The Balkan Race Walking Championships is an annual

racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

competition between athletes from member nations of Balkan Athletics. The championships features six individual races: senior men's and women's

20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

s, men's and women's under-20

10 kilometres race walk The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it ...

s, an under-18 boys' 10 km walk, and an under-18 girls' 5 kilometres race walk. 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. Balkan racewalking competitions originated in the main

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 ...

. 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 The Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships, also known as the ''Balkan Indoor Games'' ( el, Βαλκανικοί Αγώνες Κλειστού Στίβου), is an annual international regional indoor track and field competition between athletes fr ...

in 1994. 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)

References

;Winners list
Results
Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

External links

Official website
of Balkan Athletics {{International athletics Racewalking competitions Under-20 athletics competitions Under-18 athletics competitions

Racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

Recurring sporting events established in 2002 Annual sporting events