Balkan Race Walking Championships
The Balkan Race Walking Championships is an annual racewalking competition between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics. The championships features six individual races: senior men's and women's 20 kilometres race walks, men's and women's under-20 10 kilometres race walks, an under-18 boys' 10 km walk, and an under-18 girls' 5 kilometres race walk.[1] Each individual race also has a national team component with points awarded based on finishing time, which are then totalled to form an overall team score for the championships.[2]
Balkan racewalking competitions originated in the main Balkan Athletics Championships. A men's 20 km walk was first held in 1961 and a women's 10 km walk was introduced in 1988 (later increased to a 20 km race in 2001).[3] One-off indoor walks were also held at the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in 1994.[4] The Balkan championships for racewalking were first held separately from the main championships in 2000,[3] though Balkan Athletics starting their official numbering of a discrete Balkan Race Walking Championships from 2002 onwards.[5]
List of winners (20 km)[edit]
| Edition | Year | Venue | Country | Date | Senior men's winner | Time | Senior women's winner | Time | Team winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2002 | Vlasotince | Yugoslavia |  Silviu Casandra (ROM) |
1:22:06 |  Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova (BUL) |
1:32:16 | — | |
| 2nd | 2003 | Ruse | Bulgaria |  Predrag Filipović (SCG) |
1:22:40 | Veronica Budileanu (ROM) |
1:35:12 | — | |
| 3rd | 2004 | Reșița | Romania | Costică Bălan (ROM) |
1:21:51 |  Athina Papayianni (GRE) |
1:28:58 | — | |
| 4th | 2005 | Preveza | Greece | Silviu Casandra (ROM) |
1:25:48 | Evangelia Xinou (GRE) |
1:35:35 | — | |
| 5th | 2006 | Istanbul | Turkey | Predrag Filipović (SCG) |
1:22:31 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) |
1:30:46 | — | |
| 6th | 2007 | Galați | Romania |  Recep Çelik (TUR) |
1:23:10 | Alina Olaru (ROM) |
1:33:14 | — | |
| 7th | 2008 | Bucharest | Romania | 12 April[6] |  Predrag Filipović (SRB) |
1:26:59 | Veronica Budileanu (ROM) |
1:34:37 | — |
| 8th | 2009 | Bucharest | Romania | Dragoș Neacșu (ROM) |
1:23:21.20 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) |
1:29:56.30 | — | |
| 9th | 2010 | Bucharest | Romania | Silviu Casandra (ROM) |
1:23:29.30 | Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) |
1:37.26 | — | |
| 10th | 2011 | Bucharest | Romania | Recep Çelik (TUR) |
1:22:31 | Claudia Ștef (ROM) |
1:33:38 | — | |
| 11th | 2012 | Bucharest | Romania | Predrag Filipović (SRB) |
1:28:50 | Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) |
1:35:17 | — | |
| 12th | 2013 | Ayvalık | Turkey | Vladimir Savanović (SRB) |
1:28:42 | Adriana Georgiana Enache (ROM) |
1:39:17 | Turkey
| |
| 13th | 2014 | Balchik | Bulgaria | Vladimir Savanović (SRB) |
1:26.31 | Despina Zapounidou (GRE) |
1:34.56 | Romania
| |
| 14th | 2015 | Ayvalık | Turkey | Şahin Şenoduncu (TUR) |
1:27:30 | Andreea Arsine (ROM) |
1:39:36 | Turkey
| |
| 15th | 2016 | Florina | Greece | Adrian Dragomir (ROM) |
1:31:32 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) |
1:38:29 | Turkey
| |
| 16th | 2017 | Florina | Greece | Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) |
1:26:40 | Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) |
1:34:00 | Romania
| |
| 17th | 2018 | Zrenjanin | Serbia |  Dmytro Sobchuk (UKR) |
1:26:27 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) |
1:39:01 | Turkey
| |
| 18th | 2019 | Alexandroupoli | Greece | Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) |
1:24:40 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) |
1:34:55 | Greece
| |
| 19th | 2020 | Ivano-Frankivsk | Ukraine | 14 March[7] | Eduard Zabuzhenko (UKR) |
1:20:46 | Mariia Sakharuk (UKR) |
1:30:22 | Greece
|
| 20th | 2021 | Antalya | Turkey | 27 March[8] | Sahin Senoduncu (TUR) |
1:24:20 | Ayşe Tekdal (TUR) |
1:30:12 | Turkey
|
| 21st | 2022 | Athens | Greece | 3 April[9] | Narcis Mihăilă (ROU) |
1:30:24 | Ayşe Tekdal (TUR) |
1:38:01 | Turkey
|
| 22nd | 2023 | Antalya | Turkey | 9 April[10] | Mazlum Demir (TUR) |
1:25:38 | Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) |
1:29:56 | Greece
|
References[edit]
- ^ 18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ 18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019 Team Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ a b Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ Results Archived 2022-10-30 at the Wayback Machine. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ 2008 Balkan Race Walking Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ 2020 Balkan Race Walking Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "27/03/2021 Antalya (TUR): Balkan Championships - Great results of Meryem Bekmez". marciadalmondo.com. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "21st Balkan Race Walking Championships 2022 Athens, GRE" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 3 April 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Balkan Race Walking Championships". worldathletics.org. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- Winners list
- Results Archived 2022-10-30 at the Wayback Machine. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
External links[edit]
- Official website of Balkan Athletics
