# 2013 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2013 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 66th 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 27 and 28 July. Romania topped the medal table with eleven gold medals among a total haul of 26. The host nation Bulgaria had the second highest number of gold medals, with nine in a total of 21, while Turkey had the second highest medal total with 23. Turkey won the men's side of the competition while Romania won the women's side.
Amela Terzić of Serbia was the only athlete to win multiple individual events, taking the women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres titles. Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova and Romania's Adelina Pastor took gold for their countries in both individual and relay events over 100 metres and 400 metres, respectively. The other multiple individual medallists were Turkey's Elif Karabulut (twice runner-up behind Terzić), sprint and hurdles medalist Vania Stambolova.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Denis Dimitrov (BUL) | 10.32 | Hrístos Kalamarás (GRE) | 10.54 | Umutcan Emektaş (TUR) | 10.56 |
| 200 metres | Petar Kremenski (BUL) | 20.79 | Mihaíl Dardaneliótis (GRE) | 21.50 | Zvonimir Ivašković (CRO) | 21.58 |
| 400 metres | Yavuz Can (TUR) | 46.66 | Mateo Ružić (CRO) | 47.38 | Tiberiu Alexandru Baneasu (ROM) | 48.06 |
| 800 metres | Konstadínos Nakópoulos (GRE) | 1:49.93 | Valentin Voicu (ROM) | 1:50.70 | Amel Tuka (BIH) | 1:50.76 |
| 1500 metres | Ioan Zaizan (ROM) | 3:44.60 | Goran Nava (SRB) | 3:44.89 | Süleyman Bekmezci (TUR) | 3:45.19 |
| 3000 metres | Jasmin Ljajić (SRB) | 8:12.36 PB | Cihat Ulus (TUR) | 8:13.53 PB | Andrei Cristian Stefana (ROM) | 8:13.73 PB |
| 5000 metres | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 14:36.96 | Mirko Petrović (SRB) | 14:38.02 | Ramazan Özdemir (TUR) | 14:39.65 PB |
| 3000 m s'chase | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 8:46.69 | Halil Akkaş (TUR) | 8:55.33 | Daniel Ionut Betej (ROM) | 9:00.89 |
| 110 m hurdles | Konstadinos Douvalidis (GRE) | 13.44 | Martin Arnaudov (BUL) | 13.93 | Theópistos Mavrídis (GRE) | 13.93 |
| 400 m hurdles | Emir Bekrić (SRB) | 48.96 | Alexei Cravcenco (MDA) | 51.49 | Attila Nagy (ROM) | 51.63 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Romania (ROM) Bogdan Madaras Doru Teofilescu Alexandru Terpezanu Paul Ceici | 40.03 | Bulgaria (BUL) Ognian Ognianov Bojan Petrov Petar Kremenski Denis Dimitrov | 40.23 | Croatia (CRO) Andrej Doricić Tomislav Kašnar Zvonimir Ivašković Luka Šakota | 40.28 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Croatia (CRO) Josip Šakić Rudolf Kralj Željko Vincek Mateo Ružić | 3:08.66 | Serbia (SRB) Goran Podunavac Miloš Raović Ivan Marković Emir Bekrić | 3:10.63 | Turkey (TUR) Doruk Uğurer Batuhan Altıntaş Buğrahan Kocabeyoğlu Mehmet Güzel | 3:11.99 |
| High jump | Mihai Donisan (ROM) | 2.31 m PB | Viktor Ninov (BUL) | 2.24 m | Marius Dumitrache (ROM) | 2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Panayiótis Láskaris (GRE) | 5.40 m | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.20 m | Dimitrios Patsoukakis (GRE) | 5.20 m |
| Long jump | Alper Kulaksız (TUR) | 7.86 m w | Denis Eradiri (BUL) | 7.79 m | Dino Pervan (CRO) | 7.75 m |
| Triple jump | Marian Oprea (ROM) | 17.24 m | Zlatozar Atanasov (BUL) | 16.65 m | Aşkin Karaca (TUR) | 16.51 m PB |
| Shot put | Georgi Ivanov (BUL) | 20.71 m | Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) | 20.59 m | Michalis Stamatogiannis (GRE) | 19.02 m |
