Athletics at the 1991 European Youth Olympic Days

Athletics at the 1991 European Youth Olympic Days
Athletics at the 1991 European Youth Olympic Days
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Date(s)	1991
Nations participating	50
Events	26
	← none 1993 Valkenswaard →

The athletics competition at the 1991 European Youth Olympic Days was held from 18 to 20 July. The events took place in Brussels, Belgium. Boys and girls born 1976 or 1977 or later participated 24 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes with the exception of 2000 metres steeplechase and pole vault for boys but not girls.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(GBR)	10.71	(FRA)	10.96	(ESP)	11.05
200 metres	(POL)	21.97	(BEL)	22.10	(ESP)	22.21
400 metres	Allyn Condon (GBR)	48.20	(SWE)	48.62	(ITA)	48.65
800 metres	(URS)	1:52.61	(ROU)	1:52.87	(GRE)	1:54.40
1500 metres	(ITA)	3:55.77	(GBR)	3:54.79	Ilídio Silva (POR)	3:54.89
110 metres hurdles^[nb]	(NED)	14.52	(GRE)	14.60	(BEL)	14.74
2000 metres steeplechase	(ITA)	5:48.73	(BUL)	5:51.93	(ESP)	5:55.52
4 × 100 m relay	Great Britain (GBR)	41.86	France (FRA)	41.86	Spain (ESP)	42.27
High jump	Sergey Klyugin (URS)	2.20 m	(ITA)	2.10 m	(GBR)	2.07 m
Pole vault	(GBR)	4.80 m	(SWE)	4.75 m	(FRA)	4.70 m
Long jump	(BEL)	7.56 m	(FRA)	7.31 m	Paolo Camossi (ITA)	7.23 m
Shot put	Yuriy Bilonoh (URS)	19.45 m	(BUL)	18.05 m	Ilias Louka (CYP)	17.78 m
Javelin throw	(FRA)	73.56 m	(SWE)	65.90 m	(BUL)	64.20 m

^[nb] The boys hurdles were contested over hurdles at the junior height of three feet and three inches (99 cm), as opposed to the standard three feet (91.4 cm) for youth competitions.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(GBR)	11.85	(IRL)	12.07	Delphine Combe (FRA)	12.07
200 metres	(FRA)	24.32	(POL)	24.54	(GBR)	24.85
400 metres	(ROU)	52.79	(NED)	55.04	Sandra Stals (BEL)	55.31
800 metres	(ROU)	2:08.33	(IRL)	2:09.00	(NED)	2:11.45
1500 metres	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	4:20.73	(GBR)	4:21.88	(ESP)	4:25.12
100 metres hurdles	(POL)	13.81	(FRA)	13.81	(GBR)	13.95
4 × 100 m relay	France (FRA) Delphine Combe	46.38	Great Britain (GBR)	47.28	Poland (POL)	47.65
High jump	(URS)	1.88 m	Venelina Veneva (BUL)	1.84 m	Sabrina De Leeuw (BEL)	1.76 m
Long jump	(POL)	6.06 m	(IRL)	5.97 m	(ITA)	5.96 m
Shot put	Corrie de Bruin (NED)	17.83 m	Irina Korzhanenko (URS)	16.68 m	(BEL)	15.89 m
Javelin throw	(URS)	50.42 m	Kirsty Morrison (GBR)	48.34 m	Miréla Manjani (ALB)	47.36 m

1991 European Youth Olympics. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2014-11-25.
European Youth Olympics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-11-25.