# 2023 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2023 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 76th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at the Kraljevo Athletics Stadium on 22 and 23 July in Kraljevo, Serbia.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s) | Markus Fuchs (AUT) | 10.40 | Andriy Vasilyev (UKR) | 10.44 | Ioannis Nifadopoulos (GRE) | 10.44 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 20.69 | Ioannis Kariofyllis (GRE) | 20.70 | Boško Kijanović (SRB) | 20.87 |
| 400 metres | Oleksandr Pohorilko (UKR) | 45.36 CR | Boško Kijanović (SRB) | 45.50 | Rok Ferlan (SLO) | 45.83 |
| 800 metres | Salih Teksöz (TUR) | 1:47.95 | Marino Bloudek (CRO) | 1:48.56 | Jan Vukovič (SLO) | 1:48.69 |
| 1500 metres | Raphael Pallitsch (AUT) | 3:43.74 | Marcel Tobler (AUT) | 3:44.01 | Nicolae Coman (ROM) | 3:45.64 |
| 3000 metres | Elzan Bibić (SRB) | 8:11.42 | Sebastian Frey (AUT) | 8:27.99 | Uroš Gutić (BIH) | 8:41.38 |
| 5000 metres | Sebastian Frey (AUT) | 14:01.97 | Ramazan Baştuğ (TUR) | 14:11.20 | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 14:26.00 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.9 m/s) | Milan Trajkovic (CYP) | 13.28 CR | Mikdat Sevler (TUR) | 13.46 | Alin Ionuţ Anton (ROU) | 13.60 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yasmani Copello (TUR) | 48.71 CR | Berke Akcam (TUR) | 48.97 | Nikola Kostić (SRB) | 50.21 |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Tobias Rattinger (AUT) | 8:54.23 | Turgay Bayram (TUR) | 8:55.31 | Ersin Tekal (TUR) | 8:57.82 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Turkey Ertan Özkan Kayhan Özer Batuhan Altıntaş Ramil Guliyev | 39.09 CR | Greece Sotirios Garaganis Ioannis Kariofyllis Ioannis Granitsiodis Ioannis Nifadopoulos | 39.52 | Romania Petre Rezmives Marian Valentin Tanase Alin Ionuţ Anton Cristian Nicusor Roiban | 39.65 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Ukraine Mykyta Barabanov Danylo Danylenko Mykyta Rodchenkov Oleksandr Pohorilko | 3:06.43 | Slovenia Lovro Mesec Košir Jan Vukovič Žan Rudolf Rok Ferlan | 3:07.32 | Croatia Lukas Cik Andrej Belčić Hrvoje Čukman Marko Orešković | 3:11.47 |
| High jump | Alperen Acet (TUR) | 2.28 | Tihomir Ivanov (BUL) | 2.25 | Slavko Stević (SRB) | 2.18 |
| Pole vault | Vladyslav Malykhin (UKR) | 5.50 | Riccardo Klotz (AUT) | 5.30 | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.20 |
| Long jump | Strahinja Jovančević (SRB) | 7.89 | Lazar Anić (SRB) | 7.78 | Andreas Trajkovski (MKD) | 7.75 |
| Triple jump | Necati Er (TUR) | 16.58 | Dimitrios Tsiamis (GRE) | 16.33w | Can Özüpek (TUR) | 16.18 |
| Shot put | Mesud Pezer (BIH) | 20.55 | Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) | 20.07 | Odisseas Mouzenidis (GRE) | 19.54 |
| Discus Throw | Martin Marković (CRO) | 62.32 | Apostolos Parellis (CYP) | 61.88 | Georgios Koniarakis (CYP) | 60.12 |
| Hammer Throw | Christos Frantzeskakis (GRE) | 74.62 | Serghei Marghiev (MDA) | 73.52 | Özkan Baltacı (TUR) | 73.34 |
| Javelin Throw | Alexandru Novac (ROU) | 80.57 | Ioannis Kyriazis (GRE) | 76.5 | Anze Durjava (SLO) | 72.91 |
| Decathlon | Fran Bonifačić (CRO) | 7677 | Angelos-Tzanis Andreoglou (GRE) | 7676 | Aris-Nikolaos Peristeris (GRE) | 7479 |
