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.

2013 Balkan Athletics Championships
Dates27–28 July
Host cityStara Zagora, Bulgaria
VenueBeroe Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events40


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

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Event Gold Silver 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

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Event Gold Silver 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

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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

References

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