Mina Stanković finishes 17th in the European half-marathon race walk

Mina Stanković represented Serbia in the women's half-marathon race walk at the European Championships. She finished seventeenth in one hour, 38 minutes and ten seconds.

The road event took place in Birmingham on the final competition day. Stanković covered the complete 21.0975-kilometre course. Thirty athletes received a finishing place. She was the only Serbian entrant listed in the final order. Her finish counted among the thirty official results recorded in Birmingham.

Stanković finished inside the middle group

Stanković crossed the finish line after one hour, 38 minutes and ten seconds. The time placed her inside the middle section of the field. Sixteen athletes finished ahead of the Serbian. The event used the standard half-marathon distance. Athletes completed a measured road course under race-walking rules. Every classified athlete completed the same course before receiving a final position. Their total elapsed time formed the finishing order.

Her seventeenth place came from the final order at the finish. Stanković completed the event eleven seconds behind Michelle Cantò. She also held a thirty-one-second advantage over Eliška Martínková.

A valid finish required continuous technical control

Stanković stayed close to the athletes around sixteenth and eighteenth place. Cantò finished eleven seconds earlier, while Martínková arrived thirty-one seconds later. The Serbian separated those two results. Eleven seconds covered the gap to the place immediately ahead.

Mina Stankovic stands beside the track in a red Serbia jacket.

The next athlete arrived thirty-one seconds after Stanković. Those margins show a compact section of the final order.

The nearby times gave Stanković a clear position at the finish. She did not need a tie-break against another athlete. Her complete elapsed time decided seventeenth place.

The road course produced one combined classification

All starters covered the same measured road distance. The event produced one final classification without qualifying rounds. Elapsed time determined every finishing position. María Pérez won the race in 1:30:06. Alexandrina Mihai finished second, and Lyudmila Olyanovska took third. The three medal positions formed the leading group.

Stanković finished eight minutes and four seconds behind the winner. Her closest comparison came from Cantò and Martínková. Both finished within one minute of the Serbian.

Thirty athletes reached the finish with a place

The final classification contained thirty athletes with finishing positions. One additional starter did not complete the event. Stanković remained ahead of thirteen classified finishers. Michelle Cantò placed immediately ahead of Stanković. Their finishing times were separated by eleven seconds. Eliška Martínková followed in eighteenth place.

Her result placed Serbia in the completed women's classification. The distance required more than ninety-eight minutes of continuous racing. Stanković reached the finish before the final thirteen athletes.

The half-marathon format differs from track walking

Birmingham staged the event on roads rather than an athletics track. Athletes passed repeated points around the measured course. The format allowed the field to spread over several pace groups.

The course covered the official half-marathon distance. Stanković averaged slightly more than four minutes and thirty-nine seconds per kilometre. That pace produced her final time.

The road layout differed from the oval track used for stadium races. The athletes still shared one start and one finish. Stanković's full time covered the entire course.

Serbia receives a complete result from the event

Stanković gave Serbia a finishing place in one of the final day's road events. Her time placed her between Cantò and Martínková. That order remained close around the seventeenth position. Pérez led a strong medal group at the front of the race. Stanković competed in the larger group behind them. She finished ahead of almost half the classified field.

Birmingham ended with Stanković in seventeenth place. The performance completed her European Championship programme. Serbia received one classified result from the women's event.

Thirty athletes completed the Birmingham race

Thirty walkers reached the finish, while one athlete did not complete the course. Stanković finished eleven seconds behind Michelle Canto. She held a thirty-one-second advantage over Eliska Martinkova. Those small gaps fixed her position in the middle of the classified field.

Eleven seconds separated two consecutive finishers

Michelle Canto took sixteenth place in the final classification. Stanković crossed the finish line eleven seconds after Canto. Eliska Martinkova followed another thirty-one seconds behind the Serbian walker.

Maria Perez won the road race in Birmingham. Stanković finished eight minutes and four seconds after the champion. The field contained thirty classified finishers and one athlete without a completed result.