Golden Gala

The Golden Gala is an annual athletics meeting held in the Olympic Stadium in Rome . It belongs to the IAAF Diamond League .

The Golden Gala has been taking place since 1980. At that time it was held on the initiative of the future Italian IAAF President Primo Nebiolo in order to offer a strong competition to the athletes of the NATO countries at the time, which boycotted the Olympic Games in Moscow .

World records

Several world records have already been set at the Golden Gala, but only one of them is still in existence. On July 7, 1999, Hicham El Guerrouj ran the mile in 3: 43.13 minutes. A year earlier, El Guerrouj set a second world record over 1500 meters .

The French Thierry Vigneron also managed the feat of setting a world record in Rome two years in a row. In 1983 he jumped 5.83 m in the pole vault and thus held the world record until May 1984. Serhiy Bubka beat the world record that he set in 1984 by three centimeters in the same competition.

1983

• Pole vault men: 5.83 m Thierry Vigneron (France)

1984

• Pole vault men: 5.91 m Thierry Vigneron (France)
• Pole vault men: 5.94 m Serhiy Bubka (USSR)

1987

• 5000 meters men: 12: 58.39 min Saïd Aouita (Morocco)

1995

• 5000 meters men: 12: 55.30 min Moses Kiptanui (Kenya)

1998

• 1500 meters men: 3: 26.00 min Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)

1999

• One mile men: 3: 43.13 min Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)

2000

• Javelin women: 68.22 m Trine Hattestad (Norway)

2008

• Pole vault women: 5.03 m Jelena Issinbajewa (Russia)

Meeting records

Men

Art	record	athlete	origin	date
100 m	9.75 (+0.9 m / s)	Justin Gatlin	United States	4th June 2015
200 m	19.70 (+0.7 m / s)	Michael Norman	United States	June 6, 2019
400 m	43.62	Jeremy Wariner	United States	July 14, 2006
800 m	1: 42.79	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	July 7, 1999
1500 m	3: 26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	July 14, 1998
3000 m	7: 46.06	Jack Buckner	United Kingdom	August 31, 1984
5000 m	12: 46.53	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	July 2, 2004
110 m hurdles	13.01 (+0.8 m / s)	Allen Johnson	United States	July 7, 1999
400 m hurdles	47.48	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar	May 31, 2018
3000 m obstacle	7: 54.31	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	May 31, 2012
Pole vault	5.94 m	Serhiy Bubka	Soviet Union	August 31, 1984
high jump	2.41 m	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	5th June 2014
Long jump	8.61 m (0.0 m / s)	Dwight Phillips	United States	July 10, 2009
Triple jump	17.96 m	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	Cuba	4th June 2015
Shot put	21.97 m	Konrad Bukowiecki	Poland	June 6, 2019
Discus throw	68.78 m	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	June 10, 2010
Hammer throw	84.88 m	Sergei Litvinov	Soviet Union	September 10, 1986
Javelin throw	90.34 m	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	July 14, 2006

Women

Art	record	athlete	origin	date
100 m	10.75 (+0.6 m / s)	Marion Jones	United States	July 14, 1998
	10.75 (+0.4 m / s)	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	July 10, 2009
200 m	22.19 (+0.8 m / s)	Marion Jones	United States	July 7, 1999
400 m	49.17	Marita Koch	GDR	September 10, 1986
800 m	1: 55.69	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	July 11, 2008
1500 m	3: 56.22	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	June 8, 2017
3000 m	8: 23.96	Olga Yegorova	Russia	June 29, 2001
100 m hurdles	12.39 (+1.5 m / s)	Vera Komissova	Soviet Union	5th August 1980
400 m hurdles	52.82	Lashinda Demus	United States	June 10, 2010
3000 m obstacle	9: 04.96	Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi	Kenya	May 31, 2018
high jump	2.03 m	Jelena Slessarenko	Russia	July 2, 2004
		Hestrie Cloete	South Africa
		Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	June 10, 2010
		Chaunté Lowe	United States
Pole vault	5.03 m	Elena Isinbayeva	Russia	July 13, 2007
Long jump	7.23 m (−0.3 m / s)	Marion Jones	United States	July 14, 1998
Triple jump	15.29 m (+0.3 m / s)	Yamilé Aldama	Cuba	July 11, 2003
Shot put	21.03 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	May 31, 2012
Discus throw	68.93 m	Sandra Perković	Croatia	May 31, 2018
Javelin throw	68.66 m	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	June 10, 2010

Web link

• Official website