2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2011 European Youth Olympic Festival
Host city	Trabzon
Country	Turkey
Nations	49
Athletes	3,138
Sport	9
Events	109
Opening	23 July 2011
Closing	29 July 2011
Opened by	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Main venue	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Summer
	← Tampere 2009 Utrecht 2013 →
Winter
	← Liberec 2011 Brașov 2013 →

The 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Trabzon, Turkey, between 23 and 29 July 2011.

Sports

There were nine sports at the 2011 Festival, two branches, table tennis and water polo, less than compared with the 2007 Youth Olympic Festival's programme. Medals were awarded in a total of 109 events.

2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme
Athletics (36) (details) Basketball (2) (details) Cycling (3) (details) Gymnastics (14) (details) Handball (2) (details) Judo (15) (details) Swimming (31) (details) Tennis (4) (details) Volleyball (2) (details)

Venues

For the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival's eight events except cycling, eleven sports venues were needed in and around Trabzon. Existing sport halls were renovated and new arenas were built for this purpose with a total investment cost mounting up to TL 350 million (approx. US$210 million), inclusive the construction of additional accommodation facilities at a cost of TL 90 million (approx. US$54 million) for the Olympic Village within the campus of the Black Sea Technical University. The noteworthy new structures are Hayri Gür Arena, Söğütlü Athletics Stadium, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Indoor Swimming Pool and Beşirli Tennis Courts.^[1] Cycling events were held on the Trabzon-Rize section of the Black Sea Coastal Highway.

Venue	Location	Sports
19 Mayıs Arena	Trabzon	Basketball
Araklı Arena	Trabzon	Volleyball
Arsin Arena	Trabzon	Volleyball
Beşirli Tennis Courts	Trabzon	Tennis
Çarşıbaşı Arena	Trabzon	Handball
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Indoor Swimming Pool	Trabzon	Swimming
Of Arena	Trabzon	Judo
Hayri Gür Arena	Trabzon	Basketball
Söğütlü Athletics Stadium	Trabzon	Athletics
Trabzon-Rize Highway	Trabzon	Cycling
Vakfıkebir Arena	Trabzon	Handball
Yomra Arena	Trabzon	Gymnastics

Nations

Participating National Olympic Committees
Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium (82)^[2] Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia (44)^[3] Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania (51)^[4] Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Calendar

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

July 2011	24th Sun	25th Mon	26th Tue	27th Wed	28th Thu	29th Fri	Gold Medals
Ceremonies	OC					CC
Athletics		2	9	5	10	10	36
Basketball		●	●	●	●	2	2
Cycling			1	1	1		3
Gymnastics		●	●	●	●	14	14
Handball		●	●	●	●	2	2
Judo			4	4	4	3	15
Swimming		8	7		8	8	31
Tennis		●	●	●	●	4	4
Volleyball		●	●	●	●	2	2
Total Gold Medals		10	21	10	23	45	109
Cumulative Total		10	31	41	64	109

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Medal table

* Host nation (Turkey)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	21	17	16	54
2	Great Britain	17	10	6	33
3	Ukraine	8	4	3	15
4	Italy	7	12	12	31
5	Romania	6	7	1	14
6	Hungary	5	3	5	13
7	Germany	4	12	8	24
8	France	4	7	5	16
9	Belarus	4	1	4	9
10	Lithuania	3	4	3	10
11	Slovenia	3	3	3	9
12	Spain	3	0	2	5
13	Belgium	2	5	8	15
14	Czech Republic	2	2	5	9
15	Switzerland	2	2	2	6
16	Netherlands	2	1	6	9
17	Poland	2	1	5	8
18	Ireland	2	1	4	7
19	Sweden	2	1	0	3
20	Turkey*	2	0	7	9
21	Denmark	2	0	3	5
22	Latvia	1	3	1	5
23	Azerbaijan	1	2	0	3
24	Georgia	1	1	4	6
25	Croatia	1	1	2	4
26	Greece	1	1	0	2
27	Israel	1	0	1	2
28	Serbia	0	3	2	5
29	Finland	0	2	1	3
30	Austria	0	1	1	2
30	Cyprus	0	1	1	2
32	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
33	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		109	109	124	342

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References

^ Mınyar, Vahap (2011-05-30). "Kaçan şampiyonluk Trabzonlu'nun içini yaktı, 350 milyon liralık EYOF yatırımı ateşi söndüremedi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2011-07-31.
^ (in French) 82 sportifs belges au FOJE 2011 de Trabzon
^ "Algas Euroopa noorte olümpiafestival Türgis". ERR (in Estonian). 25 July 2011.
^ (in Lithuanian) Lithuania
^ "Competition schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
^ "Takvim-Yeni" (PDF) (in Turkish). Trabzon 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
^ "Medal table" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2011-07-30.

External links

Official website

[1] Mınyar, Vahap (2011-05-30). "Kaçan şampiyonluk Trabzonlu'nun içini yaktı, 350 milyon liralık EYOF yatırımı ateşi söndüremedi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2011-07-31.

[2] (in French) 82 sportifs belges au FOJE 2011 de Trabzon

[3] "Algas Euroopa noorte olümpiafestival Türgis". ERR (in Estonian). 25 July 2011.

[4] (in Lithuanian) Lithuania

[5] "Competition schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-07-30.

[6] "Takvim-Yeni" (PDF) (in Turkish). Trabzon 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

[7] "Medal table" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2011-07-30.

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