1968 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)

Host City Athina
Country GRE
Held 5 – 8 September 1968
Competitors 29
Countries 5

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men Medal 1 1
200 m Men Medal 1 1
400 m Men Medal 1 1
800 m Men Medal 1 1
1,500 m Men Medal 1 1
5,000 m Men Medal 1 1
10,000 m Men Medal 1 1
Marathon Men Medal 1 1
110 m Hurdles Men Medal 1 1
400 m Hurdles Men Medal 1 1
3,000 m Steeplechase Men Medal 1 1
4 x 100 m Relay Men Medal 0 1
4 x 400 m Relay Men Medal 0 1
20 km Walk Men Medal 1 1
High Jump Men Medal 1 1
Pole Vault Men Medal 1 1
Long Jump Men Medal 1 1
Triple Jump Men Medal 1 1
Shot Put Men Medal 1 1
Discus Throw Men Medal 1 1
Hammer Throw Men Medal 1 1
Javelin Throw Men Medal 1 1
Decathlon Men Medal 1 1
100 m Women Medal 1 1
200 m Women Medal 1 1
400 m Women Medal 1 1
800 m Women Medal 1 1
80 m Hurdles Women Medal 1 1
4 x 100 m Relay Women Medal 0 1
High Jump Women Medal 1 1
Long Jump Women Medal 1 1
Shot Put Women Medal 1 1
Discus Throw Women Medal 1 1
Javelin Throw Women Medal 1 1
Pentathlon Women Medal 1 1

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Bulgaria BUL 11 0 0 11
= Romania ROU 11 0 0 11
= Yugoslavia YUG 11 0 0 11
4 Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
= Turkey TUR 1 0 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Zhivko Traykov BUL
200 m, Men Trendafil Nikolov Terziyski BUL
400 m, Men Stjepan Kremer YUG
800 m, Men Zlatko Valchev BUL
1,500 m, Men Atanas Atanasov BUL
5,000 m, Men Nedo Farčić YUG
10,000 m, Men Nedo Farčić YUG
Marathon, Men İsmail Akçay TUR
110 m Hurdles, Men Nicolae Pertea ROU
400 m Hurdles, Men Virgil Mihaescu ROU
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Mihail Zhelev BUL
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Bulgaria BUL
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Bulgaria BUL
20 km Walk, Men Leonida Caraiosifoglu ROU
High Jump, Men Miodrag Todosijević YUG
Pole Vault, Men Khristos Papanikolaou GRE
Long Jump, Men Adrian Samungi ROU
Triple Jump, Men Georgi Stoykovski BUL
Shot Put, Men Tomislav Šuker YUG
Discus Throw, Men Iosif Naghi ROU
Hammer Throw, Men Gheorghe Costache ROU
Javelin Throw, Men Milcho Petrov Milenski BUL
Decathlon, Men Spas Dzhurov BUL
100 m, Women Marijana Lubej YUG
200 m, Women Mariana Goth ROU
400 m, Women Vera Nikolić YUG
800 m, Women Vera Nikolić YUG
80 m Hurdles, Women Marijana Lubej YUG
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Yugoslavia YUG
High Jump, Women Virginia Bonci ROU
Long Jump, Women Viorica Viscopoleanu ROU
Shot Put, Women Ivanka Hristova BUL
Discus Throw, Women Lia Manoliu ROU
Javelin Throw, Women Mihaela Peneș ROU
Pentathlon, Women Đurđa Fočić YUG