2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

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2011 European Youth Olympic Festival
Host cityTrabzon
Country Turkey
Nations49
Athletes3,138
Sport9
Events109
Opening23 July 2011 (2011-07-23)
Closing29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
Opened byRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Main venueHüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Summer
Winter

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

Sports[edit]

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

Venues[edit]

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[edit]

Participating National Olympic Committees

Calendar[edit]

 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[edit]

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia21171654
2 Great Britain1710633
3 Ukraine84315
4 Italy7121231
5 Romania67114
6 Hungary53513
7 Germany412824
8 France47516
9 Belarus4149
10 Lithuania34310
11 Slovenia3339
12 Spain3025
13 Belgium25815
14 Czech Republic2259
15 Switzerland2226
16 Netherlands2169
17 Poland2158
18 Ireland2147
19 Sweden2103
20 Turkey*2079
21 Denmark2035
22 Latvia1315
23 Azerbaijan1203
24 Georgia1146
25 Croatia1124
26 Greece1102
27 Israel1012
28 Serbia0325
29 Finland0213
30 Austria0112
 Cyprus0112
32 Bulgaria0101
33 Armenia0011
 Bosnia and Herzegovina0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (35 entries)109109124342

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References[edit]

  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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