2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 25th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 15 February at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.

2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates15 February
Host cityIstanbul, Turkey
VenueAtaköy Athletics Arena
LevelSenior
Events24
Participation21 nations
2019
2021

In a closely contested competition, Romania and Ukraine each won five gold medals. Turkey won the most medals overall, with a haul of 16, followed by Romania on 12. Romania won the most women's events, with five and also won the most women's medals in total, with five. Ukraine won the most men's events, with three, and Turkey won the most women's medals in total, with ten.[1]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres   Konstantinos Zikos (GRE) 6.66   Umut Uysal (TUR) 6.68   Kayhan Özer (TUR) 6.71
400 metres   Ivan Budzynskyi (UKR) 47.32   Mihai Pîslaru (ROU) 47.49   Batuhan Altıntaş (TUR) 47.55
800 metres   Yevhen Hutsol (UKR) 1:50.05   Abedin Mujezinović (BIH) 1:50.75   Murat Yalçınkaya (TUR) 1:50.86
1500 metres   Elzan Bibić (SRB) 3:50.18   Mitko Tsenov (BUL) 3:50.46   David Nikolli (ALB) 3:50.52
3000 metres   Andreas Vojta (AUT) 7:54.75   Süleyman Bekmezci (TUR) 8:13.93   Yolo Nikolov (BUL) 8:14.55
60 m hurdles   Mikdat Sevler (TUR) 7.83   Stanislav Stankov (BUL) 7.88   Furkan Aktaş (TUR) 7.93
4 × 400 m relay   Slovenia
Jure Grkman
Gregor Grahovac
Žan Rudolf
Luka Janežič
3:12.19
CR, NR
  Turkey
Akın Özyürek
Mahsum Korkmaz
Oğuzhan Kaya
Berke Akçam
3:12.25   Romania
Vlad Dulcescu
Constantin Andonii
Mihai Pîslaru
Robert Parge
3:13.86
High jump   Dmytro Nikitin (UKR) 2.24   Tihomir Ivanov (BUL) 2.18   Alperen Acet (TUR) 2.18
Pole vault   Ersu Şaşma (TUR) 5.50   Theodoros Chrisanthopoulos (GRE) 5.40   Nikandros Stylianou (CYP) 5.35
Long jump   Izmir Smajlaj (ALB) 7.91   Yaroslav Isachenkov (UKR) 7.79   Strahinja Jovančević (SRB) 7.79
Triple jump   Nazim Babayev (AZE) 16.92   Levon Aghasyan (ARM) 16.44   Lasha Gulelauri (GEO) 16.29
Shot put   Mesud Pezer (BIH) 20.75   Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) 20.38   Armin Sinančević (SRB) 19.77

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres   Diana Vaisman (ISR) 7.36   Mizgin Ay (TUR) 7.38   Milana Tirnanić (SRB) 7.40
400 metres   Andrea Miklós (ROU) 52.64   Irini Vasiliou (GRE) 52.93   Camelia Gal (ROU) 53.27
800 metres   Cristina Bălan (ROU) 2:07.17   Bianca Răzor (ROU) 2:07.18   Ivona Zemunik (CRO) 2:07.99
1500 metres   Roxana Bârcă (ROU) 4:20.33   Natalia Evangelidou (CYP) 4:20.91   Rahime Tekin (TUR) 4:24.51
3000 metres   Luiza Gega (ALB) 8:55.45   Fatma Arık (TUR) 9:18.02   Claudia Prisecaru (ROU) 9:20.92
60 metres hurdles   Ivana Lončarek (CRO) 8.13   Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) 8.20   Anamaria Nesteriuc (ROU) 8.21
4 × 400 metres relay   Turkey
Zehra Oral
Derya Yıldırım
Zeynep Kuran
Emel Şanlı-Kırçın
3:45.23   Croatia
Ida Šimunčić
Tajana Židov
Ivona Zemunik
Alena Hrušoci
3:45.76   Romania
Cristina Bălan
Florina Pierdevară
Roxana Bârcă
Camelia Gal
3:48.09
High jump   Yuliya Chumachenko (UKR) 1.88   Marija Vuković (MNE) 1.88   Ana Šimić (CRO) 1.86
Pole vault   Yana Hladiichuk (UKR) 4.40   Buse Arıkazan (TUR) 4.20   Michal Tocker (ISR) 3.70
Long jump   Florentina Iusco (ROU) 6.53   Milena Mitkova (BUL) 6.42   Milica Gardašević (SRB) 6.38
Triple jump   Elena Panțuroiu (ROU) 13.75   Paola Borović (CRO) 13.54   Yekaterina Sariyeva (AZE) 13.50 NR
Shot put   Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) 18.11   Emel Dereli (TUR) 17.77   Olha Holodna (UKR) 16.94

Medal table

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  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Romania52512
2  Ukraine5117
3  Turkey*37616
4  Albania2013
5  Greece1304
6  Croatia1225
7  Serbia1146
8  Bosnia and Herzegovina1102
9  Azerbaijan1012
  Israel1012
11  Austria1001
  Moldova1001
  Slovenia1001
14  Bulgaria0415
15  Cyprus0112
16  Armenia0101
  Montenegro0101
18  Georgia0011
Totals (18 entries)24242472

References

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  1. ^ 25th Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships - Medal Table. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
Results
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