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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name=2013 Balkan Athletics Championships
|Host city=[[Stara Zagora]], [[Bulgaria]]
|Dates=27–28 July
|Stadium=[[Beroe Stadium]]
|Stadium image=[[File:Stadion Beroe in Stara Zagora.jpg|220px]]
|Level=Senior|Type=Outdoor
|Events= 40
|Records set= 
|Nations participating = 
|Athletes participating = 
|Previous=[[2012 Balkan Athletics Championships|2012 Alexandroupoli]]
|Next=[[2014 Balkan Athletics Championships|2014 Pitești]]
|Games=[[Balkan Athletics Championships]]
}}

The '''2013 [[Balkan Athletics Championships]]''' was the 66th edition of the annual [[track and field]] competition for athletes from the [[Balkans]], organised by [[Balkan Athletics]]. It was held at [[Beroe Stadium]] in [[Stara Zagora]], [[Bulgaria]] on 27 and 28 July. Romania topped the medal table with eleven gold medals among a total haul of 26. The host nation Bulgaria had the second highest number of gold medals, with nine in a total of 21, while Turkey had the second highest medal total with 23. Turkey won the men's side of the competition while Romania won the women's side.

[[Amela Terzić]] of Serbia was the only athlete to win multiple individual events, taking the women's [[1500 metres]] and [[3000 metres]] titles. Bulgaria's [[Ivet Lalova ]] and Romania's [[Adelina Pastor]] took gold for their countries in both individual and relay events over [[100 metres]] and [[400 metres]], respectively. The other multiple individual medallists were Turkey's [[Elif Karabulut]] (twice runner-up behind Terzić), sprint and hurdles medalist [[Vania Stambolova]].

