2014 Balkan Athletics Championships
The 2014 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 73rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin in Pitești, Romania on 26 and 27 July. The host nation Romania topped the medal table with fourteen gold medals among a total haul of 32. Turkey and Bulgaria each won seven gold medals.
| 2014 Balkan Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26–27 July |
| Host city | Pitești, Romania |
| Venue | Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin |
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| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 40 |
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Athletes' performances were assessed with a points ranking based on international standards in the given event. Romanian long jumper Alina Rotaru gave the best overall performance with 6.72 m for 1143 points and her countryman Marian Oprea gave the best men's performance with 16.77 m for 1130 points in the triple jump.
Turkey's Ramil Guliyev won a double in the men's short sprints and Marian Oprea was the victor in both men's horizontal jumps. The individual 400 metres champions, Yavuz Can and Bianca Răzor, both anchored their national teams to a second gold in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Bulgaria's Inna Eftimova fell just short of a women's short sprint double, winning the 200 metres and taking silver in the 100 metres. Bulgarian jumper Andriana Bânova and Moldovan thrower Dimitriana Surdu each won multiple individual medals.
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  | 10.24 |  | 10.35 | | 10.42 |
| 200 metres | | 21.04 | | 21.53 | | 21.58 |
| 400 metres | | 46.50 |  | 47.36 | | 47.41 |
| 800 metres |  | 1:49.74 | | 1:50.10 |  | 1:50.67 |
| 1500 metres | | 3:45.80 | | 3:46.63 | | 3:46.74 |
| 5000 metres | | 14:17.95 |  | 14:23.54 | | 14:26.10 |
| 100 m hurdles |  | 14.47 |  | 14.72 | | 15.03 |
| 400 m hurdles | | 50.08 | | 50.62 | | 51.87 |
| 3000 m s'chase | | 8:52.33 | | 8:58.08 |  | 8:59.77 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Stefan-Alexandru Codreanu Teofilescu Doru Alexandru Alexandru Terpezan Cătălin Cîmpeanu | 40.09 | Milan Ristić Goran Podunavac Nemanja Bozic Strahinja Jovančević | 41.38 | Vasileios Tsaousis Nikolaos Saisanas Ioannis Nyfantopoulos Michael Mertzanidis | 42.28 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Yasmani Copello Halit Kiliç Mehmet Güzel Yavuz Can | 3:07.41 | Zvonimir Ivaškovic Staša Vrhovec Željko Vincek Mateo Ružić | 3:09.31 | Alin George Costache Ionut Danila Attila Csongor Nagy Tiberiu Alexandru Baneasu | 3:10.93 |
| High jump | | 2.22 m | | 2.22 m | | 2.14 m |
| Pole vault | | 5.30 m | | 5.10 m |  | 5.10 m |
| Long jump | | 7.78 m | | 7.71 m | | 7.66 m |
| Triple jump | | 16.77 m | | 16.62 m | | 16.54 m |
| Shot put | | 19.62 m | | 19.13 m | | 18.94 m |
| Discus throw | | 62.91 m |  | 61.48 m | | 59.09 m |
| Hammer throw | | 76.20 m | | 69.67 m | | 68.52 m |
| Javelin throw | | 75.98 m | | 71.83 m | | 69.25 m |
| Decathlon | | 7259 pts | | 6951 pts | | 6867 pts |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | | 11.33 | | 11.44 | | 11.48 |
| 200 metres | | 23.99 | | 24.06 | | 24.09 |
| 400 metres | | 52.24 | | 53.52 | | 53.84 |
| 800 metres | | 2:04.21 | | 2:04.69 | | 2:07.20 |
| 1500 metres | | 4:24.95 | | 4:26.01 | | 4:26.54 |
| 5000 metres | | 15:58.25 | | 16:01.13 | | 16:06.09 |
| 110 m hurdles | | 13.37 | | 13.53 | | 13.82 |
| 400 m hurdles | | 57.43 | | 59.34 | | 59.68 |
| 3000 m s'chase | | 9:43.45 | | 9:47.34 | | 9:51.40 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Andriana Ferra Georgia Kokloni Maria Gatou Elisavet Pesiridou | 44.76 | Ana Maria Rosianu Angela Moroșanu Andreea Grecu Andreea Ogrăzeanu | 45.54 | Ivana Lončarek Lucija Pokos Mateja Jambrovic Nika Župa | 45.65 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Adelina Pastor Mirela Lavric Angela Moroșanu Bianca Răzor | 3:31.02 | Marija Hižman Anita Banović Marina Banović Kristina Dudek | 3:37.67 | Katarina Ilic Jelena Grujic Bojana Kaličanin Tamara Markovic | 3:39.93 |
| High jump | | 1.90 m | | 1.87 m | | 1.83 m |
| Pole vault | | 4.35 m | | 3.60 m | | 3.50 m |
| Long jump | | 6.72 m | | 6.42 m | | 6.22 m |
| Triple jump | | 14.11 m | | 13.74 m | | 13.67 m |
| Shot put | | 17.60 m | | 15.47 m | | 14.30 m |
| Discus throw | | 57.60 m | | 53.38 m | | 50.17 m |
| Hammer throw | | 69.42 m | | 60.68 m | | 57.03 m |
| Javelin throw | | 53.12 m | | 49.25 m | | 45.78 m |
| Heptathlon | | 5724 pts | | 5624 pts | | 5260 pts |
Medal table
| 1 | | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 8 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11 | | - | - | 3 | 11 |
| Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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