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The Balkan Marathon Championships is an annual road running competition over the marathon distance (42.195 km) between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics. It is one of two road running championships for the region, alongside the Balkan Half Marathon Championships (established in 2012).

Following an unofficial gathering of Balkan athletes in 1929, the Balkan Marathon Championship was formally established within the Balkan Athletics Championships in 1930. It was a men's competition exclusively until 1990, when a women's race was also added. The marathon event was separated from the track and field competition in 1996 and was established as an annual competition in its own right. The competition has not been held every year since, though it has been consistently held as an annual fixture from 2009 onwards. The venue varies each year and the championship is usually contested within an independently organised marathon in a city in the Balkans. A national team aspect was included in the competition in 2019.

Turkey is historically the most successful nation in the men's race, followed by Greece, while Serbia has produced the most female winners. Individually, Franjo Škrinjar of Yugoslavia has won the most titles with six and Serbia's Olivera Jevtić has the title of most successful woman with four wins.

List of winners

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
-	1929	Christos Sarras (GRE)	3:12:32	Not held
1st	1930	Nicolae Ilie (ROM)	3:14:05
2nd	1931	Christos Sarras (GRE)	3:11:21
3rd	1932	Ludovic Gall (ROM)	3:20:41
4th	1933	Ludovic Gall (ROM)	3:02:41
5th	1934	Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)	2:49:42
6th	1935	Ludovic Gall (ROM)	3:07:40
7th	1936	Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)	2:49:10
8th	1937	Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)	3:02:22
9th	1938	Athanasios Ragazos (GRE)	2:30:38
10th	1939	Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)	2:52:07
11th	1940	Athanasios Ragazos (GRE)	2:44:37
12th	1953	Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)	3:09:46
13th	1954	Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)	2:48:49
14th	1955	Haydar Erturan (TUR)	2:51:34
15th	1956	Franjo Mihalić (YUG)	2:16:25
16th	1957	Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)	2:41:37
17th	1958	Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)	2:41:06
18th	1959	Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)	2:33:17
19th	1960	Dobrivoje Stojanović (YUG)	2:29:12
20th	1961	Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)	2:33:18
21st	1962	Ivan Mustapić (YUG)	2:36:43
22nd	1963	Ivan Mustapić (YUG)	2:32:31
23rd	1964	Constantin Grecescu (ROM)	2:28:24
24th	1965	Ivaylo Sharankov (BUL)	2:39:50
25th	1966	İsmail Akçay (TUR)	2:22:45
26th	1967	Ivaylo Sharankov (BUL)	2:24:52
27th	1968	İsmail Akçay (TUR)	2:21:56
28th	1969	Nedo Farčić (YUG)	2:26:18
29th	1970	Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)	2:27:51
30th	1971	İsmail Akçay (TUR)	2:25:36
31st	1972	Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)	2:20:09
32nd	1973	İsmail Akçay (TUR)  Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)	2:30:35
33rd	1974	Atanas Galabov (BUL)	2:30:37
34th	1975	Atanas Galabov (BUL)	2:28:21
35th	1976	Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)	2:33:53
36th	1977	Veli Balli (TUR)	2:22:56
37th	1978	Vasil Lechev (BUL)	2:24:20
38th	1979	Michalis Kousis (GRE)	2:21:20
39th	1980	Dimitrios Psathas (GRE)	2:25:43
40th	1981	Michalis Kousis (GRE)	2:19:06
41st	1982	Gheorghe Buruiană (ROM)	2:31:47
42nd	1983	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:19:51
43rd	1984	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:21:30
44th	1985	Tomislav Ašković (YUG)	2:25:21
45th	1986	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:22:11
46th	1988	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:23:00
47th	1989	Christos Papachristos (GRE)	2:27:07
48th	1990	Haydar Dogan (TUR)	2:22:50	Maria Polyzou (GRE)	2:55:25
49th	1992	Cihangir Demirel (TUR)	2:23:47	Rumyana Panovska (BUL)	2:46:51
50th	1996	Nikolaos Polias (GRE)	2:18:43	Suzana Ćirić (YUG)	2:37:06
51st	1997	Spyros Andriopoulos (GRE)	2:13:15	Panayota Nikolakopoulou (GRE)	2:44:24
52nd	1998	Nikolaos Polias (GRE)	2:17:02	Gergana Voynova (BUL)	2:46:54
53rd	1999	Petko Stefanov (BUL)	2:21:10	Rumyana Panovska (BUL)	2:55:14
54th	2000	Petko Stefanov (BUL)	2:19:30	Cristina Pomacu (ROM)	2:36:54
55th	2001	Sreten Ninković (YUG)	2:18:22	Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz (TUR)	2:39:13
56th	2002	Arthur Miklos (ROM)	2:23:20	Svetlana Tcaci (MDA)	2:37:57
57th	2005	Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA)	2:20:42	Natalia Cercheș (MDA)	2:42:58
58th	2006	Yusuf Zepak (TUR)	2:29:35	Ekaterini Fotopoulou (GRE)	3:15:30
59th	2009	Roman Prodius (MDA)	2:14:57	Olivera Jevtić (SRB)	2:31:18
60th	2010	Ercan Muslu (TUR)	2:24:12	Paula Todoran (ROU)	2:44:23
61st	2011	Mehmet Ali Akbas (TUR)	2:37:16	Slađana Perunović (MNE)	2:53:15
62nd	2012	Ercan Muslu (TUR)	2:28:15	Esra Güllü (TUR)	2:57:08
63rd	2013	Yolo Nikolov (BUL)	2:19:31	Slađana Perunović (MNE)	2:42:28
64th	2014	Vitalie Gheorghiță (MDA)	2:31:24	Ana Subotić (SRB)	2:44:04
65th	2015	Darko Živanović (SRB)	2:23:05	Olivera Jevtić (SRB)	2:39:32
66th	2016	Shaban Mustafa (BUL)	2:29:59	Slađana Perunović (MNE)	2:49:20
67th	2017	Yavuz Ağralı (TUR)	2:18:22	Olivera Jevtić (SRB)	2:35:31
68th	2018	Anatoliy Bondarenko (UKR)	2:38:58	Olivera Jevtić (SRB)	2:44:26
69th	2019	Maxim Răileanu (MDA)	2:21:11	Teodora Simović (SRB)	2:42:30

References

1. Ukraine Gets Silver and Bronze at the Balkan Athletics Federations’ Marathon. UATV (2018-03-20). Retrieved 2020-02-06.
2. Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
3. ^ Balkan Marathon Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
4. RESULTS Balkan Marathon Championship BELGRADE / SERBIA, 17 November 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

Winners list

• Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
• Balkan Marathon Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

External links

• Official website of Balkan Athletics

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