2001 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2001 European Youth Olympic Festival
Host city	Murcia
Country	Spain
Nations	48
Athletes	2,500
Sport	10
Events	90
Opening	22 July 2001
Closing	26 July 2001
Opened by	Juan Carlos I of Spain
Summer
	← Esbjerg 1999 Paris 2003 →
Winter
	← Vuokatti 2001 Bled 2003 →

Host cityMurcia

Country

Spain

Nations48

Athletes2,500

The 2001 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (Spanish: Festival Olímpico de la Juventud Europea 2001) was the sixth edition of multi-sport event for European youths between the ages of 12 and 18. It was held in Murcia, Spain from 22 to 26 July. A total of ten sports were contested. The event received financial support from the Olympic Solidarity programme.^[1]

[1]

Venue	Location	Sports
Estadio de Atletismo Monte Romero	Murcia	Athletics
Pabellón J.M. Cagigal	Murcia	Basketball
CAR "Infanta Cristina"	Murcia	Cycling
Estadio de La Condomina	Murcia	Football
Palacio Principe de Asturias	Murcia	Handball, Judo
Murcia Club de Tenis	Murcia	Tennis

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	19	15	5	39
2	Great Britain (GBR)	9	10	9	28
3	Germany (GER)	5	7	2	14
4	Poland (POL)	5	2	3	10
5	Italy (ITA)	4	6	9	19
6	Spain (ESP)*	4	6	0	10
7	Hungary (HUN)	4	3	4	11
8	Ukraine (UKR)	4	3	1	8
9	Sweden (SWE)	4	0	3	7
10	Georgia (GEO)	4	0	2	6
11	France (FRA)	3	7	12	22
12	Belarus (BLR)	3	2	4	9
13	Romania (ROU)	2	3	6	11
14	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	5	10
15	Finland (FIN)	2	2	4	8
16	Croatia (CRO)	2	1	5	8
17	Yugoslavia (FRY)	2	1	2	5
18	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	1	4
19	Israel (ISR)	2	0	1	3
20	Slovenia (SLO)	1	4	2	7
21	Switzerland (SUI)	1	3	2	6
22	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	1	2
22	Portugal (POR)	1	0	1	2
24	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	1	0	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
28	Belgium (BEL)	0	5	6	11
29	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	3	1	4
30	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	2	2	4
31	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	2	3
32	Austria (AUT)	0	0	4	4
32	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	4	4
34	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 entries)		90	90	104	284

v t e European Youth Olympic Festival
Summer editions	Brussels 1991 Valkenswaard 1993 Bath 1995 Lisbon 1997 Esbjerg 1999 Murcia 2001 Paris 2003 Lignano Sabbiadoro 2005 Belgrade 2007 Tampere 2009 Trabzon 2011 Utrecht 2013 Tbilisi 2015 Győr 2017 Baku 2019 Banská Bystrica 2022 Maribor 2023 Skopje 2025 Lignano Sabbiadoro 2027
Winter editions	Aosta 1993 Andorra la Vella 1995 Sundsvall 1997 Poprad-Tatry 1999 Vuokatti 2001 Bled 2003 Monthey 2005 Jaca 2007 Silesia 2009 Liberec 2011 Brașov 2013 Vorarlberg-Liechtenstein 2015 Erzurum 2017 Sarajevo-East Sarajevo 2019 Vuokatti 2022 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2023 Bakuriani 2025 Brașov 2027
European Games Games of the Small States of Europe

2001 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

Venues

Participating nations

Medal table

References

External links

Related Articles