2019 Balkan Athletics Championships
2019 Balkan Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | 2–3 September |
Host city | Pravets, Bulgaria |
Venue | |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 40 |
Records set | 3 championship records |
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The 2019 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 74th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at the in Pravets, Bulgaria on 2 and 3 September. It was the first time that the city hosted the competition.
Three championship records were broken: both 200 metres records were improved (the men's by Ukraine's Serhiy Smelyk in 20.50 seconds, and the women's by Bulgarian Ivet Lalova-Collio, who ran 22.45 seconds), while Greek men's pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis cleared a record height of 5.66 m. Lalova-Collio won a sprint double in the women's 100 metres and 200 m while Smelyk won golds for Ukraine in the 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay. Ukraine was the most successful nation at the competition, topping the medal table with 18 medals (nine of them gold). Romania also won 18 medals, though only five golds. Greece, Turkey and host nation Bulgaria all won five or more gold medals.[1]
Romanian men's throwers Andrei Gag and Alin Alexandru Firfirică successfully defended their titles. In women's jumps Mirela Demireva (high jump), Buse Arıkazan (pole vault) and Paraskevi Papachristou (triple jump) all repeated their victories from 2018. Serbia's Teodora Simović (5000 m) was the sole individual to retain a track title while her compatriot Marija Vučenović took her third straight javelin throw title.
Results[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Emre Zafer Barnes (TUR) | 10.48 | (SRB) | 10.58 | (BUL) | 10.66 |
200 metres | Serhiy Smelyk (UKR) | 20.50 CR | (BUL) | 21.07 | Ihor Bodrov (UKR) | 21.43 |
400 metres | Danylo Danylenko (UKR) | 46.84 | (GEO) | 47.37 | (TUR) | 47.68 |
800 metres | Oleh Myronets (UKR) | 1:50.13 | Musa Hajdari (KOS) | 1:50.33 | (GRE) | 1:50.48 |
1500 metres | (ARM) | 3:46.00 | Musa Hajdari (KOS) | 3:46.54 | (ALB) | 3:47.06 |
5000 metres | (ROU) | 14:51.17 | (BUL) | 14:52.01 | (TUR) | 14:53.12 |
100 m hurdles | Artem Shamatryn (UKR) | 14.18 | (ROU) | 14.22 | (SRB) | 14.22 |
400 m hurdles | Denys Nechyporenko (UKR) | 50.71 | (UKR) | 51.12 | (BIH) | 51.53 |
3000 m s'chase | Aras Kaya (TUR) | 8:39.35 | (BIH) | 8:47.97 | Mitko Tsenov (BUL) | 8:54.97 |
4 × 100 m relay | Ukraine Ihor Bodrov Serhiy Smelyk |
40.40 | Romania |
41.48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
43.57 |
4 × 400 m relay | Turkey Yavuz Can Batuhan Altıntaş |
3:5.85 | Romania |
3:12.43 | Croatia Mateo Ružić |
3:14.62 |
High jump | Tihomir Ivanov (BUL) | 2.27 m | Alperen Acet (TUR) | 2.23 m | (UKR) | 2.15 m |
Pole vault | Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) | 5.66 m CR | (GRE) | 5.45 m | (CRO) | 5.31 m |
Long jump | (UKR) | 7.89 m | Miltiádis Tedóglou (GRE) | 7.88 m | Lazar Anić (SRB) | 7.88 m |
Triple jump | Georgi Tsonov (BUL) | 17.03 m PB= | Momchil Karailiev (BUL) | 16.42 m | Can Özüpek (TUR) | 16.37 m |
Shot put | Andrei Gag (ROU) | 20.71 m | Armin Sinančević (SRB) | 20.58 m | Andrei Toader (ROU) | 20.30 m |
Discus throw | Alin Firfirică (ROU) | 63.67 m | Danijel Furtula (MNE) | 62.93 m | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 59.32 m |
Hammer throw | Christos Frantzeskakis (GRE) | 76.67 m | Mihail Anastasakis (GRE) | 75.32 m | Hlib Piskunov (UKR) | 74.52 m |
Javelin throw | Alexandru Novac (ROU) | 77.90 m | (BUL) | 73.84 m | (MDA) | 72.16 m |
Decathlon | (CYP) | 7134 pts | (SRB) | 7104 pts | (ROU) | 6555 pts |
