Balkan Athletics Championships
Greek: Βαλκανικοί Αγώνες
Poster of the first Balkan Games (1929)
First event1929
Occur everyyear (except 1941–1945, 1948-1952, 1987, 1991, 1993 and 1995)
Last event2022
Next event2023
PurposeAthletics event for nations of the Balkans
WebsiteOfficial website

The Balkan Athletics Championships or Balkan Games (Greek: Βαλκανικοί Αγώνες) is a regional athletics competition held between nations from the Balkans and organized by Balkan Athletics. The first games were held in Athens in 1929,[1] and the most recent were being held in Craiova, Romania, in 2022.[2]

Organization

The Games of 1929 were unofficial, and organized by the Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association (SEGAS). They became formalized after 1930 and have been held regularly since, with the exception of the 1940–1953 period due to the Second World War and post-war turmoil. In 1946 and 1947, unofficial Games were organized, under the name Balkan and Central European Games, which Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary (1947) also participated.[3]

SEGAS were also central to the creation of the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in 1994 – a sister indoor event to the main outdoor competition.

Nations

Former nations

Editions

Number Year Host City Country Events
[4]1929Athens Greece
11930Athens Greece
21931Athens Greece
31932Athens Greece
41933Athens Greece
51934Zagreb Yugoslavia
61935Istanbul Turkey
71936Athens Greece
81937Bucharest Romania
91938Belgrade Yugoslavia
101939Athens Greece
111940Istanbul Turkey
[4]1946Tirana Albania
[4]1947Bucharest Romania
121953Athens Greece
131954Belgrade Yugoslavia
141955Istanbul Turkey
151956Belgrade Yugoslavia
161957Athens Greece
171958Sofia Bulgaria
181959Bucharest Romania
191960Athens Greece
201961Belgrade Yugoslavia
211962Ankara Turkey
221963Sofia Bulgaria
231964Bucharest Romania
241965Piraeus Greece
251966Sarajevo Yugoslavia
261967Istanbul Turkey
271968Piraeus Greece
281969Sofia Bulgaria
291970Bucharest Romania
301971Zagreb Yugoslavia
311972Izmir Turkey
321973Piraeus Greece
331974Sofia Bulgaria
341975Bucharest Romania
351976Celje Yugoslavia
361977Ankara Turkey
371978Thessaloniki Greece
381979Piraeus Greece
391980Sofia Bulgaria
401981Sarajevo Yugoslavia
411982Bucharest Romania
421983Izmir Turkey
431984Athens Greece
441985Stara Zagora Bulgaria
451986Ljubljana Yugoslavia
461988Ankara Turkey
471989Serres Greece
481990Istanbul Turkey
491992Sofia Bulgaria
501994Trikala Greece
Number Year Host City Country Events
511996Niš Yugoslavia
521997Athens Greece
531998Belgrade Yugoslavia
541999Istanbul Turkey
552000Kavala Greece
562001Trikala Greece
572002Bucharest Romania
582003Thiva Greece
592004Istanbul Turkey
602005Novi Sad Serbia and Montenegro
612006Athens Greece
622007Plovdiv Bulgaria
632008Bar Montenegro
642009Izmir Turkey
652010Larisa Greece
662011Sliven Bulgaria
672012Eskişehir Turkey
682013Stara Zagora Bulgaria
692014Pitești Romania
702015Pitești Romania
712016Pitești Romania
722017Novi Pazar Serbia
732018Stara Zagora Bulgaria42
742019Pravets Bulgaria
752020Cluj Napoca Romania
762021Smederevo Serbia
772022Craiova Romania
782023Kraljevo Serbia

All time medal table

from 1930 to 2019.

