2020 Balkan Athletics Championships
# 2020 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2020 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 73rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 19 and 20 September at the Cluj Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 10.30 | Oleksandr Sokolov (UKR) | 10.35 | Aleksa Kijanović [de] (SRB) | 10.41 |
| 200 metres | Jak Ali Harvey (TUR) | 20.77 | Oleksandr Sokolov (UKR) | 21.10 | Marko Čeko (CRO) | 21.19 |
| 400 metres | Boško Kijanović [de] (SRB) | 46.56 | Mihai Pîslaru (ROU) | 46.58 | Oleksandr Pohorilko (UKR) | 46.87 |
| 800 metres | Oleh Myronets (UKR) | 1:49.60 | Murat Yalçınkaya (TUR) | 1:49.87 | Abedin Mujezinović (BIH) | 1:50.15 |
| 1500 metres | Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 3:47.60 | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 3:47.82 | Mehmet Çelik (TUR) | 3:47.98 |
| 3000 metres | Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 8:12.02 | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 8:12.11 | Ömer Amaçtan (TUR) | 8:13.66 |
| 5000 metres | Maxim Răileanu (MDA) | 14:09.23 | Nicolae Soare (ROU) | 14:14.09 | Ömer Amaçtan (TUR) | 14:17.30 |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Turgay Bayram (TUR) | 8:54.92 | Osman Junuzović (BIH) | 8:58.14 | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 9:01.31 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mikdat Sevler [fr] (TUR) | 14.07 | Stanislav Stankov (BUL) | 14.08 | Viktor Solianov (UKR) | 14.09 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Berke Akçam (TUR) | 50.60 | Dmytro Romanyuk (UKR) | 50.61 | Denys Nechyporenko (UKR) | 51.42 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Turkey Kayhan Özer Jak Ali Harvey İzzet Safer Ertan Özkan | 39.63 | Ukraine Oleksandr Sokolov Emil Ibragimov Stanislav Kovalenko Oleksandr Pohorilko | 39.87 | Romania Cristian Roiban Marius Tone Daniel Petre Rezmiveş Valentin Tănase | 40.55 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Turkey Batuhan Altıntaş Yavuz Can Berke Akçam İlyas Çanakçı | 3:06.35 | Romania Robert Parge Mihai Răzvan Vasiliu Vlad Dulcescu Mihai Pîslaru | 3:08.28 | Ukraine Oleh Myronets Denys Nechyporenko Danylo Danylenko Oleksandr Pohorilko | 3:08.53 |
| High jump | Andriy Protsenko (UKR) | 2.25 | Dmytro Yakovenko (UKR) | 2.15 | Alperen Acet (TUR) | 2.15 |
| Pole vault | Ilia Kravchenko (UKR) | 5.20 | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.20 | Artur Bortnikov (UKR) | 5.00 |
| Long jump | Marko Čeko (CRO) | 7.88 | Strahinja Jovančević (SRB) | 7.79 | Lazar Anić (SRB) | 7.74 |
| Triple jump | Levon Aghasyan (ARM) | 16.53 | Florin Alexandru Vișan (ROU) | 16.15 | Alexandru Gheorghe Tache (GEO) | 15.91 |
| Javelin Throw | Andrian Mardare (MDA) | 83.60 CR | Mark Slavov (BUL) | 83.40 NR | Dejan Mileusnić (BIH) | 79.57 |
| Discus Throw | Alin Firfirică (ROU) | 64.72 | Martin Marković (CRO) | 58.31 | Sergiu Ursu (ROU) | 57.09 |
| Hammer Throw | Mykhaylo Kokhan (UKR) | 75.43 | Özkan Baltacı (TUR) | 73.72 | Serghei Marghiev (MDA) | 72.74 |
| Shot put | Andrei Toader (ROU) | 19.44 | Ihor Musiienko (UKR) | 19.42 | Kemal Mešić (BIH) | 19.19 |
| Decathlon | Aleksandar Grnović (SRB) | 7179 | Răzvan George Roman (ROU) | 6605 | Vasil Vlasov (BUL) | 6237 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Milana Tirnanić (SRB) | 11.67 | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 11.70 | Marina Baboi (ROU) | 11.73 |
| 200 metres | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 23.81 | Camelia Gal (ROU) | 23.88 | Elif Polat (TUR) | 24.35 |
| 400 metres | Hanna Ryzhykova (UKR) | 51.74 | Alina Lohvynenko (GRE) | 52.89 | Nevin İnce (TUR) | 55.94 |
| 800 metres | Claudia Bobocea (ROU) | 2:03.32 | Lilyana Georgieva (BUL) | 2:05.16 | Daria Vdovychenko (UKR) | 2:06.07 |
| 1500 metres | Claudia Bobocea (ROU) | 4:12.95 | Orysia Demianiuk (UKR) | 4:16.97 | Burcu Subatan (TUR) | 4:17.79 |
| 3000 metres | Burcu Subatan (TUR) | 9:24.89 | Roxana Bârcă (ROU) | 9:24.97 | Bojana Bjeljac (CRO) | 9:26.93 |
| 5000 metres | Iuliya Shmatenko (UKR) | 15:41.17 | Bojana Bjeljac (CRO) | 16:18.56 | Teodora Simović (SRB) | 16:53.65 |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Nataliya Strebkova (UKR) | 9:41.38 | Adelina Elena Panaet (ROU) | 9:59.12 | Derya Kunur (TUR) | 10:21.81 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Hanna Plotitsyna (UKR) | 13.21 | Anamaria Nesteriuc (ROU) | 13.32 | Anja Lukić (SRB) | 13.39 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Viktoriya Tkachuk (UKR) | 55.58 | Mariya Mykolenko (UKR) | 57.43 | Sanda Belgyan (ROU) | 58.40 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Romania Ana Maria Roşianu Iulia Nicoleta Banaga Anamaria Nesteriuc Marina Baboi | 46.11 | Bulgaria Inna Eftimova Elena Miteva Iva Aleksandrova Kristina Bourukova | 47.33 | Moldova Iuliana Dovganici Anastasia Senchiv Tatiana Contrebut Diana Podoleanu | 50.57 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Ukraine Mariya Mykolenko Alina Lohvynenko Viktoriya Tkachuk Hanna Ryzhykova | 3:34.21 | Romania Adina Elena Circiogel Bianca Anton Sanda Belgyan Camelia Gal | 3:38.60 | Bulgaria Elena Miteva Lilyana Georgieva Bozhidara Gateva Kristina Bourukova | 3:57.10 |
| High jump | Daniela Stanciu (ROU) | 1.88 | Oksana Okunyeva (UKR) | 1.88 | Yuliya Chumachenko (UKR) | 1.84 |
| Pole vault | Iana Gladiichuk (UKR) | 4.40 | Maryna Kylypko (UKR) | 4.30 | Demet Parlak (TUR) | 4.10 |
| Long jump | Gabriela Petrova (BUL) | 6.41 | Oksana Martynova (UKR) | 6.33 | Florentina Iusco (ROU) | 6.32 |
| Triple jump | Gabriela Petrova (BUL) | 14.19 | Florentina Iusco (ROU) | 13.50 | Tuğba Aydın (TUR) | 13.44 |
| Javelin Throw | Vanja Spaić (BIH) | 53.31 | Mikhaela Petkova (BUL) | 50.35 | Ioana Valentina Plăvan (ROU) | 47.79 |
| Discus Throw | Özlem Becerek (TUR) | 53.41 | Andreea Iuliana Lungu (ROU) | 50.15 | Yana Kopcheva (BUL) | 41.48 |
| Hammer Throw | Bianca Florentina Ghelber (ROU) | 72.18 | Iryna Klymets (UKR) | 70.57 | Zalina Petrivskaya (MDA) | 67.17 |
| Shot put | Andreea Apachite (ROU) | 14.56 | Diana Ţigănaşu (ROU) | 14.08 | Yana Kopcheva (BUL) | 12.74 |
| Heptathlon | Alina Shukh (UKR) | 5940 | Florentina Budică (ROU) | 4778 | Iva Aleksandrova (BUL) | 4773 |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ukraine | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Turkey | 10 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Romania* | 8 | 14 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Moldova | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Croatia | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |
