# 2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 23rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 17 February 2018 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.
Romania topped the medal table, winning 15 medals including 5 gold, ahead of the host nation Turkey, and Bulgaria.

## Men's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Emre Zafer Barnes Turkey | 6.62 NR | Efthymios Stergioulis Greece | 6.71 | Konstantinos Zikos Greece | 6.72 |
| 400 metres | Robert Parge Romania | 47.28 | Yavuz Can Turkey | 47.59 | Cristian Radu Romania | 48.12 |
| 800 metres | Amel Tuka Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:49.49 | Musa Hajdari Kosovo | 1:49.58 | Christos Dimitriou Cyprus | 1:50.02 |
| 1500 metres | Amine Khadiri Cyprus | 3:53.01 | Levent Ateş Turkey | 3:53.26 | Yervand Mkrtchyan Armenia | 3:53.28 |
| 3000 metres | Elzan Bibić Serbia | 8:08.34 | Adrian Garcea Romania | 8:09.32 | Ivan Popov Bulgaria | 8:10.50 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Batuhan Buğra Eruygun Turkey | 7.91 NR | Cosmin Ilie Dumitrache Romania | 7.95 | Radu Daniel Ciobanu Romania | 8.03 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Romania Cristian Radu Alexandru Matei Brânzea Zeno Moraru Robert Parge | 3:12.46 | Turkey Fahri Arsoy Enis Ünsal İlyas Çanakçı Abdullah Tütünci | 3:13.44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Redžepagić Faris Ibrahimpašić Stefan Ćuković Abedin Mujezinović | 3:21.24 |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Konstadinos Baniotis Greece | 2.22 m | Vasilios Konstantinou CyprusTihomir Ivanov Bulgaria | 2.18 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Pole vault | Ivan Horvat Croatia | 5.55 m | Nikandros Stylianou Cyprus | 5.25 m | Andrei Răzvan Deliu Romania | 5.10 m |
| Long jump | Izmir Smajlaj Albania | 7.80 m | Ivan Vujević Croatia | 7.60 m | Sanjin Šimić Croatia | 7.58 m |
| Triple jump | Levon Aghasyan Armenia | 16.35 m | Momchil Karailiev Bulgaria | 16.27 m | Rumen Dimitrov Bulgaria | 16.21 m |
| Shot put | Mesud Pezer Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.77 m | Andrei Gag Romania | 20.41 m | Nikólaos Skarvélis Greece | 20.15 m |

## Women's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Mizgin Ay Turkey | 7.38 | Inna Eftimova Bulgaria | 7.40 | Diana Vaisman Israel | 7.49 |
| 400 metres | Maria Belimpasaki Greece | 53.27 | Tamara Salaški Serbia | 54.72 | Kristina Dudek Croatia | 55.03 |
| 800 metres | Florina Pierdevară Romania | 2:05.83 | Konstantina Giannopoulou Greece | 2:06.04 | Asli Arik Turkey | 2:07.55 |
| 1500 metres | Amela Terzić Serbia | 4:17.64 | Özlem Kaya Turkey | 4:22.48 | Natalia Evangelidou Cyprus | 4:25.80 |
| 3000 metres | Luiza Gega Albania | 9:00.67 | Valeriya Zhandarova Georgia | 9:16.48 | Dilyana Minkina Bulgaria | 9:24.46 |
| 60 metres hurdles | Anamaria Nesteriuc Romania | 8.17 | Ivana Lončarek Croatia | 8.17 | Elisavet Pesiridou Greece | 8.21 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Romania Marina Andreea Baboi Florina Pierdevară Sanda Belgyan Camelia Florina Gal | 3:47.89 | Turkey Meryem Kemeç Yaren Açar Seray Şentürk Berfe Bancak | 3:51.98 | Bulgaria Silviya Georgieva Polina Todorova Elena Miteva Radostina Stoyanova | 3:58.89 |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Ana Šimić Croatia | 1.92 m | Marija Vuković Montenegro | 1.89 m | Daniela Stanciu Romania | 1.86 m |
| Pole vault | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Greece | 4.50 m | Eléni-Klaoúdia Pólak Greece | 4.30 m | Buse Arıkazan Turkey | 4.10 m |
| Long jump | Milena Mitkova Bulgaria | 6.45 m | Angela Moroșanu Romania | 6.41 m | Milica Gardašević Serbia | 6.30 m |
| Triple jump | Gabriela Petrova Bulgaria | 13.90 m | Elena Panțuroiu Romania | 13.63 m | Paola Borović Croatia | 13.43 m |
| Shot put | Radoslava Mavrodieva Bulgaria | 17.85 m | Dimitriana Surdu Moldova | 17.56 m | Lenuta Burueana Romania | 15.85 m |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR)* | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Greece (GRE) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Albania (ALB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kosovo (KOS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 24 | 25 | 23 | 72 |