| 2020 Balkan Athletics Championships | |
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| Dates | 19–20 September |
| Host city | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Venue | Cluj Arena |
| Level | Senior |
| Participation | 256 athletes from 11 nations |
The 2020 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 on 19 and 20 September at the Cluj Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 10.30 |  Oleksandr Sokolov (UKR) | 10.35 |  Aleksa Kijanović (SRB) | 10.41 |
| 200 metres | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 20.77 | Oleksandr Sokolov (UKR) | 21.10 |  Marko Čeko (CRO) | 21.19 |
| 400 metres | Boško Kijanović (SRB) | 46.56 |  Mihai Pîslaru (ROU) | 46.58 | Oleksandr Pohorilko (UKR) | 46.87 |
| 800 metres | Oleh Myronets (UKR) | 1:49.60 | Murat Yalçınkaya (TUR) | 1:49.87 |  Abedin Mujezinović (BIH) | 1:50.15 |
| 1500 metres |  Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 3:47.60 | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 3:47.82 | Mehmet Çelik (TUR) | 3:47.98 |
| 3000 metres | Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 8:12.02 | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 8:12.11 | Ömer Amaçtan (TUR) | 8:13.66 |
| 5000 metres |  Maxim Răileanu (MDA) | 14:09.23 | Nicolae Soare (ROU) | 14:14.09 | Ömer Amaçtan (TUR) | 14:17.30 |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Turgay Bayram (TUR) | 8:54.92 | Osman Junuzović (BIH) | 8:58.14 |  Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 9:01.31 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mikdat Sevler (TUR) | 14.07 | Stanislav Stankov (BUL) | 14.08 | Viktor Solianov (UKR) | 14.09 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Berke Akçam (TUR) | 50.60 | Dmytro Romanyuk (UKR) | 50.61 | Denys Nechyporenko (UKR) | 51.42 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Turkey Kayhan Özer Jak Ali Harvey İzzet Safer Ertan Özkan | 39.63 | Ukraine Oleksandr Sokolov Emil Ibragimov Stanislav Kovalenko Oleksandr Pohorilko | 39.87 | Romania Cristian Roiban Marius Tone Daniel Petre Rezmiveş Valentin Tănase | 40.55 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Turkey Batuhan Altıntaş Yavuz Can Berke Akçam İlyas Çanakçı | 3:06.35 | Romania Robert Parge Mihai Răzvan Vasiliu Vlad Dulcescu Mihai Pîslaru | 3:08.28 | Ukraine Oleh Myronets Denys Nechyporenko Danylo Danylenko Oleksandr Pohorilko | 3:08.53 |
| High jump | Andriy Protsenko (UKR) | 2.25 | Dmytro Yakovenko (UKR) | 2.15 | Alperen Acet (TUR) | 2.15 |
| Pole vault | Ilia Kravchenko (UKR) | 5.20 | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.20 | Artur Bortnikov (UKR) | 5.00 |
| Long jump | Marko Čeko (CRO) | 7.88 | Strahinja Jovančević (SRB) | 7.79 | Lazar Anić (SRB) | 7.74 |
| Triple jump | Levon Aghasyan (ARM) | 16.53 | Florin Alexandru Vișan (ROU) | 16.15 |  Alexandru Gheorghe Tache (GEO) | 15.91 |
| Javelin Throw | Andrian Mardare (MDA) | 83.60 CR | Mark Slavov (BUL) | 83.40 NR | Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) | 79.57 |
| Discus Throw | Alin Firfirică (ROU) | 64.72 | Martin Marković (CRO) | 58.31 | Sergiu Ursu (ROU) | 57.09 |
| Hammer Throw | Mykhaylo Kokhan (UKR) | 75.43 | Özkan Baltacı (TUR) | 73.72 | Serghei Marghiev (MDA) | 72.74 |
| Shot put | Andrei Toader (ROU) | 19.44 | Ihor Musiienko (UKR) | 19.42 | Kemal Mešić (BIH) | 19.19 |
| Decathlon | Aleksandar Grnović (SRB) | 7179 | Răzvan George Roman (ROU) | 6605 | Vasil Vlasov (BUL) | 6237 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Turkey | 10 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Romania* | 8 | 14 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Moldova | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Croatia | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
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