2016 Balkan Athletics Championships
# 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.

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| 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 |
