Balkan Marathon Championships

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The Balkan Marathon Championships is an annual road running competition over the marathon distance (42.195 km) between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics.[1] It is one of two road running championships for the region, alongside the Balkan Half Marathon Championships (established in 2012).

Following an unofficial gathering of Balkan athletes in 1929, the Balkan Marathon Championship was formally established within the Balkan Athletics Championships in 1930. It was a men's competition exclusively until 1990, when a women's race was also added. The marathon event was separated from the track and field competition in 1996 and was established as an annual competition in its own right.[2] The competition has not been held every year since, though it has been consistently held as an annual fixture from 2009 onwards. The venue varies each year and the championship is usually contested within an independently organised marathon in a city in the Balkans.[3] A national team aspect was included in the competition in 2019.[4]

Turkey is historically the most successful nation in the men's race, followed by Greece, while Serbia has produced the most female winners. Individually, Franjo Škrinjar of Yugoslavia has won the most titles with six and Serbia's Olivera Jevtić has the title of most successful woman with four wins.[3]

List of winners[edit]

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
- 1929  Christos Sarras (GRE) 3:12:32 Not held
1st 1930  Nicolae Ilie (ROM) 3:14:05
2nd 1931  Christos Sarras (GRE) 3:11:21
3rd 1932  Ludovic Gall (ROM) 3:20:41
4th 1933  Ludovic Gall (ROM) 3:02:41
5th 1934  Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 2:49:42
6th 1935  Ludovic Gall (ROM) 3:07:40
7th 1936  Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 2:49:10
8th 1937  Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 3:02:22
9th 1938  Athanasios Ragazos (GRE) 2:30:38
10th 1939  Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 2:52:07
11th 1940  Athanasios Ragazos (GRE) 2:44:37
12th 1953  Franjo Škrinjar (YUG) 3:09:46
13th 1954  Franjo Škrinjar (YUG) 2:48:49
14th 1955  Haydar Erturan (TUR) 2:51:34
15th 1956  Franjo Mihalić (YUG) 2:16:25
16th 1957  Franjo Škrinjar (YUG) 2:41:37
17th 1958  Franjo Škrinjar (YUG) 2:41:06
18th 1959  Franjo Škrinjar (YUG) 2:33:17
19th 1960  Dobrivoje Stojanović (YUG) 2:29:12
20th 1961  Franjo Škrinjar (YUG) 2:33:18
21st 1962  Ivan Mustapić (YUG) 2:36:43
22nd 1963  Ivan Mustapić (YUG) 2:32:31
23rd 1964  Constantin Grecescu (ROM) 2:28:24
24th 1965  Ivaylo Sharankov (BUL) 2:39:50
25th 1966  İsmail Akçay (TUR) 2:22:45
26th 1967  Ivaylo Sharankov (BUL) 2:24:52
27th 1968  İsmail Akçay (TUR) 2:21:56
28th 1969  Nedo Farčić (YUG) 2:26:18
29th 1970  Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR) 2:27:51
30th 1971  İsmail Akçay (TUR) 2:25:36
31st 1972  Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR) 2:20:09
32nd 1973  İsmail Akçay (TUR)
 Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)		 2:30:35
33rd 1974  Atanas Galabov (BUL) 2:30:37
34th 1975  Atanas Galabov (BUL) 2:28:21
35th 1976  Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR) 2:33:53
36th 1977  Veli Balli (TUR) 2:22:56
37th 1978  Vasil Lechev (BUL) 2:24:20
38th 1979  Michalis Kousis (GRE) 2:21:20
39th 1980  Dimitrios Psathas (GRE) 2:25:43
40th 1981  Michalis Kousis (GRE) 2:19:06
41st 1982  Gheorghe Buruiană (ROM) 2:31:47
42nd 1983  Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 2:19:51
43rd 1984  Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 2:21:30
44th 1985  Tomislav Ašković (YUG) 2:25:21
45th 1986  Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 2:22:11
46th 1988  Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 2:23:00
47th 1989  Christos Papachristos (GRE) 2:27:07
48th 1990  Haydar Dogan (TUR) 2:22:50  Maria Polyzou (GRE) 2:55:25
49th 1992  Cihangir Demirel (TUR) 2:23:47  Rumyana Panovska (BUL) 2:46:51
50th 1996  Nikolaos Polias (GRE) 2:18:43  Suzana Ćirić (YUG) 2:37:06
51st 1997  Spyros Andriopoulos (GRE) 2:13:15  Panayota Nikolakopoulou (GRE) 2:44:24
52nd 1998  Nikolaos Polias (GRE) 2:17:02  Gergana Voynova (BUL) 2:46:54
53rd 1999  Petko Stefanov (BUL) 2:21:10  Rumyana Panovska (BUL) 2:55:14
54th 2000  Petko Stefanov (BUL) 2:19:30  Cristina Pomacu (ROM) 2:36:54
55th 2001  Sreten Ninković (YUG) 2:18:22  Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz (TUR) 2:39:13
56th 2002  Arthur Miklos (ROM) 2:23:20  Svetlana Tcaci (MDA) 2:37:57
57th 2005  Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA) 2:20:42  Natalia Cercheș (MDA) 2:42:58
58th 2006  Yusuf Zepak (TUR) 2:29:35  Ekaterini Fotopoulou (GRE) 3:15:30
59th 2009  Roman Prodius (MDA) 2:14:57  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:31:18
60th 2010  Ercan Muslu (TUR) 2:24:12  Paula Todoran (ROU) 2:44:23
61st 2011  Mehmet Ali Akbas (TUR) 2:37:16  Slađana Perunović (MNE) 2:53:15
62nd 2012  Ercan Muslu (TUR) 2:28:15  Esra Güllü (TUR) 2:57:08
63rd 2013  Yolo Nikolov (BUL) 2:19:31  Slađana Perunović (MNE) 2:42:28
64th 2014  Vitalie Gheorghiță (MDA) 2:31:24  Ana Subotić (SRB) 2:44:04
65th 2015  Darko Živanović (SRB) 2:23:05  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:39:32
66th 2016  Shaban Mustafa (BUL) 2:29:59  Slađana Perunović (MNE) 2:49:20
67th 2017  Yavuz Ağralı (TUR) 2:18:22  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:35:31
68th 2018  Anatoliy Bondarenko (UKR) 2:38:58  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:44:26
69th 2019  Maxim Răileanu (MDA) 2:21:11  Teodora Simović (SRB) 2:42:30

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ukraine Gets Silver and Bronze at the Balkan Athletics Federations’ Marathon. UATV (2018-03-20). Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  2. ^ Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  3. ^ a b Balkan Marathon Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  4. ^ RESULTS Balkan Marathon Championship BELGRADE / SERBIA, 17 November 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
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