2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2011 European Youth Olympic Festival
Host city Trabzon
Opening ceremony 23 July 2011 (2011-07-23)
Closing ceremony 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
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

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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

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References

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