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' .[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)[]
Edition | Year | Venue | Country | Date | Senior men's winner | Time | Senior women's winner | Time | Team winner |
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1st | Vlasotince | Yugoslavia | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:22:06 | Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova (BUL) | 1:32:16 | N/A | ||
2nd | Ruse | Bulgaria | Predrag Filipović (SCG) | 1:22:40 | (ROM) | 1:35:12 | N/A | ||
3rd | Reșița | Romania | Costică Bălan (ROM) | 1:21:51 | Athina Papayianni (GRE) | 1:28:58 | N/A | ||
4th | Preveza | Greece | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:25:48 | Evangelia Xinou (GRE) | 1:35:35 | N/A | ||
5th | Istanbul | Turkey | Predrag Filipović (SCG) | 1:22:31 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) | 1:30:46 | N/A | ||
6th | Galați | Romania | Recep Çelik (TUR) | 1:23:10 | (ROM) | 1:33:14 | N/A | ||
7th | Bucharest | Romania | 12 April[6] | Predrag Filipović (SRB) | 1:26:59 | (ROM) | 1:34:37 | N/A | |
8th | Bucharest | Romania | (ROM) | 1:23:21.20 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) | 1:29:56.30 | N/A | ||
9th | Bucharest | Romania | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:23:29.30 | Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) | 1:37.26 | N/A | ||
10th | Bucharest | Romania | Recep Çelik (TUR) | 1:22:31 | Claudia Ștef (ROM) | 1:33:38 | N/A | ||
11th | Bucharest | Romania | Predrag Filipović (SRB) | 1:28:50 | Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM) | 1:35:17 | N/A | ||
12th | Ayvalık | Turkey | Vladimir Savanović (SRB) | 1:28:42 | (ROM) | 1:39:17 | Turkey | ||
13th | Balchik | Bulgaria | Vladimir Savanović (SRB) | 1:26.31 | Despina Zapounidou (GRE) | 1:34.56 | Romania | ||
14th | Ayvalık | Turkey | Şahin Şenoduncu (TUR) | 1:27:30 | Andreea Arsine (ROM) | 1:39:36 | Turkey | ||
15th | Florina | Greece | (ROM) | 1:31:32 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) | 1:38:29 | Turkey | ||
16th | Florina | Greece | Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) | 1:26:40 | Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE) | 1:34:00 | Romania | ||
17th | Zrenjanin | Serbia | (UKR) | 1:26:27 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) | 1:39:01 | Turkey | ||
18th | Alexandroupoli | Greece | Alexandros Papamichail (GRE) | 1:24:40 | Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE) | 1:34:55 | Greece | ||
19th | Ivano-Frankivsk | Ukraine | 14 March[7] | Eduard Zabuzhenko (UKR) | 1:20:46 | Mariia Sakharuk (UKR) | 1:30:22 | Greece | |
20th | Antalya | Turkey | 27 March[8] | (TUR) | 1:24:20 | Ayşe Tekdal (TUR) | 1:30:12 | Turkey |
References[]
- ^ 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. 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.
- Winners list
- Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
External links[]
- Official website of Balkan Athletics
- Racewalking competitions
- Under-20 athletics competitions
- Under-18 athletics competitions
- Association of Balkan Athletics Federations competitions
- Recurring sporting events established in 2002
- Annual sporting events