2026 Balkan Athletics Championships
| 2026 Balkan Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | 20–21 June |
| Host city | Volos, Greece |
| Venue | Panthessaliko Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Events | 43 |
TBD 2027 → | |
The 2026 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 81st edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at the Panthessaliko Stadium on 20 and 21 June in Volos, Greece.[1][2][3]
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: +1.3 m/s) |
 Hristo Iliev (BUL) | 10.25 |  Panagiotis Laganis (GRE) | 10.42 |  Ertan Özkan (TUR) | 10.46 |
| 200 metres | Sotirios Garaganis (GRE) | 20.73 | Kubilay Encu (TUR) | 20.79 | Vasileos Myrianthopoulos (GRE) | 20.82 |
| 400 metres | Kubilay Ençü (TUR) | 45.42 |  Mihai Sorin Dringo (ROM) | 45.57 |  Oleksandr Pohorilko (UKR) | 45.76 |
| 800 metres |  Jared Micallef (MLT) | 1:46.93 | Ömer Faruk Bozdağ (TUR) | 1:47.11 |  Abedin Mujezinovic (BIH) | 1:47.69 |
| 1500 metres | Salih Teksöz (TUR) | 3:38.75 |  Nino Jambrešić (CRO) | 3:40.78 |  Aldin Ćatović (SRB) | 3:41.74 |
| 3000 metres |  Yervand Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 7:52.75 | Mert Selek (TUR) | 7:53.10 | Elzan Bibić (SRB) | 7:57.59 |
| 5000 metres | Mert Selek (TUR) | 14:08.09 | Konstadinos Stamoulis (GRE) | 14:25.17 | Orfeas Ioannou (GRE) | 14:38.55 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Dmytro Bahinskiy (UKR) | 13.62 |  Milan Trajkovic (CYP) | 13.70 | Hristos Roumtsios (GRE) | 13.75 |
| 400 metres hurdles | İsmail Nezir (TUR) | 48.33 |  Niklas Strohmayer-Dangl (AUT) | 49.55 | Mihajlo Katanić (SRB) | 49.66 |
| 3000 metres Steeplechase | Bruno Belčić (CRO) | 8:40.05 | Abdullah Tuğluk (TUR) | 8:40.17 | Cuma Özcan (TUR) | 8:41.25 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Turkey Ertan Özkan Kayhan Özer Batuhan Altıntaş Deniz Kaan Kartal | 39.05 | Greece Theodoros Vrontinos Nikolaos Panayiotopoulos Sotirios Garagganis Vasilios Mirianthópoulos | 39.32 | Bulgaria Georgi Petkov Nikola Karamanolov Zinga Barbosa Firmino Hristo Iliev | 39.36 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Turkey Ilyas Çanakçi Kubilay Ençü Ihsan Selçuk İsmail Nezir | 3:03.04 CR |  SloveniaMaj Janja Rok Ferlan Mitja Zubin Lovro Mesec Košir | 3:04.13 | Ukraine Oleksandr Pohorilko Mykyta Barabanov Volodymyr Vovchenko Anton Smiian | 3:05.57 |
| High jump | Andreas Mita (GRE) | 2.20 | Yasir Kuduban (TUR) | 2.12 | Tihomir Ivanov (BUL) | 2.12 |
| Pole vault | Erdem Tilki (TUR) | 5.45 | Ivan Šerić (CRO) | 5.45 | Valentyn Loboda (UKR) | 5.45 |
| Long jump | Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) | 8.36 | Luka Bošković (SRB) | 8.19 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov (BUL) | 8.04 |
| Triple jump | Can Özüpek (TUR) | 16.46 | Razmik Ghazaryan (ARM) | 16.20 | Dimitrios Tsiamis (GRE) | 16.18 |
| Shot put | Mesud Pezer (BIH) | 20.29 | Andrei Toader (ROM) | 19.95 | Armin Sinančević (SRB) | 19.85 |
| Discus Throw | Alin Firfirica (ROM) | 63.49 | Ömer Şahin (TUR) | 60.75 | Dimitrios Pavlidis (GRE) | 59.92 |
| Hammer Throw | Christos Frantzeskakis (GRE) | 77.22 |  Markelo Mema (ALB) | 76.57 | Iosef Kesides (CYP) | 76.56 |
| Javelin Throw | Dimitrios Tsitsos (GRE) | 78.68 | Georgios Christakakos (GRE) | 71.79 | Hüseyin Özdemir (TUR) | 71.54 |
| Decathlon | Angelos-Tzanis Andreoglou (GRE) | 7864 | Konstantinos Karagiannidis (GRE) | 7551 | Krum Zakhariev (BUL) | 7387 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
Magdalena Lindner (AUT) | 11.40 | Simay Özçiftçi (TUR) | 11.44 | Isabel Posch (AUT) | 11.45 |
