2014 Balkan Athletics Championships Explained

2014 Balkan Athletics Championships
Host City:Pitești, Romania
Dates:26–27 July
Stadium:Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin
Level:Senior
Type:Outdoor
Events:40
Previous:2013 Stara Zagora
Next:2015 Pitești
Games:Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2014 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 67th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin in Pitești, Romania on 26 and 27 July. The host nation Romania topped the medal table with fourteen gold medals among a total haul of 32. Turkey and Bulgaria each won seven gold medals.

Athletes' performances were assessed with a points ranking based on international standards in the given event. Romanian long jumper Alina Rotaru gave the best overall performance with 6.72 m for 1143 points and her countryman Marian Oprea gave the best men's performance with 16.77 m for 1130 points in the triple jump.

Turkey's Ramil Guliyev won a double in the men's short sprints and Marian Oprea was the victor in both men's horizontal jumps. The individual 400 metres champions, Yavuz Can and Bianca Răzor, both anchored their national teams to a second gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Bulgaria's Inna Eftimova fell just short of a women's short sprint double, winning the 200 metres and taking silver in the 100 metres. Bulgarian jumper Andriana Bânova and Moldovan thrower Dimitriana Surdu each won multiple individual medals.

Results

Men

100 metres10.2410.3510.42
200 metres21.0421.5321.58
400 metres46.5047.3647.41
800 metres1:49.741:50.101:50.67
1500 metres3:45.803:46.633:46.74
5000 metres14:17.9514:23.5414:26.10
110 m hurdles14.4714.7215.03
400 m hurdles50.0850.6251.87
3000 m s'chase8:52.338:58.088:59.77
4 × 100 m relay40.0941.3842.28
4 × 400 m relay3:07.413:09.313:10.93
High jump2.22 m2.22 m2.14 m
Pole vault5.30 m5.10 m5.10 m
Long jump7.78 m7.71 m7.66 m
Triple jump16.77 m16.62 m16.54 m
Shot put19.62 m19.13 m18.94 m
Discus throw62.91 m61.48 m59.09 m
Hammer throw76.20 m69.67 m68.52 m
Javelin throw75.98 m71.83 m69.25 m
Decathlon7259 pts6951 pts6867 pts

Women

100 metres11.3311.4411.48
200 metres23.9924.0624.09
400 metres52.2453.5253.84
800 metres2:04.212:04.692:07.20
1500 metres4:24.954:26.014:26.54
5000 metres15:58.2516:01.1316:06.09
100 m hurdles13.3713.5313.82
400 m hurdles57.4359.3459.68
3000 m s'chase9:43.459:47.349:51.40
4 × 100 m relay44.7645.5445.65
4 × 400 m relay3:31.023:37.673:39.93
High jump1.90 m1.87 m1.83 m
Pole vault4.35 m3.60 m3.50 m
Long jump6.72 m6.42 m6.22 m
Triple jump14.11 m13.74 m13.67 m
Shot put17.60 m15.47 m14.30 m
Discus throw57.60 m53.38 m50.17 m
Hammer throw69.42 m60.68 m57.03 m
Javelin throw53.12 m49.25 m45.78 m
Heptathlon5724 pts5624 pts5260 pts

Medal table

1 14 12 6 32
2 7 7 7 21
3 7 6 3 16
4 4 5 5 14
5 3 4 6 13
6 3 1 3 7
7 1 2 - 3
8 1 1 5 7
9 - 1 2 3
10 - 1 - 1
11 - - 3 11
Total 40 40 40 120

References

Results