OSTRAVA (Czech Republic), June 28: Twice Olympic 10,000 metres champion Haile Gebrselassie broke the world one-hour and 20 kilometres marks at the ‘Golden Spike’ grand prix athletics meeting on Wednesday.

The 34-year-old Ethiopian ran 21.285km in 60 minutes to surpass Mexican Arturo Barrios's previous mark of 21.101km, set in La Fleche, France, on March 30, 1991.

On the way, he also broke the 20km world mark of 56 minutes 55.60 seconds, set by Barrios during his run in 1991.

Gebrselassie clocked 56:25.98.

In her first race since breaking the women's 5,000 metres world record, fellow Ethiopian Meseret Defar ran a measured race over the distance to win in 14 minutes 30.18 seconds, well outside her 14:16.63 record.

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva easily won the women's pole vault at 4.66 metres but was also well short in her bid to break her own world record of 5.01 metres.

Britain's Craig Pickering, establishing himself as one of Europe's top sprinters, cruised to victory in the men's 100 metres in 10.16, one-tenth of a second off his personal best.

Leading results:

Men’s:

100 metres: 1. Craig Pickering (Britain) 10.16 seconds; 2. Churandy Martina (Dutch Antilles) 10.31; 3. Tyrone Edgar (Britain) 10.33.

800 metres: 1. Belal Mansoor Ali (Bahrain) one minute 44.74 seconds; 2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 1:45.12; 3. Abraham Chepkirwok (Uganda) 1:45.12.

5000 metres: 1. Craig Mottram (Australia) 13 minutes 04.97 seconds; 2. Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 13:05.42; 3. Abreham Feleke

(Ethiopia) 13:05.83

110-metre hurdles: 1. David Payne (US) 13.25 seconds; 2. Stanislavs Olijars (Latvia) 13.44; 3. Dayron Robles (Cuba) 13.45.

400-metre hurdles: 1. Louis Van Zyl (South Africa) 48.64 seconds; 2. Rickey Harris (US) 49.58; 3. Alwyn Myburgh (South Africa) 50.08.

3000-metre steeplechase: 1. Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) eight minutes 10.01 seconds; 2. Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 8:11.94; 3. Willy Komen (Kenya) 8:12.46.

High jump: 1. Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus) 2.30 metres; 2. Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2.27; 3 equal. Petr Horak (Slovakia) 2.27, 3 equal. Andrey Tereshin (Russia) 2.27.

Shot put: 1. Reese Hoffa (US) 21.77 metres; 2. Christian Cantwell (US) 21.68; 3. Daniel Taylor (US) 20.52.

Javelin throw: 1. John Oosthuizen (South Africa) 82.35 metres; 2. Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 78.42; 3. Stefan Wenk (Germany) 77.93.

Women’s:

100 metres: 1. Brianna Glenn (US) 11.38 seconds; 2. Yevgeniya Polyakova (Russia) 11.44; 3. LaVerne Jones (Virgin Islands (US)) 11.48.

800 metres: 1. Svetlana Cherkasova (Russia) one minute 59.05 seconds; 2. Lucia Klocova (Slovakia) 1:59.88; 3. Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 1:59.98.

5000 metres: 1. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 14 minutes 30.18 seconds; 2. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 14:31.20; 3. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 14:33.83.

100-metre hurdles: 1. Josephine Onyia (Nigeria) 12.91 seconds; 2. Perdita Felicien (Canada) 13.02; 3. Anay Tejeda (Cuba) 13.04.

400-metre hurdles: 1. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 54.58 seconds; 2. Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 55.18; 3. Natalya Ivanova (Russia) 55.25.

Long jump: 1. Malgorzata Trybanska (Poland) 6.68 metres; 2. Oksana Udmurtova (Russia) 6.52; 3. Dana Veldakova (Slovakia) 6.46.

Pole vault: 1. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) 4.66 metres; 2. Katerina Badurova (Czech Republic) 4.66; 3 equal. Tatyana Polnova (Russia) 4.40, 3 equal. Pavla Rybova (Czech Republic) 4.40.

Discus throw: 1. Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 64.61 metres; 2. Darya Pishchalnikova (Russia) 63.72; 3. Anna Soederberg (Sweden) 62.98.

Javelin throw: 1. Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic) 64.94 metres; 2. Zahra Bani (Italy) 62.09; 3. Steffi Nerius (Germany) 61.89.

—Reuters