# 2021 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2021 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 on 26 and 27 June at the Smederevo Fortress in Smederevo, Serbia.
Marija Vuković won the women's high jump with 1.97 metres – a Montenegro national record.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 10.33 | Ioannis Nyfantopoulos (GRE) | 10.53 | Alexander Donigian [de] (ARM) | 10.56 |
| 200 metres | Serhiy Smelyk (UKR) | 20.62 | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 20.66 | Gal Noam Arad [de] (ISR) | 21.12 |
| 400 metres | Luka Janežič (SLO) | 46.57 | Rok Ferlan [de] (SLO) | 47.16 | Mihai Pîslaru [de] (ROU) | 47.27 |
| 800 metres | Žan Rudolf (SLO) | 1:47.72 | Mehmet Çelik [de] (TUR) | 1:47.91 | Christos Kotitsas [de] (GRE) | 1:48.07 PB |
| 1500 metres | Elzan Bibić (SRB) | 3:52.23 | Ramazan Barbaros [de] (TUR) | 3:52.515 | Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 3:52.518 |
| 3000 metres | Nicolae Soare (ROU) | 8:04.23 PB | Dino Bošnjak [es] (CRO) | 8:08.68 | Ömer Amaçtan (TUR) | 8:09.34 PB |
| 5000 metres | Nicolae Soare (ROU) | 13:49.13 PB | Andreas Vojta (AUT) | 13:57.24 | Dario Ivanovski (MKD) | 14:02.32 PB |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 8:48.00 | Hilal Yego (TUR) | 8:52.65 | Andrei Cristian Ştefana (ROU) | 9:04.08 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Stanislav Stankov [de] (BUL) | 13.56 | Mikdat Sevler (TUR) | 13.68 | Filip Jakob Demšar [sl] (SLO) | 13.78 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Dmytro Romanyuk [de] (UKR) | 50.3 | Denys Nechyporenko (UKR) | 51.2 | Adam Yakobi [de] (ISR) | 51.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Turkey Kayhan Özer Jak Ali Harvey Oğuz Uyar [de] Ertan Özkan | 39.64 | Greece Konstantinos Zikos Theodoros Vrontinos Panagiotis Trivyzas Ioannis Nyfantopoulos | 40.04 | Israel Omrei Sadan Blessing Akwasi Afrifah Aviv Koffler Gal Noam Arad | 40.12 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Slovenia Jure Grkman [de] Jan Vukovič [de] Gregor Grahovac Lovro Mesec Košir [de] | 3:07.35 | Romania David Laurentiu Gudi Ionut Catalin Olteanu Vlad Dulcescu Mihai Cristia Pîslaru | 3:10.19 | Croatia Zvonimir Ivašković Karlo Videka Jakov Vuković Mateo Ružić | 3:11.56 |
| High jump | Dmytro Yakovenko (UKR) | 2.22 | Alperen Acet (TUR) | 2.22 | Vasilios Konstantinou (CYP) | 2.19 |
| Pole vault | Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) | 5.70 CR | Ersu Şaşma (TUR) | 5.50 | Robert Renner (SLO) | 5.40 |
| Long jump | Gabriel Bitan (ROU) | 8.11 | Serhiy Nykyforov (UKR) | 8.09 | Lazar Anić (SRB) | 7.91 |
| Triple jump | Nikolaos Andrikopoulos (GRE) | 16.73 | Georgi Tsonov (BUL) | 16.12 | Alexandru Gheorghe Tache [de] (ROU) | 16.04 |
| Javelin Throw | Mark Slavov [de] (BUL) | 79.50 | Alexandru Novac (ROU) | 77.80 | Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) | 76.59 |
| Discus Throw | Furtula Danijel (MNE) | 62.96 | Martin Marković (CRO) | 60.84 | Rafael Antoniou (CYP) | 59.09 |
| Hammer Throw | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 73.60 | Christos Frantzeskakis (GRE) | 72.74 | Michail Anastasakis (GRE) | 72.02 |
| Shot put | Armin Sinančević (SRB) | 21.50 | Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) | 20.54 | Marius Constantin Musteate (ROU) | 19.98 |
| Decathlon | Vadym Adamchuk (UKR) | 7301 | Jan Mitsche (AUT) | 7115 | Dragan Pešić (MNE) | 6710 |
