The 2020 Golden Gala was the 40th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Rome, Italy. Held on 17 September at the Stadio Olimpico, it was the seventh leg of the 2020 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. Originally meant to be staged in Naples, Italy in the month of May, the meet had been delayed and was closed to in-stadium spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic."Warholm, Duplantis target records in Rome Diamond League meet". Agence France-Presse via France 24 (2020-09-16). Retrieved 2021-05-05.

After fourteen attempts prior to the meeting during the outdoor season, the world indoor record holder for Sweden, Mondo Duplantis, set the outdoor world best in the men's pole vault with a height of 6.15 metres. Though the mark was 0.03 less than his indoor record, it was 0.01 more than the previous outdoor best set by Sergey Bubka.Juck, Alfonz (2020-09-18). "Mondo Duplantis finally gets 6.15m at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea". RunBlogRun. Retrieved 2021-05-05. Ben Broeders placed second with a height of 5.80 metres, a Belgian record.

A world leading time was also set in the men's 3000 metres by Jacob Kiplimo, winning in 7:26.64 which was also a Diamond League record, a meeting record, and a Ugandan record. The time made the 19-year old #8 on the all-time list, with second place Jakob Ingebrigtsen, also 19 years old, going #9 all-time with a Norwegian record (7:27.05).Henderson, Jason (2020-09-17). "Jacob Kiplimo beats Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 3000m classic". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2021-05-05. Australian Stewart McSweyn set an Oceanian record (7:28.02) to place third, with fourth place Yemaneberhan Crippa also setting an Italian record (7:38.27).

Karsten Warholm clocked his fifth sub-48 seconds in the men's 400 metres hurdles in the 2020 season, winning in 47.07 seconds to set a meeting record and the top five times in the event that year.Snider-McGrath, Ben (2020-09-17). "Warholm, Kiplimo and others dazzle at Rome Diamond League". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

In the women's events, Elaine Thompson-Herah ran a world leading time in her first international race in the 100 metres with a time of 10.85 seconds, taking one hundredth of a second off fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's previous world leading time of 10.86 seconds.Whittington, Jessica (2020-09-17). "Reekie and Pozzi power to wins in Rome". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

Results Because of the disrupted season with several cancelled meets, no Diamond League points were awarded for athlete placements.Houston, Michael (2020-08-04). "Doha Diamond League meeting given new date in 2020 calendar". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

Men

+Men's 100 Metres Place Athlete Country Time Akani Simbine 9.96 Arthur Cissé 10.04 Filippo Tortu 10.09 4 Marcell Jacobs 10.11 5 Mike Rodgers 10.12 6 Julian Forte 10.15 7 Deniz Almas 10.27 8 Mouhamadou Fall 10.29 9 Mario Burke 10.34

+Men's 400 Metres Place Athlete Country Time Edoardo Scotti 45.21 Yousef Karam 45.25 Karol Zalewski 45.48 4 Jochem Dobber 45.64 5 Rabah Yousif 45.65 6 Luka Janežič 45.78 7 Vladimir Aceti 46.28 8 Kennedy Luchembe 46.43 9 Wesley Vázquez 46.67

+Men's 3000 Metres Place Athlete Country Time Jacob Kiplimo 7:26.64 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 7:27.05 Stewart McSweyn 7:28.02 4 Yemaneberhan Crippa 7:38.27 5 Mike Foppen 7:39.75 6 Isaac Kimeli 7:47.48 7 Matthew Ramsden 7:48.08 8 Osama Zoghlami 7:48.63 9 Pietro Riva 7:50.03 10 Ryan Gregson 7:53.65 11 Marouan Razine 7:54.80 Mohad Abdikadar DNF DNF Pietro Arese DNF

+Men's 110 Metres Hurdles Place Athlete Country Time Andrew Pozzi 13.15 Aaron Mallett 13.23 Freddie Crittenden 13.31 4 Wilhem Belocian 13.49 5 Yaqoub Al-Youha 13.60 6 Lorenzo Perini 13.61 7 Antonio Alkana 13.66 8 Gabriel Constantino 13.67 9 Paolo Dal Molin 13.70

+Men's 400 Metres Hurdles Place Athlete Country Time Karsten Warholm 47.07 Ludvy Vaillant 48.69 Rasmus Mägi 48.72 4 David Kendziera 49.35 5 Wilfried Happio 49.65 6 Mario Lambrughi 49.87 7 Constantin Preis 49.91 8 Nick Smidt 50.67 9 Márcio Teles 51.04

+Men's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Andriy Protsenko Gianmarco Tamberi Stefano Sottile 4 Adrijus Glebauskas 5 Oleh Doroshchuk 6 Matúš Bubeník 7 Maksim Nedasekau - Norbert Kobielski

+Men's Pole Vault Place Athlete Country Mark Armand Duplantis Ben Broeders EJ Obiena 4 Renaud Lavillenie 5 Harry Coppell 6 Thibaut Collet 7 Raphael Holzdeppe Claudio Stecchi

+Men's Shot Put Place Athlete Country Mark Nick Ponzio Payton Otterdahl Leonardo Fabbri 4 Tsanko Arnaudov 5 Konrad Bukowiecki 6 Bob Bertemes 7 Zane Weir 8 Lorenzo del Gatto 9 Vincenzo D'Agostino

Women

+Women's 100 Metres Place Athlete Country Time Elaine Thompson-Herah 10.85 Aleia Hobbs 11.12 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith 11.14 4 Ajla Del Ponte 11.19 5 Imani-Lara Lansiquot 11.23 6 Kayla White 11.27 7 Anna Bongiorni 11.38 8 Marije van Hunenstijn 11.42 9 Anthonique Strachan 11.42

+Women's 400 Metres Place Athlete Country Time Lieke Klaver 50.98 Agnė Šerkšnienė 51.80 Justyna Święty-Ersetic 51.94 4 Corinna Schwab 52.12 5 Barbora Malíková 52.17 6 Tiffani Marinho 52.44 7 Laviai Nielsen 52.45 8 Alice Mangione 52.78 9 Rebecca Borga 52.88

+Women's 800 Metres Place Athlete Country Time Jemma Reekie 1:59.76 Hedda Hynne 2:00.24 Laura Muir 2:00.49 4 Christina Hering 2:00.75 5 Kaela Edwards 2:00.79 6 Alexandra Bell 2:01.37 7 Lore Hoffmann 2:01.46 8 Elena Bellò 2:02.10 9 Noélie Yarigo 2:02.98 10 Eleonora Vandi 2:03.17 Souliath Saka DNF

+Women's 100 Metres Hurdles Place Athlete Country Time Nadine Visser 12.72 Luminosa Bogliolo 12.83 Payton Chadwick 12.89 4 Cindy Sember 13.02 5 Taliyah Brooks 13.05 6 Elisa Di Lazzaro 13.05 7 Cyréna Samba-Mayela 13.29 8 Mette Graversgaard 13.30 9 Annimari Korte 13.34

+Women's 400 Metres Hurdles Place Athlete Country Time Femke Bol 53.90 Anna Ryzhykova 54.54 Viktoriya Tkachuk 54.93 4 Sara Petersen 55.20 5 Amalie Iuel 55.27 6 Jessie Knight 55.58 7 Emma Zapletalová 56.02 8 Ayomide Folorunso 56.58

+Women's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Yuliya Levchenko Yaroslava Mahuchikh Nicola Olyslagers 4 Erika Kinsey 5 Levern Spencer 6 Claire Orcel 7 Elena Vallortigara Desirée Rossit

See also 2020 Doha Diamond League (next and last meet in the 2020 Diamond League)

References

Results "Wanda Diamond League Rome (ITA) 17th September 2020 Results lists". Diamond League (2020-09-23). Retrieved 2021-05-05.

External links Official Diamond League Golden Gala website