1972 Balkan Games (Balkan Athletics Championships)

Host City İzmir
Country TUR
Held 4 – 6 August 1972
Competitors 30
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
1,500 m Women — Medal 1 1
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 1 1
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 0 1
4 x 400 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
3 Greece GRE 7 0 0 7
= Yugoslavia YUG 7 0 0 7
5 Turkey TUR 1 0 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Vasilios Papageorgopoulos GRE
200 m, Men Vasilios Papageorgopoulos GRE
400 m, Men Jozo Alebić YUG
800 m, Men Jože Međimurec YUG
1,500 m, Men Petre Lupan ROU
5,000 m, Men Dane Korica YUG
10,000 m, Men Dane Korica YUG
Marathon, Men Hüseyin Aktaş TUR
110 m Hurdles, Men Nicolae Pertea ROU
400 m Hurdles, Men Stavros Tziortzis GRE
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Gheorghe Cefan ROU
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Greece GRE
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Yugoslavia YUG
20 km Walk, Men Ion Gasitu ROU
High Jump, Men Vasilios Papadimitriou GRE
Pole Vault, Men Christos Papanikolaou GRE
Long Jump, Men Vasile Sarucan ROU
Triple Jump, Men Carol Corbu ROU
Shot Put, Men Ivan Ivančić YUG
Discus Throw, Men Velko Velev BUL
Hammer Throw, Men Stavros Moutaftsidis GRE
Javelin Throw, Men Zlatko Bezjak YUG
Decathlon, Men Vasile Bogdan ROU
100 m, Women Ivanka Valkova BUL
200 m, Women Valeria Bufanu ROU
400 m, Women Ivanka Bonova BUL
800 m, Women Ileana Silai ROU
1,500 m, Women Tonka Petrova BUL
100 m Hurdles, Women Valeria Bufanu ROU
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Bulgaria BUL
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Bulgaria BUL
High Jump, Women Yordanka Blagoeva BUL
Long Jump, Women Diana Yorgova BUL
Shot Put, Women Ivanka Hristova BUL
Discus Throw, Women Argentina Menis ROU
Javelin Throw, Women Lyuba Mollova BUL
Pentathlon, Women Nedyalka Angelova BUL