The Balkan Race Walking Championships is an annual racewalking competition between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics. The championships features six individual races: senior men's and women's 20 kilometres race walks, men's and women's under-20 10 kilometres race walks, an under-18 boys' 10 km walk, and an under-18 girls' 5 kilometres race walk.18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19. Each individual race also has a national team component with points awarded based on finishing time, which are then totalled to form an overall team score for the championships.18th BALKAN RACE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS Alexandroupolis/GREECE 20 April 2019 Team Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
Balkan racewalking competitions originated in the main Balkan Athletics Championships. A men's 20 km walk was first held in 1961 and a women's 10 km walk was introduced in 1988 (later increased to a 20 km race in 2001).Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19. One-off indoor walks were also held at the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in 1994.Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19. The Balkan championships for racewalking were first held separately from the main championships in 2000, though Balkan Athletics starting their official numbering of a discrete Balkan Race Walking Championships from 2002 onwards.Results . Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
List of winners (20 km) EditionYearVenueCountryDateSenior men's winnerTimeSenior women's winnerTimeTeam winner 1st 2002 Vlasotince Yugoslavia 1:22:06 1:32:16 2nd 2003 Ruse Bulgaria 1:22:40 1:35:12 3rd 2004 Reșița Romania 1:21:51 1:28:58 4th 2005 Preveza Greece 1:25:48 1:35:35 5th 2006 Istanbul Turkey 1:22:31 1:30:46 6th 2007 Galați Romania 1:23:10 1:33:14 7th 2008 Bucharest Romania 12 April2008 Balkan Race Walking Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29. 1:26:59 1:34:37 8th 2009 Bucharest Romania 1:23:21.20 1:29:56.30 9th 2010 Bucharest Romania 1:23:29.30 1:37.26 10th 2011 Bucharest Romania 1:22:31 1:33:38 11th 2012 Bucharest Romania 1:28:50 1:35:17 12th 2013 Ayvalık Turkey 1:28:42 1:39:17 13th 2014 Balchik Bulgaria 1:26.31 1:34.56 14th 2015 Ayvalık Turkey 1:27:30 1:39:36 15th 2016 Florina Greece 1:31:32 1:38:29 16th 2017 Florina Greece 1:26:40 1:34:00 17th 2018 Zrenjanin Serbia 1:26:27 1:39:01 18th 2019 Alexandroupoli Greece 1:24:40 1:34:55 19th 2020 Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine 14 March2020 Balkan Race Walking Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29. 1:20:46 1:30:22 20th 2021 Antalya Turkey 27 March 1:24:20 1:30:12 21st 2022 Athens Greece 3 April 1:30:24 1:38:01 22nd 2023 Antalya Turkey 9 April 1:25:38 1:29:56
References
Winners list Results . Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29. Balkan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
External links Official website of Balkan Athletics