The Balkan Athletics U20 Championships is an annual track and field competition for athletes under-20 years old from the Balkans. Formerly known as the Balkan Athletics Junior Championships, it was first held in 1970 and is organised by Balkan Athletics.Results. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09. It is one of the oldest youth athletics championships, being created in the same year at the European Athletics Junior Championships, though predated by the South American U20 Championships in Athletics.South American Junior Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.European Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
Nations
(from 1970) (from 1970) (from 1970) (from 1970) (from 1970) (from 1992) (from 1992) (from 1992) (from 1992) (from 2006) (from 2006) (from 2013) (from 2014) (from 2014) (from 2015) (from 2016)
Former nations Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1970-1990) Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2005)
Editions EditionYearCityCountryDateStageNo. Athletes1 1970 Piraeus 25–26 July Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 2 1971 Piraeus 31 July – 1 August Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 3 1972 İzmir 22–23 July Halkapınar Sport Hall 4 1973 Bucharest 28–29 July Stadionul Republicii 5 1974 Varna 10–11 August Yuri Gagarin Stadium 6 1975 Karlovac 26–27 July Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek 7 1976 Kavala 21–22 August Kavala National Stadium Anthi Karagianni Stadium 8 1977 Bucharest 30–31 July Stadionul Republicii 9 1978 Ankara 1–2 July 19th May Stadium 10 1979 Yambol 28–29 September "Tundzha" Stadium 11 1980 Thessaloniki 6–7 August Kaftanzoglio Stadium 12 1981 Pleven 25–26 July Stadion Pleven 13 1982 Drama 3–4 July Municipal Stadium of Drama 14 1983 Bucharest 30–31 July Stadionul Republicii 15 1984 Maribor 28–29 July Athletic Stadium 16 1985 Chania 27–28 July Stadium Elena Venizelou 17 1986 İzmir 26–27 July Halkapınar Sport Hall 18 1987 Pitești 26–27 July Stadium Nicolae Dobrin 19 1988 Alexandroupolis 9–10 July Fotis Kosmas Stadium 20 1989 Stara Zagora 15–16 July Beroe Stadium 21 1990 Ljubljana 29–30 July Stadion Žak - Ljubljana 22 1991 Thessaloniki 27–28 July Kaftanzoglio Stadium 23 1992 Istanbul 15–16 August Atatürk Olympic Stadium 24 1993 Thessaloniki 10–11 July Kaftanzoglio Stadium 25 1994 Ankara 2–3 July 19 Mayıs Stadyumu 26 1995 Niš 6–7 July Čair Stadiumu 27 1996 Bucharest 6–7 July 28 1997 İzmir 12–13 July Halkapınar Sport Hall 29 1998 Istanbul 11–12 July 30 1999 Komotini 24–25 July Ethniko Panthrakiko Stadio 31 2000 Constanța 16–17 September Stadionul "Gheorghe Hagi" 32 2001 Ankara 15–16 September 19 Mayıs Stadyumu 33 2002 Istanbul 14–15 September Atatürk Olympic Stadium 34 2003 Constanţa 13–14 September Stadionul "Gheorghe Hagi" 35 2004 Banja Luka 25–26 July Banja Luka City Stadium 36 2005 Katerini 24–25 September Katerini Municipal Stadium 37 2006 Tripolis 9–10 September Athletic center of Tripolis 38 2007 Kragujevac 8–9 September Čika Dača Stadium 39 2008 Bursa 19–20 July Bursa Atatürk Stadium 40 2009 Schimatari 5–6 September Shimatari Municipal Stadium / 'Evangelos Depastas' 41 2010 42 2011 Edirne 16–17 July 43 2012 Eskişehir 23–24 June 44 2013 Denizli 6–7 July 45 2014 Serres 5–6 July Serres Municipal Stadium 73346 2015 Pitești 4–5 July Stadium Nicolae Dobrin 47 2016 Bolu 2–3 July Bolu Atatürk Stadium 48 2017 Pitești 1–2 July Stadium Nicolae Dobrin 49 2018 Bursa 23–24 June Bursa Atatürk Stadium 50 2019 Cluj-Napoca 2–3 July Cluj Arena 51 2020 Istanbul 12–13 September Atatürk Olympic Stadium 52 2021 Istanbul 12–13 June Atatürk Olympic Stadium 53 2022 Denizli 16–17 July Turkish Sports Stadium 54 2023 Canceled 1–2 July
References
External links Balkan Games results at GBRAthletics Balkan Athletics