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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

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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 Gall (ROM) 3:20:41
4th 1933   Ludovic Gall (ROM) 3:02:41
5th 1934   Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 2:49:42
6th 1935   Ludovic Gall (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 Buruiană (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 Cercheș (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 (ROU) 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 Gheorghiță (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

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  1. ^ Ukraine Gets Silver and Bronze at the Balkan Athletics Federations’ Marathon. UATV (2018-03-20). Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  2. ^ Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  3. ^ a b Balkan Marathon Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  4. ^ RESULTS Balkan Marathon Championship BELGRADE / SERBIA, 17 November 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
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