Golden Spike (Czech: Zlatá tretra) is an annual athletics event at the Městský Stadion in Ostrava-Vítkovice, Czech Republic as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1961.

Golden Spike Ostrava
Golden Spike in 2013
DateMay–June
LocationOstrava, Czech Republic
Event typeTrack and field
Established1961
Official siteGolden Spike Ostrava

The history of the meeting was interrupted in 1999, when the meeting was not held due to the apparent lack of interest of sponsors. From 2003 to 2009 the IAAF classified the Zlatá tretra meeting among IAAF Grand Prix meetings.

World records edit

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Golden Spike.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2022 300 m hurdles 36.86 [WB] Femke Bol   Netherlands
2019 300 m 34.41 [WB] Shaunae Miller-Uibo   Bahamas
2017 300 m 30.81 [WB] Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa
2011 100 y 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) [WB] Veronica Campbell-Brown   Jamaica
2010 100 y 9.07+ (−0.5 m/s) [WB] Asafa Powell   Jamaica
2008 110 m hurdles 12.87 (+0.9 m/s) Dayron Robles   Cuba
2008 One hour 18517 m Dire Tune   Ethiopia
2007 20,000 m (track) 56:25.98+ Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia
2007 One hour 21285 m Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia
2004 10,000 m 26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia
2004 Pole vault 4.83 m Stacy Dragila   United States
2002 3000 m steeplechase 9:21.72 Alesya Turova   Belarus
1975 100 m 9.9 h Silvio Leonard   Cuba
1973 100 m 10.9 h Renate Stecher   East Germany

Meeting records edit

Men edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 y 9.07+ (−0.5 m/s) Asafa Powell   Jamaica 27 May 2010 [1]
100 m 9.83 (−0.5 m/s) Asafa Powell   Jamaica 27 May 2010 [2]
150 m 15.15 (+0.5 m/s) Arthur Cissé   Ivory Coast 8 September 2020 [3]
200 m 19.83 (+0.3 m/s) Usain Bolt   Jamaica 12 June 2008 [4]
300 m 30.81 Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa 28 June 2017 [5]
400 m 44.16 LaShawn Merritt   United States 17 June 2014 [6]
600 m 1:16.02 Adam Kszczot   Poland 26 May 2015 [7]
800 m 1:43.24 Wilfred Bungei   Kenya 12 June 2003
1000 m 2:15.08 Ilham Tanui Özbilen   Turkey 17 June 2014 [8]
1500 m 3:31.17 Cornelius Chirchir   Kenya 12 June 2003
Mile 3:49.57 Haron Keitany   Kenya 17 June 2009 [9]
3000 m 7:31.66 Caleb Ndiku   Kenya 17 June 2014 [10]
5000 m 12:48.63 Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda 8 September 2020 [11]
10,000 m 26:20.31 Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 8 June 2004 [12]
20,000 m (track) 56:25.98+ Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 27 June 2007 [13]
One hour 21285 m Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 27 June 2007 [14]
110 m hurdles 12.87 (+0.9 m/s) Dayron Robles   Cuba 12 June 2008 [15]
400 m hurdles 47.62 Karsten Warholm   Norway 8 September 2020 [16]
2000 m steeplechase 5:27.89 Nikolay Matyushenko   Soviet Union 29 July 1989
3000 m steeplechase 7:58.68 Lamecha Girma   Ethiopia 31 May 2022 [17]
High jump 2.38 m Mutaz Essa Barshim   Qatar 13 June 2018 [18]
Pole vault 6.12 m Armand Duplantis   Sweden 27 June 2023 [19]
Long jump 8.66 m (+1.0 m/s) Juan Miguel Echevarría   Cuba 13 June 2018 [20]
Triple jump 17.57 m (−1.1 m/s) Christian Taylor   United States 28 June 2017 [21]
Shot put 22.63 m Ryan Crouser   United States 27 June 2023 [22]
Discus throw 68.55 m Kristjan Čeh   Slovenia 27 June 2023 [23]
Hammer throw 83.44 m Paweł Fajdek   Poland 27 June 2017 [24]
Javelin throw 94.64 m(Current design)
95.52 m (Old design)
Jan Železný
Uwe Hohn
  Czech Republic
  East Germany
31 May 1996
12 June 1985
10000 m walk (track) 41:58.6 Alexander Bílek   Czechoslovakia 9 July 1969
4×100 m relay 38.43 Jeremiah Azu
Zharnel Hughes
Richard Kilty
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
  Great Britain 31 May 2022 [25]
4×400 m relay 3:01.49 Jerome Davis
Derek Mills
James Carter
Danny McCray
  United States 31 May 2001

Women edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 y 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) Veronica Campbell-Brown   Jamaica 31 May 2011 [26]
100 m 10.76 (+1.1 m/s) Veronica Campbell-Brown   Jamaica 31 May 2011 [27][28]
150 m 16.56 (+0.6 m/s) Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 8 September 2020 [29]
200 m 22.07 (−1.0 m/s) Jarmila Kratochvílová   Czechoslovakia 3 June 1981
300 m 34.41 Shaunae Miller-Uibo   Bahamas 20 June 2019 [30]
400 m 49.67 Tátána Kocembová   Czechoslovakia 1 June 1983
800 m 1:57.72 Maria Mutola   Mozambique 8 June 2004 [31]
1000 m 2:40.08 Irina Krakoviak   Lithuania 9 June 2005 [32]
1500 m 3:57.38 Diribe Welteji   Ethiopia 27 June 2023 [33]
2000 m 5:27.50 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 17 June 2014 [34]
3000 m 8:38.55 Belaynesh Oljira   Ethiopia 20 May 2016 [35]
5000 m 14:30.18 Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 27 June 2007 [36]
10000 m 30:26.67 Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia 27 June 2013 [37]
One hour 18517 m Dire Tune   Ethiopia 12 June 2008 [38]
20000 m (track) 1:05:35.3 Dire Tune   Ethiopia 17 June 2009 [39]
100 m hurdles 12.42 (0.0 m/s) Jasmine Camacho-Quinn   Puerto Rico 27 June 2023 [40]
300 m hurdles 36.86 Femke Bol   Netherlands 31 May 2022 [41]
400 m hurdles 53.32 Zuzana Hejnova   Czech Republic 27 June 2013 [42]
3000 m steeplechase 9:11.33 Norah Jeruto   Kenya 13 June 2018 [43]
High jump 2.06 m Mariya Lasitskene   Authorised Neutral Athletes 20 June 2019 [44]
Pole vault 4.83 m Stacy Dragila   United States 8 June 2004 [45]
Long jump 7.00 m (+0.1 m/s) Eva Murková   Czechoslovakia 23 May 1984
Triple jump 15.00 m (0.0 m/s) Yamilé Aldama   Cuba 12 June 2003
Shot put 21.96 m Helena Fibingerová   Czechoslovakia 8 June 1977
Discus throw 69.52 m Zdeňka Šilhavá   Czechoslovakia 10 June 1987
Hammer throw 79.72 m Anita Włodarczyk   Poland 27 June 2017 [46]
Javelin throw 67.78 m Barbora Špotáková   Czech Republic 25 May 2012 [47]
3000 m walk (track) 11:52.38 Anežka Drahotová   Czech Republic 26 May 2015 [48]
4 × 100 m relay 43.56 réta Kerekes
Jusztina Csóti
Boglárka Takács
Alexa Sulyán
  Hungary 27 June 2023 [49]
4 × 400 m relay 3:33.9 Edit Molnár
Agnes Kozáry
Noémi Bátori
Judit Forgács
  Hungary 3 August 1991

References edit

  1. ^ "100 Yards Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  2. ^ "100 Metres Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  3. ^ Bob Ramsak (8 September 2020). "Kiplimo, Crouser, Kipyegon and Taylor impress in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "200 Metres Results". zlatatretra.cz. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  5. ^ Bob Ramsak (28 June 2017). "Van Niekerk breaks 300m world best in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ "400m Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. ^ "600m Result" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. ^ "1000m Results". zlatatretra.cz. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Mile Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  10. ^ "3000m Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. ^ Bob Ramsak (8 September 2020). "Kiplimo, Crouser, Kipyegon and Taylor impress in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  12. ^ "10000 Metres Results". zlatatretra.cz. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  13. ^ "20000 Metres Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 27 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  14. ^ "One Hour Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 27 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  15. ^ "110 Metres Hurdles Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  16. ^ Bob Ramsak (8 September 2020). "Kiplimo, Crouser, Kipyegon and Taylor impress in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  17. ^ Jess Whittington (31 May 2022). "Bol and Girma break barriers in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  18. ^ "High Jump Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  19. ^ "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). ČAS. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Long Jump Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  21. ^ "110m Hurdles Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  22. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). ČAS. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Discus Throw Results" (PDF). ČAS. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  24. ^ Bob Ramsak (27 June 2017). "Wlodarczyk and Fajdek break meeting records in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  25. ^ Jess Whittington (31 May 2022). "Bol and Girma break barriers in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  26. ^ "100 Yards Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  27. ^ "100 Metres Results". zlatatretra.cz. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  28. ^ Bob Ramsak (31 May 2011). "Bolt takes 9.91 win, but Campbell-Brown steals the show with blazing 10.76 in Ostrava – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  29. ^ Bob Ramsak (8 September 2020). "Kiplimo, Crouser, Kipyegon and Taylor impress in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  30. ^ Bob Ramsak (20 June 2019). "Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  31. ^ "800 Metres Results". zlatatretra.cz. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  32. ^ "1000 Metres Results". zlatatretra.cz. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  33. ^ "1500m Results" (PDF). ČAS. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  34. ^ "2000m Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  35. ^ "3000m Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  36. ^ "5000 Metres Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  37. ^ Jon Mulkeen (27 June 2013). "World lead by Adams, five meeting records broken in Ostrava – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  38. ^ "One Hour Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  39. ^ "20000 Metres Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  40. ^ "100m Hurdles Results" (PDF). ČAS. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  41. ^ Jess Whittington (31 May 2022). "Bol and Girma break barriers in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  42. ^ Jon Mulkeen (27 June 2013). "World lead by Adams, five meeting records broken in Ostrava – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  43. ^ "3000m Steeplechase Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  44. ^ Bob Ramsak (20 June 2019). "Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  45. ^ "Pole Vault Results". zlatatretra.cz. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  46. ^ Bob Ramsak (27 June 2017). "Wlodarczyk and Fajdek break meeting records in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  47. ^ "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  48. ^ "3000m Race Walk Result" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  49. ^ "Women's 4×100m Relay Results" (PDF). ČAS. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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