Golden Spike () is an annual athletics event at the MÃÂstský Stadion in Ostrava-VÃÂtkovice, Czech Republic as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It is a Gold-level meeting on the World Athletics Continental Tour â one of the top tiers just below the Diamond League. 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 classified the meeting among IAAF Grand Prix meetings.
Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Golden Spike.