European Summer Olympic Youth Days 1991

European Summer Olympic Youth Days 1991

venue	Brussels
Teams	33
Athletes	2,084
Competitions	70
opening	July 12, 1991
Closing ceremony	July 21, 1991
Opened by	King Baudouin

The European Olympic Youth Days 1991 ( European Youth Olympic Days 1991 ), found from 12 to 21 July 1991 in Brussels ( Belgium instead). It was the first summer edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival , a biennial multisport event for young athletes from Europe. 2084 athletes between 13 and 18 years from 33 countries took part. The decision to host the event in Brussels was made by the European Olympic Committee in 1989, after the BOIK had applied in early 1989 to organize youth Olympic competitions, the idea of ​​which had been pursued since 1985. Initially it was planned to only invite athletes from the 12 states of the European Community to the competitions. However, the EOK decided to invite athletes from all European countries.

sports

There were 70 competitions in 7 sports:

Soccer Judo athletics Cycling

swim tennis volleyball

Medal table

Medal table final after 70 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	13	8th	10	31
2	Russia	12	5	7th	24
3	United Kingdom	10	9	10	29
4th	Italy	8th	6th	8th	22nd
5	Netherlands	5	2	4th	11
6th	Romania	4th	6th	5	15th
7th	Poland	4th	5	2	11
8th	Spain	3	8th	10	21st
9	Sweden	3	4th	2	9
10	Czech Republic	2	2	-	4th
11	Turkey	3	6th	1	10
12	Belgium	1	3	10	14th
13	Germany	1	2	1	4th
14th	Portugal	1	1	3	5
15th	Finland	1	0	1	2
16	Bulgaria	-	3	3	6th
17th	Ireland	-	3	2	5
18th	Austria	-	1	2	3
	Greece	-	1	2	3
20th	Cyprus	-	1	-	1
21st	Albania	-	-	1	1
	Yugoslavia	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Youth Olympic Festival ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . NOCNSF. Retrieved February 3, 2015  
2. ↑ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games . McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4 .
3. ^ History of the EYOF , Swiss Olympic Team, accessed on February 3, 2015
4. ^ European Youth Olympic Days (EYOD) . RSSSF, accessed February 3, 2015
5. ↑ EYOD 1991 athletics results ( memento from August 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 3, 2015
6. ↑ ^{a b} Les 96 athlètes belges . DHNet (July 18, 2009), accessed February 3, 2015
7. ↑ EYOD 1991 medal table , franceolympique.com, accessed on February 3, 2015