# Balkan Race Walking Championships

The Balkan Race Walking Championships is an annual racewalking competition between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics. The championships features six individual races: senior men's and women's 20 kilometres race walks, men's and women's under-20 10 kilometres race walks, an under-18 boys' 10 km walk, and an under-18 girls' 5 kilometres race walk. Each individual race also has a national team component with points awarded based on finishing time, which are then totalled to form an overall team score for the championships.
Balkan racewalking competitions originated in the main Balkan Athletics Championships. A men's 20 km walk was first held in 1961 and a women's 10 km walk was introduced in 1988 (later increased to a 20 km race in 2001). One-off indoor walks were also held at the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in 1994. The Balkan championships for racewalking were first held separately from the main championships in 2000, though Balkan Athletics starting their official numbering of a discrete Balkan Race Walking Championships from 2002 onwards.

## List of winners (20 km)

| Edition | Year | Venue | Country | Date | Senior men's winner | Time | Senior women's winner | Time | Team winner |
| 1st | 2002 | Vlasotince | Yugoslavia | | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:22:06 | Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova (BUL) | 1:32:16 | — |
| 2nd | 2003 | Ruse | Bulgaria | | Predrag Filipović (SCG) | 1:22:40 | Veronica Budileanu (ROM) | 1:35:12 | — |
| 3rd | 2004 | Reșița | Romania | | Costică Bălan (ROM) | 1:21:51 | Athina Papayianni (GRE) | 1:28:58 | — |
| 4th | 2005 | Preveza | Greece | | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:25:48 | Evangelia Xinou (GRE) | 1:35:35 | — |
| 5th | 2006 | Istanbul | Turkey | | Predrag Filipović (SCG) | 1:22:31 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) | 1:30:46 | — |
| 6th | 2007 | Galați | Romania | | Recep Çelik (TUR) | 1:23:10 | Alina Olaru (ROM) | 1:33:14 | — |
| 7th | 2008 | Bucharest | Romania | 12 April | Predrag Filipović (SRB) | 1:26:59 | Veronica Budileanu (ROM) | 1:34:37 | — |
| 8th | 2009 | Bucharest | Romania | | Dragoș Neacșu (ROM) | 1:23:21.20 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) | 1:29:56.30 | — |
| 9th | 2010 | Bucharest | Romania | | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:23:29.30 | Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) | 1:37.26 | — |
| 10th | 2011 | Bucharest | Romania | | Recep Çelik (TUR) | 1:22:31 | Claudia Ștef (ROM) | 1:33:38 | — |
| 11th | 2012 | Bucharest | Romania | | Predrag Filipović (SRB) | 1:28:50 | Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) | 1:35:17 | — |
| 12th | 2013 | Ayvalık | Turkey | | Vladimir Savanović (SRB) | 1:28:42 | Adriana Georgiana Enache (ROM) | 1:39:17 | Turkey |
| 13th | 2014 | Balchik | Bulgaria | | Vladimir Savanović (SRB) | 1:26.31 | Despina Zapounidou (GRE) | 1:34.56 | Romania |
| 14th | 2015 | Ayvalık | Turkey | | Şahin Şenoduncu (TUR) | 1:27:30 | Andreea Arsine (ROM) | 1:39:36 | Turkey |
| 15th | 2016 | Florina | Greece | | Adrian Dragomir (ROM) | 1:31:32 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) | 1:38:29 | Turkey |
| 16th | 2017 | Florina | Greece | | Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) | 1:26:40 | Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) | 1:34:00 | Romania |
| 17th | 2018 | Zrenjanin | Serbia | | Dmytro Sobchuk (UKR) | 1:26:27 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) | 1:39:01 | Turkey |
| 18th | 2019 | Alexandroupoli | Greece | | Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) | 1:24:40 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) | 1:34:55 | Greece |
| 19th | 2020 | Ivano-Frankivsk | Ukraine | 14 March | Eduard Zabuzhenko (UKR) | 1:20:46 | Mariia Sakharuk (UKR) | 1:30:22 | Greece |
| 20th | 2021 | Antalya | Turkey | 27 March | Sahin Senoduncu (TUR) | 1:24:20 | Ayşe Tekdal (TUR) | 1:30:12 | Turkey |
| 21st | 2022 | Athens | Greece | 3 April | Narcis Mihăilă (ROU) | 1:30:24 | Ayşe Tekdal (TUR) | 1:38:01 | Turkey |
| 22nd | 2023 | Antalya | Turkey | 9 April | Mazlum Demir (TUR) | 1:25:38 | Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) | 1:29:56 | Greece |