| Discus throw | Irfan Yıldırım (TUR) | 63.01 m | Sergiu Ursu (ROM) | 62.78 m | Andrei Gag (ROM) | 57.47 m |
| Hammer throw | Serghei Marghiev (MDA) | 73.77 m | Özkan Baltacı (TUR) | 70.41 m PB | Mirko Mičuda (CRO) | 69.59 m |
| Javelin throw | Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) | 76.34 m | Konstadínos Vertoúdos (GRE) | 71.30 m | Aykut Tanrıverdi (TUR) | 69.10 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ivet Lalova (BUL) | 11.15 | Grigoría-Emmanouéla Keramidá (GRE) | 11.73 PB | Ana Maria Rosianu (ROM) | 11.90 |
| 200 metres | Grigoría-Emmanouéla Keramidá (GRE) | 23.68 | Gabriela Laleva (BUL) | 23.91 | Alina Andreea Panainte (ROM) | 24.07 |
| 400 metres | Adelina Pastor (ROM) | 52.76 | Olesea Cojuhari (MDA) | 53.01 | Vania Stambolova (BUL) | 53.70 |
| 800 metres | Dorina Korozsi (ROM) | 2:05.60 | Teodora Kolarova (BUL) | 2:05.62 | María Kládou (GRE) | 2:08.78 |
| 1500 metres | Amela Terzić (SRB) | 4:16.27 | Elif Karabulut (TUR) | 4:16.68 PB | Biljana Cvijanović (BIH) | 4:17.43 PB |
| 3000 metres | Amela Terzić (SRB) | 9:18.60 | Elif Karabulut (TUR) | 9:22.12 PB | Slađana Perunović (MNE) | 9:24.69 NR |
| 5000 metres | Roxana Bârcă (ROM) | 15:40.61 | Sonja Stolić (SRB) | 16:30.48 | Emine Hatun Tuna (TUR) | 16:31.21 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Silvia Danekova (BUL) | 9:43.81 | Türkan Erişmiş (TUR) | 10:04.77 | María Pardaloú (GRE) | 10:06.38 |
| 100 m hurdles | Olibía Petsoúdi (GRE) | 13.55 | Andreea Ionescu (CRO) | 13.68 | Beatrice Puiu (ROM) | 13.78 |
| 400 m hurdles | Vania Stambolova (BUL) | 56.21 | Sanda Belgyan (ROM) | 58.13 PB | Özge Akın (TUR) | 59.55 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Bulgaria (BUL) Marija Dankova Gabriela Laleva Galina Nikolova Ivet Lalova | 45.41 | Turkey (TUR) Aksel Gürcan Demirtaş Birsen Engin Saliha Özyurt Sema Apak | 46.19 | Croatia (CRO) Nika Župa Anita Banović Marina Banović Ivana Lončarek | 46.63 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Romania (ROM) Alina Andreea Panainte Adelina Pastor Sandra Belgyan Bianca Răzor | 3:29.13 | Croatia (CRO) Anamarija Petters Marija Hižman Kristina Dudek Anita Banović | 3:38.49 | Turkey (TUR) Özge Akın Emel Şanlı Sema Apak Birsen Engin | 3:38.97 |
| High jump | Antonia Stergiou (GRE) | 1.95 m | Mirela Demireva (BUL) | 1.92 m | Ana Šimić (CRO) | 1.88 m |
| Pole vault | Lorela Manu (GRE) | 4.45 m PB= | Jelena Radinovič-Vasič (SRB) | 4.00 m | Buse Arıkazan (TUR) | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Ivana Španović (SRB) | 6.76 m | Cristina Sandu (ROM) | 6.51 m | Alina Rotaru (ROM) | 6.50 m |
| Triple jump | Carmen Toma (ROM) | 14.56w m | Gabriela Petrova (BUL) | 13.92 m PB | Gita Dodova (BUL) | 13.67 m |
| Shot put | Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) | 18.08 m | Emel Dereli (TUR) | 16.02 m | Evaggelía Sofáni (GRE) | 15.21 m |
| Discus throw | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 56.05 m | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE) | 53.81 m | Elçin Kaya (TUR) | 50.80 m |
| Hammer throw | Bianca Perie (ROM) | 68.76 m | Agápi Proskinitopoúlou (GRE) | 60.63 m | Ayşegül Alnıaçık (TUR) | 59.29 m |
| Javelin throw | Tatjana Jelača (SRB) | 56.54 m | Nicoleta Madalina Anghelescu (ROM) | 55.43 m | Christina Georgieva (BUL) | 47.93 m |

## Medal table

| 1 | Romania (ROM) | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Greece (GRE) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Serbia (SRB) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | Croatia (HRV) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |