Balkan Marathon Championships
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
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 Gal (ROM) | 3:20:41 | ||
4th | 1933 | Ludovic Gal (ROM) | 3:02:41 | ||
5th | 1934 | Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) | 2:49:42 | ||
6th | 1935 | Ludovic Gal (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 Buruiana (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 Cerches (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 (ROM) | 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 Gheorghita (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
- Ukraine Gets Silver and Bronze at the Balkan Athletics Federations’ Marathon. UATV (2018-03-20). Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- Balkan Marathon Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- RESULTS Balkan Marathon Championship BELGRADE / SERBIA, 17 November 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- Winners list
- Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- Balkan Marathon Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
External links
- Official website of Balkan Athletics