2020 Balkan Athletics Championships

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2020 Balkan Athletics Championships
ClujNapoca2020logo.png
Dates19–20 September
Host city Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Venue Cluj Arena
LevelSenior
Participation256 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]

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Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Turkey.svg  Jak Ali Harvey  (TUR)10.30Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Sokolov  (UKR)10.35Flag of Serbia.svg  Aleksa Kijanović  [ de ] (SRB)10.41
200 metresFlag of Turkey.svg  Jak Ali Harvey  (TUR)20.77Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Sokolov  (UKR)21.10Flag of Croatia.svg  Marko Čeko  (CRO)21.19
400 metresFlag of Serbia.svg  Boško Kijanović  [ de ] (SRB)46.56Flag of Romania.svg  Mihai Pîslaru  (ROU)46.58Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Pohorilko  (UKR)46.87
800 metresFlag of Ukraine.svg  Oleh Myronets  (UKR)1:49.60Flag of Turkey.svg  Murat Yalçınkaya  (TUR)1:49.87Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Abedin Mujezinović  (BIH)1:50.15
1500 metresFlag of Armenia.svg  Yervand Mkrtchyan  (ARM)3:47.60Flag of Croatia.svg  Dino Bošnjak  (CRO)3:47.82Flag of Turkey.svg  Mehmet Çelik  (TUR)3:47.98
3000 metresFlag of Armenia.svg  Yervand Mkrtchyan  (ARM)8:12.02Flag of Croatia.svg  Dino Bošnjak  (CRO)8:12.11Flag of Turkey.svg  Ömer Amaçtan  (TUR)8:13.66
5000 metresFlag of Moldova.svg  Maxim Răileanu  (MDA)14:09.23Flag of Romania.svg  Nicolae Soare  (ROU)14:14.09Flag of Turkey.svg  Ömer Amaçtan  (TUR)14:17.30
3000 metres SteeplechaseFlag of Turkey.svg  Turgay Bayram  (TUR)8:54.92Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Osman Junuzović  (BIH)8:58.14Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Mitko Tsenov  (BUL)9:01.31
110 metres hurdlesFlag of Turkey.svg  Mikdat Sevler  (TUR)14.07Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stanislav Stankov  (BUL)14.08Flag of Ukraine.svg  Viktor Solianov  (UKR)14.09
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Turkey.svg  Berke Akçam  (TUR)50.60Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Romanyuk  (UKR)50.61Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Nechyporenko  (UKR)51.42
4 × 100 metres relayFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Kayhan Özer
Jak Ali Harvey
İzzet Safer
Ertan Özkan
39.63Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Oleksandr Sokolov
Emil Ibragimov
Stanislav Kovalenko
Oleksandr Pohorilko
39.87Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Cristian Roiban
Marius Tone
Daniel Petre Rezmiveş
Valentin Tănase
40.55
4 × 400 metres relayFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Batuhan Altıntaş
Yavuz Can
Berke Akçam
İlyas Çanakçı
3:06.35Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Robert Parge
Mihai Răzvan Vasiliu
Vlad Dulcescu
Mihai Pîslaru
3:08.28Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Oleh Myronets
Denys Nechyporenko
Danylo Danylenko
Oleksandr Pohorilko
3:08.53
High jumpFlag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Protsenko  (UKR)2.25Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Yakovenko  (UKR)2.15Flag of Turkey.svg  Alperen Acet  (TUR)2.15
Pole vaultFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ilia Kravchenko  (UKR)5.20Flag of Croatia.svg  Ivan Horvat  (CRO)5.20Flag of Ukraine.svg  Artur Bortnikov  (UKR)5.00
Long jumpFlag of Croatia.svg  Marko Čeko  (CRO)7.88Flag of Serbia.svg  Strahinja Jovančević  (SRB)7.79Flag of Serbia.svg  Lazar Anić  (SRB)7.74
Triple jumpFlag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aghasyan  (ARM)16.53Flag of Romania.svg  Florin Alexandru Vișan  (ROU)16.15Flag of Georgia.svg  Alexandru Gheorghe Tache  (GEO)15.91
Javelin ThrowFlag of Moldova.svg  Andrian Mardare  (MDA)83.60 CR Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Mark Slavov  (BUL)83.40 NR Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Dejan Mileusnić  (BIH)79.57
Discus ThrowFlag of Romania.svg  Alin Firfirică  (ROU)64.72Flag of Croatia.svg  Martin Marković  (CRO)58.31Flag of Romania.svg  Sergiu Ursu  (ROU)57.09
Hammer ThrowFlag of Ukraine.svg  Mykhaylo Kokhan  (UKR)75.43Flag of Turkey.svg  Özkan Baltacı  (TUR)73.72Flag of Moldova.svg  Serghei Marghiev  (MDA)72.74
Shot putFlag of Romania.svg  Andrei Toader  (ROU)19.44Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ihor Musiienko  (UKR)19.42Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Kemal Mešić  (BIH)19.19
DecathlonFlag of Serbia.svg  Aleksandar Grnović  (SRB)7179Flag of Romania.svg  Răzvan George Roman  (ROU)6605Flag of Bulgaria.svg  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)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Serbia.svg  Milana Tirnanić  (SRB)11.67Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Inna Eftimova  (BUL)11.70Flag of Romania.svg  Marina Baboi  (ROU)11.73