==Results==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2|type=Event}}
|-
|100 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Denis Dimitrov]]|BUL}} || 10.32
|{{Flagathlete|[[Hrístos Kalamarás]]|GRE}} || 10.54
|{{Flagathlete|[[Umutcan Emektaş]]|TUR}} || 10.56
|-
|200 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Petar Kremenski]]|BUL}} || 20.79
|{{Flagathlete|[[Mihaíl Dardaneliótis]]|GRE}} || 21.50
|{{Flagathlete|[[Zvonimir Ivašković]]|CRO}} || 21.58
|-
|400 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Yavuz Can]]|TUR}} || 46.66
|{{Flagathlete|[[Mateo Ružić]]|CRO}} || 47.38
|{{Flagathlete|[[Tiberiu Alexandru Baneasu]]|ROM}} || 48.06
|-
|800 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Konstadínos Nakópoulos]]|GRE}} || 1:49.93
|{{Flagathlete|[[Valentin Voicu]]|ROM}} || 1:50.70
|{{Flagathlete|[[Amel Tuka]]|BIH}} || 1:50.76
|-
|1500 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ioan Zaizan]]|ROM}} || 3:44.60
|{{Flagathlete|[[Goran Nava]]|SRB}} || 3:44.89
|{{Flagathlete|[[Süleyman Bekmezci]]|TUR}} || 3:45.19
|-
|3000 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Jasmin Ljajić]]|SRB}} || 8:12.36 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Cihat Ulus]]|TUR}} || 8:13.53 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Andrei Cristian Stefana]]|ROM}} || 8:13.73 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|5000 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Dino Bošnjak]]|CRO}} || 14:36.96
|{{Flagathlete|[[Mirko Petrović (athlete)|Mirko Petrović]]|SRB}} || 14:38.02
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ramazan Özdemir]]|TUR}} || 14:39.65 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|3000 m s'chase
|{{Flagathlete|[[Mitko Tsenov]]|BUL}} || 8:46.69
|{{Flagathlete|[[Halil Akkaş]]|TUR}} || 8:55.33
|{{Flagathlete|[[Daniel Ionut Betej]]|ROM}} || 9:00.89
|-
|110 m hurdles
|{{Flagathlete|[[Konstadinos Douvalidis]]|GRE}} || 13.44
|{{Flagathlete|[[Martin Arnaudov]]|BUL}} || 13.93
|{{Flagathlete|[[Theópistos Mavrídis]]|GRE}} || 13.93
|-
|400 m hurdles
|{{Flagathlete|[[Emir Bekrić]]|SRB}} || 48.96
|{{Flagathlete|[[Alexei Cravcenco]]|MDA}} || 51.49
|{{Flagathlete|[[Attila Nagy]]|ROM}} || 51.63
|-
|4 × 100 m relay
|{{flagteam|ROM}}<br>[[Bogdan Madaras]]<br>[[Doru Teofilescu]]<br>[[Alexandru Terpezanu]]<br>[[Paul Ceici]] || 40.03
|{{flagteam|BUL}}<br>[[Ognian Ognianov]]<br>[[Bojan Petrov]]<br>[[Petar Kremenski]]<br>[[Denis Dimitrov]] || 40.23
|{{flagteam|CRO}}<br>[[Andrej Doricić]]<br>[[Tomislav Kašnar]]<br>[[Zvonimir Ivašković]]<br>[[Luka Šakota]] || 40.28
|-
|4 × 400 m relay
|{{flagteam|CRO}}<br>[[Josip Šakić]]<br>[[Rudolf Kralj]]<br>[[Željko Vincek]]<br>[[Mateo Ružić]] || 3:08.66
|{{flagteam|SRB}}<br>[[Goran Podunavac]]<br>[[Miloš Raović]]<br>[[Ivan Marković (sprinter)|Ivan Marković]]<br>[[Emir Bekrić]] || 3:10.63
|{{flagteam|TUR}}<br>[[Doruk Uğurer]]<br>[[Batuhan Altıntaş (sprinter)|Batuhan Altıntaş]]<br>[[Buğrahan Kocabeyoğlu]]<br>[[Mehmet Güzel]] || 3:11.99
|-
|High jump
|{{Flagathlete|[[Mihai Donisan]]|ROM}} || 2.31 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Viktor Ninov]]|BUL}} || 2.24 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Marius Dumitrache]]|ROM}} || 2.15 m
|-
|Pole vault
|{{Flagathlete|[[Panayiótis Láskaris]]|GRE}} || 5.40 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ivan Horvat (pole vaulter)|Ivan Horvat]]|CRO}} || 5.20 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Dimitrios Patsoukakis]]|GRE}} || 5.20 m
|-
|Long jump
|{{Flagathlete|[[Alper Kulaksız]]|TUR}} || 7.86 m {{AthAbbr|w}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Denis Eradiri]]|BUL}} || 7.79 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Dino Pervan]]|CRO}} || 7.75 m
|-
|Triple jump
|{{Flagathlete|[[Marian Oprea]]|ROM}} || 17.24 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Zlatozar Atanasov]]|BUL}} || 16.65 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Aşkin Karaca]]|TUR}} || 16.51 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|Shot put
|{{Flagathlete|[[Georgi Ivanov (shot putter)|Georgi Ivanov]]|BUL}} || 20.71 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Asmir Kolašinac]]|SRB}} || 20.59 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Michalis Stamatogiannis]]|GRE}} || 19.02 m
|-
|Discus throw
|{{Flagathlete|[[Irfan Yıldırım]]|TUR}} || 63.01 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Sergiu Ursu]]|ROM}} || 62.78 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Andrei Gag]]|ROM}} || 57.47 m
|-
|Hammer throw
|{{Flagathlete|[[Serghei Marghiev]]|MDA}} || 73.77 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Özkan Baltacı]]|TUR}} || 70.41 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Mirko Mičuda]]|CRO}} || 69.59 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|{{Flagathlete|[[Dejan Mileusnić]]|BIH}} || 76.34 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Konstadínos Vertoúdos]]|GRE}} || 71.30 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Aykut Tanrıverdi]]|TUR}} || 69.10 m
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|columns=2|type=Event}}
|-
|100 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ivet Lalova]]|BUL}} || 11.15
|{{Flagathlete|[[Grigoría-Emmanouéla Keramidá]]|GRE}} || 11.73 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ana Maria Rosianu]]|ROM}} || 11.90
|-
|200 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Grigoría-Emmanouéla Keramidá]]|GRE}} || 23.68
|{{Flagathlete|[[Gabriela Laleva]]|BUL}} || 23.91
|{{Flagathlete|[[Alina Andreea Panainte]]|ROM}} || 24.07
|-
|400 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Adelina Pastor]]|ROM}} || 52.76
