History > Year 2005
Golden Spike 2005
- 44th year
- Date on which the race meeting took place: 9 June 2005
- A meeting of the category IAAF Super Grand Prix
- Number of spectators: 15,000
- Number of disciplines: 19 + 3 (Mens Triathlon)
- Weather: Rain the whole meeting, cold about 10 degrees, windy - the worst in recent history
- Meeting's stars: Jan Zelezny, Roman Sebrle, Jaroslav Baba, Asafa Powell, Jeremy Wariner, Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova, Brigitte Foster
- Meeting's record: Asafa Powell - 100 m (9th best time overall, "rain world record"), Ivet Lalova - 100 m, Irina Krakoviak - 1000 m, Berhane Adere - 5000 m.
- World leaders 2005: Sergey Makarov - Javelin Throw (best result in the world since July 4 2003), Irina Krakoviak - 1000 m.
- Asafa Powell - best 100 m ever in CZE, first sub 10 ever in CZE; Sergey Makarov - 2nd best result in CZE (only Jan Zelezny had thrown farther).
- Live television broadcast: Czech TV, TV 4 Sweden - TV4, Al Jazeera - Middle East, TVP Poland, Nat TV Bosnia, RTS Serbia, RTS Slovenia, STV Slovakia, Ring TV Bulgaria, Telesport Romania, Eurosport2 (120 countries total incl. delayed).