Golden Spike Ostrava
Annual track and field meeting
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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 is a Gold-level meeting on the World Athletics Continental Tour — one of the top tiers just below the Diamond League. It was first organized in 1961.
| Golden Spike Ostrava | |
|---|---|
Golden Spike in 2013 | |
| Date | May–June |
| Location | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
| Event type | Track and field |
| Established | 1961 |
| Official site | zlatatretra |
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
Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Golden Spike.
| Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 100 m | 10.9 h | Renate Stecher |  East Germany |
| 1975 | 100 m | 9.9 h | Silvio Leonard |  Cuba |
| 2002 | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:21.72 | Alesya Turova |  Belarus |
| 2004 | Pole vault | 4.83 m | Stacy Dragila |  United States |
| 10,000 m | 26:20.31 | Kenenisa Bekele |  Ethiopia | |
| 2007 | 20,000 m (track) | 56:25.98+ | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
| One hour | 21,285 m | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | |
| 2008 | One hour | 18,517 m | Dire Tune | Ethiopia |
| 110 m hurdles | 12.87 (+0.9 m/s) | Dayron Robles | Cuba | |
| 2010 | 100 y | 9.07+ (−0.5 m/s) [WB] | Asafa Powell |  Jamaica |
| 2011 | 100 y | 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) [WB] | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica |
| 2017 | 300 m | 30.81 [WB] | Wayde van Niekerk |  South Africa |
| 2019 | 300 m | 34.41 [WB] | Shaunae Miller-Uibo |  Bahamas |
| 2022 | 300 m hurdles | 36.86 [WB] | Femke Bol |  Netherlands |
| 2026 | 150m (bend) | 14.67 (±0.0 m/s) [WB] | Noah Lyles | United States |
Meeting records
Men
| 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 | 14.67 (±0.0 m/s) | Noah Lyles | United States |
16 June 2026 | [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 | 3:29.05 | Phanuel Koech | Kenya |
24 June 2025 | [9] |
| Mile | 3:49.44 | Nathan Green | United States |
16 June 2026 | [3] |
| 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 | 21,285 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 | 6.13 m | Armand Duplantis |  Sweden |
24 June 2025 | [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 | 95.52 m (old design) | Uwe Hohn | East Germany |
12 June 1985 | |
| 94.64 m (current design) | Jan Železný |  Czechoslovakia |
31 May 1996 | ||
| 10,000 m walk (track) | 41:58.6 h | Alexander Bílek | Czech Republic |
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
| 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 | 49.15 | Salwa Eid Naser |  Bahrain |
24 June 2025 | [31] |
| 800 m | 1:54.45 | Audrey Werro |  Switzerland |
16 June 2026 | [3] |
| 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] |
| 10,000 m | 30:26.67 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia |
27 June 2013 | [37] |
| One hour | 18,517 m | Dire Tune | Ethiopia |
12 June 2008 | [38] |
| 20,000 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 | 4.84 m | Molly Caudery | Great Britain |
28 May 2024 | [45] |
| Long jump | 7.00 m (+0.1 m/s) | Eva Murková | Czech Republic |
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 | Czech Republic |
8 June 1977 | |
| Discus throw | 69.52 m | Zdeňka Šilhavá | Czech Republic |
10 June 1987 | |
| Hammer throw | 79.72 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland |
27 June 2017 | [46] |
| Javelin throw | 67.78 m | Barbora Špotáková | Czechoslovakia |
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 | Gréta 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 |