# Golden Spike (Belgium)

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 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 (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

| 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 | not awarded due to COVID-19 | not awarded due to COVID-19 | 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 |