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Bulgaria ’s medals at every Balkan Athletics Championships

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All-time haul

1,604 medals

566 gold 543 silver 495 bronze

7 medals withdrawn for doping are not counted. Relays count once.

On the podium

72 of 79 editions since 1930 · every one since 1956

First medal

1930 Athens · Grigori Pedan (1903), 800m gold

First gold

1930 Athens · Grigori Pedan (1903), 800m

Best edition

Sofia 1980 54 medals, 24 of them gold

All-time table

3rd of 24 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1930–2026

Bars grow with the medals won · empty column = no medal · click a year

Edition by edition

Year	Edition	Medals	G	S	B	Total
2026	Volos 79th edition		1	0	5	6
2025	Volos 78th edition		1	3	2	6
2024	Izmir 77th edition		1	3	1	5
2023	Kraljevo 76th edition		0	1	1	2
2022	Craiova 75th edition		1	1	0	2
2021	Smederevo, Belgrade 74th edition		3	3	0	6
2020	Cluj-Napoca 73rd edition		3	6	6	15
2019	Pravets 72nd edition		5	6	6	17
2018	Stara Zagora 71st edition		5	5	7	17
2017	Novi Pazar 70th edition		3	5	4	12
2016	Piteşti 69th edition		5	1	5	11
2015	Piteşti 68th edition		5	5	5	15
2014	Piteşti 67th edition		7	6	3	16
2013	Stara Zagora 66th edition		9	9	3	21
2012	Eskişehir 65th edition		2	3	12	17
2011	Sliven 64th edition		13	4	6	23
2008	Argos Orestiko 63rd edition		2	4	5	11
2007	Sofia 62nd edition		8	9	4	21
2006	Zenica 61st edition		5	4	3	12
2005	Novi Sad 60th edition		4	5	4	13
2004	Istanbul 59th edition		3	5	2	10
2003	Thiva 58th edition		6	8	5	19
2002	Bucharest 57th edition		7	5	2	14
2001	Trikala 56th edition		10	6	5	21
2000	Kavala 55th edition		9	4	2	15
1999	Istanbul 54th edition		9	4	5	18
1998	Belgrade 53rd edition		6	2	8	16
1997	Athens 52nd edition		3	3	6	12
1996	Niş 51st edition		4	4	6	14
1994	Trikala 50th edition		8	6	8	22
1992	Sofia 49th edition		15	16	9	40
1990	Istanbul 48th edition		8	9	14	31
1989	Serres 47th edition		12	14	9	35
1988	Ankara 46th edition		16	13	15	44
1986	Ljubljana 45th edition		22	15	6	43
1985	Stara Zagora 44th edition		23	19	12	54
1984	Athens 43rd edition		23	19	9	51
1983	Izmir 42nd edition		10	12	9	31
1982	Bucharest 41st edition		4	17	11	32
1981	Sarajevo 40th edition		21	12	14	47
1980	Sofia 39th edition		24	22	8	54
1979	Pireaus 38th edition		19	15	9	43
1978	Thessaloniki 37th edition		12	8	12	32
1977	Ankara 36th edition		15	10	13	38
1976	Celje 35th edition		12	14	6	32
1975	Bucharest 34th edition		11	8	7	26
1974	Sofia 33rd edition		13	10	11	34
1973	Pireaus 32nd edition		7	10	6	23
1972	Izmir 31st edition		11	12	14	37
1971	Zagreb 30th edition		4	11	6	21
1970	Bucharest 29th edition		6	13	13	32
1969	Sofia 28th edition		14	12	11	37
1968	Pireaus 27th edition		11	8	15	34
1967	Istanbul 26th edition		13	7	17	37
1966	Sarajevo 25th edition		8	11	10	29
1965	Pireaus 24th edition		8	10	10	28
1964	Bucharest 23rd edition		6	12	11	29
1963	Sofia 22nd edition		12	14	11	37
1962	Ankara 21st edition		8	7	10	25
1961	Belgrade 20th edition		5	8	10	23
1960	Athens 19th edition		7	6	8	21
1959	Bucharest 18th edition		5	10	11	26
1958	Sofia 17th edition		13	10	6	29
1957	Athens 16th edition		7	7	10	24
1956	Belgrade 15th edition		4	7	3	14
1955	Istanbul 14th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1954	Belgrade 13th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1953	Athens 12th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1940	Istanbul 11th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1939	Athens 10th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1938	Belgrade 9th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1937	Bucharest 8th edition		0	2	0	2
1936	Athens 7th edition		0	0	2	2
1935	Istanbul 6th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1934	Zagreb 5th edition		1	0	1	2
1933	Athens 4th edition		3	1	1	5
1932	Athens 3rd edition		1	1	1	3
1931	Athens 2nd edition		1	0	2	3
1930	Athens 1st edition		3	1	1	5
Total	72 of 79 editions on the podium		566	543	495	1604