Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)

Editions

Year	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1929	Athina	GRE	22 – 29 September 1929	22	39	4
1930	Athina	GRE	5 – 12 October 1930	22	52	5
1931	Athina	GRE	4 – 11 October 1931	22	16	5
1932	Athina	GRE	11 – 15 October 1932	22	19	4
1933	Athina	GRE	1 – 8 October 1933	22	20	5
1934	Zagreb	YUG	26 August – 2 September 1934	22	19	3
1935	İstanbul	TUR	21 – 29 September 1935	22	12	4
1936	Athina	GRE	27 September – 6 October 1936	23	14	3
1937	București	ROU	5 – 12 September 1937	22	15	3
1938	Beograd	YUG	11 – 18 September 1938	22	17	4
1939	Athina	GRE	1 – 8 October 1939	24	19	4
1940	İstanbul	TUR	5 – 6 October 1940	20	16	3
1946	Tirana	ALB	9 – 13 October 1946	27	17	2
1947	București	ROU	6 – 8 September 1947	34	26	4
1953	Athina	GRE	28 – 29 June 1953	21	24	3
1954	Beograd	YUG	24 – 25 June 1954	21	22	3
1955	İstanbul	TUR	13 – 14 August 1955	21	24	3
1956	Beograd	YUG	23 June 1956	21	21	4
1957	Athina	GRE	30 August – 1 September 1957	33	26	4
1958	Sofia	BUL	19 – 21 September 1958	33	26	5
1959	București	ROU	19 – 21 September 1959	34	26	4
1960	Athina	GRE	23 – 25 September 1960	34	28	5
1961	Beograd	YUG	15 – 17 September 1961	35	29	5
1962	Ankara	TUR	28 – 30 September 1962	35	29	5
1963	Sofia	BUL	13 – 15 September 1963	35	31	5
1964	București	ROU	11 – 13 September 1964	35	30	5
1965	Athina	GRE	9 – 12 September 1965	35	28	4
1966	Sarajevo	YUG	15 – 18 September 1966	35	30	5
1967	İstanbul	TUR	29 September – 1 October 1967	35	30	4
1968	Athina	GRE	5 – 8 September 1968	35	29	5
1969	Sofia	BUL	28 – 31 August 1969	37	30	4
1970	București	ROU	13 – 16 August 1970	37	29	5
1971	Zagreb	YUG	2 – 5 September 1971	37	28	5
1972	İzmir	TUR	4 – 6 August 1972	37	30	5
1973	Athina	GRE	24 – 26 August 1973	37	32	5
1974	Sofia	BUL	2 – 4 August 1974	37	30	4
1975	București	ROU	8 – 10 August 1975	37	31	4
1976	Celje	YUG	18 – 20 June 1976	37	30	5
1977	Ankara	TUR	9 – 11 September 1977	37	31	5
1978	Thessaloniki	GRE	11 – 13 August 1978	39	32	5
1979	Athina	GRE	12 – 14 August 1979	39	32	4
1980	Sofia	BUL	11 – 15 June 1980	39	33	4
1981	Sarajevo	YUG	18 – 20 September 1981	39	29	4
1982	București	ROU	13 – 15 July 1982	39	35	4
1983	İzmir	TUR	25 – 26 June 1983	39	32	5
1984	Athina	GRE	8 – 10 September 1984	39	32	5
1985	Stara Zagora	BUL	2 – 4 August 1985	39	33	4
1986	Ljubljana	YUG	6 – 7 September 1986	39	33	5
1988	Ankara	TUR	16 – 17 July 1988	41	35	6
1989	Serres	GRE	12 – 13 August 1989	41	35	6
1990	İstanbul	TUR	4 – 5 August 1990	42	35	6
1992	Sofia	BUL	4 – 5 August 1992	43	38	4
1994	Kastoria	GRE	24 April 1994	2	6	3
1994	Trikala	GRE	9 – 10 July 1994	41	36	6
1996	Beograd	SCG	20 April 1996	2	6	5
1996	Niš	SCG	31 August – 1 September 1996	41	38	6
1997	Agrinio	GRE	6 April 1997	2	6	4
1997	Athina	GRE	27 – 29 June 1997	43	44	6
1998	Skopje	MKD	15 March 1998	2	6	5
1998	Beograd	SCG	13 – 14 June 1998	43	36	7
1999	Sofia	BUL	23 June 1999	2	6	2
1999	İstanbul	TUR	26 – 27 June 1999	43	38	7
2000	Vlasotince	SCG	—	2	2	1
2000	Beograd	SCG	22 April 2000	2	6	5
2000	Kavala	GRE	1 – 2 July 2000	39	32	6
2001	Astros	GRE	—	2	2	1
2001	Trikala	GRE	7 – 8 July 2001	39	41	6
