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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] A national team aspect was included in the competition in 2019.[4]

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.[3]

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
1st1930 Nicolae Ilie (ROM)3:14:05
2nd1931 Christos Sarras (GRE)3:11:21
3rd1932 Ludovic Gall (ROM)3:20:41
4th1933 Ludovic Gall (ROM)3:02:41
5th1934 Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)2:49:42
6th1935 Ludovic Gall (ROM)3:07:40
7th1936 Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)2:49:10
8th1937 Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)3:02:22
9th1938 Athanasios Ragazos (GRE)2:30:38
10th1939 Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE)2:52:07
11th1940 Athanasios Ragazos (GRE)2:44:37
12th1953 Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)3:09:46
13th1954 Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)2:48:49
14th1955 Haydar Erturan (TUR)2:51:34
15th1956 Franjo Mihalić (YUG)2:16:25
16th1957 Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)2:41:37
17th1958 Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)2:41:06
18th1959 Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)2:33:17
19th1960 Dobrivoje Stojanović (YUG)2:29:12
20th1961 Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)2:33:18
21st1962 Ivan Mustapić (YUG)2:36:43
22nd1963 Ivan Mustapić (YUG)2:32:31
23rd1964 Constantin Grecescu (ROM)2:28:24
24th1965 Ivaylo Sharankov (BUL)2:39:50
25th1966 İsmail Akçay (TUR)2:22:45
26th1967 Ivaylo Sharankov (BUL)2:24:52
27th1968 İsmail Akçay (TUR)2:21:56
28th1969 Nedo Farčić (YUG)2:26:18
29th1970 Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)2:27:51
30th1971 İsmail Akçay (TUR)2:25:36
31st1972 Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)2:20:09
32nd1973 İsmail Akçay (TUR)
 Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)		2:30:35
33rd1974 Atanas Galabov (BUL)2:30:37
34th1975 Atanas Galabov (BUL)2:28:21
35th1976 Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)2:33:53
36th1977 Veli Balli (TUR)2:22:56
37th1978 Vasil Lechev (BUL)2:24:20
38th1979 Michalis Kousis (GRE)2:21:20
39th1980 Dimitrios Psathas (GRE)2:25:43
40th1981 Michalis Kousis (GRE)2:19:06
41st1982 Gheorghe Buruiană (ROM)2:31:47
42nd1983 Mehmet Terzi (TUR)2:19:51
43rd1984 Mehmet Terzi (TUR)2:21:30
44th1985 Tomislav Ašković (YUG)2:25:21
45th1986 Mehmet Terzi (TUR)2:22:11
46th1988 Mehmet Terzi (TUR)2:23:00
47th1989 Christos Papachristos (GRE)2:27:07
48th1990 Haydar Dogan (TUR)2:22:50 Maria Polyzou (GRE)2:55:25
49th1992 Cihangir Demirel (TUR)2:23:47 Rumyana Panovska (BUL)2:46:51
50th1996 Nikolaos Polias (GRE)2:18:43 Suzana Ćirić (YUG)2:37:06
51st1997 Spyros Andriopoulos (GRE)2:13:15 Panayota Nikolakopoulou (GRE)2:44:24
52nd1998 Nikolaos Polias (GRE)2:17:02 Gergana Voynova (BUL)2:46:54
53rd1999 Petko Stefanov (BUL)2:21:10 Rumyana Panovska (BUL)2:55:14
54th2000 Petko Stefanov (BUL)2:19:30 Cristina Pomacu (ROM)2:36:54
55th2001 Sreten Ninković (YUG)2:18:22 Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz (TUR)2:39:13
56th2002 Arthur Miklos (ROM)2:23:20 Svetlana Tcaci (MDA)2:37:57
57th2005 Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA)2:20:42 Natalia Cercheș (MDA)2:42:58
58th2006 Yusuf Zepak (TUR)2:29:35 Ekaterini Fotopoulou (GRE)3:15:30
59th2009 Roman Prodius (MDA)2:14:57 Olivera Jevtić (SRB)2:31:18
60th2010 Ercan Muslu (TUR)2:24:12 Paula Todoran (ROU)2:44:23
61st2011 Mehmet Ali Akbas (TUR)2:37:16 Slađana Perunović (MNE)2:53:15
62nd2012 Ercan Muslu (TUR)2:28:15 Esra Güllü (TUR)2:57:08
63rd2013 Yolo Nikolov (BUL)2:19:31 Slađana Perunović (MNE)2:42:28
64th2014 Vitalie Gheorghiță (MDA)2:31:24 Ana Subotić (SRB)2:44:04
65th2015 Darko Živanović (SRB)2:23:05 Olivera Jevtić (SRB)2:39:32
66th2016 Shaban Mustafa (BUL)2:29:59 Slađana Perunović (MNE)2:49:20
67th2017 Yavuz Ağralı (TUR)2:18:22 Olivera Jevtić (SRB)2:35:31
68th2018 Anatoliy Bondarenko (UKR)2:38:58 Olivera Jevtić (SRB)2:44:26
69th2019 Maxim Răileanu (MDA)2:21:11 Teodora Simović (SRB)2:42:30

References

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