# 2018 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2018 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 at Beroe Stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria on 20 and 21 July. It was the fourth time that the city hosted the competition, following the 1985, 2011 and 2013 editions.
Two championship records were broken: Paraskevi Papachristou of Greece set a women's triple jump mark of 14.60 m (+ 1.7 m/s), while Serbia's Marija Vučenović set a women's javelin throw best of 60.60 m. Bulgaria's Inna Eftimova took a women's sprint double in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Florina Pierdevară of Romania was runner-up in both women's middle-distance running events and Bulgarian horizontal jumper Gabriela Petrova also won two individual silvers. Romania was the most successful nation at the competition, topping the medal table with 23 medals (nine of them gold), and were closely followed by Greece on 22 medals and eight golds.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres Wind: -1.5 m/s | Ioannis Nifadopoulos (GRE) | 10.36 | Denis Dimitrov (BUL) | 10.37 | Ionut Andrei Neagoe (ROU) | 10.42 |
| 200 metres Wind: -1.5 m/s | Panayiotis Trivyzas (GRE) | 20.87 | Ionut Andrei Neagoe (ROU) | 20.88 | Denis Dimitrov (BUL) | 20.92 |
| 400 metres | Batuhan Altıntaş (TUR) | 46.13 | Yavuz Can (TUR) | 46.37 | Robert Parge (ROU) | 46.44 |
| 800 metres | Sven Cepuš (CRO) | 1:47.51 | Musa Hajdari (KOS) | 1:48.29 | Cosmin Trofin (ROU) | 1:48.31 |
| 1500 metres | Elzan Bibić (SRB) | 3:43.36 | Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 3:44.55 | Andreas Dimitrakis (GRE) | 3:44.95 |
| 5000 metres | Chis Laviniu Madalin (ROU) | 14:26.07 | David Nikolli (ALB) | 14:32.22 | Sezgin Ataç (TUR) | 14:32.73 |
| 110 m hurdles | Konstadinos Douvalidis (GRE) | 13.63 | Roman Suprun (UKR) | 14.22 | Batuhan Buğra (TUR) | 14.30 |
| 400 m hurdles | Emir Bekrić (SRB) | 51.05 | Hrvoje Čukman (CRO) | 51.15 | Rusmir Malkočević (BIH) | 51.90 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 8:45.50 | Turgay Bayram (TUR) | 8:55.85 | Ivo Balabanov (BUL) | 9:01.44 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Romania Costin Homiuc Alexandru Terpezan Ioan Melnicescu Petre Rezmiveș | 39.48 | Greece Efthimios Stergioulis Ioannis Nifadopoulos Panayiotis Trivyzas Konstadinos Douvalidis | 39.84 | Israel Asaf Malka Dayan Aviv Imri Persiado Gal Arad | 40.29 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Turkey Abdullah Tütünci Yavuz Can Ahmet Kasap Batuhan Altıntaş | 3:07.17 | Romania Cristian Radu Constantin Andonii David Nastase Robert Parge | 3:08.29 | Croatia Mateo Parlov Hrvoje Čukman David Šalamon Mateo Kovačić | 3:09.04 |
| High jump | Alperen Acet (TUR) | 2.24 m | Dmitry Kroyter (ISR) | 2.21 m SB | Konstadinos Baniotis (GRE) | 2.21 m |
| Pole vault | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.30 m | Thodoris Chrysanthopoulos (GRE) | 5.10 m | Ersu Şaşma (TUR) | 5.00 m |
| Long jump | Miltiádis Tedóglou (GRE) | 8.17 m | Strahinja Jovančević (SRB) | 7.70 m SB | Denis Eradiri (BUL) | 7.70 m |
| Triple jump | Dimitrios Tsiamis (GRE) | 16.67 m | Momchil Karailiev (BUL) | 16.56 m SB | Georgi Tsonov (BUL) | 16.16 m |
| Shot put | Andrei Gag (ROU) | 20.19 m | Nikólaos Skarvélis (GRE) | 20.12 m | Mesud Pezer (BIH) | 19.72 m |
| Discus throw | Alin Firfirică (ROU) | 63.76 m | Apóstolos Paréllis (CYP) | 62.87 m | Danijel Furtula (MNE) | 61.88 m |
| Hammer throw | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 76.21 m | Mihail Anastasakis (GRE) | 74.93 m | Serghei Marghiev (MDA) | 72.30 m |
| Javelin throw | Vedran Samac (SRB) | 76.80 m | George Catalin Zaharia (ROU) | 75.92 m | Mark Slavov (BUL) | 73.53 m |
