2018 Balkan Athletics Championships

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2018 Balkan Athletics Championships
Dates20–21 July
Host city Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Venue Beroe Stadium
Stadion Beroe in Stara Zagora.jpg
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events40
Participation610 athletes from
18 nations


The 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 73rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Beroe Stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria on 20 and 21 July. It was the fourth time that the city hosted the competition, following the 1985, 2011 and 2013 editions.

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Two championship records were broken: Paraskevi Papachristou of Greece set a women's triple jump mark of 14.60 m (+ 1.7 m/s), while Serbia's Marija Vučenović set a women's javelin throw best of 60.60 m. Bulgaria's Inna Eftimova took a women's sprint double in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Florina Pierdevară of Romania was runner-up in both women's middle-distance running events and Bulgarian horizontal jumper Gabriela Petrova also won two individual silvers. Romania was the most successful nation at the competition, topping the medal table with 23 medals (nine of them gold), and were closely followed by Greece on 22 medals and eight golds. [1]

Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
Wind: -1.5 m/s
Flag of Greece.svg  Ioannis Nifadopoulos  (GRE)10.36Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Denis Dimitrov  (BUL)10.37Flag of Romania.svg  Ionut Andrei Neagoe  (ROU)10.42
200 metres
Wind: -1.5 m/s
Flag of Greece.svg  Panayiotis Trivyzas  (GRE)20.87Flag of Romania.svg  Ionut Andrei Neagoe  (ROU)20.88Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Denis Dimitrov  (BUL)20.92
400 metresFlag of Turkey.svg  Batuhan Altıntaş  (TUR)46.13Flag of Turkey.svg  Yavuz Can  (TUR)46.37Flag of Romania.svg  Robert Parge  (ROU)46.44
800 metresFlag of Croatia.svg  Sven Cepuš  (CRO)1:47.51Flag of Kosovo.svg  Musa Hajdari  (KOS)1:48.29Flag of Romania.svg  Cosmin Trofin  (ROU)1:48.31
1500 metresFlag of Serbia.svg  Elzan Bibić  (SRB)3:43.36Flag of Armenia.svg  Yervand Mkrtchyan  (ARM)3:44.55Flag of Greece.svg  Andreas Dimitrakis  (GRE)3:44.95
5000 metresFlag of Romania.svg  Chis Laviniu Madalin  (ROU)14:26.07Flag of Albania.svg  David Nikolli  (ALB)14:32.22Flag of Turkey.svg  Sezgin Ataç  (TUR)14:32.73
110 m hurdlesFlag of Greece.svg  Konstadinos Douvalidis  (GRE)13.63Flag of Ukraine.svg  Roman Suprun  (UKR)14.22Flag of Turkey.svg  Batuhan Buğra  (TUR)14.30
400 m hurdlesFlag of Serbia.svg  Emir Bekrić  (SRB)51.05Flag of Croatia.svg  Hrvoje Čukman  (CRO)51.15Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Rusmir Malkočević  (BIH)51.90
3000 m s'chaseFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Mitko Tsenov  (BUL)8:45.50Flag of Turkey.svg  Turgay Bayram  (TUR)8:55.85Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Ivo Balabanov  (BUL)9:01.44
4 × 100 metres relayFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Costin Homiuc
Alexandru Terpezan
Ioan Melnicescu
Petre Rezmiveș
39.48Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Efthimios Stergioulis
Ioannis Nifadopoulos
Panayiotis Trivyzas
Konstadinos Douvalidis
39.84Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Asaf Malka
Dayan Aviv
Imri Persiado
Gal Arad
40.29
4 × 400 metres relayFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Abdullah Tütünci
Yavuz Can
Ahmet Kasap
Batuhan Altıntaş