|{{Flagathlete|[[Olesea Cojuhari]]|MDA}} || 53.01
|{{Flagathlete|[[Vania Stambolova]]|BUL}} || 53.70
|-
|800 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Dorina Korozsi]]|ROM}} || 2:05.60
|{{Flagathlete|[[Teodora Kolarova]]|BUL}} || 2:05.62
|{{Flagathlete|[[María Kládou]]|GRE}} || 2:08.78
|-
|1500 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Amela Terzić]]|SRB}} || 4:16.27
|{{Flagathlete|[[Elif Karabulut]]|TUR}} || 4:16.68 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Biljana Cvijanović]]|BIH}} || 4:17.43 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
|3000 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Amela Terzić]]|SRB}} || 9:18.60
|{{Flagathlete|[[Elif Karabulut]]|TUR}} || 9:22.12 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Slađana Perunović]]|MNE}} || 9:24.69 {{AthAbbr|NR|Montenegrin}}
|-
|5000 metres
|{{Flagathlete|[[Roxana Bârcă]]|ROM}} || 15:40.61
|{{Flagathlete|[[Sonja Stolić]]|SRB}} || 16:30.48
|{{Flagathlete|[[Emine Hatun Tuna]]|TUR}} || 16:31.21
|-
|3000 m s'chase
|{{Flagathlete|[[Silvia Danekova]]|BUL}} || 9:43.81
|{{Flagathlete|[[Türkan Erişmiş]]|TUR}} || 10:04.77
|{{Flagathlete|[[María Pardaloú]]|GRE}} || 10:06.38
|-
|100 m hurdles
|{{Flagathlete|[[Olibía Petsoúdi]]|GRE}} || 13.55
|{{Flagathlete|[[Andreea Ionescu]]|CRO}} || 13.68
|{{Flagathlete|[[Beatrice Puiu]]|ROM}} || 13.78
|-
|400 m hurdles
|{{Flagathlete|[[Vania Stambolova]]|BUL}} || 56.21
|{{Flagathlete|[[Sanda Belgyan]]|ROM}} || 58.13 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Özge Akın]]|TUR}} || 59.55
|-
|4 × 100 metres relay
|{{flagteam|BUL}}<br>[[Marija Dankova]]<br>[[Gabriela Laleva]]<br>[[Galina Nikolova]]<br>[[Ivet Lalova]] || 45.41
|{{flagteam|TUR}}<br>[[Aksel Gürcan Demirtaş]]<br>[[Birsen Engin]]<br>[[Saliha Özyurt]]<br>[[Sema Apak]] || 46.19
|{{flagteam|CRO}}<br>[[Nika Župa]]<br>[[Anita Banović]]<br>[[Marina Banović]]<br>[[Ivana Lončarek]] || 46.63
|-
|4 × 400 metres relay
|{{flagteam|ROM}}<br>[[Alina Andreea Panainte]]<br>[[Adelina Pastor]]<br>[[Sandra Belgyan]]<br>[[Bianca Răzor]] || 3:29.13
|{{flagteam|CRO}}<br>[[Anamarija Petters]]<br>[[Marija Hižman]]<br>[[Kristina Dudek]]<br>[[Anita Banović]] || 3:38.49
|{{flagteam|TUR}}<br>[[Özge Akın]]<br>[[Emel Şanlı]]<br>[[Sema Apak]]<br>[[Birsen Engin]] || 3:38.97
|-
|High jump
|{{Flagathlete|[[Antonia Stergiou]]|GRE}} || 1.95 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Mirela Demireva]]|BUL}} || 1.92 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ana Šimić]]|CRO}} || 1.88 m
|-
|Pole vault
|{{Flagathlete|[[Lorela Manu]]|GRE}} || 4.45 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}=
|{{Flagathlete|[[Jelena Radinovič-Vasič]]|SRB}} || 4.00 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Buse Arıkazan]]|TUR}} || 3.80 m
|-
|Long jump
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ivana Španović]]|SRB}} || 6.76 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Cristina Sandu]]|ROM}} || 6.51 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Alina Rotaru]]|ROM}} || 6.50 m
|-
|Triple jump
|{{Flagathlete|[[Carmen Toma]]|ROM}} || 14.56w m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Gabriela Petrova]]|BUL}} || 13.92 m {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Gita Dodova]]|BUL}} || 13.67 m
|-
|Shot put
|{{Flagathlete|[[Radoslava Mavrodieva]]|BUL}} || 18.08 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Emel Dereli]]|TUR}} || 16.02 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Evaggelía Sofáni]]|GRE}} || 15.21 m
|-
|Discus throw
|{{Flagathlete|[[Nicoleta Grasu]]|ROM}} || 56.05 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou]]|GRE}} || 53.81 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Elçin Kaya]]|TUR}} || 50.80 m
|-
|Hammer throw
|{{Flagathlete|[[Bianca Perie]]|ROM}} || 68.76 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Agápi Proskinitopoúlou]]|GRE}} || 60.63 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Ayşegül Alnıaçık]]|TUR}} || 59.29 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|{{Flagathlete|[[Tatjana Jelača]]|SRB}} || 56.54 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Nicoleta Madalina Anghelescu]]|ROM}} || 55.43 m
|{{Flagathlete|[[Christina Georgieva]]|BUL}} || 47.93 m
|}

==Medal table==
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
|-
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagteam|ROM}} || 11 || 5 || 10 || 26
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagteam|BUL}} || 9 || 9 || 3 || 21
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagteam|GRE}} || 7 || 6 || 6 || 19
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagteam|SRB}} || 6 || 6 || 0 || 12
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{flagteam|TUR}} || 3 || 8 || 12 || 23
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{flagteam|HRV}} || 2 || 4 || 6 || 12
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{flagteam|MDA}} || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3
|-
| 8 ||align=left| {{flagteam|BIH}} || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{flagteam|MNE}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|}

==References==
* [https://archive.today/20150729215609/http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/results.php?Season=2013&CID=12843848 BalkanC Stara Zagora BUL 27 – 28 July 2013]. tilastopaja.org . Retrieved 2020-10-22.
* [http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/results.php 2013 Balkan Senior Championships]. Balkan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-22.

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