| 200 metres | Polyniki Emmanouilidou (GRE) | 23.26 | Elif Polat (TUR) | 23.27 | Sila Koloğlu (TUR) | 23.31 |
| 400 metres | Andrea Miklos (ROM) | 52.26 | Stefania Balint (ROM) | 52.66 | Anastasia Rapti (GRE) | 52.82 |
| 800 metres | Nina Vuković (CRO) | 2:01.76 | Georgia-Maria Despollari (GRE) | 2:02.14 | Emmanouela Plaka (GRE) | 2:02.16 |
| 1500 metres | Ioulianna Roussou (GRE) | 4:20.09 | Anthi Kyryakopoulou (GRE) | 4:20.30 | Tuğba Toptaş (TUR) | 4:20.71 |
| 3000 metres | Edibe Yağiz (TUR) | 9:36.27 |  Gresa Bakraqi (KOS) | 9:37.26 | Melissa Anastasakis (GRE) | 9:38.68 |
| 5000 metres | Edibe Yağiz (TUR) | 16:17.50 | Gresa Bakraqi (KOS) | 16:26.85 | Denisa Balla (GRE) | 16:32.05 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Militsa Emini (SRB) | 13.22 | Sofia Iosifidou (GRE) | 13.30 | Mia Wild (CRO) | 13.45 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Lena Pressler (AUT) | 55.36 | Alina Kyshkina (UKR) | 56.96 | Natalija Švenda (CRO) | 57.12 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase |  Andreea Stavila (MDA) | 9:40.41 | Sümeyye Erol (TUR) | 9:46.21 | Nikoleta Rafailaki (GRE) | 9:58.76 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Greece Apostolia Antonatou Sofia Kaberidou Rafailia Spanoudaki-Hatziriga Poliniki Emmanouilidou | 44.09 | Turkey Büsra Akay Simay Özçiftçi Bahar Öztürk Beyzanur Seylan | 44.74 | Serbia Milica Emini Tamara Milutinović Anja Lukić Milana Tirnanić | 45.36 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Slovenia Ajda Kaučič Karolina Zbičajnik Uršula Černelč Maja Pogorevc | 3:35.57 | Greece Rafailia Giannoulidou Ioulianna Roussou Ekaterini Grigoriadou Anastasia Rapti | 3:38.05 |  IsraelNitzan Asas Darlene Asante Noa Levi Shani Zakay | 3:38.70 |
| High jump |  Marija Vuković (MNE) | 1.88 | Panagiota Dosi (GRE) | 1.86 | Styliana Ioannidou (CYP) | 1.84 |
| Pole vault | Ekaterini Stefanidi (GRE) | 4.48 | Ariadni Adamopoulou (GRE) | 4.48 | Yarden Mantel (ISR) | 3.90 |
| Long jump | Ramona Elena Verman (ROM) | 6.78 | Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (ROM) | 6.78 | Filippa Fotopoulou (CYP) | 6.54 |
| Triple jump | Spiridoula Karidi (GRE) | 14.09 | Oxana Koreneva (GRE) | 14.00 | Iuliana Dabija (MDA) | 13.66 |
| Shot put | Emel Dereli (TUR) | 17.33 | Maria Rafailidou (GRE) | 16.24 | Vesna Kljajević (MNE) | 15.00 |
| Discus Throw | Özlem Becerek (TUR) | 59.10 | Alexandra Emilianov (MDA) | 58.10 | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (CRO) | 56.71 |
| Hammer Throw | Iryna Klymets (UKR) | 68.50 | Yipsi Moreno (ALB) | 67.85 |  Hanna Skydan (AZE) | 64.55 |
| Javelin Throw | Esra Türkmen (TUR) | 61.10 | Elina Tzengko (GRE) | 57.88 | Marija Vučenović (SRB) | 57.48 |
| Heptathlon | Tetyana Bilyk (UKR) | 6061 | Anastasia Baloumi (GRE) | 5326 | Anđela Drobnjak (MNE) | 4686 |
Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Romania Mihai Sorin Dringo Stefania Balint Sorin Alexandru Voinea Andrea Miklos | 3:18.58 | Greece Kyriakos Tsikilis Georgia-Maria Despollari Vladímiros Andreádis Rafailia Giannoulidou | 3:24.18 | Bulgaria Dimitar Hristov Rosina Nikolova Todor Todorov Andrea Savova | 3:30.28 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 13 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 2 | Greece* | 11 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 3 | Romania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Moldova | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Armenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Malta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Albania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |