1991 European Youth Olympic Days

The 1991 European Youth Olympic Days (1991 EYOD) was the inaugural edition of multi-sport event for European youths between the ages of 13 and 18. It was held in Brussels, Belgium from 12 to 21 July. A total of nine sports were contested by 2084 athletes representing 33 European nations.^[1][2] The idea for the competition came from Jacques Rogge, an International Olympic Committee member, as the continent did not have its own multi-sport event at the time.^[3][4]

1991 European Youth Olympic Days

Host city	Brussels
Country	Belgium
Nations	33
Athletes	2084
Sport	9
Events	70
Opening	12 July 1991
Closing	21 July 1991
Opened by	Baudouin of Belgium
Summer
Valkenswaard 1993 →
Winter
Aosta 1993 →

Sports

Nine sports were included in these initial Games, five individual sports of athletics, swimming, judo, tennis and table tennis for both genders, and four team sports; football and basketball for boys, volleyball and field hockey for girls.

1991 European Youth Summer Olympic Days Sports Programme
Athletics (24) (details) [5]  Basketball (1) (details)  Field hockey (1) (details)  Football (1) (details) [6]  Judo (15) (details) [7]  Swimming (22) (details) [2]  Table tennis (3) (details)  Tennis (2) (details) [8]  Volleyball (1) (details) [8]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Belgium)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	13	8	10	31
2	Soviet Union (URS)	12	5	7	24
3	Great Britain (GBR)	10	9	10	29
4	Italy (ITA)	8	6	8	22
5	Netherlands (NED)	5	2	4	11
6	Romania (ROU)	4	6	5	15
7	Poland (POL)	4	5	2	11
8	Spain (ESP)	3	8	10	21
9	Sweden (SWE)	3	4	2	9
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	2	0	4
11	Turkey (TUR)	2	0	0	2
12	Belgium (BEL)*	1	3	10	14
13	Germany (GER)	1	2	1	4
14	Portugal (POR)	1	1	3	5
15	Finland (FIN)	1	0	1	2
16	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	3	3	6
17	Ireland (IRL)	0	3	2	5
18	Austria (AUT)	0	1	2	3
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	2	3
20	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	0	1
21	Albania (ALB)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		70	70	85	225

References

1. European Youth Olympic Festival Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. NOCNSF. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.
2. Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
3. EYOF History. EYOF2013. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.
4. The European Youth Olympic Festival Archived 2014-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Eurolympic. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.
5. EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPICS EYOF . World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.
6. European Youth Olympic Days (EYOD). RSSSF. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.
7. EYOD Brussels Archived 2014-11-25 at archive.today. Sport Fieber. Retrieved on 2014-11-25.
8. Les 96 athlètes belges. DHNet (2009-07-18). Retrieved on 2014-11-25.

Medal table

• Tableau des médailles Bruxelles - Belgique (1991). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.