Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)

Sport Athletics
Competition Category Regional Championships
Years 1929—2023
Editions 81
Competitors 2066
Countries 23

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

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 Trikala GRE 9 – 10 July 1994 41 36 6
1996 Niš SCG 31 August – 1 September 1996 41 38 6
1997 Athina GRE 27 – 29 June 1997 43 44 6
1998 Beograd SCG 13 – 14 June 1998 43 36 7
1999 İstanbul TUR 26 – 27 June 1999 43 38 7
2000 Kavala GRE 1 – 2 July 2000 39 32 6
2001 Trikala GRE 7 – 8 July 2001 39 41 6
2002 București ROU 24 – 25 August 2002 40 34 7
2003 Thiva GRE 11 – 13 July 2003 40 46 5
2004 İstanbul TUR 3 – 4 July 2004 40 122 8
2005 Novi Sad SCG 23 – 24 July 2005 40 131 11
2006 Zenica BIH 2 – 3 September 2006 40 125 8
2007 Sofia BUL 4 – 5 July 2007 40 130 8
2008 Kastoria GRE 19 – 20 July 2008 40 138 7
2009 İzmir TUR 0 0 0
2010 Larisa GRE 0 0 0
2011 Sliven BUL 2 – 3 July 2011 37 122 8
2012 Eskişehir TUR 21 – 22 July 2012 40 126 7
2013 Stara Zagora BUL 27 – 28 July 2013 40 138 9
2014 Pitești ROU 26 – 27 July 2014 40 129 11
2015 Pitești ROU 1 – 2 August 2015 40 131 13
2016 Pitești ROU 25 – 26 June 2016 42 145 14
2017 Novi Pazar SRB 15 – 16 July 2017 42 139 15
2018 Stara Zagora BUL 20 – 21 July 2018 42 139 16
2019 Pravets BUL 2 – 3 September 2019 40 138 17
2020 Cluj-Napoca ROU 19 – 20 September 2020 42 128 9
2021 Smederevo SRB 26 – 27 June 2021 42 145 16
2022 Craiova ROU 18 – 19 June 2022 42 145 18
2023 Kraljevo SRB 22 – 23 July 2023 42 136 16

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Romania ROU 778 163 146 1087
2 Bulgaria BUL 566 82 74 722
3 Greece GRE 559 170 119 848
4 Yugoslavia YUG 415 9 15 439
5 Turkey TUR 166 110 133 409
6 Serbia SRB 66 58 72 196
7 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 45 4 6 55
8 Ukraine UKR 35 34 18 87
9 Croatia CRO 23 35 35 93
10 Republic of Moldova MDA 22 24 32 78
11 Slovenia SLO 17 13 20 50
12 Albania ALB 16 5 7 28
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 15 21 32 68
14 Hungary HUN 13 0 0 13
15 Cyprus CYP 11 13 16 40
16 Austria AUT 7 8 2 17
17 Montenegro MNE 6 7 12 25
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 0 1
22 Kosovo KOS 0 4 1 5
23 Georgia GEO 0 3 3 6