3:07.17Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Cristian Radu
Constantin Andonii
David Nastase
Robert Parge
3:08.29Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Mateo Parlov
Hrvoje Čukman
David Šalamon
Mateo Kovačić
3:09.04
High jumpFlag of Turkey.svg  Alperen Acet  (TUR)2.24 mFlag of Israel.svg  Dmitry Kroyter  (ISR)2.21 m SBFlag of Greece.svg  Konstadinos Baniotis  (GRE)2.21 m
Pole vaultFlag of Croatia.svg  Ivan Horvat  (CRO)5.30 mFlag of Greece.svg  Thodoris Chrysanthopoulos  (GRE)5.10 mFlag of Turkey.svg  Ersu Şaşma  (TUR)5.00 m
Long jumpFlag of Greece.svg  Miltiádis Tedóglou  (GRE)8.17 mFlag of Serbia.svg  Strahinja Jovančević  (SRB)7.70 m SBFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Denis Eradiri  (BUL)7.70 m
Triple jumpFlag of Greece.svg  Dimitrios Tsiamis  (GRE)16.67 mFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Momchil Karailiev  (BUL)16.56 m SBFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Georgi Tsonov  (BUL)16.16 m
Shot putFlag of Romania.svg  Andrei Gag  (ROU)20.19 mFlag of Greece.svg  Nikólaos Skarvélis  (GRE)20.12 mFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Mesud Pezer  (BIH)19.72 m
Discus throwFlag of Romania.svg  Alin Firfirică  (ROU)63.76 mFlag of Cyprus.svg  Apóstolos Paréllis  (CYP)62.87 mFlag of Montenegro.svg  Danijel Furtula  (MNE)61.88 m
Hammer throwFlag of Turkey.svg  Eşref Apak  (TUR)76.21 mFlag of Greece.svg  Mihail Anastasakis  (GRE)74.93 mFlag of Moldova.svg  Serghei Marghiev  (MDA)72.30 m
Javelin throwFlag of Serbia.svg  Vedran Samac  (SRB)76.80 mFlag of Romania.svg  George Catalin Zaharia  (ROU)75.92 mFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Mark Slavov  (BUL)73.53 m
DecathlonFlag of Montenegro.svg  Darko Pešić  (MNE)7658 ptsFlag of Greece.svg  Alexis Spyridonidis  (GRE)7336 ptsFlag of Serbia.svg  Aleksandar Grnović  (SRB)7165 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
Wind: -1.5
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Inna Eftimova  (BUL)11.45Flag of Israel.svg  Diana Weissman  (ISR)11.53Flag of Cyprus.svg  Olivia Fotopoulou  (CYP)11.55
200 metres
Wind: -1.0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Inna Eftimova  (BUL)23.11Flag of Cyprus.svg  Olivia Fotopoulou  (CYP)23.57Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Karin Okolie  (BUL)23.70
400 metresFlag of Cyprus.svg  Eléni Artymatá  (CYP)51.29Flag of Serbia.svg  Tamara Salaški  (SRB)52.26Flag of Romania.svg  Bianca Răzor  (ROU)52.96
800 metresFlag of Greece.svg  Konstantina Giannopoulou  (GRE)2:04.65Flag of Romania.svg  Florina Pierdevară  (ROU)2:09.01Flag of Slovenia.svg Jerneja Smonkar (SLO)2:09.47
1500 metresFlag of Romania.svg  Lenuta Petronela Simiuc  (ROU)4:20.81Flag of Romania.svg  Florina Pierdevară  (ROU)4:22.94Flag of Turkey.svg  Damla Çelik  (TUR)4:25.56
5000 metresFlag of Serbia.svg  Teodora Simović  (SRB)16:41.80Flag of Turkey.svg  Emine Hatun Tuna  (TUR)16:44.79Flag of Turkey.svg  Sümeyye Erol  (TUR)16:46.18
100 m hurdles
Wind: -0.6
Flag of Croatia.svg  Andrea Ivančević  (CRO)12.93Flag of Greece.svg  Elisavet Pesiridou  (GRE)13.04Flag of Croatia.svg  Ivana Lončarek  (CRO)13.17
400 m hurdlesFlag of Romania.svg  Sanda Belgyan  (ROU)56.69 PB Flag of Turkey.svg  Elif Gören  (TUR)58.05Flag of Turkey.svg  Emel Şanli  (TUR)59.33
3000 m s'chaseFlag of Romania.svg  Claudia Prisecaru  (ROU)10:05.89Flag of Turkey.svg  Sümeyye Erol  (TUR)10:11.78Flag of Croatia.svg  Lora Ontl  (CRO)11:18.83
4 × 100 metres relayFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Grigoría-Emmanouéla Keramidá
Elisavet Pesiridou
