2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2011 European Youth Olympic Festival
Host city Trabzon
Opening ceremony 23 July 2011
Closing ceremony 29 July 2011
Officially opened by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Main venue Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium

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.

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 noteworty 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.

Nations

Incomplete list:

Calendar

 OC Opening ceremony  ● Event competitions  1 Event finals  CC Closing ceremony
July 201124th
Sun		25th
Mon		26th
Tue		27th
Wed		28th
Thu		29th
Fri		Gold
Medals
CeremoniesOC CC
Athletics 2 9 5 10 10 36
Basketbal ● ● ● ● 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

[4][5]

Medal table

 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
 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
Total 109 109 124 342

[6]

References

  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. ↑ (French) 82 sportifs belges au FOJE 2011 de Trabzon
  3. ↑ (Lithuanian) Lithuania
  4. ↑ Competition schedule
  5. ↑ "Takvim-Yeni" (in Turkish). Trabzon 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  6. ↑ Medal table

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