The Balkan Athletics Championships is a regional athletics competition held between nations from the Balkans and organized by Balkan Athletics. The first games were held in Athens in 1929 as an unofficial event, receiving official sanction the following year.
The competition was not held from 1941 to 1952, although an unofficial Balkan Games was held in 1946 and a Balkan and Central European Games in 1947, involving the same countries plus Hungary. The first women's champions were declared at those events, and a women's programme continued upon the official post-World War II relaunch in 1953.
Champions
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
3000 metres
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5000 metres
10,000 metres
Marathon
3000 metres steeplechase
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Discus throw (Greek style)
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Grenade throw
Decathlon
20 kilometres walk
The distance for the 1979 Balkan Championships in 20 kilometres walk was mismeasured, resulting in a 20.9 km distance. The event has been held on roads, with the exception of the 1982, 1989, 1997 and 1998 races which took place on a track.
4 ÃÂ 100 metres relay
4 ÃÂ 400 metres relay
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1600 metres Balkan medley relay
The initial event in 1929 was held over a longer distance.
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Partisans team walk
References
Champions 1960âÂÂ2006