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Ivet Lalova-Collio (BUL) | 11.23 | Diana Vaisman (ISR) | 11.25 NR | Inna Eftimova (BUL) | 11.56 |
200 metres | Ivet Lalova-Collio (BUL) | 22.45 CR | Eléni Artymatá (CYP) | 22.97 | Rafaéla Spanoudáki-Chatziríga (GRE) | 23.16 PB |
400 metres | Irini Vasiliou (GRE) | 51.75 PB | Eléni Artymatá (CYP) | 51.77 | Andrea Miklós (ROU) | 52.57 |
800 metres | Jerneja Smonkar (SLO) | 2:07.25 | (BIH) | 2:07.61 | Natalia Evangelidou (CYP) | 2:08.47 |
1500 metres | Natalia Evangelidou (CYP) | 4:17.29 | Florina Pierdevară (ROU) | 4:19.75 | Anna Mishchenko (UKR) | 4:20.00 |
5000 metres | Teodora Simović (SRB) | 16:36.45 | (TUR) | 16:46.39 | (SLO) | 17:05.02 |
110 m hurdles | Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) | 13.11 | (UKR) | 13.28 | Oksana Shkurat (UKR) | 13.34 |
400 m hurdles | (UKR) | 56.45 | Olena Kolesničenko (UKR) | 57.59 | (TUR) | 58.20 |
3000 m s'chase | Özlem Kaya (TUR) | 9:54.28 | (GRE) | 10:37.53 | (CYP) | 10:59.70 |
4 × 100 m relay | Israel Diana Vaisman |
45.00 | Romania |
46.05 | Not awarded | |
4 × 400 m relay | Romania Mirela Lavric Sanda Belgyan Andrea Miklós |
3:39.52 | Bulgaria |
3:47.83 | Not awarded | |
High jump | Mirela Demireva (BUL) | 1.91 m | Ligia-Damaris Bara (ROU) | 1.80 m | Marija Vuković (MNE) | 1.80 m |
Pole vault | Buse Arıkazan (TUR) | 4.35 m | (GRE) | 4.28 m | (ISR) | 4.01 m |
Long jump | Milica Gardašević (SRB) | 6.42 m | Efthymia Kolokytha (GRE) | 6.41 m | Florentina Iusco (ROU) | 6.37 m |
Triple jump | Paraskevi Papachristou (GRE) | 14.24 m | Aleksandra Nacheva (BUL) | 13.89 m | Elena Panțuroiu (ROU) | 13.81 m |
Shot put | Dimitriana Surdu (MDA) | 17.53 m | Olga Golodna (UKR) | 17.51 m | Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL) | 16.81 m |
Discus throw | (TUR) | 57.47 m | Kristina Rakočević (MNE) | 52.49 m | Veronika Domjan (SLO) | 51.10 m |
Hammer throw | Stamatia Scarvelis (GRE) | 71.33 m | Bianca Florentina Ghelber (ROU) | 69.96 m | Kıvılcım Kaya (TUR) | 69.04 m |
Javelin throw | Marija Vučenović (SRB) | 57.21 m | (TUR) | 55.48 m | (BUL) | 46.40 m |
Heptathlon | Alina Shukh (UKR) | 6042 pts | (ROU) | 5497 pts | (BUL) | 4967 pts |
Medal table[]
1 | Ukraine | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
2 | Greece | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
3 | Turkey | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
4 | Romania | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
5 | Bulgaria | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
6 | Serbia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
7 | Cyprus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
8 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Armenia | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
10 | Croatia | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
- | Slovenia | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
12 | Moldova | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
13 | Kosovo | - | 3 | - | 3 |
14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
15 | Montenegro | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
16 | Georgia | - | 1 | - | 1 |
17 | Albania | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Total | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 |
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References[]
- ^ Balkan Championships 2019 Medal Table. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Results
- Balkan Senior Championships Pravets BUL. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- Balkan Athletics Championships
- Sport in Sofia Province
- International athletics competitions hosted by Bulgaria
- 2019 in athletics (track and field)
- 2019 in Bulgarian sport
- September 2019 sports events in Europe