The 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships was the first edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for European athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 14 to 17 July and was established following the 2013 Congress of the EAA in Skopje.[1] The event programme mirrored that of the previous IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, with the exception of a boy's decathlon, rather than the octathlon. Around 900 athletes from 46 European Athletics Member Federations took part.
| 1st European Athletics Youth Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | 14–17 July 2016 |
| Host city | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Venue | Athletics Stadium of Tbilisi |
| Level | Youth |
| Events | 40 |
| Participation | 900 athletes from 46 nations |
2018 → | |
This was the only edition of the championships to be described as "Youth Championships". World and European Athletics hereafter changed their nomenclature from "Youth" and "Junior" to "Under-18" and "Under-20" respectively.
Medal summary
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edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Greece (GRE) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Moldova (MDA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
 Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 16 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 |  Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 |  Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 |  Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | |
Participating nations
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Andorra (AND) (5)
Armenia (ARM) (4)
Austria (AUT) (17)
Azerbaijan (AZE) (1)
Belarus (BLR) (31)
Belgium (BEL) (18)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (4)
Bulgaria (BUL) (16)
Croatia (CRO) (15)
Cyprus (CYP) (3)
Czech Republic (CZE) (32)
Denmark (DEN) (12)
Estonia (EST) (21)
Finland (FIN) (26)
France (FRA) (37)
Georgia (GEO) (14) (host)
Germany (GER) (46)
Gibraltar (GIB) (3)
Great Britain (GBR) (33)
Greece (GRE) (20)
Hungary (HUN) (39)
Iceland (ISL) (3)
Ireland (IRL) (30)
Israel (ISR) (8)
Italy (ITA) (55)
Kosovo (KOS) (4)
Latvia (LAT) (15)
Lithuania (LTU) (20)
Luxembourg (LUX) (4)
Macedonia (MKD) (2)
Malta (MLT) (2)
Moldova (MDA) (2)
Monaco (MON) (1)
Norway (NOR) (28)
Poland (POL) (40)
Portugal (POR) (15)
Romania (ROU) (31)
San Marino (SMR) (4)
Serbia (SRB) (17)
Slovakia (SVK) (16)
Slovenia (SLO) (37)
Spain (ESP) (43)
Sweden (SWE) (23)
Switzerland (SUI) (30)
Turkey (TUR) (37)
Ukraine (UKR) (46)
References
edit- ^ "European Youth Champs offer a golden chance to learn". EAA. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.