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Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
Βαλκανικοί Αγώνες Κλειστού Στίβου
First event1994
Occur everyYear
PurposeIndoor track and field event between Balkan nations
OrganiserAssociation of the Balkan Athletics Federations

The Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships, also known as the Balkan Indoor Games (Greek: Βαλκανικοί Αγώνες Κλειστού Στίβου), is an annual international regional indoor track and field competition between athletes from the Balkans. Following a test event in 1991,[1] it was officially launched in 1994.[2] Organised by the Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations (ABAF), it is typically held in February.[3][4][5] The competition complemented the long-running annual outdoor track and field tournament: the Balkan Games.[6] It received strong support from the Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association – until 2002, the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus,[7][8] Greece was the permanent host, as this was the only international standard indoor track and field arena in the region at that point. The Peania Indoors Arena, in the Metropolitan area of the Greek capital, took on hosting duties from 2003 to 2006, then began alternating with the Faliro, Piraeus stadium.[2] The event was cancelled in both 2010 and 2011 due to the insolvency of the Greek athletics body, linked to the Greek government-debt crisis.[9] The event was continued in 2012 with Turkey as the new host nation, which had built the Ataköy Athletics Arena for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The Balkan competition served as a major test event for the global championships.[10][11] The programme of events has been similar to that of the IAAF World Indoor Championships, except for the omission of the combined track and field events and (usually) the 4 × 400 metres relay. Women's pole vault was introduced in 1998, giving the sexes event parity, and the 200 metres for both sexes was dropped after 2005 in line with international standards. The 1994 championships featured racewalking competitions, but these were dropped for subsequent editions.[2] In addition to individual titles, a men's and a women's team title is awarded to the best performing nation in each section. Both medal tables and points tables are collated, with the points score contributing to the team title.[12][13] The points table was introduced in 2002. A total of seventeen nations have entered the competition during its history, with Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro being former competitors; all successor states of Yugoslavia have since competed independently, bar Kosovo.[12] The initial competition was between six nations, which expanded to nine by the end of the 1990s. The number of competing nations was further expanded between 2011 and 2014, with five more countries being admitted by the ABAF. Azerbaijan has also competed as a guest nation; its performances were discounted for medal and points-scoring purposes.[14] Romania and Greece have historically been the most successful nations at the event, although Turkey has been the most dominant since 2012.

Editions

Edition Year Stadium City Country Dates No. of
events 		No. of
athletes 		Men's winner[nb1] Women's winner[nb1]
— 1991 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece January 22 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
1 1994 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 20 February 25 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
2 1995 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 25 February 23 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
3 1996 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 24 February 23 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
4 1997 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 22 February 23 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
5 1998 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 22 February 24 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
6 1999 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 13 February 24 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
7 2000 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 12 February 24 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
8 2001 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 18 February 24 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
9 2002 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 23 February 24 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
10 2003 Peania Indoors Arena Paiania Greece 4 March 24 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
11 2004 Peania Indoors Arena Paiania Greece 28 February 24 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
12 2005 Peania Indoors Arena Paiania Greece 16 February 24 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
13 2006 Peania Indoors Arena Paiania Greece 22 February 22 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
14 2007 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 21 February 22 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
15 2008 Peania Indoors Arena Paiania Greece 9 February 22 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
16 2009 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus Greece 21 February 22 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
— 2010 Cancelled
— 2011 Cancelled
17 2012 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 18 February 22 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
18 2013 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 23 February 22 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
19 2014 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 22 February 22 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
20 2015 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 21 February 22 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
21 2016 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 27 February 22 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
22 2017 Kombank Arena Belgrade Serbia 25 February 22 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
23 2018 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 17 February 24 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
24 2019 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 16 February 24 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
25 2020 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 15 February 24 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
26 2021 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 20 February 24 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
27 2022 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 5 March 24 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
28 2024 Ataköy Athletics Arena Istanbul Turkey 10 February[15]
  • nb1 Team winners decided by medals up to 2001, with the points scoring format introduced in 2002.

Ranking

Year Ranking by Medals
1 2 3 Source
1994 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece [16]
1995 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria [17]
1996-2021
2022 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia [18]
2024 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia [19]

Medals (1994-2024)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania208144110462
2File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece130148118396
3File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria8210391276
4File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey749498266
5File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia313545111
6File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia22182565
7File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia16265395
8File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania16101844
9File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine1512835
10File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia14111136
11File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina1391335
12File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova12161846
13File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus98522
14File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia64414
15File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel3069
16File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria2237
17File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan2114
18File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro17311
19File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia15713
20File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia1438
21File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo0202
Totals (21 entries)6586596401,957

Source:[20]

Participation

Nation First appearance
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1991
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 1991
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1991
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1991
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1991
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 1996
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 1996
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 2007
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 2007
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2011
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 2013
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 2014
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 2014
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 2014
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 2016?[21]
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 2019
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia† 1991
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro† 1994–2002[nb2]
2003–2006

