2021 Balkan Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 26–27 June |
Host city | Smederevo, Serbia |
Venue | Smederevo Fortress |
Level | Senior |
Participation | 415 athletes from 16 nations |
The 2021 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 on 26 and 27 June at the Smederevo Fortress in Smederevo, Serbia. [1] [2]
Marija Vuković won the women's high jump with 1.97 metres – a Montenegro national record. [3]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 10.33 | Ioannis Nyfantopoulos (GRE) | 10.53 | Alexander Donigian (ARM) | 10.56 |
200 metres | Serhiy Smelyk (UKR) | 20.62 | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 20.66 | Gal Noam Arad (ISR) | 21.12 |
400 metres | Luka Janežič (SLO) | 46.57 | Rok Ferlan (SLO) | 47.16 | Mihai Pîslaru (ROU) | 47.27 |
800 metres | Žan Rudolf (SLO) | 1:47.72 | Mehmet Çelik (TUR) | 1:47.91 | Christos Kotitsas (GRE) | 1:48.07 PB |
1500 metres | Elzan Bibić (SRB) | 3:52.23 | Ramazan Barbaros (TUR) | 3:52.515 | Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 3:52.518 |
3000 metres | Nicolae Soare (ROU) | 8:04.23 PB | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 8:08.68 | Ömer Amaçtan (TUR) | 8:09.34 PB |
5000 metres | Nicolae Soare (ROU) | 13:49.13 PB | Andreas Vojta (AUT) | 13:57.24 | Dario Ivanovski (MKD) | 14:02.32 PB |
3000 metres Steeplechase | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 8:48.00 | Hilal Yego (TUR) | 8:52.65 | Andrei Cristian Ştefana (ROU) | 9:04.08 |
110 metres hurdles | Stanislav Stankov (BUL) | 13.56 | Mikdat Sevler (TUR) | 13.68 | Filip Jakob Demšar (SLO) | 13.78 |
400 metres hurdles | Dmytro Romanyuk (UKR) | 50.3 | Denys Nechyporenko (UKR) | 51.2 | Adam Yakobi (ISR) | 51.4 |
4 × 100 metres relay | Turkey Kayhan Özer Jak Ali Harvey Oğuz Uyar Ertan Özkan | 39.64 | Greece Konstantinos Zikos Theodoros Vrontinos Panagiotis Trivyzas Ioannis Nyfantopoulos | 40.04 | Israel Omrei Sadan Blessing Akwasi Afrifah Aviv Koffler Gal Noam Arad | 40.12 |
4 × 400 metres relay | Slovenia Jure Grkman Jan Vukovič Gregor Grahovac Lovro Mesec Košir | 3:07.35 | Romania David Laurentiu Gudi Ionut Catalin Olteanu Vlad Dulcescu Mihai Cristia Pîslaru | 3:10.19 | Croatia Zvonimir Ivašković Karlo Videka Jakov Vuković Mateo Ružić | 3:11.56 |
High jump | Dmytro Yakovenko (UKR) | 2.22 | Alperen Acet (TUR) | 2.22 | Vasilios Konstantinou (CYP) | 2.19 |
Pole vault | Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) | 5.70 CR | Ersu Şaşma (TUR) | 5.50 | Robert Renner (SLO) | 5.40 |
Long jump | Gabriel Bitan (ROU) | 8.11 | Serhiy Nykyforov (UKR) | 8.09 | Lazar Anić (SRB) | 7.91 |
Triple jump | Nikolaos Andrikopoulos (GRE) | 16.73 | Georgi Tsonov (BUL) | 16.12 | Alexandru Gheorghe Tache (ROU) | 16.04 |
Javelin Throw | Mark Slavov (BUL) | 79.50 | Alexandru Novac (ROU) | 77.80 | Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) | 76.59 |
Discus Throw | Furtula Danijel (MNE) | 62.96 | Martin Marković (CRO) | 60.84 | Rafael Antoniou (CYP) | 59.09 |
Hammer Throw | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 73.60 | Christos Frantzeskakis (GRE) | 72.74 | Michail Anastasakis (GRE) | 72.02 |
Shot put | Armin Sinančević (SRB) | 21.50 | Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) | 20.54 | Marius Constantin Musteate (ROU) | 19.98 |
Decathlon | Vadym Adamchuk (UKR) | 7301 | Jan Mitsche (AUT) | 7115 | Dragan Pešić (MNE) | 6710 |
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 |
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1 | Greece | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
2 | Romania | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
3 | Slovenia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
4 | Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
5 | Turkey | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
6 | Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
7 | Serbia* | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
8 | Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Croatia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
10 | Austria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
11 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
14 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
16 | North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (16 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |
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