# 2015 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2015 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 74th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin in Pitești, Romania on 1 and 2 August. The host nation Romania won the most medals at the competition, with 28, and the Turkey won the most gold medals, at 10. The competition was originally scheduled to take place in Serres, Greece, but the venue was changed due to a lack of funding, in the context of the Greek government-debt crisis.
On the men's side, three championship records were broken. Jak Ali Harvey of Turkey ran a record of 10.11 seconds to win the 100 metres, Slovenia's Robert Renner cleared 5.65 m to win the pole vault in a Slovenian record, and Andrei Gag set a championship and Romanian record of 20.96 m to win the shot put. The highlight performance of the women's competition was a championship record of 9:33.41 minutes by Silvia Danekova in the 3000 metres steeplechase, which was also a Bulgarian national record.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 10.11 CR | Cătălin Cîmpeanu (ROM) | 10.37 | Ioannis Nyfadopoulos (GRE) | 10.46 |
| 200 metres | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 20.59 | Cătălin Cîmpeanu (ROM) | 21.24 | İzzet Safer (TUR) | 21.34 |
| 400 metres | Luka Janežič (SLO) | 46.39 | Batuhan Altıntaş (TUR) | 46.73 | Yavuz Can (TUR) | 46.85 |
| 800 metres | Žan Rudolf (SLO) | 1:50.10 | Dušan Babić (BIH) | 1:50.99 | Cristian Vorovenci (ROU) | 1:51.01 |
| 1500 metres | Konstadínos Nakópoulos (GRE) | 3:48.82 | Ioan Zaizan (ROU) | 3:48.92 | Levent Ateş (TUR) | 3:49.16 |
| 5000 metres | Dino Bošnjak [de] (CRO) | 14:12.20 PB | Yolo Nikolov (BUL) | 14:18.63 | Cihat Ulus (TUR) | 14:20.92 |
| 110 m hurdles | Milan Trajkovic (CYP) | 14.23 | Mustafa Güneş (TUR) | 14.27 | Cosmin Dumitrache (ROU) | 14.57 |
| 400 m hurdles | Yasmani Copello (TUR) | 50.19 | Attila Csongor Nagy (ROM) | 51.29 | Filip Pestić (CRO) | 52.25 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 8:29.73 | Nicolai Gorbusco (MDA) | 8:41.36 PB | Osman Junuzović (BIH) | 8:50.76 PB |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Turkey Yiğitcan Hekimoğlu Ramil Guliyev İzzet Safer Jak Ali Harvey | 39.35 | Romania Ioan Pițigoi Cătălin Cîmpeanu Ionuț Neagoe Daniel Robert | 39.67 | Greece Panayiótis Andreádis Victor Kremidas Ioannis Nyfantopoulos Panayiótis Trivizas | 40.29 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Turkey Halit Kılıç Yavuz Can Yasmani Copello Batuhan Altıntaş | 3:06.55 | Croatia Hrvoje Čukman Željko Vincek Mateo Kovačić Mateo Ružić | 3:07.62 | Romania Adrian Drăgan Sebastian Ursachi Zeno Moraru Cristian Radu | 3:10.38 |
| High jump | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (CYP) | 2.24 m | Tihomir Ivanov (BUL) | 2.24 m | Konstadinos Baniotis (GRE) | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault | Robert Renner (SLO) | 5.65 m CR NR | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.50 m | Andrei Răzvan Deliu (ROU) | 5.20 m PB |
| Long jump | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 7.90 m | Denis Eradiri (BUL) | 7.72 m | Valentin Toboc (ROU) | 7.66 m |
| Triple jump | Georgi Tsonov (BUL) | 17.01 m | Dimitrios Baltadouros (GRE) | 16.60 m PB | Rumen Dimitrov (BUL) | 16.56 m |
| Shot put | Andrei Gag (ROU) | 20.96 m CR NR | Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) | 20.64 m | Georgi Ivanov (BUL) | 19.93 m |
| Discus throw | Filip Mihaljević (CRO) | 60.74 m | Alin Alexandru Firfirică (ROU) | 59.18 m | Tadej Hribar (SLO) | 54.44 m |
| Hammer throw | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 76.82 m | Serghei Marghiev (MDA) | 75.83 m | Mihail Anastasakis (GRE) | 71.74 m |