Championships records

Key:   Defunct event

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
60 m 6.58 Georgios Theodoridis File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 13 February 1999 1999 Championships Athens, Greece
200 m 21.25 Ioan Vieru File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 28 February 2004 2004 Championships Paiania, Greece [22]
400 m 46.35 Iliya Dzhivondov File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 12 February 2000 2000 Championships Athens, Greece
800 m 1:48.19 Oleg Myronets File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 20 February 2021 2021 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [23]
1500 m 3:37.49 İlham Tanui Özbilen File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 23 February 2013 2013 Championships Istanbul, Turkey
3000 m 7:42.49 Polat Kemboi Arıkan File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 18 February 2012 2012 Championships Istanbul, Turkey
60 m hurdles 7.57 Gheorghe Boroi File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 20 February 1994 1994 Championships Athens, Greece
High jump 2.32 m Cristian Popescu File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 20 February 1994 1994 Championships Athens, Greece
Pole vault 5.76 m Ivan Horvat File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 25 February 2017 2017 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [24]
Long jump 8.10 m Bogdan Tudor File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 25 February 1995 1995 Championships Athens, Greece
Triple jump 17.51 m Marian Oprea File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 22 February 2006 2006 Championships Paiania, Greece
Shot put 20.77 m Stipe Žunić File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 25 February 2017 2017 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [25]
Mesud Pezer File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 February 2018 2018 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [26]
4 × 400 m relay 3:10.36 Andrei Remus
Mihai Dringo
Simon Denis
Robert Parge 		File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 5 March 2022 2022 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [27]

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
60 m 7.13 Tezdzhan Naimova File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 21 February 2007 2007 Championships Athens, Greece
200 m 23.70 Angela Moroșanu File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 16 February 2005 2005 Championships Paiania, Greece [28]
400 m 51.06 Vania Stambolova File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 22 February 2006 2006 Championships Paiania, Greece
800 m 1:59.82 Mihaela Neacșu File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 21 February 2007 2007 Championships Athens, Greece
1500 m 4:06.89 Luiza Gega File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 27 February 2016 2006 Championships Istanbul, Turkey
3000 m 8:55.22 Cristina Grosu File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 23 February 2002 2002 Championships Athens, Greece
60 m hurdles 8.02 Andrea Ivančević File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 27 February 2016 2016 Championships Istanbul, Turkey
High jump 1.97 m Stefka Kostadinova File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 20 February 1994 1994 Championships Athens, Greece
Pole vault 4.60 m Iana Gladiichuk File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 20 February 2021 2021 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [29]
Long jump 6.96 m Ivana Španović File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 25 February 2017 2017 Championships Belgrade, Serbia [30]
Triple jump 14.84 m Hrysopiyi Devetzi File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 4 March 2003 2003 Championships Paiania, Greece
Shot put 19.30 m Anca Heltne File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 21 February 2009 2009 Championships Athens, Greece
4 × 400 m relay 3:33.76 Kateryna Klymiuk
Tetiana Melnyk
Anastasiia Bryzgina
Anna Ryzhykova 		File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 16 February 2019 2019 Championships Istanbul, Turkey [31]

References

  1. ↑ Ματιές στα Σπορ (Survey of Sports), vol. 29 (January 1992), p. 43.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  3. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2013-02-24). World leads by Lavillenie in Metz and Lendore, Duncan and Dendy in Fayetteville. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  4. ↑ Oprea eager for Moscow gold and World record - Balkan Indoor Champs report. IAAF (2006-02-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  5. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2014-02-22). Beitia clears two metres, Fassinotti sets Italian record – indoor champs round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  6. ↑ The Balkan Games in transition. IAAF (2001-02-19). Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Results | Balkan Athletics Official Website". 29 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Βαλκανικοί Αγώνες (Balkan Games) | StivoZ.gr". Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  9. ↑ No Athens Indoor meeting this year or Balkan Indoor Games Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  10. ↑ Turkish medal hopes and venue tested - Istanbul 2012 . IAAF (2012-02-20). Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  11. ↑ Results. Association of Balkan Athletic Federations. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Balkan Indoor Championships 2015 TEAM POINTS - MEN Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Association of Balkan Athletic Federations. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  13. ↑ Balkan Indoor Championships 2015 TEAM POINTS - WOMEN Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Association of Balkan Athletic Federations. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  14. ↑ 20th Balkan Indoor Championships 2015 Istanbul, TUR/Men/Full Results Men.pdf Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. ABAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-04.
  15. ↑ "Events Calendar | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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  17. ↑ "Athletics Podium".
  18. ↑ "Athletics Podium".
  19. ↑ "Athletics Podium".
  20. ↑ "Athletics Podium".
  21. ↑ 21st Balkan Indoor Championships 2016 Istanbul, TUR --- Results (Women's) --- Balkan-Athletics.EU
  22. ↑ "200m Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 28 February 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "2021 Balkan Indoor Championships – Men's Results" (PDF). ABAF. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  24. ↑ "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  25. ↑ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  26. ↑ "Balkan Indoor Championships 2018 Results" (PDF). TAF. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  27. ↑ "2022 Balkan Indoor Championships – Men's Results" (PDF). TAF. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  28. ↑ "200m Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 16 February 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  29. ↑ "2021 Balkan Indoor Championships – Women's Results" (PDF). ABAF. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  30. ↑ "Long Jump Results" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  31. ↑ "Balkan Indoor Championships 2019 Men's Results" (PDF). ABAF. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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