2023 Golden Gala

The 2023 Golden Gala was the 43nd edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Italy. Held on 2 June at the Stadio Luigi Ridolfi [it] in Florence, it was the third leg of the 2023 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit.

2023 Golden Gala
Dates	2 June
Host city	Florence, Italy
Venue	Stadio Luigi Ridolfi [it]
Level	2023 Diamond League
← 2022 2024 →

The highlight of the meeting was Faith Kipyegon running 3:49.11 to break the world record in the 1500 m, beating Genzebe Dibaba's mark from 2015. She ran the race in a negative split, covering her first 800 metres in 2:04.1 but her last 800 m in 2:00.6. Kipyegon also became the only woman in history to run under 3:50.^[1]

Results

Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the Diamond League finals in Zürich. First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower.^[2]

Diamond Discipline

Men's 100m (0.0 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Fred Kerley  United States 9.94 8 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 10.05 7 Trayvon Bromell  United States 10.09 6 4 Akani Simbine  South Africa 10.09 5 5 Samuele Ceccarelli  Italy 10.13 4 6 Rohan Browning  Australia 10.15 3 7 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.15 2 8 Marvin Bracy  United States 10.23 1

Men's 200m (0.0 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Erriyon Knighton  United States 19.89 8 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago 20.28 7 Aaron Brown  Canada 20.31 6 4 Filippo Tortu  Italy 20.41 5 5 Reynier Mena  Cuba 20.48 4 6 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia 20.51 3 7 Fausto Desalu  Italy 20.90 2 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic DQ

Men's 5000m Place Athlete Country Time Points Mohamed Katir  Spain 12:52.09 8 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 12:52.12 7 Luis Grijalva  Guatemala 12:52.97 6 4 Joshua Cheptegei  Uganda 12:53.81 5 5 Telahun Haile Bekele  Ethiopia 12:54.31 4 6 Woody Kincaid  United States 12:54.40 3 7 Joe Klecker  United States 12:55.16 2 8 Jacob Krop  Kenya 12:55.57 1 9 Selemon Barega  Ethiopia 12:56.18 10 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada 12:56.46 11 Grant Fisher  United States 12:56.99 12 Samuel Tefera  Ethiopia 12:58.44 13 Thierry Ndikumwenayo  Spain 12:59.03 14 Berihu Aregawi  Ethiopia 13:04.52 15 Nicholas Kimeli  Kenya 13:10.52 16 Stewart McSweyn  Australia 13:23.81 Paul Robinson  Ireland DNF Jack Rayner  Australia DNF Andreas Almgren  Sweden DNF

Men's 110mH (-0.2 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Grant Holloway  United States 13.04 8 Jason Joseph  Switzerland 13.10 7 Devon Allen  United States 13.19 6 4 Jamal Britt  United States 13.26 5 5 Just Kwaou-Mathey  France 13.35 4 6 Freddie Crittenden  United States 13.38 3 7 Rafael Pereira  Brazil 13.47 2 8 Lorenzo Simonelli  Italy 13.57 1

Men's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points JuVaughn Harrison  United States 2.32 m 8 Woo Sang-hyeok  South Korea 2.30 m 7 Luis Zayas  Cuba 2.27 m 6 4 Hamish Kerr  New Zealand 2.24 m 5 5 Douwe Amels  Netherlands 2.20 m 4 6 Edgar Rivera  Mexico 2.15 m 3 7 Tobias Potye  Germany 2.15 m 2 8 Andriy Protsenko  Ukraine 2.15 m 1 9 Luis Castro  Puerto Rico 2.10 m

Men's Triple Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Andy Díaz  Italy 17.75 m 8 Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso 17.68 m 7 Lázaro Martínez  Cuba 17.12 m 6 4 Emmanuel Ihemeje  Italy 16.69 m 5 5 Donald Scott  United States 16.46 m 4 6 Abdulla Aboobacker  India 16.37 m 3 7 Christian Taylor  United States 16.32 m 2 8 Tobia Bocchi  Italy 16.24 m 1

Men's Shot Put Place Athlete Country Mark Points Leonardo Fabbri  Italy 21.73 m 8 Tom Walsh  New Zealand 21.69 m 7 Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 21.64 m 6 4 Joe Kovacs  United States 21.55 m 5 5 Adrian Piperi  United States 21.43 m 4 6 Zane Weir  Italy 21.13 m 3 7 Filip Mihaljević  Croatia 20.92 m 2 8 Josh Awotunde  United States 20.12 m 1 9 Armin Sinančević  Serbia 19.53 m

