The Gouden 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 the 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 an award for female athletes was also 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 () and Bronzen 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 Year Winner (Male) Winner (Female) Talent (Male) Talent (Female) 1988 William Van Dijck Sylvia Dethier Patrick Stevens Ann Maenhout 1989 Godfried Dejonckheere Véronique Collard Gino Van Geyte Anneke Matthijs 1990 Patrick Stevens Lieve Slegers Stefaan Allemeersch Sandrine Hennart 1991 Godfried Dejonckheere Sylvia Dethier Yassin Guellet Anja Smolders 1992 William Van Dijck Lieve Slegers Benjamin Leroy Sabrina De Leeuw 1993 Vincent Rousseau Sabrina De Leeuw Nathan Kahan Kathleen Van Hove 1994 Vincent Rousseau Lieve Slegers Erik Nijs Annelies Demeester 1995 Patrick Stevens Lieve Slegers Sven Pieters Kim Gevaert 1996 Patrick Stevens Ann Mercken Kjell Provost Cindy Stas 1997 Mohammed Mourhit Marleen Renders Ben Quintelier Ludivine Michel 1998 Jonathan N'Senga Marleen Renders Johan Kloek Catherine Lallemand 1999 Mohammed Mourhit Marleen Renders Thibaut Duval & Hans Janssens Veerle Dejaeghere 2000 Mohammed Mourhit Veerle Dejaeghere Matthieu Van Diest Mieke Geens 2001 Mohammed Mourhit Kim Gevaert Kevin Rans Sigrid Vanden Bempt 2002 Cédric Van Branteghem Kim Gevaert Michael Velter Elfje Willemsen 2003 Cédric Van Branteghem Kim Gevaert Xavier De Baerdemaeker Olivia Borlée 2004 Joeri Jansen Kim Gevaert Pieter Desmet Lien Huyghebaert 2005 François Gourmet Kim Gevaert Frédéric Xhonneux Eline Berings 2006 Kristof Beyens Tia Hellebaut Jonathan Borlée Annelies Peetroons 2007 Hans Van Alphen Kim Gevaert Adrien Deghelt Anne Zagré 2008 Kevin Borlée Tia Hellebaut Kevin Borlée Hannelore Desmet 2009 Jonathan Borlée Eline Berings Jeroen D'hoedt & Thomas Van der Plaetsen Lindsey De Grande 2010 Kevin Borlée Svetlana Bolshakova Julien Watrin Hanne Van Hessche 2011 Kevin Borlée Élodie Ouédraogo Stef Vanhaeren Marjolein Lindemans 2012 Hans Van Alphen Tia Hellebaut Dario De Borger Nafissatou Thiam 2013 Jonathan Borlée Nafissatou Thiam Pieter-Jan Hannes Justien Grillet 2014 Thomas Van der Plaetsen Nafissatou Thiam Mathias Broothaerts Chloë Beaucarne 2015 Philip Milanov Nafissatou Thiam Isaac Kimeli Louise Carton 2016 Thomas Van der Plaetsen Nafissatou Thiam Ben Broeders Renée Eykens 2017 Philip Milanov Nafissatou Thiam Simon Debognies Hanne Maudens 2018 Koen Naert Nafissatou Thiam Jonathan Sacoor Elise Vanderelst 2019 Bashir Abdi Nafissatou Thiam Thomas Carmoy Paulien Couckuyt 2020 not awarded due to COVID-19 2021 Bashir Abdi Nafissatou Thiam Jente Hauttekeette Rani Rosius 2022 Bashir Abdi Nafissatou Thiam Mimoun Abdoul Wahab Helena Ponette 2023 Bashir Abdi Cynthia Bolingo Clément Labar Delphine Nkansa
References
Winners list SPIKE D’OR GOUDEN SPIKE . Belgian Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-19.