1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days

1997 European Youth Olympic Days

Host city	Lisbon
Country	Portugal
Nations participating	47
Athletes participating	2,500
Sport(s)	10
Events	85
Opening ceremony	18 July 1997
Closing ceremony	24 July 1997
Officially opened by	Jorge Sampaio
Summer
← Bath 1995 Esbjerg 1999 →
Winter
← Sundsvall 1997 Poprad-Tatry 1999 →

The 1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was the fourth edition of multi-sport event for European youths between the ages of 12 and 18. It was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 18 to 24 July. A total of ten sports were contested.

Sports[]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Portugal)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	18	13	11	42
2	Ukraine (UKR)	11	5	6	22
3	Great Britain (GBR)	10	2	11	23
4	Germany (GER)	6	4	9	19
5	France (FRA)	4	10	7	21
6	Italy (ITA)	4	6	6	16
7	Romania (ROU)	3	5	4	12
8	Austria (AUT)	3	1	3	7
9	Finland (FIN)	3	1	2	6
10	Sweden (SWE)	2	4	3	9
11	Spain (ESP)	2	2	3	7
12	Denmark (DEN)	2	2	0	4
13	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	8	11
14	Iceland (ISL)	2	1	1	4
	Ireland (IRL)	2	1	1	4
16	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	0	3
17	Slovakia (SVK)	2	0	0	2
18	Belarus (BLR)	1	4	2	7
19	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	5	8
20	Greece (GRE)	1	2	3	6
21	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	1	4
22	Georgia (GEO)	1	1	1	3
23	FR Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia)	1	0	1	2
24	Cyprus (CYP)	1	0	0	1
25	Switzerland (SUI)	0	3	1	4
	Turkey (TUR)	0	3	1	4
27	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	2	4
28	Lithuania (LTU)	0	2	1	3
29	Poland (POL)	0	1	3	4
30	Portugal (POR)*	0	1	2	3
31	Israel (ISR)	0	1	1	2
32	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
34	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
36	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	0	0
	Liechtenstein (LIE)	0	0	0	0
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	0	0
	Malta (MLT)	0	0	0	0
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	0	0
	Monaco (MON)	0	0	0	0
	San Marino (SMR)	0	0	0	0
Totals (42 nations)		85	85	101	271

References[]

• Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

Medal table

• Tableau des médailles Lisbonne - Portugal (1997). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.