2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships

2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates	15 February
Host city	Istanbul, Turkey
Venue	Ataköy Athletics Arena
Level	Senior
Events	24
Participation	21 nations
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The 2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 25th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 15 February at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.

In a closely contested competition, Romania and Ukraine each won five gold medals. Turkey won the most medals overall, with a haul of 16, followed by Romania on 12. Romania won the most women's events, with five and also won the most women's medals in total, with five. Ukraine won the most men's events, with three, and Turkey won the most women's medals in total, with ten.^[1]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Konstantinos Zikos (GRE)	6.66	(TUR)	6.68	Kayhan Özer (TUR)	6.71
400 metres	(UKR)	47.32	(ROU)	47.49	Batuhan Altıntaş (TUR)	47.55
800 metres	Yevhen Hutsol (UKR)	1:50.05	Abedin Mujezinović (BIH)	1:50.75	(TUR)	1:50.86
1500 metres	Elzan Bibić (SRB)	3:50.18	Mitko Tsenov (BUL)	3:50.46	(ALB)	3:50.52
3000 metres	Andreas Vojta (AUT)	7:54.75	(TUR)	8:13.93	(BUL)	8:14.55
60 metres hurdles	(TUR)	7.83	(BUL)	7.88	(TUR)	7.93
4 × 400 metres relay	Slovenia Gregor Grahovac Žan Rudolf Luka Janežič	3:12.19 CR, NR	Turkey Mahsum Korkmaz Berke Akçam	3:12.25	Romania	3:13.86
High jump	Dmytro Nikitin (UKR)	2.24	Tihomir Ivanov (BUL)	2.18	Alperen Acet (TUR)	2.18
Pole vault	Ersu Şaşma (TUR)	5.50	(GRE)	5.40	Nikandros Stylianou (CYP)	5.35
Long jump	Izmir Smajlaj (ALB)	7.91	(UKR)	7.79	Strahinja Jovančević (SRB)	7.79
Triple jump	Nazim Babayev (AZE)	16.92	Levon Aghasyan (ARM)	16.44	Lasha Gulelauri (GEO)	16.29
Shot put	Mesud Pezer (BIH)	20.75	Asmir Kolašinac (SRB)	20.38	Armin Sinančević (SRB)	19.77
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Diana Vaisman (ISR)	7.36	Mizgin Ay (TUR)	7.38	(SRB)	7.40
400 metres	Andrea Miklós (ROU)	52.64	Irini Vasiliou (GRE)	52.93	(ROU)	53.27
800 metres	(ROU)	2:07.17	Bianca Răzor (ROU)	2:07.18	(CRO)	2:07.99
1500 metres	Roxana Bârcă (ROU)	4:20.33	Natalia Evangelidou (CYP)	4:20.91	(TUR)	4:24.51
3000 metres	Luiza Gega (ALB)	8:55.45	(TUR)	9:18.02	(ROU)	9:20.92
60 metres hurdles	Ivana Lončarek (CRO)	8.13	Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE)	8.20	Anamaria Nesteriuc (ROU)	8.21
4 × 400 metres relay	Turkey	3:45.23	Croatia	3:45.76	Romania Florina Pierdevară Roxana Bârcă	3:48.09
High jump	Yuliya Chumachenko (UKR)	1.88	Marija Vuković (MNE)	1.88	Ana Šimić (CRO)	1.86
Pole vault	(UKR)	4.40	Buse Arıkazan (TUR)	4.20	(ISR)	3.70
Long jump	Florentina Iusco (ROU)	6.53	(BUL)	6.42	Milica Gardašević (SRB)	6.38
Triple jump	Elena Panțuroiu (ROU)	13.75	(CRO)	13.54	(AZE)	13.50 NR
Shot put	Dimitriana Surdu (MDA)	18.11	Emel Dereli (TUR)	17.77	Olga Golodna (UKR)	16.94
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania	5	2	5	12
2	Ukraine	5	1	1	7
3	Turkey*	3	7	6	16
4	Albania	2	0	1	3
5	Greece	1	3	0	4
6	Croatia	1	2	2	5
7	Serbia	1	1	4	6
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	2
9	Azerbaijan	1	0	1	2
	Israel	1	0	1	2
11	Austria	1	0	0	1
	Moldova	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
14	Bulgaria	0	4	1	5
15	Cyprus	0	1	1	2
16	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
18	Georgia	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		24	24	24	72

References[]

Results

• 25th BALKAN INDOOR SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Men. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
• 25th BALKAN INDOOR SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Women. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-21.

External links[]

• Balkan Athletics website