| 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 | Diana Vaisman (ISR) | 11.32 | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 11.34 | Ramona Papaioannou (CYP) | 11.47 |
| 200 metres | Rafailia Spanoudaki-Chatziriga (GRE) | 23.16 | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 23.41 | Olivia Fotopoulou (CYP) | 23.50 |
| 400 metres | Susanne Walli (AUT) | 52.41 | Anita Horvat (SLO) | 52.75 | Eirini Vasileiou (GRE) | 53.32 |
| 800 metres | Maja Pačarić (CRO) | 2:04.26 PB | Svitlana Zhulzhyk (UKR) | 2:04.75 | Anastasiia Ryemyen (UKR) | 2:04.78 |
| 1500 metres | Orysia Demianiuk (UKR) | 4:19.77 | Maja Pačarić (CRO) | 4:20.74 PB | Maria Claudia Florea (ROU) | 4:21.01 |
| 3000 metres | Adela Paulina Baltoi (ROU) | 9:57.30 | Burcu Subatan (TUR) | 10:00.59 | Alma Hrnjić (BIH) | 10:27.34 |
| 5000 metres | Klara Lukan (SLO) | 15:37.11 | Anastasia Marinakou (GRE) | 16:09.05 PB | Elif Dağdelen (TUR) | 16:09.10 |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Adelina Elena Panaet (ROU) | 9:44.27 | Nataliia Strebkova (UKR) | 9:45.56 | Claudia Prisecaru (ROU) | 9:46.66 PB |
| 100 metres hurdles | Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) | 13.06 | Beate Schrott (AUT) | 13.07 | Anamaria Nesteriuc (ROU) | 13.17 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Dimitra Gnafaki (GRE) | 57.00 PB | Agata Zupin (SLO) | 57.22 | Mariya Mykolenko (UKR) | 57.52 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Greece Katerina Dalaka Andrianna Ferra Maria Gatou Korina Politi | 45.24 | Serbia Anja Lukić Ivana Ilić Tamara Milutinović Milana Tirnanić | 45.58 | Romania Ana Maria Roşianu Roxana Maria Ene Anamaria Nesteriuc Marina Andreea Baboi | 45.82 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Slovenia Agata Zupin Gala Trajkovič Maja Pogorevc Anita Horvat | 3:33.99 | Greece Elpida-Ioanna Karkalatou Korina Politi Andrianna Ferra Eirini Vasileiou | 3:34.87 | Ukraine Tetiana Bezshyiko Anastasiia Ryemyen Svitlana Zhulzhyk Mariia Mykolenko | 3:39.53 |
| High jump | Marija Vuković (MNE) | 1.97 PB | Daniela Stanciu (ROU) | 1.92 | Lia Apostolovski (SLO) | 1.89 |
| Pole vault | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (GRE) | 4.60 | Iana Gladiichuk (UKR) | 4.50 | Buse Arikazan (TUR) | 4.40 |
| Long jump | Florentina Costina Iusco (ROU) | 6.65 | Milica Gardašević (SRB) | 6.61 | Filippa Fotopoulou (CYP) | 6.38 |
| Triple jump | Neja Filipič (SLO) | 14.25 | Spyridoula Karydi (GRE) | 14.12 | Tuğba Danışmaz (TUR) | 14.07 |
| Javelin Throw | Elina Tzengko (GRE) | 61.42 | Adriana Vilagoš (SRB) | 60.94 | Marija Vučenović (SRB) | 56.55 |
| Discus Throw | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE) | 59.87 | Dragana Tomašević (SRB) | 56.62 | Özlem Becerek (TUR) | 54.54 |
| Hammer Throw | Hanna Skydan (AZE) | 71.18 | Bianca Florentina Ghelber (ROU) | 70.00 | Anamari Kožul (CRO) | 67.38 |
| Shot put | Emel Dereli (TUR) | 18.51 | Pınar Akyol (TUR) | 17.02 | Maria Magkoulia (GRE) | 14.40 |
| Heptathlon | Stylani Tzikanoula [de] (GRE) | 5183 | Marina Živković (SRB) | 5036 | Emine Selda Kirdemir (TUR) | 4733 |
| 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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Greece | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Romania | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Turkey | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Serbia* | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Croatia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Austria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |