2014 Balkan Athletics Championships
# 2014 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2014 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 67th 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 26 and 27 July. The host nation Romania topped the medal table with fourteen gold medals among a total haul of 32. Turkey and Bulgaria each won seven gold medals.

Athletes' performances were assessed with a points ranking based on international standards in the given event. Romanian long jumper Alina Rotaru gave the best overall performance with 6.72 m for 1143 points and her countryman Marian Oprea gave the best men's performance with 16.77 m for 1130 points in the triple jump.

Turkey's Ramil Guliyev won a double in the men's short sprints and Marian Oprea was the victor in both men's horizontal jumps. The individual 400 metres champions, Yavuz Can and Bianca Răzor, both anchored their national teams to a second gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Bulgaria's Inna Eftimova fell just short of a women's short sprint double, winning the 200 metres and taking silver in the 100 metres. Bulgarian jumper Andriana Bânova and Moldovan thrower Dimitriana Surdu each won multiple individual medals.

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 10.24 | Cătălin Cîmpeanu (ROU) | 10.35 | İzzet Safer (TUR) | 10.42 |
| 200 metres | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 21.04 | İzzet Safer (TUR) | 21.53 | Alexandru Terpezan (ROU) | 21.58 |
| 400 metres | Yavuz Can (TUR) | 46.50 | Željko Vincek (CRO) | 47.36 | Mateo Ružić (CRO) | 47.41 |
| 800 metres | Andreas Dimitrakis (GRE) | 1:49.74 | Hasan Basri Güdük (TUR) | 1:50.10 | Amel Tuka (BIH) | 1:50.67 |
| 1500 metres | Kemal Koyuncu (TUR) | 3:45.80 | Levent Ateş (TUR) | 3:46.63 | Andreas Dimitrakis (GRE) | 3:46.74 |
| 5000 metres | Nicolae Soare (ROU) | 14:17.95 | Yolo Nikolov (BUL) | 14:23.54 | Dino Bošnjak (CRO) | 14:26.10 |
| 110 m hurdles | Milan Ristić (SRB) | 14.47 | David Ilariani (GEO) | 14.72 | Mustafa Gunes (TUR) | 15.03 |
| 400 m hurdles | Emir Bekrić (SRB) | 50.08 | Yasmani Copello (TUR) | 50.62 | Milan Kotur (CRO) | 51.87 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 8:52.33 | Alexandru Ghinea (ROU) | 8:58.08 | Nicolai Gorbusco (MDA) | 8:59.77 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Romania Stefan-Alexandru Codreanu Teofilescu Doru Alexandru Alexandru Terpezan Cătălin Cîmpeanu | 40.09 | Serbia Milan Ristić Goran Podunavac Nemanja Bozic Strahinja Jovančević | 41.38 | Greece Vasileios Tsaousis Nikolaos Saisanas Ioannis Nyfantopoulos Michael Mertzanidis | 42.28 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Turkey Yasmani Copello Halit Kiliç Mehmet Güzel Yavuz Can | 3:07.41 | Croatia Zvonimir Ivaškovic Staša Vrhovec Željko Vincek Mateo Ružić | 3:09.31 | Romania Alin George Costache Ionut Danila Attila Csongor Nagy Tiberiu Alexandru Baneasu | 3:10.93 |
| High jump | Tikhomir Ivanov (BUL) | 2.22 m | Mihai Donisan (ROU) | 2.22 m | Viktor Ninov (BUL) | 2.14 m |
| Pole vault | Ivan Horvat (CRO) | 5.30 m | Thodoris Chrysanthopoulos (GRE) | 5.10 m | Andrej Poljanec (SLO) | 5.10 m |
| Long jump | Marian Oprea (ROU) | 7.78 m | Denis Eradiri (BUL) | 7.71 m | Alper Kulaksız (TUR) | 7.66 m |
| Triple jump | Marian Oprea (ROU) | 16.77 m | Rumen Dimitrov (BUL) | 16.62 m | Vladimir Letnicov (MDA) | 16.54 m |
| Shot put | Georgi Ivanov (BUL) | 19.62 m | Hamza Alić (BIH) | 19.13 m | Kemal Mešić (BIH) | 18.94 m |
| Discus throw | Martin Marić (CRO) | 62.91 m | Danijel Furtula (MNE) | 61.48 m | Mihai Grasu (ROU) | 59.09 m |
| Hammer throw | Serghei Marghiev (MDA) | 76.20 m | Özkan Baltacı (TUR) | 69.67 m | Konstantinos Kostoglidis (GRE) | 68.52 m |
| Javelin throw | Fatih Avan (TUR) | 75.98 m | Georgios Iltsios (GRE) | 71.83 m | Vedran Samac (SRB) | 69.25 m |
| Decathlon | Darko Pešić (MNE) | 7259 pts | Dragan Pešić (MNE) | 6951 pts | Razvan George Roman (ROU) | 6867 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Andreea Ogrăzeanu (ROU) | 11.33 | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 11.44 | Maria Gatou (GRE) | 11.48 |
| 200 metres | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 23.99 | Andriana Ferra (GRE) | 24.06 | Lucija Pokos (CRO) | 24.09 |
| 400 metres | Bianca Răzor (ROU) | 52.24 | Adelina Pastor (ROU) | 53.52 | Anita Banović (CRO) | 53.84 |
| 800 metres | Mirela Lavric (ROU) | 2:04.21 | Mihaela Roxana Nunu (ROU) | 2:04.69 | Olga Zaporojan (MDA) | 2:07.20 |
| 1500 metres | Florina Pierdevară (ROU) | 4:24.95 | Claudia Bobocea (ROU) | 4:26.01 | Silvia Danekova (BUL) | 4:26.54 |
| 5000 metres | Esma Aydemir (TUR) | 15:58.25 | Monica Mădălina Florea (ROU) | 16:01.13 | Sonja Roman (SLO) | 16:06.09 |
| 100 m hurdles | Ivana Lončarek (CRO) | 13.37 | Maria Pinni (GRE) | 13.53 | Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) | 13.82 |
| 400 m hurdles | Angela Moroșanu (ROU) | 57.43 | Sanda Belgyan (ROU) | 59.34 | Emel Şanlı (TUR) | 59.68 |
| 3000 m s'chase | Silvia Danekova (BUL) | 9:43.45 | Özlem Kaya (TUR) | 9:47.34 | Cristina Casandra (ROU) | 9:51.40 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Greece Andriana Ferra Georgia Kokloni Maria Gatou Elisavet Pesiridou | 44.76 | Romania Ana Maria Roșianu Angela Moroșanu Andreea Grecu Andreea Ogrăzeanu | 45.54 | Croatia Ivana Lončarek Lucija Pokos Mateja Jambrovic Nika Župa | 45.65 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Romania Adelina Pastor Mirela Lavric Angela Moroșanu Bianca Răzor | 3:31.02 | Croatia Marija Hižman Anita Banović Marina Banović Kristina Dudek | 3:37.67 | Serbia Katarina Ilic Jelena Grujic Bojana Kaličanin Tamara Markovic | 3:39.93 |
| High jump | Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL) | 1.90 m | Mirela Demireva (BUL) | 1.87 m | Burcu Yüksel (TUR) | 1.83 m |
| Pole vault | Lorella Manou (GRE) | 4.35 m | Buse Arikzan (TUR) | 3.60 m | Mateja Drobnič (SLO) | 3.50 m |
| Long jump | Alina Rotaru (ROU) | 6.72 m | Cornelia Deiac (ROU) | 6.42 m | Andriana Bânova (BUL) | 6.22 m |
| Triple jump | Cristina Bujin (ROU) | 14.11 m | Andriana Bânova (BUL) | 13.74 m | Cristina Mihaela Sandu (ROU) | 13.67 m |
| Shot put | Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) | 17.60 m | Andreea Huzum-Vitan (ROU) | 15.47 m | Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) | 14.30 m |
| Discus throw | Dragana Tomašević (SRB) | 57.60 m | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE) | 53.38 m | Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) | 50.17 m |
| Hammer throw | Bianca Perie-Ghelber (ROU) | 69.42 m | Marina Nichișenco (MDA) | 60.68 m | Sara Savatović (SRB) | 57.03 m |
| Javelin throw | Mădălina-Nicoleta Anghelescu (ROU) | 53.12 m | Katarina Gašparovič (CRO) | 49.25 m | Selena Durna (TUR) | 45.78 m |
| Heptathlon | Sofia Yfantidou (GRE) | 5724 pts | Beatrice Puiu (ROU) | 5624 pts | Serpil Koçak (TUR) | 5260 pts |

## Medal table

| 1 | Romania | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Turkey | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Greece | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Croatia | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Montenegro | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 8 | Moldova | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Georgia | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11 | Slovenia | - | - | 3 | 11 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
