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competition at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 25 to 29 July 2011. The events took place at the Söğütlü Athletics Stadium in

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, Turkey. Boys and girls born 1994 or 1995 or later participated 36

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events, divided evenly between the sexes. The five-day competition was preceded by the

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and a number of athletes participated at both meetings. Bence Pásztor of Hungary set a world youth best of 84.41 metres to win the boy's

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, while Yuriy Kushniruk of Ukraine set a European youth best in the

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

(his mark of 83.42 m was second only to Argentina's Braian Toledo).European javelin best for Ukraine’s Kushniruk at European Youth Olympic Festival
. European Athletics (2011-07-30). Retrieved on 2011-08-01. Internationally, the championships was evenly matched and no one country dominated as 26 nations had a medal-winning athlete. Three countries each attained a total of ten medals: Great Britain topped the medal table with five

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...

s and four silvers, Ukraine was a close runner-up with five gold and three silvers, while Russia came third with four golds. France and Italy were also strong performers, with totals of nine and eight medals, respectively.

Medal summary

Boys

Girls

Medal table

References

External links

Athletics page at official festival website
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