2014 Balkan Athletics Championships

The 2014 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 67th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin in Pitești, Romania on 26 and 27 July. The host nation Romania topped the medal table with fourteen gold medals among a total haul of 32. Turkey and Bulgaria each won seven gold medals.

2014 Balkan Athletics Championships
Dates26–27 July
Host cityPitești, Romania
VenueStadionul Nicolae Dobrin
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events40
2013
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Athletes' performances were assessed with a points ranking based on international standards in the given event. Romanian long jumper Alina Rotaru gave the best overall performance with 6.72 m for 1143 points and her countryman Marian Oprea gave the best men's performance with 16.77 m for 1130 points in the triple jump.

Turkey's Ramil Guliyev won a double in the men's short sprints and Marian Oprea was the victor in both men's horizontal jumps. The individual 400 metres champions, Yavuz Can and Bianca Răzor, both anchored their national teams to a second gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Bulgaria's Inna Eftimova fell just short of a women's short sprint double, winning the 200 metres and taking silver in the 100 metres. Bulgarian jumper Andriana Bânova and Moldovan thrower Dimitriana Surdu each won multiple individual medals.

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ramil Guliyev (TUR)10.24  Cătălin Cîmpeanu (ROU)10.35  İzzet Safer (TUR)10.42
200 metres  Ramil Guliyev (TUR)21.04  İzzet Safer (TUR)21.53  Alexandru Terpezan (ROU)21.58
400 metres  Yavuz Can (TUR)46.50  Željko Vincek (CRO)47.36  Mateo Ružić (CRO)47.41
800 metres  Andreas Dimitrakis (GRE)1:49.74  Hasan Basri Güdük (TUR)1:50.10  Amel Tuka (BIH)1:50.67
1500 metres  Kemal Koyuncu (TUR)3:45.80  Levent Ateş (TUR)3:46.63  Andreas Dimitrakis (GRE)3:46.74
5000 metres  Nicolae Soare (ROU)14:17.95  Yolo Nikolov (BUL)14:23.54  Dino Bošnjak (CRO)14:26.10
100 m hurdles  Milan Ristić (SRB)14.47  David Ilariani (GEO)14.72  Mustafa Gunes (TUR)15.03
400 m hurdles  Emir Bekrić (SRB)50.08  Yasmani Copello (TUR)50.62  Milan Kotur (CRO)51.87
3000 m s'chase  Mitko Tsenov (BUL)8:52.33  Alexandru Ghinea (ROU)8:58.08  Nicolai Gorbusco (MDA)8:59.77
4 × 100 m relay  Romania
Stefan-Alexandru Codreanu
Teofilescu Doru Alexandru
Alexandru Terpezan
Cătălin Cîmpeanu
40.09  Serbia
Milan Ristić
Goran Podunavac
Nemanja Bozic
Strahinja Jovančević
41.38  Greece
Vasileios Tsaousis
Nikolaos Saisanas
Ioannis Nyfantopoulos
Michael Mertzanidis
42.28
4 × 400 m relay  Turkey
Yasmani Copello
Halit Kiliç
Mehmet Güzel
Yavuz Can
3:07.41  Croatia
Zvonimir Ivaškovic
Staša Vrhovec
Željko Vincek
Mateo Ružić
3:09.31  Romania
Alin George Costache
Ionut Danila
Attila Csongor Nagy
Tiberiu Alexandru Baneasu
3:10.93
High jump  Tikhomir Ivanov (BUL)2.22 m  Mihai Donisan (ROU)2.22 m  Viktor Ninov (BUL)2.14 m
Pole vault  Ivan Horvat (CRO)5.30 m  Thodoris Chrysanthopoulos (GRE)5.10 m  Andrej Poljanec (SLO)5.10 m
Long jump  Marian Oprea (ROU)7.78 m  Denis Eradiri (BUL)7.71 m  Alper Kulaksız (TUR)7.66 m
Triple jump  Marian Oprea (ROU)16.77 m  Rumen Dimitrov (BUL)16.62 m  Vladimir Letnicov (MDA)16.54 m
