- Golden Gala
Golden Gala is an annual track and field event at the Olympic Stadium in
Rome ,Italy that takes place onJuly 8 as the second meeting of theIAAF Golden League .Primo Nebiolo, the Italian president of
IAAF since 1981, was the founder of the Golden Gala who had the idea to bring the athletes and the people from theUSA and theNATO countries together that were boycotting theMoscow Olympics in1980 as a result of theCold War . He died of a heart attack at age 76 in1999 .World records
2008
*Pole vault, women 5.03 mYelena Isinbayeva ,Russia 2000
*Javelin throw, women 68.22 mTrine Hattestad ,Norway 1999
*Mile run, men 3:43.13Hicham El Guerrouj ,Morocco 1998
*1500 m, men 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco1995
*5000 m, men 12:55.30Moses Kiptanui ,Kenya 1987
*5000 m, men 12:58.39Said Aouita , Morocco1984
*Pole vault, men 5.94 mSergey Bubka ,Soviet Union
*Pole vault, men 5.91 mThierry Vigneron ,France 1983
*Pole vault, men 5.83 m Thierry Vigneron, FranceExternal links
* [http://www.goldengala.it Golden Gala web site]
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