2010 Golden Gala

2010 Golden Gala
Dates10 June
Host cityRome, Italy
VenueStadio Olimpico
Level2010 Diamond League
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The 2010 Golden Gala was the 30th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Rome, Italy. Held on 10 June at Stadio Olimpico, it was the fourth leg of the 2010 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit.

Diamond discipline results

Podium finishers earned points towards a season leaderboard (4-2-1 respectively), points per event were then doubled in the Diamond League Finals. Athletes had to take part in the Diamond race during the finals to be eligible to win the Diamond trophy which is awarded to the athlete with the most points at the end of the season.

Men's

200 Metres
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
Walter Dix  United States 19.86 4 MR
Wallace Spearmon  United States 20.05 2
Paul Hession  Ireland 20.60 1
4 Xavier Carter  United States 20.60
5 Steve Mullings  Jamaica 20.73
6 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 20.79 SB
7 Ainsley Waugh  Jamaica 20.80
8 Diego Marani  Italy 20.91 PB
9 Marvin Anderson  Jamaica 26.30
[1] Wind: (+0.5 m/s)
400 Metres
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
Jeremy Wariner  United States 44.73 4 WL
Angelo Taylor  United States 44.74 2 SB
Chris Brown  Bahamas 45.05 1 SB
4 Renny Quow  Trinidad and Tobago 45.52
5 Michael Bingham  Great Britain 46.04
6 Claudio Licciardello  Italy 46.32
7 Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 46.62
David Neville  United States DNF
Jermaine Gonzales  Jamaica DNF
[2]
5000 Metres
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
Imane Merga  Ethiopia 13:00.12 4
Sammy Alex Mutahi  Kenya 13:00.12 2 PB
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda 13:00.15 1
4 Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia 13:00.81
5 Vincent Chepkok  Kenya 13:01.37
6 Mathew Kisorio  Kenya 13:02.72
7 Teklemariam Medhin  Eritrea 13:04.55 PB
8 Bekana Daba  Ethiopia 13:05.20
9 Leonard Komon  Kenya 13:07.78
10 Abera Kuma  Ethiopia 13:07.83 PB
11 Lucas Rotich  Kenya 13:11.72
12 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 13:18.30
13 Micah Kogo  Kenya 13:32.56
Joseph Ebuya  Kenya DNF
Suleiman Simotwo  Kenya DNF PM
Bethwell Birgen  Kenya DNF PM
[3]
110 Metres hurdles
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
Dayron Robles  Cuba 13.14 4
Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 13.31 2 SB
Ryan Brathwaite  Barbados 13.34 1 SB
4 Ryan Wilson  United States 13.37 SB
5 Andy Turner  Great Britain 13.48
6 David Payne  United States 13.61
7 Jason Richardson  United States 13.65
8 Petr Svoboda  Czech Republic 13.86
9 William Sharman  Great Britain 14.07
[4] Wind: (+0.9 m/s)
Long jump
Place Athlete Nation Distance Points Notes
Dwight Phillips  United States 8.42 m (−0.8 m/s) 4 WL
Irving Saladino  Panama 8.13 m (−0.4 m/s) 2
Fabrice Lapierre  Australia 8.11 m (+0.1 m/s) 1
4 Brian Johnson  United States 8.06 m (−0.5 m/s)
5 Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal 7.91 m (−0.1 m/s)
6 Chris Tomlinson  Great Britain 7.79 m (−0.4 m/s)
7 Michel Tornéus  Sweden 7.79 m (−0.4 m/s)
8 Emanuele Formichetti  Italy 7.57 m (−0.3 m/s)
9 Wilfredo Martínez  Cuba 7.49 m (−0.4 m/s)
[5]
Shot put
Place Athlete Nation Distance Points Notes
Christian Cantwell  United States 21.67 m 4 =MR
Dylan Armstrong  Canada 21.46 m 2
Reese Hoffa  United States 21.15 m 1 SB
4 Pavel Lyzhyn  Belarus 20.89 m DQ[a]
5 Tomasz Majewski  Poland 20.75 m
6 Dan Taylor  United States 20.32 m
7 Ralf Bartels  Germany 20.13 m
8 Adam Nelson  United States 19.88 m
9 Yves Niaré  France 19.72 m
[7]
  1. ^ Due to doping violations Lyzhyn's results between 15 August 2008 and 14 August 2010 were disqualified.[6]
Discus throw
Place Athlete Nation Distance Points Notes
Piotr Małachowski  Poland 68.78 m 4 MR
Gerd Kanter  Estonia 67.69 m 2
Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary 67.26 m 1
4 Robert Harting  Germany 66.33 m
5 Ehsan Haddadi  Iran 66.09 m
6 Gerhard Mayer  Austria 65.24 m NR
7 Erik Cadée  Netherlands 64.27 m
8 Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 63.47 m SB
9 Marco Zitelli  Italy 56.68 m
[8]

Women's

100 Metres
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
LaShauntea Moore  United States 11.04 4
Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas 11.14 2
Tahesia Harrigan-Scott  British Virgin Islands 11.17 1
4 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas 11.31
5 Gloria Asumnu  United States 11.31
6 Aleen Bailey  Jamaica 11.40 SB
7 Audrey Alloh  Italy 11.79
Mikele Barber  United States DQ R 162.7
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica DQ R 162.7, [a]
[10] Wind: (+0.2 m/s)
  1. ^ Due to a doping violation Fraser-Pryce's results during this comeptition were disqualified.[9]
800 Metres
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
Halima Hachlaf  Morocco 1:58.40 4 WL
Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya 1:58.85 2 SB
Jenny Meadows  Great Britain 1:58.89 1 SB
4 Eglė Balčiūnaitė  Lithuania 1:59.54 PB
5 Jemma Simpson  Great Britain 1:59.58 SB
6 Neisha Bernard-Thomas  Grenada 1:59.70
7 Elisa Cusma  Italy 2:00.11
8 Yuliya Krevsun  Ukraine 2:00.29 SB
9 Maggie Vessey  United States 2:00.73 SB
10 Daniela Reina  Italy 2:01.09 PB
11 Hazel Clark  United States 2:01.48
12 Yvonne Hak  Netherlands 2:01.57
13 Tetiana Petlyuk  Ukraine 2:05.06 DQ[a]
Dominique Darden  United States DNF PM
[11]
  1. ^ Due to Abnormalities in Petlyuk's biological passport her results during this comeptition were disqualified.
400 Metres hurdles
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
Lashinda Demus  United States 52.82 4 MR, WL
Kaliese Spencer  Jamaica 53.48 2 PB
Natalya Antyukh  Russia 54.00 1 PB
4 Zuzana Hejnová  Czech Republic 54.13 NR
5 Josanne Lucas  Trinidad and Tobago 54.84 SB
6 Anna Jesień  Poland 54.96 SB
7 Angela Moroșanu  Romania 55.70
8 Muizat Ajoke Odumosu  Nigeria 55.75
9 Manuela Gentili  Italy 56.06 PB
[12]
3000 Metres steeplechase
Place Athlete Nation Time Points Notes
Milcah Chemos Cheywa  Kenya 9:11.71 4 WL
Gladys Kipkemoi  Kenya 9:13.22 2 PB
Lydia Rotich  Kenya 9:19.01 1
4 Sofia Assefa  Ethiopia 9:24.51
5 Wioletta Frankiewicz  Poland 9:29.68
6 Mercy Wanjiku  Kenya 9:30.78 PB
7 Katarzyna Kowalska  Poland 9:35.56
8 Sophie Duarte  France 9:38.55
9 Ancuța Bobocel  Romania 9:42.18
10 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway 9:51.89
11 Helen Clitheroe  Great Britain 9:57.28
12 Zenaide Vieira  Brazil 9:59.79
Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica DNF PM
[13]
High jump
Place Athlete Nation Height Points Notes
Blanka Vlašić  Croatia 2.03 m 4 =MR
Chaunté Lowe  United States 2.03 m 2 =MR
Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia 1.95 m 1
4 Antonietta Di Martino  Italy 1.95 m
5 Ruth Beitia  Spain 1.95 m
6 Irina Gordeeva  Russia 1.90 m =SB
6 Vita Styopina  Ukraine 1.90 m
8 Emma Green  Sweden 1.90 m =SB
8 Svetlana Shkolina  Russia 1.90 m
[14]
Pole vault
Place Athlete Nation Height Points Notes
Fabiana Murer  Brazil 4.70 m 4
Silke Spiegelburg  Germany 4.70 m 2 =PB
Jiřina Ptáčníková  Czech Republic 4.60 m 1
Anna Rogowska  Poland 4.60 m 1
5 Yuliya Golubchikova  Russia 4.60 m
6 Tatyana Polnova  Russia 4.50 m
7 Kate Dennison  Great Britain 4.50 m =SB
8 Monika Pyrek  Poland 4.40 m
9 Elena Scarpellini  Italy 4.20 m =SB
Chelsea Johnson  United States NM
[15]
Triple jump
Place Athlete Nation Distance Points Notes
Yargelis Savigne  Cuba 14.74 m (+0.4 m/s) 4
Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan 14.74 m (−0.2 m/s) 2
Olha Saladukha  Ukraine 14.44 m (+0.3 m/s) 1
4 Simona La Mantia  Italy 14.17 m (−0.7 m/s)
4 Anna Pyatykh  Russia 14.38 m (+0.1 m/s)
5 Nadezhda Alekhina  Russia 14.05 m (−0.1 m/s)
6 Katja Demut  Germany 13.94 m (−0.5 m/s)
7 Magdelín Martínez  Italy 13.89 m (−0.4 m/s)
8 Trecia-Kaye Smith  Jamaica 13.51 m (−1.4 m/s)
[16]
Javelin throw
Place Athlete Nation Distance Points Notes
Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic 68.66 m 4 MR
Sunette Viljoen  South Africa 63.04 m 2
Vera Rebrik  Ukraine 62.44 m 1 SB
4 Christina Obergföll  Germany 62.36 m
5 Linda Stahl  Germany 62.02 m
6 Martina Ratej  Slovenia 62.01 m
7 Goldie Sayers  Great Britain 61.23 m
8 Jarmila Jurkovičová  Czech Republic 59.48 m
9 Zahra Bani  Italy 57.14 m
[17]