Ekaterini Sarri
Korina Politi
45.43Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Ana Maria Rosianu
Ioana Teodora Gheorghe
Roxana Maria Ene
Marina Andreea Baboi
45.55Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Viktoriya Georgieva
Radostina Stoyanova
Karin Okolie
Inna Eftimova|
45.62
4 × 400 metres relayFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Cristina Daniela Balan
Camelia Florina Gal
Sanda Belgyan
Bianca Răzor
3:33.56Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Elpida Karkalatou
Despina Mourta
Evangelia Zigori
Anna Vasiliou
3:33.89Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Zorana Barjaktarović
Tamara Salaški
Bojana Kaličanin
Maja Ćirić
3:34.64
High jumpFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Mirela Demireva  (BUL)1.95 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Liliia Klintsova  (UKR)1.84 mFlag of Turkey.svg  Rümeysa Ökdem  (TUR)1.84 m PB
Pole vaultFlag of Turkey.svg  Buse Arıkazan  (TUR)4.00 mFlag of Croatia.svg  Elija Valentić  (CRO)3.80 mFlag of Greece.svg  Aikaterini Vagena  (GRE)3.80 m
Long jumpFlag of Romania.svg  Florentina Costina Iusco  (ROU)6.59 mFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Gabriela Petrova  (BUL)6.48 mFlag of Romania.svg  Angela Moroșanu  (ROU)6.48 m
Triple jumpFlag of Greece.svg  Paraskevi Papachristou  (GRE)14.74 m w Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Gabriela Petrova  (BUL)14.34 mFlag of Croatia.svg  Paola Borović  (CRO)13.55 m PB
Shot putFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Radoslava Mavrodieva  (BUL)18.95 m PB Flag of Moldova.svg  Dimitriana Surdu  (MDA)17.36 mFlag of Greece.svg  Statia Scarvelis  (GRE)15.51 m
Discus throwFlag of Serbia.svg  Dragana Tomašević  (SRB)60.19 mFlag of Greece.svg  Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou  (GRE)58.76 mFlag of Israel.svg  Estel Valeanu  (ISR)51.46 m
Hammer throwFlag of Moldova.svg  Zalina Petrivskaya  (MDA)71.36 mFlag of Romania.svg  Bianca Perie-Ghelber  (ROU)68.88 mFlag of Greece.svg  Stamatia Scarvelis  (GRE)68.48 m
Javelin throwFlag of Serbia.svg  Marija Vučenović  (SRB)60.60 m CR PB Flag of Greece.svg  Sofia Yfantidou  (GRE)57.37 mFlag of Romania.svg  Florina Andreea Necşoiu  (ROU)52.24 m
HeptathlonFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Mladena Petrušić  (BIH)4990 ptsFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Iva Aleksandrova  (BUL)4789 ptsFlag of Montenegro.svg  Ljiljana Matović  (MNE)4593 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)98623
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)89522
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)82212
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)56819
5Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)*55717
6Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)32510
7Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)1214
8Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)1113
9Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)1023
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)1023
11Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)0224
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0202
13Flag of Albania.svg  Albania  (ALB)0101
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  (ARM)0101
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo  (KOS)0101
16Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0011
Totals (16 entries)424242126

References

  1. Balkan Championships 2018 Medal Table. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.