200 metresFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Inna Eftimova  (BUL)23.81Flag of Romania.svg  Camelia Gal  (ROU)23.88Flag of Turkey.svg  Elif Polat  (TUR)24.35
400 metresFlag of Ukraine.svg  Hanna Ryzhykova  (UKR)51.74Flag of Greece.svg  Alina Lohvynenko  (GRE)52.89Flag of Turkey.svg  Nevin İnce  (TUR)55.94
800 metresFlag of Romania.svg  Claudia Bobocea  (ROU)2:03.32Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Lilyana Georgieva  (BUL)2:05.16Flag of Ukraine.svg  Daria Vdovychenko  (UKR)2:06.07
1500 metresFlag of Romania.svg  Claudia Bobocea  (ROU)4:12.95Flag of Ukraine.svg  Orysia Demianiuk  (UKR)4:16.97Flag of Turkey.svg  Burcu Subatan  (TUR)4:17.79
3000 metresFlag of Turkey.svg  Burcu Subatan  (TUR)9:24.89Flag of Romania.svg  Roxana Bârcă  (ROU)9:24.97Flag of Croatia.svg  Bojana Bjeljac  (CRO)9:26.93
5000 metresFlag of Ukraine.svg  Iuliya Shmatenko  (UKR)15:41.17Flag of Croatia.svg  Bojana Bjeljac  (CRO)16:18.56Flag of Serbia.svg  Teodora Simović  (SRB)16:53.65
3000 metres SteeplechaseFlag of Ukraine.svg  Nataliya Strebkova  (UKR)9:41.38Flag of Romania.svg  Adelina Elena Panaet  (ROU)9:59.12Flag of Turkey.svg  Derya Kunur  (TUR)10:21.81
100 metres hurdlesFlag of Ukraine.svg  Hanna Plotitsyna  (UKR)13.21Flag of Romania.svg  Anamaria Nesteriuc  (ROU)13.32Flag of Serbia.svg  Anja Lukić  (SRB)13.39
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Ukraine.svg  Viktoriya Tkachuk  (UKR)55.58Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mariya Mykolenko  (UKR)57.43Flag of Romania.svg  Sanda Belgyan  (ROU)58.40
4 × 100 metres relayFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Ana Maria Roşianu
Iulia Nicoleta Banaga
Anamaria Nesteriuc
Marina Baboi
46.11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Inna Eftimova
Elena Miteva
Iva Aleksandrova
Kristina Bourukova
47.33Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Iuliana Dovganici
Anastasia Senchiv
Tatiana Contrebut
Diana Podoleanu
50.57
4 × 400 metres relayFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Mariya Mykolenko
Alina Lohvynenko
Viktoriya Tkachuk
Hanna Ryzhykova
3:34.21Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Adina Elena Circiogel
Bianca Anton
Sanda Belgyan
Camelia Gal
3:38.60Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Elena Miteva
Lilyana Georgieva
Bozhidara Gateva
Kristina Bourukova
3:57.10
High jumpFlag of Romania.svg  Daniela Stanciu  (ROU)1.88Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oksana Okunyeva  (UKR)1.88Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuliya Chumachenko  (UKR)1.84
Pole vaultFlag of Ukraine.svg  Iana Gladiichuk  (UKR)4.40Flag of Ukraine.svg  Maryna Kylypko  (UKR)4.30Flag of Turkey.svg  Demet Parlak  (TUR)4.10
Long jumpFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Gabriela Petrova  (BUL)6.41Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oksana Martynova  (UKR)6.33Flag of Romania.svg  Florentina Iusco  (ROU)6.32
Triple jumpFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Gabriela Petrova  (BUL)14.19Flag of Romania.svg  Florentina Iusco  (ROU)13.50Flag of Turkey.svg  Tuğba Aydın  (TUR)13.44
Javelin ThrowFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Vanja Spaić  (BIH)53.31Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Mikhaela Petkova  (BUL)50.35Flag of Romania.svg  Ioana Valentina Plăvan  (ROU)47.79
Discus ThrowFlag of Turkey.svg  Özlem Becerek  (TUR)53.41Flag of Romania.svg  Andreea Iuliana Lungu  (ROU)50.15Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Yana Kopcheva  (BUL)41.48
Hammer ThrowFlag of Romania.svg  Bianca Florentina Ghelber  (ROU)72.18Flag of Ukraine.svg  Iryna Klymets  (UKR)70.57Flag of Moldova.svg  Zalina Petrivskaya  (MDA)67.17
Shot putFlag of Romania.svg  Andreea Apachite  (ROU)14.56Flag of Romania.svg  Diana Ţigănaşu  (ROU)14.08Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Yana Kopcheva  (BUL)12.74
HeptathlonFlag of Ukraine.svg  Alina Shukh  (UKR)5940Flag of Romania.svg  Florentina Budică  (ROU)4778Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Iva Aleksandrova  (BUL)4773
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)

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1213732
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1031124
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania*814729
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 36615
5Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3148
6Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 3003
7Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2035
8Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1528
9Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1135
Totals (9 entries)434343129

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