The Gouden Spike (English: Golden Spike) is the most important athletics prize in Belgium, first awarded in 1954.
Until 1987, the prize was alternated between track and field disciplines to tha athlete with the best performance of the last two years among the athletes who never won the prize; because it was only possible to win the prize once. Since 1974, for the first time also an award for female athletes was added.
Since 1988 the best male and female athlete and also the best male and female Belgian young talent of the year are elected. From that year on, in the main categories there is also an award for the second and third place (respectively called Zilveren Spike (English: Silver Spike) and Bronzen Spike (English: Bronze Spike)).
This Belgian athletics prize is not to be confused with the award given at the Gouden Spike competition held annually in Leiden, Netherlands.
Winners
Athlete with best performance
| Year | Winner (Male) | Winner (Female) |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Lucien De Muynck | not awarded |
| 1955 | Walter Herssens | not awarded |
| 1956 | Roger Moens | not awarded |
| 1957 | Henri Haest | not awarded |
| 1958 | Roger Verheuen | not awarded |
| 1959 | Edouard Szostak | not awarded |
| 1960 | Gaston Roelants | not awarded |
| 1961 | Georges Salmon | not awarded |
| 1962 | Aureel Vandendriessche | not awarded |
| 1963 | Paul Coppejans | not awarded |
| 1964 | Eugene Allonsius | not awarded |
| 1965 | Leo Mariën | not awarded |
| 1966 | André Dehertoghe | not awarded |
| 1967 | Roger Lespagnard | not awarded |
| 1968 | Willy Polleunis | not awarded |
| 1969 | Philippe Housiaux | not awarded |
| 1970 | Miel Puttemans | not awarded |
| 1971 | Freddy Herbrand | not awarded |
| 1972 | Karel Lismont | not awarded |
| 1973 | Régis Ghesquière | not awarded |
| 1974 | Marc Smet | Sonja Castelein |
| 1975 | Bruno Brokken | Hilde Van Dyck |
| 1976 | Ivo Van Damme | Bernadette Van Roy |
| 1977 | Patrick Desruelles & Elie Van Vlierberghe | Anne-Marie Pira |
| 1978 | Fons Brydenbach | Lea Alaerts |
| 1979 | Ronald Desruelles | Chris Soetewey |
| 1980 | Leon Schots | Magda Ilands |
| 1981 | Eddy Annys | Françoise Van Poelvoorde |
| 1982 | Alex Hagelsteens | Anne Michel |
| 1983 | Jean-Marc Jacques & Jan Van Hocht | Chris Van Landschoot |
| 1984 | William Van Dijck | Marie-Christine Deurbroeck |
| 1985 | Marc Borra | Jacqueline Hautenauve |
| 1986 | Vincent Rousseau | Lieve Slegers |
| 1987 | Didier Falise | Hilde Vervaet |
Best athlete
References
- Winners list
- SPIKE D’OR GOUDEN SPIKE. Belgian Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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