2016 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2016 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 75th 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 25 and 26 June. The host nation Romania won the most titles at the competition, with eight, and Turkey won with most medals overall, at 23.

2016 Balkan Athletics Championships
Dates25–26 June
Host cityPitești, Romania
VenueStadionul Nicolae Dobrin
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor


Results edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 10.30   Emre Zafer Barnes (TUR) 10.32   Denis Dimitrov (BUL) 10.47
200 metres   Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 20.98   İzzet Safer (TUR) 21.16   Panagiotis Andreadis (GRE) 21.35
400 metres   Mateo Ružić (CRO) 46.31   Željko Vincek (CRO) 46.83   Alexandru Babaian (MDA) 47.41
800 metres   Amel Tuka (BIH) 1:47.69   Musa Hajdari (KOS) 1:48.55   Valentin Catalin Voicu (ROU) 1:50.16
1500 metres   Ioan Zaizan (ROU) 3:42.74   Andreas Dimitrakis (GRE) 3:44.25   Süleyman Bekmezci (TUR) 3:44.85
5000 metres   Mitko Tsenov (BUL) 14:29.86   Hakan Coban (TUR) 15:03.87   Maxim Răileanu (MDA) 15:04.93
100 m hurdles   Milan Trajkovic (CYP) 13.73   Cosmin Ilie Dumitrache (ROU) 14.01   Alexandros Stavrides (CYP) 14.37
400 m hurdles   Rusmir Malkočević (BIH) 51.47   Petros Kyriakidis (GRE) 51.97   Filip Pestic (CRO) 52.02
3000 m s'chase   Hakan Duvar (TUR) 8:40.76   Stefana Andrei Cristian (ROU) 8:51.00   Osman Junuzovic (BIH) 9:00.06
4 × 100 m relay   Turkey
Cumali Umutcan Emektaş
Furkan Sen
Abdulkadir Gögalp
Emre Zafer Barnes
39.67   Slovenia
Jan Kramberger
Gregor Kokalovič
Blaž Brulc
Ahac Moretti
40.81   Serbia
Goran Podunavac
Filip Ištvanovic
Strahinja Jovancevic
Aleksa Kijanovic
40.83
4 × 400 m relay   Turkey
Halit Kiliç
Yasmani Copello
Batuhan Altıntaş
Yavuz Can
3:04.21   Croatia
Antonio Zelić
Željko Vincek
Mateo Kovačić
Mateo Ružić
3:08.54   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rusmir Malkočević
Semir Avdic
Abedin Mujezinovic
Amel Tuka
3:09.47
High jump   Vasílios Konstantínou (CYP) 2.23 m   Konstadinos Baniotis (GRE) 2.23 m   Milos Todosijevic (SRB)
  Tihomir Ivanov (BUL)
2.20 m
Pole vault   Ivan Horvat (CRO) 5.50 m   Lev Skorish (ISR) 5.00 m   Atanas Petrov (BUL) 5.00 m
Long jump   Strahinja Jovančević (SRB) 7.92 m   Cristian Iulian Staicu (ROU) 7.87 m   Alper Kulaksız (TUR) 7.84 m
Triple jump   Levon Aghasyan (ARM) 16.49 m   Tom Yakubov (ISR) 16.44 m   Momchil Karailiev (BUL) 16.24 m
Shot put   Georgi Ivanov (BUL) 20.62 m   Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) 20.02 m   Andrei Toader (ROU) 19.98 m
Discus throw   Alin Firfirică (ROU) 60.58 m   Martin Marković (CRO) 60.05 m   Roland Varga (CRO) 58.24 m
Hammer throw   Eşref Apak (TUR) 76.45 m   Serghei Marghiev (MDA) 74.89 m   Özkan Baltacı (TUR) 74.65 m
Javelin throw   Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) 77.83 m   George Catalin Zaharia (ROU) 76.17 m   Andrian Mardare (MDA) 75.72 m
Decathlon   Darko Pešić (MNE) 7827 pts   Panayiótis Mántis (GRE) 7077 pts   Aleksandar Grnovic (SRB) 7049 pts