2001	İstanbul	TUR	11 November 2001	2	6	5
2002	Vlasotince	SCG	—	2	2	2
2002	București	ROU	24 – 25 August 2002	40	34	7
2002	İstanbul	TUR	27 October 2002	2	6	3
2003	Russe	BUL	—	2	2	2
2003	Thiva	GRE	11 – 13 July 2003	40	46	5
2004	Reșița	ROU	3 April 2004	2	6	3
2004	İstanbul	TUR	3 – 4 July 2004	40	122	8
2005	Preveza	GRE	—	2	2	2
2005	Novi Sad	SCG	23 – 24 July 2005	40	131	11
2005	İstanbul	TUR	2 October 2005	2	6	4
2006	İstanbul	TUR	21 April 2006	2	4	3
2006	Beograd	SRB	22 April 2006	2	5	3
2006	Zenica	BIH	2 – 3 September 2006	40	125	8
2007	Galați	ROU	14 April 2007	2	6	4
2007	Sofia	BUL	4 – 5 July 2007	40	130	8
2007	İstanbul	TUR	28 October 2007	2	6	3
2008	București	ROU	12 April 2008	2	6	3
2008	Beograd	SRB	19 April 2008	2	6	4
2008	Kastoria	GRE	19 – 20 July 2008	40	138	7
2009	İzmir	TUR	—	0	0	0
2009	București	ROU	25 April 2009	2	6	2
2009	Podgorica	MNE	1 November 2009	2	6	4
2010	Larisa	GRE	—	0	0	0
2010	București	ROU	17 April 2010	2	6	4
2010	Kavarna	BUL	8 May 2010	2	5	4
2011	București	ROU	9 April 2011	2	6	4
2011	Skopje	MKD	8 May 2011	2	6	6
2011	Sliven	BUL	2 – 3 July 2011	37	122	8
2012	București	ROU	7 April 2012	2	6	3
2012	Beograd	SRB	22 April 2012	2	4	3
2012	Eskişehir	TUR	21 – 22 July 2012	40	126	7
2013	Ayvalık	TUR	20 April 2013	2	6	3
2013	Stara Zagora	BUL	27 – 28 July 2013	40	138	9
2013	Podgorica	MNE	27 October 2013	2	6	5
2014	Balchik	BUL	12 April 2014	2	6	5
2014	Beograd	SRB	27 April 2014	2	6	5
2014	Pitești	ROU	26 – 27 July 2014	40	129	11
2015	Ayvalık	TUR	18 April 2015	2	6	3
2015	Pitești	ROU	1 – 2 August 2015	40	131	13
2015	Podgorica	MNE	25 October 2015	2	6	4
2016	Florina	GRE	16 April 2016	2	6	4
2016	Pitești	ROU	25 – 26 June 2016	40	138	14
2016	Sofia	BUL	9 October 2016	2	6	5
2017	Florina	GRE	8 April 2017	2	6	4
2017	Novi Pazar	SRB	15 – 16 July 2017	40	135	15
2017	Zagreb	CRO	8 October 2017	2	6	4
2018	Lemesos	CYP	18 March 2018	2	6	5
2018	Zrenjanin	SRB	14 April 2018	2	6	4
2018	Stara Zagora	BUL	20 – 21 July 2018	40	135	16
2019	Alexandroupoli	GRE	20 April 2019	2	6	4
2019	Pravets	BUL	2 – 3 September 2019	40	138	17
2019	Beograd	SRB	17 November 2019	0	0	0
2020	Ivano-Frankivsk	UKR	14 March 2020	2	6	3
2020	Kyustendil	BUL	13 September 2020	0	0	0
2020	Cluj-Napoca	ROU	19 – 20 September 2020	44	128	9
2021	Antalya	TUR	27 March 2021	2	6	3
2021	Smederevo	SRB	26 – 27 June 2021	42	145	16
2022	Craiova	ROU	18 – 19 June 2022	42	145	18

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Romania	ROU	797	177	156	1130
2	Bulgaria	BUL	573	89	87	749
3	Greece	GRE	569	172	127	868
4	Yugoslavia	YUG	415	9	15	439
5	Turkey	TUR	172	118	133	423
6	Serbia	SRB	70	59	74	203
7	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	48	6	7	61
8	Ukraine	UKR	34	32	17	83
9	Republic of Moldova	MDA	25	28	36	89
10	Croatia	CRO	21	37	34	92
11	Slovenia	SLO	16	10	15	41
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	14	21	32	67
13	Hungary	HUN	13	0	0	13
14	Albania	ALB	12	5	8	25
15	Montenegro	MNE	10	7	12	29
16	Cyprus	CYP	8	9	14	31
17	Armenia	ARM	6	1	2	9
18	Israel	ISR	3	9	10	22
19	Austria	AUT	3	5	2	10
20	North Macedonia	MKD	3	2	8	13
21	Azerbaijan	AZE	1	0	0	1
22	Kosovo	KOS	0	4	1	5
23	Georgia	GEO	0	3	2	5