2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

4th Commonwealth Youth Games

Host city	Isle of Man
Nations participating	64[1]
Athletes participating	800 [1]
Events	110 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony	September 7
Closing ceremony	September 13
Officially opened by	Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex[2]
Main venue	National Sports Centre

The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the IV Commonwealth Youth Games is a multi-sport event which took place in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September 2011. As per the original quadrennial cycle, the Games were scheduled for 2012. However, the Commonwealth Games Federation at its general assembly in 2005 decided to move the Games within one year before the Summer Olympics.^[3] The Bowl Stadium at the National Sports Centre, Douglas staged the opening ceremony on 7 September 2011. The closing ceremony was held on Douglas Promenade & the Villa Marina on 13 September.^[4]

Host city selection

Isle of Man had unsuccessfully bid to host the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, losing to the bid of India for Pune.^[5]

Venues

In October 2008 the organising committee released a provisional events programme. All events were held between September 9 and 11, 2011^[6]

• National Sports Centre, Douglas - The athletics stadium staged all the athletics events. The swimming pool staged the swimming events and the main Sports Hall staged badminton.
• The Bowl Stadium, Douglas - Rugby sevens.
• The Villa Marina, Douglas - Boxing.
• Ellan Vannin Gymnastics Club - Gymnastics (boys).
• Manx Gymnastics Centre of Excellence - Gymnastics (girls).
• The start line for the 3 cycling races will be: TT grandstand for the Road Race & Douglas Promenade for the Criterium & Time Trial.

Sports

The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games program featured seven sports, two fewer from previous Games in Pune.^[7]

Participating nations

64 commonwealth nations competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. As Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth, it was banned from participating in the Games. Norfolk Island and Vanuatu withdrew from the competition, as there were no competitors available for Norfolk Island, and the latter cited other sporting commitments,^[8] followed by Lesotho and Montserrat.^[9] Ghana, Nigeria and Tuvalu were scheduled to compete at the Games, however they did not appear on the start lists.^[1]

The number of athletes per country is in brackets.

Schedule

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

September		8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	12th Mon	Events
Ceremonies		OC				CC
Athletics			7	13	16		36
Badminton			●	●	5		5
Boxing		●	●	●	8		8
Cycling			4	2	2		8
Gymnastics			2	2	10		14
Rugby sevens				●	1		1
Swimming			12	13	13		14
Total Events			25	30	55	0	108
Cumulative total			25	55	110	110	110
September		8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	12th Mon	Events

Medal table

Country codes.^[74]

Key

List of medal-winning nations, showing the number of gold, silver, and bronze medals won

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	37	24	16	77
2	Australia (AUS)	29	28	17	74
3	South Africa (RSA)	8	7	15	30
4	New Zealand (NZL)	6	6	8	20
5	Wales (WAL)	5	11	10	26
6	Scotland (SCO)	5	6	11	22
7	Kenya (KEN)	4	4	2	10
8	Malaysia (MAS)	4	2	1	7
9	India (IND)	3	3	3	9
10	Northern Ireland (NIR)	3	2	3	8
	Total	110	110	110	330

References

External links

• Isle of Man Government Infocentre announcement
• Isle of Man Commonwealth Youth Games Website