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Ivet Lalova-Collio (BUL) 11.57   Diana Vaisman (ISR) 11.88   Lucija Pokos (CRO) 11.89
200 metres   Katerina Dalaka (GRE) 24.10   Lucija Pokos (CRO) 24.13   Andreea Ogrăzeanu (ROU) 24.25
400 metres   Tamara Salaški (SRB) 52.00   Anna Vasileiou (GRE) 52.75   Bianca Răzor (ROU) 52.89
800 metres   Florina Pierdevară (ROU) 2:04.21   Mihaela Roxana Nunu (ROU) 2:05.10   Eleni Filandra (GRE) 2:06.45
1500 metres   Claudia Bobocea (ROU) 4:16.94   Aslı Arık (TUR) 4:21.54   Dilyana Minkina (BUL) 4:23.04
5000 metres   Teodora Simović (SRB) 16:28.98   Monica Madalina Florea (ROU) 16:33.87   Anastasia Karakatsani (GRE) 16:35.80
110 m hurdles   Ivana Lončarek (CRO) 13.09   Olympia Petsoudi (GRE) 13.36   Anamaria Nesteriuc (ROU) 13.44
400 m hurdles   Katerina Dalaka (GRE) 58.27   Anna Berghii (MDA) 58.28   Elif Yıldırım (TUR) 58.78
3000 m s'chase   Ancuța Bobocel (ROU) 9:46.34   Silvia Danekova (BUL) 10:05.99   Sebahat Akpınar (TUR) 10:24.02
4 × 100 m relay   Greece
Georgia Kokloni
Elisavet Pesiridou
Olympia Petsoudi
Katerina Dalaka
44.51   Croatia
Ivana Lončarek
Lucija Pokos
Kristina Dudek
Nika Župa
45.45   Turkey
Derya Yildirim
Zeynep Baş
Yaren Acer
Berfe Sanlak
45.97
4 × 400 m relay   Romania
Adelina Pastor
Anamaria Ioniță
Andrea Miklós
Bianca Răzor
3:31.26   Greece
Konstantina Giannopoulou
Eleni Filandra
Despoia Mourta
Katerina Dalaka
3:37.48   Turkey
Emel Şanlı
Meryem Kasap
Berfe Sanlak
Meryem Kasap
3:37.72
High jump   Mirela Demireva (BUL) 1.91 m   Marija Vuković (MNE) 1.88 m   Burcu Yüksel (TUR) 1.85 m
Pole vault   Stella-Iro Ledaki (GRE) 4.10 m   Demet Parlak (TUR) 3.80 m   Elija Valentić (CRO) 3.80 m
Long jump   Nektaría Panayí (CYP) 6.49 m   Filippa Fotopoulou (CYP) 6.45 m   Efthymia Kolokytha (GRE) 6.40 m
Triple jump   Elena Panțuroiu (ROU) 14.33 m   Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (ISR) 14.25 m   Cristina Sandu (ROU) 13.67 m
Shot put   Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) 18.12 m   Emel Dereli (TUR) 17.47 m   Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) 15.45 m
Discus throw   Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE) 59.76 m   Natalia Stratulat (MDA) 56.29 m   Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) 52.63 m
Hammer throw   Zalina Petrivskaya (MDA) 73.89 m   Marina Nichișenco (MDA) 69.25 m   Kıvılcım Kaya (TUR) 68.03 m
Javelin throw   Eda Tuğsuz (TUR) 56.47 m   Mădălina-Nicoleta Anghelescu (ROU) 53.72 m   Berivan Şakir (TUR) 51.40 m
Heptathlon   Beatrice Puiu (ROU) 5 890 pts   Stella Tzikanoula (GRE) 5 135 pts   Mladena Petrušić (BIH) 4 785 pts

Medal table edit

  Romania 8 7 6 21
  Turkey 7 6 10 23
  Greece 5 8 4 17
  Bulgaria 5 1 5 11
  Croatia 3 5 4 12
  Serbia 3 1 3 7
  Cyprus 3 1 1 5
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 - 3 3
  Moldova 1 4 5 10
  Montenegro 1 1 - 2
  Armenia 1 - - 1
  Israel - 4 - 4
  Slovenia - 1 - 1
  Kosovo - 1 - 1
Total 40 40 41 121

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