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2010 Golden Gala
2010 Golden Gala
Dates	10 June
Host city	Rome, Italy
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Level	2010 Diamond League
	← 2009 2011 →

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]

↑ 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)

↑ Due to a doping violation Fraser-Pryce's results during this competition 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]

↑ 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
	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]

References

↑ "Men's Diamond - 200 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Men's Diamond - 400 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Men's Diamond - 5000 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Men's Diamond - 110 metres hurdles results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Men's Diamond - Long jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Sanctions for anti-doping rule violations in athletics as of 27 October 2017". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
↑ "Men's Diamond - Shot put results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Men's Diamond - Discus throw results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Shelly-Anne Fraser handed six-month ban for failing drug test". The Guaridan. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - 100 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - 800 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - 400 metres hurdles results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - 3000 metres steeplechase results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - High jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - Pole vault results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - Triple jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Women's Diamond - Javelin throw results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Men's Promotional - 100 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Men's Promotional - 1500 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

Results

"2010 Golden Gala". World Athletics.

[7] Due to doping violations Lyzhyn's results between 15 August 2008 and 14 August 2010 were disqualified.^[6]

[11] Due to a doping violation Fraser-Pryce's results during this competition were disqualified.^[9]

[13] Due to Abnormalities in Petlyuk's biological passport her results during this comeptition were disqualified.

[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.

[8] "Men's Diamond - Shot put results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[9] "Men's Diamond - Discus throw results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[10] "Shelly-Anne Fraser handed six-month ban for failing drug test". The Guaridan. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[12] "Women's Diamond - 100 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[14] "Women's Diamond - 800 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[15] "Women's Diamond - 400 metres hurdles results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[16] "Women's Diamond - 3000 metres steeplechase results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[17] "Women's Diamond - High jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[18] "Women's Diamond - Pole vault results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[19] "Women's Diamond - Triple jump results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[20] "Women's Diamond - Javelin throw results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[21] "Men's Promotional - 100 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[22] "Men's Promotional - 1500 metres results" (PDF). Diamond League. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

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Diamond discipline results

Men's

Women's

Promotional events results

Men's

See also

References