warholm Flag of Norway.svg Norway17 September 2020 [10]
3000 m steeplechase 7:54.31 Paul Kipsiele Koech Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya31 May 2012 [11]
High jump 2.41 m Mutaz Essa Barshim Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar5 June 2014 [12]
Pole vault 6.15 m Armand Duplantis Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden17 September 2020 [7]
Long jump 8.61 m (0.0 m/s) Dwight Phillips Flag of the United States.svg United States10 July 2009 [13]
Triple jump 17.96 m (-0.4 m/s) Pedro Pichardo Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba4 June 2015 [14]
Shot put 21.97 m Konrad Bukowiecki Flag of Poland.svg Poland6 June 2019 [15]
Discus throw 70.72 m Kristjan Ceh Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia9 June 2022 [8]
Hammer throw 84.88 m Sergey Litvinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union10 September 1986
Javelin throw 90.34 m Andreas Thorkildsen Flag of Norway.svg Norway14 July 2006
4 × 100 m relay 38.31 Santa Monica Track Club
Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Floyd Heard
Carl Lewis 		Flag of the United States.svg United States8 June 1994
4 × 400 m relay 3:01.76 Nigel Levine
Conrad Williams
Chris Clarke
Jack Green 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain31 May 2012 [16]

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m 10.75 (+0.6 m/s) Marion Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States14 July 1998
10.75 (+0.4 m/s) Kerron Stewart Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica10 July 2009 [17]
200 m 21.91 (+1.3 m/s) Shericka Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica9 June 2022 [8]
400 m 49.17 Marita Koch Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany10 September 1986
800 m 1:55.69 Pamela Jelimo Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya11 July 2008
1500 m 3:49.11 WR Faith Kipyegon Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya2 June 2023 [18]
Mile 4:21.38 Paula Ivan Flag of Romania.svg Romania19 July 1989
3000 m 8:23.96 Olga Yegorova Flag of Russia.svg Russia29 June 2001
5000 m 14:12.59 DLR Almaz Ayana Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia2 June 2016 [19]
100 m hurdles 12.37 (+0.1 m/s) Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico9 June 2022 [8]
400 m hurdles 52.43 Femke Bol Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands2 June 2023 [20]
3000 m steeplechase 9:00.71 Sembo Almayew Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia2 June 2023 [21]
High jump 2.03 m Yelena Slesarenko Flag of Russia.svg Russia2 July 2004 [22]
Hestrie Cloete Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa2 July 2004 [22]
Blanka Vlašić Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia10 June 2010
Chaunté Howard-Lowe Flag of the United States.svg United States10 June 2010
Pole vault 5.03 m WR Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia13 July 2007
Long jump 7.23 m (−0.3 m/s) Marion Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States14 July 1998
Triple jump 15.29 m (+0.3 m/s) Yamilé Aldama Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba11 July 2003
Shot put 21.03 m DLR Valerie Adams Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand31 May 2012 [23]
Discus throw 68.93 m Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia31 May 2018 [24]
Javelin throw 68.66 m Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic10 June 2010
4 × 100 m relay 43.64 Nataliya Strohova
Yelizaveta Bryzgina
Olesya Povh
Natalia Pohrebniak 		Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine2 June 2016 [25]

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