Balkan Race Walking Championships

The Balkan Race Walking Championships is an annual racewalking competition between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics. The championships features six individual races: senior men's and women's 20 kilometres race walks, men's and women's under-20 10 kilometres race walks, an under-18 boys' 10 km walk, and an under-18 girls' 5 kilometres race walk.[1] Each individual race also has a national team component with points awarded based on finishing time, which are then totalled to form an overall team score for the championships.[2]

Balkan racewalking competitions originated in the main Balkan Athletics Championships. A men's 20 km walk was first held in 1961 and a women's 10 km walk was introduced in 1988 (later increased to a 20 km race in 2001).[3] One-off indoor walks were also held at the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in 1994.[4] The Balkan championships for racewalking were first held separately from the main championships in 2000,[3] though Balkan Athletics starting their official numbering of a discrete Balkan Race Walking Championships from 2002 onwards.[5]

List of winners (20 km)
Edition Year Venue Country Date Senior men's winner Time Senior women's winner Time Team winner
1st2002VlasotinceYugoslavia  Silviu Casandra (ROM)1:22:06 Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova (BUL)1:32:16—
2nd2003RuseBulgaria  Predrag Filipović (SCG)1:22:40 Veronica Budileanu (ROM)1:35:12—
3rd2004ReșițaRomania  Costică Bălan (ROM)1:21:51 Athina Papayianni (GRE)1:28:58—
4th2005PrevezaGreece  Silviu Casandra (ROM)1:25:48 Evangelia Xinou (GRE)1:35:35—
5th2006IstanbulTurkey  Predrag Filipović (SCG)1:22:31 Ana Maria Groza (ROM)1:30:46—
6th2007GalațiRomania  Recep Çelik (TUR)1:23:10 Alina Olaru (ROM)1:33:14—
7th2008BucharestRomania12 April[6]  Predrag Filipović (SRB)1:26:59 Veronica Budileanu (ROM)1:34:37—
8th2009BucharestRomania  Dragoș Neacșu (ROM)1:23:21.20 Ana Maria Groza (ROM)1:29:56.30—
9th2010BucharestRomania  Silviu Casandra (ROM)1:23:29.30 Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM)1:37.26—
10th2011BucharestRomania  Recep Çelik (TUR)1:22:31 Claudia Ștef (ROM)1:33:38—
11th2012BucharestRomania  Predrag Filipović (SRB)1:28:50 Ana Veronica Rodean (ROM)1:35:17—
12th2013AyvalıkTurkey  Vladimir Savanović (SRB)1:28:42 Adriana Georgiana Enache (ROM)1:39:17 Turkey
13th2014BalchikBulgaria  Vladimir Savanović (SRB)1:26.31 Despina Zapounidou (GRE)1:34.56 Romania
14th2015AyvalıkTurkey  Şahin Şenoduncu (TUR)1:27:30 Andreea Arsine (ROM)1:39:36 Turkey
15th2016FlorinaGreece  Adrian Dragomir (ROM)1:31:32 Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE)1:38:29 Turkey
16th2017FlorinaGreece  Alexandros Papamichail (GRE)1:26:40 Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE)1:34:00 Romania
17th2018ZrenjaninSerbia  Dmytro Sobchuk (UKR)1:26:27 Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE)1:39:01 Turkey
18th2019AlexandroupoliGreece  Alexandros Papamichail (GRE)1:24:40 Panayiota Tsinopoulou (GRE)1:34:55 Greece
19th2020Ivano-FrankivskUkraine14 March[7]  Eduard Zabuzhenko (UKR)1:20:46 Mariia Sakharuk (UKR)1:30:22 Greece
20th2021AntalyaTurkey27 March[8]  Sahin Senoduncu (TUR)1:24:20 Ayşe Tekdal (TUR)1:30:12 Turkey
21st2022AthensGreece3 April[9]  Narcis Mihăilă (ROU)1:30:24 Ayşe Tekdal (TUR)1:38:01 Turkey
22nd2023AntalyaTurkey9 April[10]  Mazlum Demir (TUR)1:25:38 Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE)1:29:56 Greece

References
  1. 18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. 18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019 Team Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  3. Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  4. Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  5. Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  6. 2008 Balkan Race Walking Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  7. 2020 Balkan Race Walking Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  8. "27/03/2021 Antalya (TUR): Balkan Championships - Great results of Meryem Bekmez". marciadalmondo.com. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  9. "21st Balkan Race Walking Championships 2022 Athens, GRE" (PDF). balkan-athletics.eu. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  10. "Balkan Race Walking Championships". worldathletics.org. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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