2021 Balkan Athletics Championships

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2021 Balkan Athletics Championships
Smederevo2021logo.png
Dates26–27 June
Host city Smederevo, Serbia
Venue Smederevo Fortress
LevelSenior
Participation415 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]

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Marija Vuković won the women's high jump with 1.97 metres – a Montenegro national record. [3]

Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Turkey.svg  Jak Ali Harvey  (TUR)10.33Flag of Greece.svg  Ioannis Nyfantopoulos  (GRE)10.53Flag of Armenia.svg  Alexander Donigian  [ de ] (ARM)10.56
200 metresFlag of Ukraine.svg  Serhiy Smelyk  (UKR)20.62Flag of Turkey.svg  Jak Ali Harvey  (TUR)20.66Flag of Israel.svg  Gal Noam Arad  [ de ] (ISR)21.12
400 metresFlag of Slovenia.svg  Luka Janežič  (SLO)46.57Flag of Slovenia.svg  Rok Ferlan  [ de ] (SLO)47.16Flag of Romania.svg  Mihai Pîslaru  [ de ] (ROU)47.27
800 metresFlag of Slovenia.svg  Žan Rudolf  (SLO)1:47.72Flag of Turkey.svg  Mehmet Çelik  [ de ] (TUR)1:47.91Flag of Greece.svg  Christos Kotitsas  [ de ] (GRE)1:48.07 PB
1500 metresFlag of Serbia.svg  Elzan Bibić  (SRB)3:52.23Flag of Turkey.svg  Ramazan Barbaros  [ de ] (TUR)3:52.515Flag of Armenia.svg  Yervand Mkrtchyan  (ARM)3:52.518
3000 metresFlag of Romania.svg  Nicolae Soare  (ROU)8:04.23 PBFlag of Croatia.svg  Dino Bošnjak  [ es ] (CRO)8:08.68Flag of Turkey.svg  Ömer Amaçtan  (TUR)8:09.34 PB
5000 metresFlag of Romania.svg  Nicolae Soare  (ROU)13:49.13 PBFlag of Austria.svg  Andreas Vojta  (AUT)13:57.24Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Dario Ivanovski  (MKD)14:02.32 PB
3000 metres SteeplechaseFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Mitko Tsenov  (BUL)8:48.00Flag of Turkey.svg  Hilal Yego  (TUR)8:52.65Flag of Romania.svg  Andrei Cristian Ştefana  (ROU)9:04.08
110 metres hurdlesFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Stanislav Stankov  [ de ] (BUL)13.56Flag of Turkey.svg  Mikdat Sevler  (TUR)13.68Flag of Slovenia.svg  Filip Jakob Demšar  [ sl ] (SLO)13.78
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Romanyuk  [ de ] (UKR)50.3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Nechyporenko  (UKR)51.2Flag of Israel.svg  Adam Yakobi  [ de ] (ISR)51.4
4 × 100 metres relayFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Kayhan Özer
Jak Ali Harvey
Oğuz Uyar  [ de ]
Ertan Özkan
39.64Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Konstantinos Zikos
Theodoros Vrontinos
Panagiotis Trivyzas
Ioannis Nyfantopoulos
40.04Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Omrei Sadan
Blessing Akwasi Afrifah
Aviv Koffler
Gal Noam Arad
40.12
4 × 400 metres relayFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Jure Grkman  [ de ]
Jan Vukovič  [ de ]
Gregor Grahovac
Lovro Mesec Košir  [ de ]
3:07.35Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
David Laurentiu Gudi
Ionut Catalin Olteanu
Vlad Dulcescu
Mihai Cristia Pîslaru
3:10.19Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Zvonimir Ivašković
Karlo Videka
Jakov Vuković
Mateo Ružić
3:11.56
High jumpFlag of Ukraine.svg  Dmytro Yakovenko  (UKR)2.22Flag of Turkey.svg  Alperen Acet  (TUR)2.22Flag of Cyprus.svg  Vasilios Konstantinou  (CYP)2.19
Pole vaultFlag of Greece.svg  Emmanouil Karalis  (GRE)5.70 CR Flag of Turkey.svg  Ersu Şaşma  (TUR)5.50Flag of Slovenia.svg  Robert Renner  (SLO)5.40
Long jumpFlag of Romania.svg  Gabriel Bitan  (ROU)8.11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Serhiy Nykyforov  (UKR)8.09Flag of Serbia.svg  Lazar Anić  (SRB)7.91
Triple jumpFlag of Greece.svg  Nikolaos Andrikopoulos  (GRE)16.73Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Georgi Tsonov  (BUL)16.12Flag of Romania.svg  Alexandru Gheorghe Tache  [ de ] (ROU)16.04
Javelin ThrowFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Mark Slavov  [ de ] (BUL)79.50Flag of Romania.svg  Alexandru Novac  (ROU)77.80Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Dejan Mileusnić  (BIH)76.59
Discus ThrowFlag of Montenegro.svg  Furtula Danijel  (MNE)62.96Flag of Croatia.svg  Martin Marković  (CRO)60.84Flag of Cyprus.svg  Rafael Antoniou  (CYP)59.09
Hammer ThrowFlag of Turkey.svg  Eşref Apak  (TUR)73.60Flag of Greece.svg  Christos Frantzeskakis  (GRE)72.74Flag of Greece.svg  Michail Anastasakis  (GRE)72.02
Shot putFlag of Serbia.svg  Armin Sinančević  (SRB)21.50Flag of Serbia.svg  Asmir Kolašinac  (SRB)20.54Flag of Romania.svg  Marius Constantin Musteate  (ROU)19.98
DecathlonFlag of Ukraine.svg  Vadym Adamchuk  (UKR)7301Flag of Austria.svg  Jan Mitsche  (AUT)7115Flag of Montenegro.svg  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)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Israel.svg  Diana Vaisman  (ISR)11.32Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Inna Eftimova  (BUL)11.34Flag of Cyprus.svg  Ramona Papaioannou  (CYP)11.47
