The Balkan Marathon Championships is an annual road running competition over the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

distance (42.195 km) between athletes from member nations of

Balkan Athletics The Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations, commonly known as Balkan Athletics is the organisation which organises the annual senior Balkan Athletics Championships and Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships, as well as other competitions at ...

. 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 The Balkan Athletics Championships or Balkan Games () is a regional athletics competition held between nations from the Balkans and organized by Balkan Athletics. The first games were held in Athens in 1929, and the most recent were being held in ...

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.Balkan Marathon Championships

Association of Road Racing Statisticians The Association of Road Racing Statisticians is an independent, non-profit organization that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics regarding road running races. The primary purpose of the ARRS is to maintain a valid list of world road record ...

. Retrieved 2020-02-06. A national team aspect was included in the competition in 2019.RESULTS Balkan Marathon Championship BELGRADE / SERBIA, 17 November 2019
Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06. 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 Franjo Škrinjar (17 May 1920 – 19 February 1989) was a Croatian long-distance runner who competed for Yugoslavia. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), ...

of Yugoslavia has won the most titles with six and Serbia's

Olivera Jevtić Olivera Jevtić ( sr-Cyrl, Оливера Јевтић, born 24 July 1977) is a Serbian long-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Running career Jevtić was born in T ...

has the title of most successful woman with four wins.

List of winners

References

;Winners list
Balkan Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

External links

Official website
of Balkan Athletics {{International athletics Marathons in Europe

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

Recurring sporting events established in 1930 Annual sporting events