2017 Balkan Athletics Championships
# 2017 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2017 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 76th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Novi Pazar Athletics Stadium in Novi Pazar, Serbia on 15 and 16 July. The host nation Serbia won the most titles at the competition, with nine, and also shared the highest medal total with Romania, at 21. Romania finished top of the team points table.

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres (Wind: +2.2 m/s) | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 10.11 w | Ioannis Nyfadopoulos (GRE) | 10.22 w | Denis Dimitrov (BUL) | 10.40 w |
| 200 metres (Wind: +1.1 m/s) | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 20.56 | Panayiotis Trivyzas (GRE) | 20.92 | Imri Persiado (ISR) | 21.01 |
| 400 metres | Mateo Ružić (CRO) | 47.22 | Stefan Vukadinović (SRB) | 49.03 | Stjepan Bojanić (SRB) | 49.07 |
| 800 metres | Abedin Mujezinović (BIH) | 1:51.75 | Ion Siuris (MDA) | 1:52.11 | Hasan Basri Güdük (TUR) | 1:52.17 |
| 1500 metres | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 3:50.81 | Levent Ateş (TUR) | 3:51.16 | Nikolay Parvanov (BUL) | 3:51.39 |
| 5000 metres | Yolo Nikolov (BUL) | 14:33.35 | Cihat Ulus (TUR) | 14:37.01 | Vasile-Daniel Suciu (ROU) | 14:41.83 |
| 100 m hurdles | Cosmin Ilie Dumitrache (ROU) | 14.06 | Mustafa Güneş (TUR) | 14.29 | Batuhan Buğra Eruygun (TUR) | 14.36 |
| 400 m hurdles | Yann Senjarić (CRO) | 51.42 | Nagy Attila Csongor (ROU) | 52.13 | Peter Hribaršek (SLO) | 52.43 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Osman Junuzović (BIH) | 8:56.09 | Nicolai Gorbusco (MDA) | 9:00.61 | Resul Çevik (TUR) | 9:06.18 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Romania Serban Marius Florin Alexandru Terpezan Ionuț Neagoe Budin Daniel Mihai | 40.62 | Slovenia Tilen Ovniček Jan Kramberger Blaž Brulc Luka Marolt | 40.95 | Israel Asaf Malka Aviv Dayan Omri Harush Imri Persiado | 41.16 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Serbia Stjepan Bojanić Igor Garaj Ivan Marković Stefan Vukadinović | 3:15.92 | Romania Serban Marius Florin Madalin Dorian Gheban Nagy Attila Csongor Pavel Nichituş | 3:20.66 | Albania Daniel Limani Marko Makaj Florian Lata Edison Muço | 3:27.36 |
| High jump | Konstadinos Baniotis (GRE) | 2.14 m | Dan Claudiu Lazarica (ROU) | 2.14 m | Georgios Tessaromatis (GRE) | 2.14 m |
| Pole vault | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.50 m | Thodoris Chrysanthopoulos (GRE) | 5.30 m | Nikandros Stylianou (CYP) | 5.10 m |
| Long jump | Lazar Anić (SRB) | 7.94 m | Strahinja Jovančević (SRB) | 7.75 m | Bachana Khorava (GEO) | 7.56 m |
| Triple jump | Momchil Karailiev (BUL) | 16.82 m | Georgi Tsonov (BUL) | 16.62 m | Marian Oprea (ROU) | 15.93 m |
| Shot put | Mesud Pezer (BIH) | 20.11 m | Hamza Alić (BIH) | 19.60 m | Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) | 19.45 m |
| Discus throw | Martin Marić (CRO) | 61.20 m | Andreas Christou (CYP) | 60.14 m | Sergiu Ursu (ROU) | 57.55 m |
| Hammer throw | Özkan Baltacı (TUR) | 71.92 m | Ayhan Apti (BUL) | 67.29 m | Boris Yordanov (BUL) | 62.75 m |
| Javelin throw | Branko Pauković (SRB) | 75.82 m | Paraskevás Batzávalis (GRE) | 73.97 m | Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) | 73.37 m |
| Decathlon | Aleksandar Grnović (SRB) | 7 225 pts | Urban Čehovin (SLO) | 7 058 pts | Dragan Pešić (MNE) | 6 777 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres (Wind: +0.4 m/s) | Katerina Dalaka (GRE) | 11.72 | Milana Tirnanic (SRB) | 11.82 | Katarina Sirmić (SRB) | 11.93 |
| 200 metres (Wind: +1.0 m/s) | Grigoryia-Emmanouella Keramida (GRE) | 23.35 | Bianca Răzor (ROU) | 23.62 | Camelia Florina Ga (ROU) | 24.00 |
| 400 metres | Bianca Răzor (ROU) | 52.76 | Anna Vasileiou (GRE) | 53.79 | Maja Ćirić (SRB) | 53.38 |
| 800 metres | Amela Terzić (SRB) | 2:07.25 | Konstantina Giannopoulou (GRE) | 2:08.16 | Lenuta Petronela Simiuc (ROU) | 2:10.63 |
| 1500 metres | Amela Terzić (SRB) | 4:19.00 | Anthi Kyriakopoulou (GRE) | 4:22.01 | Lenuta Petronela Simiuc (ROU) | 4:23.09 |
| 5000 metres | Cristina Negru (ROU) | 16:36.98 | Şeyma Yıldız (TUR) | 16:40.88 | Teodora Simović (SRB) | 17:46.92 |
| 110 m hurdles | Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) | 13.16 | Anamaria Nesteriuc (ROU) | 13.19 | Anamaria Ioniță (ROU) | 13.37 |
| 400 m hurdles | Elif Yıldırım (TUR) | 58.67 | Katerina Dalaka (GRE) | 58.87 | Emel Şanlı (TUR) | 59.15 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Adela Bălțoi (ROU) | 10:29.27 | Fatma Demir (TUR) | 10:35.12 | Slađana Perunović (MNE) | 11:02.41 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Serbia Ivana Petković Katarina Sirmić Tamara Vuletic Milana Tirnanić | 46.34 | Romania Ana Maria Roșianu Anamaria Ioniță Anamaria Nesteriuc Ene Roxana | 46.45 | Macedonia Kristina Josifovska Katarina Timchevska Aiše Halili Valbona Selimi | 50.54 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Romania Camelia Florina Ga Anamaria Ioniță Ene Roxana Bianca Răzor | 3:37.29 | Serbia Marina Banovic Kristina Dudek Marija Hizman Anita Banovic | 3:43.90 | Macedonia Marija Jovanoska Kristina Josifovska Aiše Halili Katarina Timchevska | 4:09.84 |
| High jump | Tatiana Gousin (GRE) | 1.91 m | Mirela Demireva (BUL) | 1.88 m | Marija Vuković (MNE) | 1.84 m |
| Pole vault | Maria Aristotelous (CYP) | 4.00 m | Buse Arıkazan (TUR) | 3.80 m | Ionela Denisa Luca (ROU) | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Chaido Alexouli (GRE) | 6.41 m | Milica Gardašević (SRB) | 6.38 m | Milena Mitkova (BUL) | 6.30 m |
| Triple jump | Carmen Toma (ROU) | 13.65 m | Kristína Alvertsián (GRE) | 13.36 m | Petra Koren (SLO) | 13.10 m |
| Shot put | Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) | 17.86 m | Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) | 17.62 m | Evangelia Sofiani (GRE) | 15.31 m |
| Discus throw | Dragana Tomašević (SRB) | 59.35 m | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE) | 58.05 m | Kristina Rakočević (MNE) | 52.12 m |
| Hammer throw | Zalina Petrivskaya (MDA) | 69.03 m | Tuğçe Şahutoğlu (TUR) | 65.87 m | Marina Nichișenco (MDA) | 64.61 m |
| Javelin throw | Marija Vučenović (SRB) | 56.41 m | Bernarda Letnar (SLO) | 52.27 m | Tatjana Mirković (SRB) | 51.83 m |
| Heptathlon | Mladena Petrušić (BIH) | 4 796 pts | Nikolija Stanivuković (BIH) | 4 585 pts | Sanja Ristovic (SRB) | 4 518 pts |

## Medal table

| 1 | Serbia | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Romania | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Greece | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Turkey | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Croatia | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Moldova | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Slovenia | - | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Montenegro | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Macedonia | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Israel | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Albania | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Georgia | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Participation

* Albania
* Armenia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Georgia
* Greece
* Macedonia
* Israel
* Montenegro
* Moldova
* Romania
* Turkey
* Slovenia
* Serbia