200 metresFlag of Greece.svg  Rafailia Spanoudaki-Chatziriga  (GRE)23.16Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Inna Eftimova  (BUL)23.41Flag of Cyprus.svg  Olivia Fotopoulou  (CYP)23.50
400 metresFlag of Austria.svg  Susanne Walli  (AUT)52.41Flag of Slovenia.svg  Anita Horvat  (SLO)52.75Flag of Greece.svg  Eirini Vasileiou  (GRE)53.32
800 metresFlag of Croatia.svg  Maja Pačarić  (CRO)2:04.26 PBFlag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Zhulzhyk  (UKR)2:04.75Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anastasiia Ryemyen  (UKR)2:04.78
1500 metresFlag of Ukraine.svg  Orysia Demianiuk  (UKR)4:19.77Flag of Croatia.svg  Maja Pačarić  (CRO)4:20.74 PBFlag of Romania.svg  Maria Claudia Florea  (ROU)4:21.01
3000 metresFlag of Romania.svg  Adela Paulina Baltoi  (ROU)9:57.30Flag of Turkey.svg  Burcu Subatan  (TUR)10:00.59Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Alma Hrnjić  (BIH)10:27.34
5000 metresFlag of Slovenia.svg  Klara Lukan  (SLO)15:37.11Flag of Greece.svg  Anastasia Marinakou  (GRE)16:09.05 PBFlag of Turkey.svg  Elif Dağdelen  (TUR)16:09.10
3000 metres SteeplechaseFlag of Romania.svg  Adelina Elena Panaet  (ROU)9:44.27Flag of Ukraine.svg  Nataliia Strebkova  (UKR)9:45.56Flag of Romania.svg  Claudia Prisecaru  (ROU)9:46.66 PB
100 metres hurdlesFlag of Greece.svg  Elisavet Pesiridou  (GRE)13.06Flag of Austria.svg  Beate Schrott  (AUT)13.07Flag of Romania.svg  Anamaria Nesteriuc  (ROU)13.17
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Greece.svg  Dimitra Gnafaki  (GRE)57.00 PBFlag of Slovenia.svg  Agata Zupin  (SLO)57.22Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mariya Mykolenko  (UKR)57.52
4 × 100 metres relayFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Katerina Dalaka
Andrianna Ferra
Maria Gatou
Korina Politi
45.24Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Anja Lukić
Ivana Ilić
Tamara Milutinović
Milana Tirnanić
45.58Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Ana Maria Roşianu
Roxana Maria Ene
Anamaria Nesteriuc
Marina Andreea Baboi
45.82
4 × 400 metres relayFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Agata Zupin
Gala Trajkovič
Maja Pogorevc
Anita Horvat
3:33.99Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Elpida-Ioanna Karkalatou
Korina Politi
Andrianna Ferra
Eirini Vasileiou
3:34.87Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Tetiana Bezshyiko
Anastasiia Ryemyen
Svitlana Zhulzhyk
Mariia Mykolenko
3:39.53
High jumpFlag of Montenegro.svg  Marija Vuković  (MNE)1.97 PBFlag of Romania.svg  Daniela Stanciu  (ROU)1.92Flag of Slovenia.svg  Lia Apostolovski  (SLO)1.89
Pole vaultFlag of Greece.svg  Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou  (GRE)4.60Flag of Ukraine.svg  Iana Gladiichuk  (UKR)4.50Flag of Turkey.svg  Buse Arikazan  (TUR)4.40
Long jumpFlag of Romania.svg  Florentina Costina Iusco  (ROU)6.65Flag of Serbia.svg  Milica Gardašević  (SRB)6.61Flag of Cyprus.svg  Filippa Fotopoulou  (CYP)6.38
Triple jumpFlag of Slovenia.svg  Neja Filipič  (SLO)14.25Flag of Greece.svg  Spyridoula Karydi  (GRE)14.12Flag of Turkey.svg  Tuğba Danışmaz  (TUR)14.07
Javelin ThrowFlag of Greece.svg  Elina Tzengko  (GRE)61.42Flag of Serbia.svg  Adriana Vilagoš  (SRB)60.94Flag of Serbia.svg  Marija Vučenović  (SRB)56.55
Discus ThrowFlag of Greece.svg  Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou  (GRE)59.87Flag of Serbia.svg  Dragana Tomašević  (SRB)56.62Flag of Turkey.svg  Özlem Becerek  (TUR)54.54
Hammer ThrowFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Hanna Skydan  (AZE)71.18Flag of Romania.svg  Bianca Florentina Ghelber  (ROU)70.00Flag of Croatia.svg  Anamari Kožul  (CRO)67.38
Shot putFlag of Turkey.svg  Emel Dereli  (TUR)18.51Flag of Turkey.svg  Pınar Akyol  (TUR)17.02Flag of Greece.svg  Maria Magkoulia  (GRE)14.40
HeptathlonFlag of Greece.svg  Stylani Tzikanoula  [ de ] (GRE)5183Flag of Serbia.svg  Marina Živković  (SRB)5036Flag of Turkey.svg  Emine Selda Kirdemir  (TUR)4733
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 Greece.svg  Greece 106420
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 64818
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 63312
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55313
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 49619
6Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3306
7Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia*26210
8Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 2013
9Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1326
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1304
11Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1034
12Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1001
13Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 0055
14Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0022
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0022
16Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 0011
Totals (16 entries)424242126

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