Championships records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Championships Place Ref
100 m 10.11 (+0.5 m/s) Jak Ali Harvey  Turkey 1 August 2015 2015 Championships Pitești, Romania
200 m 20.50 (-0.6 m/s) Sergii Smelyk  Ukraine 3 September 2019 2019 Championships Pravets, Bulgaria [5]
400 m 45.36 Oleksandr Pohorilko  Ukraine 22 July 2023 2023 Championships Kraljevo, Serbia [6]
800 m 1:45.73 Luciano Sušanj  Yugoslavia 2 August 1974 Sofia, Bulgaria
1500 m 3:40.40 Petre Lupan  Romania 5 August 1972 Izmir, Turkey
5000 m 13:42.43 Michalis Kousis  Greece 1978 Thessaloniki, Greece
110 m hurdles 13.28 (+0.9 m/s) Milan Trajkovic  Cyprus 23 July 2023 2023 Championships Kraljevo, Serbia [7]
400 m hurdles 48.71 Yasmani Copello  Turkey 22 July 2023 2023 Championships Kraljevo, Serbia [8]
3000 m steeplechase 8:22.77 Florin Ionescu  Romania 28 June 1997 Athens, Greece
High jump 2.31 m Sorin Matei  Romania 16 July 1988 Ankara, Turkey
Pole vault 5.70 m Emmanouil Karalis  Greece 27 June 2021 2021 Championships Smederevo, Serbia [9]
Long jump 8.18 m NWI Konstadínos Koukodímos  Greece 4 July 1992 Sofia, Bulgaria
Triple jump 17.24 m Marian Oprea  Romania 13 July 2003
28 July 2013		 Thebes, Greece
Stara Zagora
Shot put 21.50 m Armin Sinančević  Serbia 26 June 2021 2021 Championships Smederevo, Serbia [10]
Discus throw 65.44 m Ion Zamfirache  Romania 15 August 1982 Bucharest, Romania
Javelin throw 83.60 m Andrian Mardare  Moldova 20 September 2020 2020 Championships Cluj-Napoca, Romania [11]
Hammer throw 79.16 m Aléxandros Papadimitríou  Greece 12 July 2003 Thebes, Greece
Decathlon 7995 pts Saša Karan  Yugoslavia 1990 Istanbul, Turkey
4 × 100 m relay 39.09 Ertan Ozkan
Kayhan Ozer
Batuhan Altintaş
Ramil Guliyev		  Turkey 22 July 2023 2023 Championships Kraljevo, Serbia [12]
4 × 400 m relay 3:03.94  Yugoslavia 17 July 1988 Ankara, Turkey

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Championships Place Ref
100 m 10.96 (+0.8 m/s) Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 2 July 2011 Sliven
200 m 22.45 (+1.2 m/s) Ivet Lalova-Collio  Bulgaria 3 September 2019 2019 Championships Pravets, Bulgaria [13]
400 m 50.98 Jelica Pavličić  Yugoslavia 3 August 1974 Sofia
800 m 1:56.42 Paula Ivan  Romania 16 July 1988 Ankara
1500 m 4:04.56 Corina Dumbrăvean  Romania 24 July 2005 Novi Sad
5000 m 15:16.47 Luiza Gega  Albania 20 June 2022 2022 Championships Craiova, Romania [14]
100 m hurdles 12.26 Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria 7 September 1986 Ljubljana
400 m hurdles 54.23 Vania Stambolova  Bulgaria 2 July 2011 Sliven
3000 m steeplechase 9:17.89 Luiza Gega  Albania 19 June 2022 2022 Championships Craiova, Romania [15]
High jump 2.01 m Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria 6 September 1986 Ljubljana
Pole vault 4.45 m Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou  Greece 19 July 2008 Argos Orestiko
Long jump 7.14 m (+1.2 m/s) Mirela Dulgheru  Romania 5 July 1992 Sofia
Triple jump 14.60 m (+1.7 m/s) Paraskevi Papachristou  Greece 20 July 2018 2018 Championships Stara Zagora, Bulgaria [16]
Shot put 21.11 m Verzhinia Veselinova  Bulgaria 14 June 1980 Sofia
Discus throw 70.20 m Daniela Costian  Romania 17 July 1988 Ankara
Hammer throw 73.97 m Zalina Marghieva  Moldova 2 August 2015 2015 Championships Pitești, Romania
Javelin throw 60.60 m Marija Vučenović  Serbia 20 July 2018 2018 Championships Stara Zagora, Bulgaria [17]
Heptathlon 6304 pts Emilia Dimitrova  Bulgaria 7 September 1986 Ljubljana
4 × 100 m relay 42.89  Bulgaria 1988 Ankara
4 × 400 m relay 3:27.39  Romania 1985 Stara Zagora

1940 athlete naming

The 1940 shot put champion was listed as Arat Ararat from Turkey. The birth name of this athlete was Sokratis Ioannidis, a Greek Orthodox born in Istanbul. Due to political friction between Turkey and Greece at that time, the Turks decided it would be more politically correct to change his name to Arat Ararat. This was the name he was known by in the athletic circles.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Balkan Games - Philately
  2. ↑ Balkan Games - website
  3. ↑ BALKAN GAMES/CHAMPIONSHIPS
  4. 1 2 3 Unofficial Games
  5. ↑ "200m Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "400m Heat 2/2 Results". serbia.opentrack.run. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "110m Heat 2/2 Results". serbia.opentrack.run. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "400m Hurdles Heat 2/2 Results". serbia.opentrack.run. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "2021 Balkan Athletics Championships Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "2021 Balkan Athletics Championships Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  11. ↑ Jon Mulkeen (20 September 2020). "Mardare highlights Balkan Championships with record-breaking throw". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "4×100m Relay Results". serbia.opentrack.run. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "200m Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "5000m Results". tmedia.ro. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "3000m Steeplechase Results". tmedia.ro. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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