Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)

Events were planned for 2009 in İzmir and 2010 in Larisa, but were cancelled.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1929 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	22 – 29 September 1929	22	39	4
1930 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	5 – 12 October 1930	22	52	5
1931 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	4 – 11 October 1931	22	16	5
1932 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	11 – 15 October 1932	22	19	4
1933 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	1 – 8 October 1933	22	20	5
1934 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Zagreb	YUG	26 August – 2 September 1934	22	19	3
1935 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İstanbul	TUR	21 – 29 September 1935	22	12	4
1936 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	27 September – 6 October 1936	23	14	3
1937 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	5 – 12 September 1937	22	15	3
1938 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Beograd	YUG	11 – 18 September 1938	22	17	4
1939 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	1 – 8 October 1939	24	19	4
1940 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İstanbul	TUR	5 – 6 October 1940	20	16	3
1946 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Tirana	ALB	9 – 13 October 1946	27	17	2
1947 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	6 – 8 September 1947	34	26	4
1953 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	28 – 29 June 1953	21	24	3
1954 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Beograd	YUG	24 – 25 June 1954	21	22	3
1955 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İstanbul	TUR	13 – 14 August 1955	21	24	3
1956 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Beograd	YUG	23 June 1956	21	21	4
1957 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	30 August – 1 September 1957	33	26	4
1958 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sofia	BUL	19 – 21 September 1958	33	26	5
1959 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	19 – 21 September 1959	34	26	4
1960 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	23 – 25 September 1960	34	28	5
1961 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Beograd	YUG	15 – 17 September 1961	35	29	5
1962 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Ankara	TUR	28 – 30 September 1962	35	29	5
1963 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sofia	BUL	13 – 15 September 1963	35	31	5
1964 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	11 – 13 September 1964	35	30	5
1965 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	9 – 12 September 1965	35	28	4
1966 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sarajevo	YUG	15 – 18 September 1966	35	30	5
1967 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İstanbul	TUR	29 September – 1 October 1967	35	30	4
1968 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	5 – 8 September 1968	35	29	5
1969 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sofia	BUL	28 – 31 August 1969	37	30	4
1970 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	13 – 16 August 1970	37	29	5
1971 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Zagreb	YUG	2 – 5 September 1971	37	28	5
1972 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İzmir	TUR	4 – 6 August 1972	37	30	5
1973 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	24 – 26 August 1973	37	32	5
1974 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sofia	BUL	2 – 4 August 1974	37	30	4
1975 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	8 – 10 August 1975	37	31	4
1976 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Celje	YUG	18 – 20 June 1976	37	30	5
1977 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Ankara	TUR	9 – 11 September 1977	37	31	5
1978 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Thessaloniki	GRE	11 – 13 August 1978	39	32	5
1979 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	12 – 14 August 1979	39	32	4
1980 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sofia	BUL	11 – 15 June 1980	39	33	4
1981 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sarajevo	YUG	18 – 20 September 1981	39	29	4
1982 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	13 – 15 July 1982	39	35	4
1983 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İzmir	TUR	25 – 26 June 1983	39	32	5
1984 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	8 – 10 September 1984	39	32	5
1985 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Stara Zagora	BUL	2 – 4 August 1985	39	33	4
1986 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Ljubljana	YUG	6 – 7 September 1986	39	33	5
1988 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Ankara	TUR	16 – 17 July 1988	41	35	6
1989 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Serres	GRE	12 – 13 August 1989	41	35	6
1990 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İstanbul	TUR	4 – 5 August 1990	42	35	6
1992 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sofia	BUL	4 – 5 August 1992	43	38	4
1994 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Trikala	GRE	9 – 10 July 1994	41	36	6
1996 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Niš	SCG	31 August – 1 September 1996	41	38	6
1997 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Athina	GRE	27 – 29 June 1997	43	44	6
1998 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Beograd	SCG	13 – 14 June 1998	43	36	7
1999 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İstanbul	TUR	26 – 27 June 1999	43	38	7
2000 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Kavala	GRE	1 – 2 July 2000	39	32	6
2001 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Trikala	GRE	7 – 8 July 2001	39	41	6
2002 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	București	ROU	24 – 25 August 2002	40	34	7
2003 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Thiva	GRE	11 – 13 July 2003	40	46	5
2004 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İstanbul	TUR	3 – 4 July 2004	40	122	8
2005 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Novi Sad	SCG	23 – 24 July 2005	40	131	11
2006 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Zenica	BIH	2 – 3 September 2006	40	125	8
2007 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sofia	BUL	4 – 5 July 2007	40	130	8
2008 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Kastoria	GRE	19 – 20 July 2008	40	138	7
2009 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İzmir	TUR	—	0	0	0
2010 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Larisa	GRE	—	0	0	0
2011 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Sliven	BUL	2 – 3 July 2011	37	122	8
2012 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Eskişehir	TUR	21 – 22 July 2012	40	126	7
2013 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Stara Zagora	BUL	27 – 28 July 2013	40	138	9
2014 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Pitești	ROU	26 – 27 July 2014	40	129	11
2015 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Pitești	ROU	1 – 2 August 2015	40	131	13
2016 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Pitești	ROU	25 – 26 June 2016	42	145	14
2017 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Novi Pazar	SRB	15 – 16 July 2017	42	139	15
2018 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Stara Zagora	BUL	20 – 21 July 2018	42	139	16
2019 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Pravets	BUL	2 – 3 September 2019	40	138	17
2020 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Cluj-Napoca	ROU	19 – 20 September 2020	42	128	9
2021 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Smederevo	SRB	26 – 27 June 2021	42	145	16
2022 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Craiova	ROU	18 – 19 June 2022	42	145	18
2023 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	Kraljevo	SRB	22 – 23 July 2023	42	136	16
2024 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)	İzmir	TUR	25 – 26 May 2024	43	156	16

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Romania	ROU	780	164	152	1096
2	Bulgaria	BUL	567	85	75	727
3	Greece	GRE	565	179	124	868
4	Yugoslavia	YUG	415	9	15	439
5	Turkey	TUR	179	123	144	446
6	Serbia	SRB	67	62	74	203
7	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	45	4	6	55
8	Ukraine	UKR	41	36	21	98
9	Croatia	CRO	25	36	38	99
10	Republic of Moldova	MDA	24	27	33	84
11	Slovenia	SLO	18	15	26	59
12	Albania	ALB	18	6	7	31
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	15	21	32	68
14	Cyprus	CYP	13	16	17	46
15	Hungary	HUN	13	0	0	13
16	Austria	AUT	12	8	3	23
17	Montenegro	MNE	6	8	12	26
18	Armenia	ARM	6	2	2	10
19	Israel	ISR	3	10	12	25
20	North Macedonia	MKD	3	1	6	10
21	Azerbaijan	AZE	1	0	1	2
22	Kosovo	KOS	0	4	2	6
23	Georgia	GEO	0	3	3	6
24	Malta	MLT	0	0	2	2