2015 Balkan Athletics Championships Explained

2015 Balkan Athletics Championships
Host City:Pitești, Romania
Dates:1–2 August
Stadium:Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin
Level:Senior
Type:Outdoor
Events:40
Records Set:3 championship records
Previous:2014 Pitești
Next:2016 Pitești
Games:Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2015 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 74th 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 1 and 2 August. The host nation Romania won the most medals at the competition, with 28, and the Turkey won the most gold medals, at 10. The competition was originally scheduled to take place in Serres, Greece, but the venue was changed due to a lack of funding, in the context of the Greek government-debt crisis.

On the men's side, three championship records were broken. Jak Ali Harvey of Turkey ran a record of 10.11 seconds to win the 100 metres, Slovenia's Robert Renner cleared 5.65 m to win the pole vault in a Slovenian record, and Andrei Gag set a championship and Romanian record of 20.96 m to win the shot put. The highlight performance of the women's competition was a championship record of 9:33.41 minutes by Silvia Danekova in the 3000 metres steeplechase, which was also a Bulgarian national record.

Results

Men

100 metres10.11 10.3710.46
200 metres20.5921.2421.34
400 metres46.3946.7346.85
800 metres1:50.101:50.991:51.01
1500 metres3:48.823:48.923:49.16
5000 metres14:12.20 14:18.6314:20.92
110 m hurdles14.2314.2714.57
400 m hurdles50.1951.2952.25
3000 m s'chase8:29.738:41.36 8:50.76
4 × 100 m relay39.35 39.6740.29
4 × 400 m relay3:06.553:07.623:10.38
High jump2.24 m2.24 m2.24 m
Pole vault5.65 m 5.50 m5.20 m
Long jump7.90 m7.72 m7.66 m
Triple jump17.01 m 16.60 m 16.56 m
Shot put20.96 m 20.64 m19.93 m
Discus throw60.74 m59.18 m54.44 m
Hammer throw76.82 m75.83 m71.74 m
Javelin throw77.92 m76.72 m74.56 m
Decathlon7720 pts6898 pts6497 pts

Women

100 metres11.34 11.4311.51
200 metres23.2323.2523.28
400 metres52.2653.58 53.98
800 metres2:03.142:03.452:07.25
1500 metres4:08.744:16.09 4:18.69
5000 metres15:51.27 15:56.00 16:03.64
100 m hurdles13.0013.4813.65
400 m hurdles57.7357.8859.48
3000 m s'chase9:33.41 10:03.8310:06.36
4 × 100 m relay45.7145.7445.87
4 × 400 m relay3:33.073:36.073:37.90
High jump1.91 m1.87 m1.87 m
Pole vault4.20 m4.20 m3.90 m
Long jump6.65 m6.29 m6.16 m
Triple jump13.67 m13.64 m13.62 m
Shot put17.39 m16.85 m15.52 m
Discus throw54.87 m53.74 m52.82 m
Hammer throw73.97 m71.04 m 69.38 m
Javelin throw59.19 m53.91 m51.18 m
Heptathlon5119 pts4982 pts4831 pts

Medal table

1 10 4 4 18
2 6 2 2 10
3 5 10 13 28
4 5 5 6 16
5 4 8 4 16
6 4 3 2 9
9 2 2 2 6
8 2 2 - 4
9 1 2 2 5
10 1 1 - 2
11 - 1 3 4
12 - 1 1 2
Total 40 40 40 120

References

Results