2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships

2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
Dates	17 February
Host city	Istanbul, Turkey
Venue	Ataköy Athletics Arena
Events	24
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The 2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 23rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 17 February 2018 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.^[1]

Romania topped the medal table, winning 15 medals including 5 gold, ahead of the host nation Turkey, and Bulgaria.^[2]

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Emre Zafer Barnes Turkey	6.62 NR	Efthymios Stergioulis Greece	6.71	Konstantinos Zikos Greece	6.72
400 metres	Robert Parge Romania	47.28	Yavuz Can Turkey	47.59	Cristian Radu Romania	48.12
800 metres	Amel Tuka Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:49.49	Musa Hajdari Kosovo	1:49.58	Christos Dimitriou Cyprus	1:50.02
1500 metres	Amine Khadiri Cyprus	3:53.01	Levent Ateş Turkey	3:53.26	Yervand Mkrtchyan Armenia	3:53.28
3000 metres	Elzan Bibić Serbia	8:08.34	Adrian Garcea Romania	8:09.32	Ivan Popov Bulgaria	8:10.50
60 metres hurdles	Batuhan Buğra Eruygun Turkey	7.91 NR	Cosmin Ilie Dumitrache Romania	7.95	Radu Daniel Ciobanu Romania	8.03
4 × 400 metres relay	Romania Cristian Radu Alexandru Matei Brânzea Zeno Moraru Robert Parge	3:12.46	Turkey Fahri Arsoy Enis Ünsal İlyas Çanakçı Abdullah Tütünci	3:13.44	Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Redžepagić Faris Ibrahimpašić Stefan Ćuković Abedin Mujezinović	3:21.24

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Konstadinos Baniotis Greece	2.22 m	Vasilios Konstantinou Cyprus Tihomir Ivanov Bulgaria	2.18 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	Ivan Horvat Croatia	5.55 m	Nikandros Stylianou Cyprus	5.25 m	Andrei Răzvan Deliu Romania	5.10 m
Long jump	Izmir Smajlaj Albania	7.80 m	Ivan Vujević Croatia	7.60 m	Sanjin Šimić Croatia	7.58 m
Triple jump	Levon Aghasyan Armenia	16.35 m	Momchil Karailiev Bulgaria	16.27 m	Rumen Dimitrov Bulgaria	16.21 m
Shot put	Mesud Pezer Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.77 m	Andrei Gag Romania	20.41 m	Nikólaos Skarvélis Greece	20.15 m

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Mizgin Ay Turkey	7.38	Inna Eftimova Bulgaria	7.40	Diana Vaisman Israel	7.49
400 metres	Maria Belimpasaki Greece	53.27	Tamara Salaški Serbia	54.72	Kristina Dudek Croatia	55.03
800 metres	Florina Pierdevară Romania	2:05.83	Konstantina Giannopoulou Greece	2:06.04	Asli Arik Turkey	2:07.55
1500 metres	Amela Terzić Serbia	4:17.64	Özlem Kaya Turkey	4:22.48	Natalia Evangelidou Cyprus	4:25.80
3000 metres	Luiza Gega Albania	9:00.67	Valeriya Zhandarova Georgia	9:16.48	Dilyana Minkina Bulgaria	9:24.46
60 metres hurdles	Anamaria Nesteriuc Romania	8.17	Ivana Lončarek Croatia	8.17	Elisavet Pesiridou Greece	8.21
4 × 400 metres relay	Romania Marina Andreea Baboi Florina Pierdevară Sanda Belgyan Camelia Florina Gal	3:47.89	Turkey Meryem Kemeç Yaren Açar Seray Şentürk Berfe Bancak	3:51.98	Bulgaria Silviya Georgieva Polina Todorova Elena Miteva Radostina Stoyanova	3:58.89

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Ana Šimić Croatia	1.92 m	Marija Vuković Montenegro	1.89 m	Daniela Stanciu Romania	1.86 m
Pole vault	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Greece	4.50 m	Eléni-Klaoúdia Pólak Greece	4.30 m	Buse Arıkazan Turkey	4.10 m
Long jump	Milena Mitkova Bulgaria	6.45 m	Angela Moroșanu Romania	6.41 m	Milica Gardašević Serbia	6.30 m
Triple jump	Gabriela Petrova Bulgaria	13.90 m	Elena Panțuroiu Romania	13.63 m	Paola Borović Croatia	13.43 m
Shot put	Radoslava Mavrodieva Bulgaria	17.85 m	Dimitriana Surdu Moldova	17.56 m	Lenuta Burueana Romania	15.85 m

The host country is highlighted in blue


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania (ROU)	5	5	5	15
2	Turkey (TUR)*	3	5	2	10
3	Bulgaria (BUL)	3	3	4	10
4	Greece (GRE)	3	3	3	9
5	Croatia (CRO)	2	2	3	7
6	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	1	4
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2	0	1	3
8	Albania (ALB)	2	0	0	2
9	Cyprus (CYP)	1	2	2	5
10	Armenia (ARM)	1	0	1	2
11	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	0	1
	Kosovo (KOS)	0	1	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	0	1
15	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		24	25	23	72