Golden Spike () is an annual
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
event at the
Městský Stadion in
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...
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Vítkovice,
Czech Republic
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as part of the
IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1961.
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
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport ...
classified the meeting among
IAAF Grand Prix meetings.
World records
Over the course of its history, numerous
world records
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ...
have been set at the Golden Spike.
Meeting records
Men
Women
References
External links
Official websiteGolden Spike Meeting Records
{{World Athletics Tour
Annual track and field meetings
Athletics competitions in the Czech Republic
Sport in Ostrava
IAAF Grand Prix
IAAF World Challenge
Recurring sporting events established in 1961
1961 establishments in Czechoslovakia
IAAF Super Grand Prix
IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
World Athletics Continental Tour meetings