2012 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
# 2012 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships

The 2012 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 17th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 18 February at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The competition was the first international event to be hosted at the newly-constructed Ataköy Athletics Arena, following the Turkish Indoor Athletics Championships in January and preceding the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships held in March. It also marked the re-launch of the Balkan Indoor Championships under the aegis of Turkey – the Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association had organised the event up to 2009 but the 2010 and 2011 championships were cancelled due to funding issues stemming from the Greek government-debt crisis.

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 metres | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas (GRE) | 6.78 | Georgi Georgiev (BUL) | 6.87 | Darko Šarović (SRB) | 6.90 |
| 400 metres | Yavuz Can (TUR) | 47.22 PB | Mateo Ružić (CRO) | 47.77 PB | Cătălin Cîmpeanu (ROU) | 47.95 |
| 800 metres | Halit Kiliç (TUR) | 1:50.72 | Ioan Zaizan (ROU) | 1:51.43 | Emrah Çoban (TUR) | 1:51.63 |
| 1500 metres | Andréas Dimitrákis (GRE) | 3:47.74 PB | Kemal Koyuncu (TUR) | 3:52.32 | Levent Ateş (TUR) | 3:53.27 |
| 3000 metres | Polat Kemboi Arıkan (TUR) | 7:42.49 NR | İlham Tanui Özbilen (TUR) | 7:50.61 PB | Tarık Langat Akdağ (TUR) | 8:02.62 |
| 60 m hurdles | Konstadinos Douvalidis (GRE) | 7.82 | Martin Arnaudov (BUL) | 7.96 | Mustafa Güneş (TUR) | 8.06 PB |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Turkey (TUR) Ali Ekber Kayaş Yavuz Can Mehmet Güzel Serdar Tamaç | 3:14.39 | Romania (ROU) Iulian Geambazu Doru Teofilescu Ioan Zaizan Adrian Drăgan | 3:18.37 | | |
| High jump | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (GRE) | 2.26 m | Viktor Ninov (BUL) | 2.21 m | Alexandru Tufǎ (ROU) | 2.18 m |
| Pole vault | Konstantinos Filippidis (GRE) | 5.75 NR | Spas Bukhalov (BUL) | 5.20 m | Levente Kecskes (ROU) | 4.60 m |
| Long jump | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 8.04 m | Yeóryios Tsákonas (GRE) | 7.88 m | Dimítrios Diamadáras (GRE) | 7.80 m |
| Triple jump | Dimitrios Tsiamis (GRE) | 16.45 m | Marian Oprea (ROU) | 16.43 m | Vladimir Letnicov (MDA) | 16.38 m |
| Shot put | Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) | 20.05 m | Michalis Stamatogiannis (GRE) | 19.30 m | Georgi Ivanov (BUL) | 18.96 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 metres | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 7.28 | Andreea Ogrăzeanu (ROU) | 7.44 | Sandra Parlov (CRO) | 7.49 |
| 400 metres | Vania Stambolova (BUL) | 52.36 | Meliz Redif (TUR) | 53.52 | Alina Panaite (ROU) | 54.41 PB |
| 800 metres | Merve Aydın (TUR) | 2:03.80 | Eleni Filandra (GRE) | 2:05.13 | Elena Popescu (MDA) | 2:05.33 PB |
| 1500 metres | Luiza Gega (ALB) | 4:10.75 NR | Ioana Doagă (ROU) | 4:10.84 PB | Larisa Arcip (ROU) | 4:17.86 PB |
| 3000 metres | Dudu Karakaya (TUR) | 9:22.20 PB | Slađana Perunović (MNE) | 9:32.60 PB | Elena Moagǎ (ROU) | 9:46.15 |
| 60 m hurdles | Nevin Yanıt (TUR) | 8.16 | Ivana Lončarek (CRO) | 8.51 | Kristina Damianova (BUL) | 8.74 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Romania (ROU) Alina Andreea Panainte Sanda Belgyan Mirela Lavric Bianca Răzor | 3:39.51 | Turkey (TUR) Özge Gürler Merve Aydın Emel Şanlı Meliz Redif | 3:41.47 | | |
| High jump | Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL) | 1.93 m | Esthera Petre (ROU) | 1.91 m | Ana Šimić (CRO) | 1.91 m |
| Pole vault | Stella-Iro Ledaki (GRE) | 4.25 m PB | Buse Arıkazan (TUR) | 4.00 m PB | Anna Ivanova (BUL) | 4.00 m PB |
| Long jump | Mirjana Gagić (CRO) | 6.28 NR | Cornelia Deiac (ROU) | 6.22 m | Evaggelía Galéni (GRE) | 6.10 m |
| Triple jump | Cristina Bujin (ROU) | 14.04 m | Andriana Bynova (BUL) | 13.70 m | Sevim Sinmez Serbest (TUR) | 13.48 m PB |
| Shot put | Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) | 16.74 m | Emel Dereli (TUR) | 16.55 m | Filiz Kadoğan (TUR) | 16.22 m |