Promotional events results

Men's

100 Metres
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
Asafa Powell  Jamaica 9.82 WL
Christophe Lemaitre  France 10.09
Martial Mbandjock  France 10.09
4 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  Norway 10.17
5 Lerone Clarke  Jamaica 10.19
6 Mario Forsythe  Jamaica 10.25
7 Simone Collio  Italy 10.29
8 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain 10.30
9 Ronald Pognon  France 10.32
[18] Wind: (+0.6 m/s)
1500 Metres
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya 3:32.21
Daniel Kipchirchir Komen  Kenya 3:33.08
Geoffrey Rono  Kenya 3:33.89
4 Antar Zerguelaïne  Algeria 3:34.82
5 Gideon Gathimba  Kenya 3:34.92
6 İlham Tanui Özbilen  Kenya 3:34.92
7  Spain 3:35.06
8 Juan Carlos Higuero  Spain 3:35.10
9 Yoann Kowal  France 3:35.14
10 Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia 3:35.40
11 Andy Baddeley  Great Britain 3:35.50
12 Boaz Kiplagat Lalang  Kenya 3:35.80
13 Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain 3:35.83
14 Nixon Chepseba  Kenya 3:37.12
15 Tarek Boukensa  Algeria 3:41.33
Abdalaati Iguider  Morocco DNF
Collins Cheboi  Kenya DNF PM
Philemon Kimutai  Kenya DNF PM
[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Diamond - 200 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Men's Diamond - 400 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Men's Diamond - 5000 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Men's Diamond - 110 metres hurdles results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Men's Diamond - Long jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Sanctions for anti-doping rule violations in athletics as of 27 October 2017". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Men's Diamond - Shot put results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Men's Diamond - Discus throw results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Shelly-Anne Fraser handed six-month ban for failing drug test". The Guaridan. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Women's Diamond - 100 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Women's Diamond - 800 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Women's Diamond - 400 metres hurdles results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Women's Diamond - 3000 metres steeplechase results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Women's Diamond - High jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Women's Diamond - Pole vault results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Women's Diamond - Triple jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Women's Diamond - Javelin throw results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Men's Promotional - 100 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Men's Promotional - 1500 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
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