Women's 100m (-0.4 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast 10.97 8 Gina Lückenkemper  Germany 11.09 7 Imani-Lara Lansiquot  Great Britain 11.16 6 4 Morolake Akinosun  United States 11.20 5 5 Abby Steiner  United States 11.23 4 6 Gabrielle Thomas  United States 11.27 3 7 Jenna Prandini  United States 11.33 2 Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain DNS

Women's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Points Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 50.41 8 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 50.75 7 Lynna Irby  United States 50.84 6 4 Roxana Gómez  Cuba 51.29 5 5 Aliyah Abrams  Guyana 51.31 4 6 Anna Kiełbasińska  Poland 51.76 3 7 Candice McLeod  Jamaica 52.09 2 8 Alice Mangione  Italy 52.61 1

Women's 1500m Place Athlete Country Time Points Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 3:49.11 8 Laura Muir  Great Britain 3:57.09 7 Jessica Hull  Australia 3:57.29 6 4 Ciara Mageean  Ireland 4:00.95 5 5 Axumawit Embaye  Ethiopia 4:00.98 4 6 Abbey Caldwell  Australia 4:01.34 3 7 Josette Andrews  United States 4:01.39 2 8 Cory McGee  United States 4:01.45 1 9 Sintayehu Vissa  Italy 4:01.98 10 Linden Hall  Australia 4:02.43 11 Ludovica Cavalli  Italy 4:03.04 12 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford  Canada 4:03.64 13 Federica Del Buono  Italy 4:05.09 14 Marta García  Spain 4:07.22 Sage Hurta  United States DNF Brooke Feldmeier  United States DNF

Women's 400mH Place Athlete Country Time Points Femke Bol  Netherlands 52.43 8 Shamier Little  United States 53.38 7 Anna Hall  United States 54.42 6 4 Gianna Woodruff  Panama 54.59 5 5 Viktoriya Tkachuk  Ukraine 54.71 4 6 Rushell Clayton  Jamaica 54.71 3 7 Ayomide Folorunso  Italy 55.34 2 8 Anna Ryzhykova  Ukraine 55.99 1

Women's 3000mSC Place Athlete Country Time Points Sembo Almayew  Ethiopia 9:00.71 8 Jackline Chepkoech  Kenya 9:04.07 7 Zerfe Wondemagegn  Ethiopia 9:04.61 6 4 Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya 9:10.02 5 5 Alice Finot  France 9:10.04 4 6 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek  Slovenia 9:10.07 3 7 Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia 9:11.09 2 8 Courtney Wayment  United States 9:11.41 1 9 Marwa Bouzayani  Tunisia 9:11.76 10 Luiza Gega  Albania 9:11.94 11 Winfred Yavi  Bahrain 9:18.12 12 Emma Coburn  United States 9:18.17 13 Regan Yee  Canada 9:40.04 14 Nataliya Strebkova  Ukraine 9:43.20 Fancy Cherono  Kenya DNF

Women's Pole Vault Place Athlete Country Mark Points Katie Moon  United States 4.71 m 8 Tina Šutej  Slovenia 4.71 m 7 Nina Kennedy  Australia 4.61 m 6 4 Roberta Bruni  Italy 4.61 m 5 5 Sandi Morris  United States 4.61 m 4 6 Wilma Murto  Finland 4.51 m 3 7 Lene Retzius  Norway 4.51 m 2 8 Elisa Molinarolo  Italy 4.41 m 1 9 Katerina Stefanidi  Greece 4.41 m

Women's Long Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Larissa Iapichino  Italy 6.79 m 8 Tara Davis-Woodhall  United States 6.74 m 7 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine 6.59 m 6 4 Ese Brume  Nigeria 6.58 m 5 5 Malaika Mihambo  Germany 6.57 m 4 6 Jazmin Sawyers  Great Britain 6.43 m 3 7 Ivana Španović  Serbia 6.42 m 2 8 Quanesha Burks  United States 6.33 m 1 9 Khaddi Sagnia  Sweden 6.32 m

Women's Discus Throw Place Athlete Country Mark Points Valarie Allman  United States 65.96 m 8 Feng Bin  China 65.91 m 7 Shanice Craft  Germany 64.47 m 6 4 Liliana Cá  Portugal 63.69 m 5 5 Mélina Robert-Michon  France 63.20 m 4 6 Jorinde van Klinken  Netherlands 62.13 m 3 7 Daisy Osakue  Italy 61.55 m 2 8 Izabela da Silva  Brazil 60.81 m 1 9 Laulauga Tausaga  United States 55.34 m

See also

• 2023 Diamond League

References

1. LetsRun.com (2023-06-02). "Faith Kipyegon Runs 3:49.11 to Smash Women's 1500m World Record in Florence". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
2. "High-powered head-to-heads on tap in Shanghai – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

Results

• "2023 Golden Gala Results". World Athletics.

External links

• Official Diamond League Golden Gala website