Shot put  Georgi Ivanov (BUL)19.62 m  Hamza Alić (BIH)19.13 m  Kemal Mešić (BIH)18.94 m
Discus throw  Martin Marić (CRO)62.91 m  Danijel Furtula (MNE)61.48 m  Mihai Liviu Grasu (ROU)59.09 m
Hammer throw  Serghei Marghiev (MDA)76.20 m  Özkan Baltacı (TUR)69.67 m  Konstantinos Kostoglidis (GRE)68.52 m
Javelin throw  Fatih Avan (TUR)75.98 m  Georgios Iltsios (GRE)71.83 m  Vedran Samac (SRB)69.25 m
Decathlon  Darko Pešić (MNE)7259 pts  Dragan Pešić (MNE)6951 pts  Razvan George Roman (ROU)6867 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Andreea Ogrăzeanu (ROU)11.33  Inna Eftimova (BUL)11.44  Maria Gatou (GRE)11.48
200 metres  Inna Eftimova (BUL)23.99  Andriana Ferra (GRE)24.06  Lucija Pokos (CRO)24.09
400 metres  Bianca Răzor (ROU)52.24  Adelina Pastor (ROU)53.52  Anita Banović (CRO)53.84
800 metres  Mirela Lavric (ROU)2:04.21  Mihaela Roxana Nunu (ROU)2:04.69  Olga Zaporojan (MDA)2:07.20
1500 metres  Florina Pierdevară (ROU)4:24.95  Claudia Bobocea (ROU)4:26.01  Silvia Danekova (BUL)4:26.54
5000 metres  Esma Aydemir (TUR)15:58.25  Monica Madalina Florea (ROU)16:01.13  Sonja Roman (SLO)16:06.09
110 m hurdles  Ivana Lončarek (CRO)13.37  Maria Pinni (GRE)13.53  Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE)13.82
400 m hurdles  Angela Moroșanu (ROU)57.43  Sanda Belgyan (ROU)59.34  Emel Şanlı (TUR)59.68
3000 m s'chase  Silvia Danekova (BUL)9:43.45  Özlem Kaya (TUR)9:47.34  Cristina Casandra (ROU)9:51.40
4 × 100 m relay  Greece
Andriana Ferra
Georgia Kokloni
Maria Gatou
Elisavet Pesiridou
44.76  Romania
Ana Maria Rosianu
Angela Moroșanu
Andreea Grecu
Andreea Ogrăzeanu
45.54  Croatia
Ivana Lončarek
Lucija Pokos
Mateja Jambrovic
Nika Župa
45.65
4 × 400 m relay  Romania
Adelina Pastor
Mirela Lavric
Angela Moroșanu
Bianca Răzor
3:31.02  Croatia
Marija Hižman
Anita Banović
Marina Banović
Kristina Dudek
3:37.67  Serbia
Katarina Ilic
Jelena Grujic
Bojana Kaličanin
Tamara Markovic
3:39.93
High jump  Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL)1.90 m  Mirela Demireva (BUL)1.87 m  Burcu Yüksel (TUR)1.83 m
Pole vault  Lorella Manou (GRE)4.35 m  Buse Arikzan (TUR)3.60 m  Mateja Drobnič (SLO)3.50 m
Long jump  Alina Rotaru (ROU)6.72 m  Cornelia Deiac (ROU)6.42 m  Andriana Bânova (BUL)6.22 m
Triple jump  Cristina Bujin (ROU)14.11 m  Andriana Bânova (BUL)13.74 m  Cristina Mihaela Sandu (ROU)13.67 m
Shot put  Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL)17.60 m  Andreea Huzum-Vitan (ROU)15.47 m  Dimitriana Surdu (MDA)14.30 m
Discus throw  Dragana Tomašević (SRB)57.60 m  Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou (GRE)53.38 m  Dimitriana Surdu (MDA)50.17 m
Hammer throw  Bianca Perie-Ghelber (ROU)69.42 m  Marina Nichișenco (MDA)60.68 m  Sara Savatović (SRB)57.03 m
Javelin throw  Mădălina-Nicoleta Anghelescu (ROU)53.12 m  Katarina Gašparovič (CRO)49.25 m  Selena Durna (TUR)45.78 m
Heptathlon  Sofia Yfantidou (GRE)5724 pts  Beatrice Puiu (ROU)5624 pts  Serpil Koçak (TUR)5260 pts

Medal table

1 Romania1412632
2 Turkey77721
3 Bulgaria76316
4 Greece45514
5 Croatia34613
6 Serbia3137
7 Montenegro12-3
8 Moldova1157
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina-123
10 Georgia-1-1
11 Slovenia--311
Total404040120

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