Balkan Athletics Championships Explained

Balkan Athletics Championships
Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βαλκανικοί Αγώνες
Formation:1929
Recurrence:year (except 1941–1945, 1948-1952, 1987, 1991, 1993 and 1995)
Last:2023
Next:2024
Purpose:Athletics event for nations of the Balkans
Website:Official website

The Balkan Athletics Championships or Balkan Games 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 Izmir in 2024.[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

width=30Numberwidth=30Yearwidth=250Host Citywidth=250Countrywidth=50Events
Name:Balkan Games
[4] 1929 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
1 1930 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
2 1931 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
3 1932 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
4 1933 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
5 1934 align=left Zagrebalign=left
6 1935 align=left Istanbulalign=left
7 1936 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
8 1937 align=left Bucharestalign=left
9 1938 align=left Belgradealign=left
10 1939 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
11 1940 align=left Istanbulalign=left
1941-1952: Not Held
1946 align=left Tiranaalign=left Albania
1947 align=left Bucharestalign=left
Name:Balkan Athletics Championships
12 1953 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
13 1954 align=left Belgradealign=left
14 1955 align=left Istanbulalign=left
15 1956 align=left Belgradealign=left
16 1957 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
17 1958 align=left Sofiaalign=left Bulgaria
18 1959 align=left Bucharestalign=left Romania
19 1960 align=left Athensalign=left Greece
20 1961 align=left Belgradealign=left
21 1962 align=left Ankaraalign=left
22 1963 align=left Sofiaalign=left Bulgaria
23 1964 align=left Bucharestalign=left Romania
24 1965 align=left Piraeusalign=left Greece
25 1966 align=left Sarajevoalign=left
26 1967 align=left Istanbulalign=left
27 1968 align=left Piraeusalign=left Greece
28 1969 align=left Sofiaalign=left Bulgaria
29 1970 align=left Bucharestalign=left Romania
30 1971 align=left Zagrebalign=left
31 1972 align=left İzmiralign=left
32 1973 align=left Piraeusalign=left Greece
33 1974 align=left Sofiaalign=left Bulgaria
34 1975 align=left Bucharestalign=left Romania
35 1976 align=left Celjealign=left
36 1977 align=left Ankaraalign=left
37 1978 align=left Thessalonikialign=left
38 1979 align=left Piraeusalign=left
39 1980 align=left Sofiaalign=left Bulgaria
40 1981 align=left Sarajevoalign=left
41 1982 align=left Bucharestalign=left Romania
42 1983 align=left İzmiralign=left
43 1984 align=left Athensalign=left
44 1985 align=left Stara Zagoraalign=left Bulgaria
45 1986 align=left Ljubljanaalign=left
46 1988 align=left Ankaraalign=left
47 1989 align=left Serresalign=left
48 1990 align=left Istanbulalign=left
49 1992 align=left Sofiaalign=left
50 1994 align=left Trikalaalign=left
51 1996 align=left Nišalign=left
52 1997 align=left Athensalign=left
53 1998 align=left Belgradealign=left
54 1999 align=left Istanbulalign=left
55 2000 align=left Kavalaalign=left
56 2001 align=left Trikalaalign=left
57 2002 align=left Bucharestalign=left
58 2003 align=left Thivaalign=left
59 2004 align=left Istanbulalign=left
60 2005 align=left Novi Sadalign=left
61 2006 align=left Athensalign=left
62 2007 align=left Plovdivalign=left
63 2008 align=left Baralign=left
64 2009 align=left İzmiralign=left
65 align=left Larisaalign=left
66 align=left Slivenalign=left
67 align=left Eskişehiralign=left
68 align=left Stara Zagoraalign=left
69 align=left Piteștialign=left
70 align=left Piteștialign=left
71 align=left Piteștialign=left
72 align=left Novi Pazaralign=left
73 align=left Stara Zagoraalign=left 42
74 align=left Pravetsalign=left 42
75 align=left Cluj Napocaalign=left 44
76 align=left Smederevoalign=left 44
77 align=left Craiovaalign=left 44
78 align=left Kraljevoalign=left 44
79 align=left Izmiralign=left 44

Ranking

Source:[5]

YearRanking by Medals
width=1501width=1502width=1503width=50Source
[6]
[7]
1932-2021
[8]
[9]

Results

Full Results:[10]

Medals (1930-2023)

Source:[11]

Indoor

Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships[12]

Race Walking

Balkan Cross Country Championships[13]

Cross Country

Balkan Race Walking Championships[14]

Masters

Balkan Masters Athletics Championships

Others

  1. Balkan Mountain Running Championships
  2. Balkan Half Marathon Championships
  3. Balkan Marathon Championships
  4. Balkan Athletics U20 Championships
  5. Balkan U20 Indoor Athletics Championships
  6. Balkan U18 Athletics Championships
  7. Balkan Relay Championships

Championships records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateChampionshipsPlaceRef
100 m10.11 (+0.5 m/s)Jak Ali Harvey1 August 20152015 ChampionshipsPitești, Romania
200 m20.50 (-0.6 m/s)Sergii Smelyk3 September 20192019 ChampionshipsPravets, Bulgaria[15]
400 m45.36Oleksandr Pohorilko22 July 20232023 ChampionshipsKraljevo, Serbia[16]
800 m1:45.73Luciano Sušanj2 August 1974Sofia, Bulgaria
1500 m3:40.40Petre Lupan5 August 1972İzmir, Turkey
5000 m13:42.43Michalis Kousis1978Thessaloniki, Greece
110 m hurdles13.28 (+0.9 m/s)Milan Trajkovic23 July 20232023 ChampionshipsKraljevo, Serbia[17]
400 m hurdles48.71Yasmani Copello22 July 20232023 ChampionshipsKraljevo, Serbia[18]
3000 m steeplechase8:22.77Florin Ionescu28 June 1997Athens, Greece
High jump2.31 mSorin Matei16 July 1988Ankara, Turkey
Pole vault5.70 mEmmanouil Karalis27 June 20212021 ChampionshipsSmederevo, Serbia[19]
Long jump8.18 m Konstadínos Koukodímos4 July 1992Sofia, Bulgaria
Triple jump17.24 mMarian Oprea13 July 2003
28 July 2013		Thebes, Greece
Stara Zagora
Shot put21.50 mArmin Sinančević26 June 20212021 ChampionshipsSmederevo, Serbia[20]
Discus throw65.44 mIon Zamfirache15 August 1982Bucharest, Romania
Javelin throw83.60 mAndrian Mardare20 September 20202020 ChampionshipsCluj-Napoca, Romania[21]
Hammer throw79.16 mAléxandros Papadimitríou12 July 2003Thebes, Greece
Decathlon7995 ptsSaša Karan1990Istanbul, Turkey
4 × 100 m relay39.09Ertan Ozkan
Kayhan Ozer
Batuhan Altintaş
Ramil Guliyev		22 July 20232023 ChampionshipsKraljevo, Serbia[22]
4 × 400 m relay3:03.9417 July 1988Ankara, Turkey

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateChampionshipsPlaceRef
100 m10.96 (+0.8 m/s)Ivet Lalova2 July 2011Sliven
200 m22.45 (+1.2 m/s)Ivet Lalova-Collio3 September 20192019 ChampionshipsPravets, Bulgaria[23]
400 m50.98Jelica Pavličić3 August 1974Sofia
800 m1:56.42Paula Ivan16 July 1988Ankara
1500 m4:04.56Corina Dumbrăvean24 July 2005Novi Sad
5000 m15:16.47Luiza Gega20 June 20222022 ChampionshipsCraiova, Romania[24]
100 m hurdles12.26 Yordanka Donkova7 September 1986Ljubljana
400 m hurdles54.23Vania Stambolova2 July 2011Sliven
3000 m steeplechase9:17.89Luiza Gega19 June 20222022 ChampionshipsCraiova, Romania[25]
High jump2.01 mStefka Kostadinova6 September 1986Ljubljana
Pole vault4.45 mNikoléta Kiriakopoúlou19 July 2008Argos Orestiko
Long jump7.14 m (+1.2 m/s)Mirela Dulgheru5 July 1992Sofia
Triple jump14.60 m (+1.7 m/s)Paraskevi Papachristou20 July 20182018 ChampionshipsStara Zagora, Bulgaria[26]
Shot put21.11 mVerzhinia Veselinova14 June 1980Sofia
Discus throw70.20 mDaniela Costian17 July 1988Ankara
Hammer throw73.97 mZalina Marghieva2 August 20152015 ChampionshipsPitești, Romania
Javelin throw60.60 mMarija Vučenović20 July 20182018 ChampionshipsStara Zagora, Bulgaria[27]
Heptathlon6304 ptsEmilia Dimitrova7 September 1986Ljubljana
4 × 100 m relay42.891988Ankara
4 × 400 m relay3:27.391985Stara 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://ganesh-myolympicphilately.blogspot.com/2009/01/balkan-games-athens-1965.html Balkan Games - Philately
  2. http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/index.php Balkan Games - website
  3. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bg.htm BALKAN GAMES/CHAMPIONSHIPS
  4. Unofficial Games
  5. Web site: Athletics Podium . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240229130404/https://www.athleticspodium.com/article/64/five-things-that-prove-at-the-balkans . 2024-02-29 . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  6. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  7. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  8. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  9. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  10. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  11. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  12. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  13. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  14. Web site: Athletics Podium . 2024-04-28 . Athletics Podium . en.
  15. Web site: 200m Results. balkan-athletics.eu. 3 September 2019. 22 September 2019.
  16. Web site: 400m Heat 2/2 Results. serbia.opentrack.run. 22 July 2023. 25 July 2023.
  17. Web site: 110m Heat 2/2 Results. serbia.opentrack.run. 23 July 2023. 25 July 2023.
  18. Web site: 400m Hurdles Heat 2/2 Results. serbia.opentrack.run. 22 July 2023. 25 July 2023.
  19. Web site: 2021 Balkan Athletics Championships Results. balkan-athletics.eu. 28 June 2021. 12 February 2023.
  20. Web site: 2021 Balkan Athletics Championships Results. balkan-athletics.eu. 28 June 2021. 12 February 2023.
  21. News: Mardare highlights Balkan Championships with record-breaking throw. World Athletics. Jon Mulkeen. 20 September 2020. 1 October 2020.
  22. Web site: 4×100m Relay Results. serbia.opentrack.run. 22 July 2023. 25 July 2023.
  23. Web site: 200m Results. balkan-athletics.eu. 3 September 2019. 22 September 2019.
  24. Web site: 5000m Results. tmedia.ro. 20 June 2022. 16 July 2022.
  25. Web site: 3000m Steeplechase Results. tmedia.ro. 20 June 2022. 16 July 2022.
  26. Web site: Triple Jump Results. balkan-athletics.eu. 20 July 2018. 27 August 2018.
  27. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. balkan-athletics.eu. 20 July 2018. 27 August 2018.

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