| Javelin throw | Vedran Samac (SRB) | 77.92 m | Paraskevás Batzávalis (GRE) | 76.72 m | Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) | 74.56 m |
| Decathlon | Mihail Dudaš (SRB) | 7720 pts | Panayiotis Mantis (GRE) | 6898 pts | Dragan Pešić (MNE) | 6497 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Maja Mihalinec (SLO) | 11.34 PB | Ramona Papaioannou (CYP) | 11.43 | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 11.51 |
| 200 metres | Maria Belimpasaki (GRE) | 23.23 | Ramona Papaioannou (CYP) | 23.25 | Maja Mihalinec (SLO) | 23.28 |
| 400 metres | Bianca Răzor (ROU) | 52.26 | Irini Vasiliou (GRE) | 53.58 PB | Kristina Dudek (CRO) | 53.98 |
| 800 metres | Florina Pierdevară (ROM) | 2:03.14 | Luiza Gega (ALB) | 2:03.45 | Mihaela Roxana Nunu (ROM) | 2:07.25 |
| 1500 metres | Luiza Gega (ALB) | 4:08.74 | Songül Konak (TUR) | 4:16.09 PB | Florina Pierdevară (ROM) | 4:18.69 |
| 5000 metres | Esma Aydemir (TUR) | 15:51.27 PB | Ancuța Bobocel (ROM) | 15:56.00 PB | Silvia Danekova (BUL) | 16:03.64 PB |
| 100 m hurdles | Andrea Ivančević (CRO) | 13.00 | Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) | 13.48 | Ivana Lončarek (CRO) | 13.65 |
| 400 m hurdles | Elif Yıldırım (TUR) | 57.73 | Angela Moroșanu (ROM) | 57.88 | Sanda Belgyan (ROM) | 59.48 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Silvia Danekova (BUL) | 9:33.41 CR NR | Maruša Mišmaš (SLO) | 10:03.83 | Elena Adelina Panaet (ROM) | 10:06.36 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Croatia Ivana Lončarek Lucija Pokos Kristina Dudek Mateja Jambrović | 45.71 | Romania Ana Maria Roșianu Andreea Ogrăzeanu Andreea Grecu Anamaria Ioniță | 45.74 | Serbia Zorana Barjaktarević Maja Ćirić Katarina Sirmić Milana Tirnanić | 45.87 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Romania Sanda Belgyan Florina Pierdevară Anamaria Ioniță Bianca Răzor | 3:33.07 | Croatia Mateja Jambrović Kristina Dudek Dora Filipović Anita Banović | 3:36.07 | Serbia Katarina Sirmić Maja Ćirić Bojana Kalicanin Tamara Salaški | 3:37.90 |
| High jump | Mirela Demireva (BUL) | 1.91 m | Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL) | 1.87 m | Marija Vuković (MNE) | 1.87 m |
| Pole vault | Tina Šutej (SLO) | 4.20 m | Loréla-Anastasía Mánou (GRE) | 4.20 m | Lavinia Gabriela Bulov (ROU) | 3.90 m |
| Long jump | Florentina Marincu (ROU) | 6.65 m | Haido Alexouli (GRE) | 6.29 m | Milena Mitkova (BUL) | 6.16 m |
| Triple jump | Petia Dacheva (BUL) | 13.67 m | Cristina Bujin (ROM) | 13.64 m | Elena Panțuroiu (ROM) | 13.62 m |
| Shot put | Emel Dereli (TUR) | 17.39 m | Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) | 16.85 m | Andreea Huzum-Vitan (ROU) | 15.52 m |
| Discus throw | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE) | 54.87 m | Veronika Domjan (SLO) | 53.74 m | Natalia Stratulat (MDA) | 52.82 m |
| Hammer throw | Zalina Marghieva (MDA) | 73.97 m | Kıvılcım Kaya (TUR) | 71.04 m PB | Marina Marghieva (MDA) | 69.38 m |
| Javelin throw | Martina Ratej (SLO) | 59.19 m | Marija Vučenović (SRB) | 53.91 m | Nicoleta Anghelescu (ROU) | 51.18 m |
| Heptathlon | Serpil Koçak (TUR) | 5119 pts | Stylani Tzikanoula (GRE) | 4982 pts | Mladena Petrusic (BIH) | 4831 pts PB |
* Israel's Maayan Furman-Shahaf cleared 1.87 m in the women's high jump but was not included in the medals tally as her country was not a member of Balkan Athletics.

## Medal table

| 1 | Turkey | 10 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Greece | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Croatia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Serbia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Cyprus | 2 | 2 | - | 4 |
| 9 | Moldova | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Albania | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Montenegro | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |