The athletics competition at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held at the Athletics Stadium of Tbilisi in Tbilisi, Georgia between 27 July and 1 August.European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi 2015 Competition Schedule. Tbilisi2015. Retrieved on 2015-08-06. A total of 36 events were held, evenly divided between the sexes, repeating the programme of the previous edition.
The competition was preceded the World Athletics Leaders Seminar, which included European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen and IAAF Vice President Sergey Bubka among its attendees. The games' athletics came ahead of the city's hosting of the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships – the first edition of the competition, which will be held in the even years between the European Youth Festival's events.Hansen & Karamarinov attend EYOF Opening Ceremony. European Athletics (2015-07-27). Retrieved on 2015-08-06.
French jumper Enzo Hodebar was the most successful athlete in the sport, being the only youth to take two individual titles with his long jump and triple jump wins. Serbia had two double medallists in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres: Elzan Bibić won a gold and a silver in the boys' events while Tamara Mićević was a double runner-up on the girl's side. The overall standard of winning performances was down on previous years, but three games records were set in the girls' section: Viivi Lehikoinen set a time of 57.74 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles, Elizaveta Bondarenko improved the pole vault standard to , and Carolina Visca set a javelin throw games record of .. Tbilisi2015. Retrieved on 2015-08-06.
France easily topped the medal table with six gold medals among its haul of twelve – its performance in athletics accounted for most of the medals at the games, in which it placed third in the overall medal table.Medal Table . Tbilisi2015. Retrieved on 2015-08-06. Russian had the next highest number of golds, at four, while the Netherlands had the second-highest total with six medals including three gold. Ukraine ranked third with three golds and two silver medals. In total athletes from thirty nations reached the podium at the competition. The host nation failed to appear on the medal table.
Medal summary
Boys
100 m Henrik Roger Larsson 10.72 Lauri Tuomilehto 10.82 Pol Retamal 10.92200 m Florian Barbier 21.52 Matěj Krsek 21.90 Bryan Pronk 21.93400 m 47.44 Mahsum Korkmaz 48.51 Gregor Grahovac 48.56800 m Marino Bloudek 1:53.76 Eliott Crestan 1:54.02 Javier Mirón 1:54.921500 m Kevin McGrath 4:01.11 Elzan Bibić 4:01.62 Pierre Proust 4:02.353000 m Elzan Bibić 8:50.10 Nurkan Dagtekin 8:54.91 Tindaro Lisa 8:56.65110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) Julian Andrianavalona 13.84 Luis Salort 13.85 Cristian Faidiga 14.11400 metres hurdles (84.0 cm) Aleix Porras 52.52 Tuur Bras 53.63 Marc-Antoine Saban 53.822000 m steeplechase Stefan Schmid 6:10.03 Matevz Cimermancic 6:13.66 Timothée Mischler 6:15.194 × 100 m relayLuc BertrandSimon BoypaMarc-Antoine SabanFlorian Barbier 42.11Luis SalortAlejandro PeiroJesus GómezPol Retamal 42.46Adrián BaranJakub BendaSimon RigászMarcel Žilavý 44.29 High jump Dmytro Nikitin 2.12 Ryan Carthy Walsh 2.09 Adonios Merlos 2.06 Pole vault Bo Kanda Lita Bähre 4.92 Taras Shevtsov 4.60 Riccardo Klotz 4.60Long jump Enzo Hodebar 7.32 Ioan Bogdan Sitoianu 6.89 Uladzislau Bulakhau 6.88 Triple jump Enzo Hodebar 15.24 Razvan Cristian Grecu 15.03 Andrea Dallavalle 14.74Shot put (5 kg) Arttu Korkeasalo 18.98 Ariel Atias 17.67 Vadzim Charnyshou 17.60Discus (1.5 kg) Ferenc Aranyi 57.45 Giorgios Koniarakis 56.13 Kornel Warszawski 51.43Hammer throw (5 kg) Mykhailo Havryliuk 75.20 Mihaita Andrei Micu 70.18 Dzmitry Baraukou 68.05Javelin (700 g) Ilia Tuzov 69.67 Matīss Velps 66.21 Bartul Zemunik 65.32
Girls 100 metres 12.01 12.16 12.17200 metres 24.07 24.49Not awarded400 metres 53.68 55.02 55.09800 metres 2:07.43 2:07.89 2:08.841500 metres 4:33.98 4:34.35 4:35.333000 metres 9:58.49 9:59.07 9:59.81100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.75 13.75 13.84400 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) 57.74 CR 1:00.57 1:01.062000 metres steeplechase 6:48.80 6:50.39 6:52.594 × 100 m relayLive Haugstad HiltonIda EikengTonje Fjellet KristiansenIngvild Meinseth 46.54Whitney TieSacha AlessandriniIman JeanMarine Mignon 46.67Celine GautierLaures BauwensHanne VancampHanne Claus 46.78High jump 1.80 1.80 1.80Pole vault 4.20 CR 4.15 3.90Long jump 6.01 5.93 5.91Triple jump 13.50 13.30 12.87 Shot put (3 kg) 16.30 16.05 16.00Discus throw (1 kg) 51.93 48.06 46.30 Hammer throw (3 kg) 65.95 64.24 61.61Javelin throw (500 g) 60.09 CR 54.70 52.64
Medal table
References
Results . Tbilisi2015. Retrieved on 2015-08-06.