| 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Ivana Ilić (SRB) | 11.48 | Olivia Fotopoulou (CYP) | 11.51 | Milana Tirnanić (SRB) | 11.3 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.1 m/s) | Olivia Fotopoulou (CYP) | 22.68 | Polyniki Emmanoulidou (GRE) | 22.87 | Artemis Anastasiou (GRE) | 23.13 |
| 400 metres | Andrea Miklos (ROU) | 51.75 | Kateryna Karpiuk (UKR) | 52.89 | Tetyana Melnyk (UKR) | 53.13 |
| 800 metres | Olha Lyakhova (UKR) | 2:01.82 | Nina Vuković (CRO) | 2:02.62 | Dilek Koçak (TUR) | 2:02.93 |
| 1500 metres | Şilan Ayyıldız (TUR) | 4:17.52 | Sivan Auerbach (ISR) | 4:17.78 | Lenuta Simiuc (ROU) | 4:17.84 |
| 3000 metres | Luiza Gega (ALB) | 9:21.48 | Burcu Subatan (TUR) | 9:25.75 | Liza Šajn (SLO) | 9:48.13 |
| 5000 metres | Luiza Gega (ALB) | 16:07.93 | Sümeyye Erol (TUR) | 16:43.95 | Burcu Subatan (TUR) | 17:01.77 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.9 m/s) | Natalia Christofi (CYP) | 12.86 | Nika Glojnarič (SLO) | 13.03 | Anamaria Nesteriuc (ROM) | 13.04 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Dimitra Gnafaki (GRE) | 56.45 | Mariya Buryak (UKR) | 57.24 | Agata Zupin (SLO) | 58.05 |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Luiza Gega (ALB) | 9:21.53 | Tuğba Güvenç (TUR) | 9:29.75 | Semra Karaslan (TUR) | 9:47.76 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Serbia Anja Lukić Ivana Ilić Tamara Milutinović Milana Tirnanić | 44.65 NR | Romania Emma Maria Matyus Valeria Bisericescu Anamaria Nesteriuc Marina Andreea Baboi | 45.97 | Only two finishing teams | Only two finishing teams |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Ukraine Mariya Buryak Tetiana Kharashchuk Tetyana Melnyk Kateryna Klymiuk | 3:31.88 | Greece Dimitra Gnafaki Irini Vasiliou Georgia-Maria Despollari Despina Mourta | 3:33.35 | Croatia Natalija Švenda Nicole Milić Nina Vuković Veronika Drljačić | 3:40.19 |
| High jump | Daniela Stanciu (ROU) | 1.91 | Panagiota Dosi (GRE) | 1.91 | Buse Savaşkan (TUR) | 1.89 |
| Pole vault | Eleni-Klaoudia Polak (GRE) | 4.40 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (GRE) | 4.30 | Yana Gladiychuk (UKR) | 4.20 |
| Long jump | Milica Gardašević (SRB) | 6.91 | Filippa Kviten (CYP) | 6.42 | Milena Mitkova (BUL) | 6.37 |
| Triple jump | Tuğba Danışmaz (TUR) | 14.00 | Elena Andreea Taloș (ROU) | 13.75 | Diana Maria Ion (ROU) | 13.61 |
| Shot put | Dimitriana Bezede (MDA) | 17.94 | Maria Magkoulia (GRE) | 15.65 | Sopo Shatirishvili (GEO) | 15.47 |
| Discus Throw | Özlem Becerek (TUR) | 57.67 | Lucija Leko (CRO) | 53.11 | Estel Valeanu (ISR) | 52.91 |
| Hammer Throw | Zalina Marghieva (MDA) | 67.00 | Olena Khamaza (UKR) | 66.44 | Valentina Savva (CYP) | 66.24 |
| Javelin Throw | Adriana Vilagoš (SRB) | 60.62 | Martina Ratej (SLO) | 58.58 | Eda Tuğsuz (TUR) | 57.17 |
| Heptathlon | Maja Bedrač (SLO) | 5418 | Anastasia Dragomirova (GRE) | 5381 | Emma Maria Matyus (ROU) | 4919 |
| 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

* Host nation (Serbia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Turkey | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Serbia* | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Austria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Greece | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | Albania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Croatia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Moldova | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 42 | 42 | 41 | 125 |