The Balkan Half Marathon Championships is an annual international competition over the half marathon between athletes from the Balkans. Organised by the Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations, it was inaugurated in 2012. It is one of two road running championships for the region, alongside the Balkan Marathon Championships.Balkan Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
The championships features races for both men and women. National team competitions are held within the individual races, with each nation's score being the total of the finishing positions of their best three athletes.
Editions EditionYearVenueCountryDateMen's winnerTime (m:s)Women's winnerTime (m:s)1st2012KavarnaBulgaria1 September1:10.482012 Balkan Half Marathon Championships - Men . Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.1:22.412012 Balkan Half Marathon Championships - Women . Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.2nd2013OradeaRomania15 September1:04:261:14:392013 Balkan Half Marathon Championships . Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.3rd2014DurrësAlbania6 April1:04:532014 Balkan Half Marathon Championships - Men. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.1:15:272014 Balkan Half Marathon Championships - Women. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.4th2015ApatinSerbia18 October1:06:551:17:512015 Balkan Half Marathon Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.5th2016PodgoricaMontenegro30 October1:07:461:12:252016 Balkan Half Marathon Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.6th2017PristinaKosovo14 May1:07:431:18:322017 Balkan Half Marathon Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.7th2018SarajevoBosnia16 September1:08:011:14:462018 Balkan Half Marathon Championships. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.8th2019KyivUkraine7 April1:04:362019 Balkan Half Marathon Championships - Men. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.1:11:50 2019 Balkan Half Marathon Championships - Women. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
References
External links Official website for Balkan Athletics