| Decathlon | Darko Pešić (MNE) | 7658 pts | Alexis Spyridonidis (GRE) | 7336 pts | Aleksandar Grnović (SRB) | 7165 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres Wind: -1.5 | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 11.45 | Diana Weissman (ISR) | 11.53 | Olivia Fotopoulou (CYP) | 11.55 |
| 200 metres Wind: -1.0 | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 23.11 | Olivia Fotopoulou (CYP) | 23.57 | Karin Okolie (BUL) | 23.70 |
| 400 metres | Eléni Artymatá (CYP) | 51.29 | Tamara Salaški (SRB) | 52.26 | Bianca Răzor (ROU) | 52.96 |
| 800 metres | Konstantina Giannopoulou (GRE) | 2:04.65 | Florina Pierdevară (ROU) | 2:09.01 | Jerneja Smonkar (SLO) | 2:09.47 |
| 1500 metres | Lenuta Petronela Simiuc (ROU) | 4:20.81 | Florina Pierdevară (ROU) | 4:22.94 | Damla Çelik (TUR) | 4:25.56 |
| 5000 metres | Teodora Simović (SRB) | 16:41.80 | Emine Hatun Tuna (TUR) | 16:44.79 | Sümeyye Erol (TUR) | 16:46.18 |
| 100 m hurdles Wind: -0.6 | Andrea Ivančević (CRO) | 12.93 | Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) | 13.04 | Ivana Lončarek (CRO) | 13.17 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sanda Belgyan (ROU) | 56.69 PB | Elif Gören (TUR) | 58.05 | Emel Şanli (TUR) | 59.33 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Claudia Prisecaru (ROU) | 10:05.89 | Sümeyye Erol (TUR) | 10:11.78 | Lora Ontl (CRO) | 11:18.83 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Greece Grigoría-Emmanouéla Keramidá Elisavet Pesiridou Ekaterini Sarri Korina Politi | 45.43 | Romania Ana Maria Rosianu Ioana Teodora Gheorghe Roxana Maria Ene Marina Andreea Baboi | 45.55 | Bulgaria Viktoriya Georgieva Radostina Stoyanova Karin Okolie Inna Eftimova| | 45.62 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Romania Cristina Daniela Balan Camelia Florina Gal Sanda Belgyan Bianca Răzor | 3:33.56 | Greece Elpida Karkalatou Despina Mourta Evangelia Zigori Anna Vasiliou | 3:33.89 | Serbia Zorana Barjaktarović Tamara Salaški Bojana Kaličanin Maja Ćirić | 3:34.64 |
| High jump | Mirela Demireva (BUL) | 1.95 m | Liliia Klintsova (UKR) | 1.84 m | Rümeysa Ökdem (TUR) | 1.84 m PB |
| Pole vault | Buse Arıkazan (TUR) | 4.00 m | Elija Valentić (CRO) | 3.80 m | Aikaterini Vagena (GRE) | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Florentina Costina Iusco (ROU) | 6.59 m | Gabriela Petrova (BUL) | 6.48 m | Angela Moroșanu (ROU) | 6.48 m |
| Triple jump | Paraskevi Papachristou (GRE) | 14.74 m w | Gabriela Petrova (BUL) | 14.34 m | Paola Borović (CRO) | 13.55 m PB |
| Shot put | Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) | 18.95 m PB | Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) | 17.36 m | Statia Scarvelis (GRE) | 15.51 m |
| Discus throw | Dragana Tomašević (SRB) | 60.19 m | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE) | 58.76 m | Estel Valeanu (ISR) | 51.46 m |
| Hammer throw | Zalina Petrivskaya (MDA) | 71.36 m | Bianca Perie-Ghelber (ROU) | 68.88 m | Stamatia Scarvelis (GRE) | 68.48 m |
| Javelin throw | Marija Vučenović (SRB) | 60.60 m CR PB | Sofia Yfantidou (GRE) | 57.37 m | Florina Andreea Necşoiu (ROU) | 52.24 m |
| Heptathlon | Mladena Petrušić (BIH) | 4990 pts | Iva Aleksandrova (BUL) | 4789 pts | Ljiljana Matović (MNE) | 4593 pts |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Bulgaria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Greece (GRE) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Serbia (SRB) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL)* | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Croatia (CRO) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Montenegro (MNE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Albania (ALB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Kosovo (KOS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |