Balkan Masters Athletics Championships

Annual athletics competition in the Balkans

The Balkan Masters Athletics Championships is an annual international athletics competition between masters athletes aged 35 and over from nations in the Balkans. It is typically held over two or three days in September. It features a full programme of track and field events, plus a half marathon.[1] Organised by Balkan Masters Athletics, it was first held in 1991 and has been held every year since. The competition was the organisation's first regular championships, and was followed by a Balkan Masters Cross Country Championships in 2007 and a Balkan Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in 2015.[2][3]

## Nations

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1. Albania
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Greece
6. Moldova
7. Montenegro
8. North Macedonia
9. Romania
10. Serbia
11. Slovenia
12. Turkey
13. Kosovo

## Editions

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### Outdoor

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Edition  | Year  | City  | Country  | Dates

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1 | 1991 | Athens | Greece | 21 September
2 | 1992 | Istanbul | Turkey | 19 September
3 | 1993 | Bucharest | Romania | 18–19 September
4 | 1994 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 17–18 September
5 | 1995 | Istanbul | Turkey | 16–17 September
6 | 1996 | Athens | Greece | 28–29 September
7 | 1997 | Bucharest | Romania | 6–7 September
8 | 1998 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 11–12 July
9 | 1999 | İzmir | Turkey | 23–24 October
10 | 2000 | Katerini | Greece | 9–10 September
11 | 2001 | Belgrade | Serbia | 15–16 September
12 | 2002 | Istanbul | Turkey | 7–8 September
13 | 2003 | Katerini | Greece | 20–21 September
14 | 2004 | Istanbul | Turkey | 11–12 September
15 | 2005 | Novi Sad | Serbia | 24–25 September
16 | 2006 | Athens | Greece | 23–24 September
17 | 2007 | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 6–7 October
18 | 2008 | Bar | Montenegro | 4–5 October
19 | 2009 | İzmir | Turkey | 26–27 September
20 | 2010 | Larissa | Greece | 18–19 September
21 | 2011 | Domžale | Slovenia | 2–4 September
22 | 2012 | İzmir | Turkey | 21–23 September
23 | 2013 | Zagreb | Croatia | 6–8 September
24 | 2014 | Bucharest | Romania | 19–21 September
25 | 2015 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 18–19 September
26 | 2016 | Novi Sad | Serbia | 23–25 September
27 | 2017 | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 22–24 September
28 | 2018 | Celje | Slovenia | 21–23 September
29 | 2019 | Bucharest | Romania | 19–22 September
30 | 2021 | Korce | Albania | 17–19 September
31 | 2022 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 23–25 September

2020 not held.

### Indoor

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1. 21-22/2/2015, Istanbul, TURKEY
2. 12-13/3/2016, Bucharest, ROMANIA
3. 10-11/3/2018, Belgrade, SERBIA
4. 02-03/03/2019, Istanbul, TURKEY
5. 07-08/03/2020, Belgrade, SERBIA
6. 12-13/03/2022, Novo Mesto, SLOVENIA

### Cross Country

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1. 15/4/2007, Smendarevo, SERBIA
2. 2008, Plovdiv, BULGARIA
3. 5/4/2009, Tirana, ALBANIA
4. 2010, Istanbul, TURKEY
5. 29/4/2012, Belgrade, SERBIA
6. 14/4/2013, Athens, GREECE
7. 13/4/2014, Bucharest, ROMANIA
8. 12/3/2016, Bucharest, ROMANIA

## Medals

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Source:[5]

### Outdoor

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1991-2022:[6]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Greece| 1,971| 1,445| 1,074| 4,490
2|  Romania| 1,578| 1,077| 740| 3,395
3|  Bulgaria| 1,267| 829| 603| 2,699
4|  Turkey| 1,117| 994| 699| 2,810
5|  Slovenia| 749| 402| 251| 1,402
6|  Serbia| 522| 479| 354| 1,355
7|  Croatia| 329| 244| 169| 742
8|  Bosnia and Herzegovina| 132| 93| 53| 278
9|  Albania| 117| 88| 156| 361
10|  Montenegro| 103| 74| 55| 232
11|  Moldova| 59| 33| 24| 116
12|  Kosovo| 5| 3| 9| 17
13|  North Macedonia| 3| 7| 7| 17
Totals (13 entries)| 7,952| 5,768| 4,194| 17,914

30th Albania 2021:[7][8][9]

### Indoor

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2015-2018:[10]

### Cross Country

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## References

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1. ^ Men's Balkan Masters Outdoor Championships Records. Balkan Masters Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
2. ^ Balkan Championships Archived 2019-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. Balkan Masters Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
3. ^ About. BAMACS2019. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
4. ^ "Federations".
5. ^ "Balkan Championships".
6. ^ "2022 Total BAMACS Medals Rankings" (PDF). www.balkan-masters-athletics.org.
7. ^ "Balkan Masters Athletics Championships 17-19 September2021 | 30-th edition of Balkan Masters Athletics Championships Outdoor. Korce, Albania". Retrieved 2024-11-23.
8. ^ "Results | Balkan Masters Athletics Championships 17-19 September2021".
9. ^ "BAMACS 2021 KORCE ALBANIA STATISTICS" (PDF). bamacs2020.com. 2021.
10. ^ "Indoor Medals Rankings". www.balkan-masters-athletics.org. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

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