1997 European Youth Olympic Days

Host city	Lisbon
Country	Portugal
Nations	47
Athletes	2,500
Sport	10
Events	85
Opening	18 July 1997
Closing	24 July 1997
Opened by	Jorge Sampaio
Summer
Winter

The 1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was the fourth edition of multi-sport event for European youths between the ages of 12 and 18. It was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 18 to 24 July. A total of ten sports were contested.

Sports

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Portugal)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	18	13	11	42
2	Ukraine (UKR)	11	5	6	22
3	Great Britain (GBR)	10	2	11	23
4	Germany (GER)	6	4	9	19
5	France (FRA)	4	10	7	21
6	Italy (ITA)	4	6	6	16
7	Romania (ROU)	3	5	4	12
8	Austria (AUT)	3	1	3	7
9	Finland (FIN)	3	1	2	6
10	Sweden (SWE)	2	4	3	9
11	Spain (ESP)	2	2	3	7
12	Denmark (DEN)	2	2	0	4
13	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	8	11
14	Iceland (ISL)	2	1	1	4
	Ireland (IRL)	2	1	1	4
16	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	0	3
17	Slovakia (SVK)	2	0	0	2
18	Belarus (BLR)	1	4	2	7
19	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	5	8
20	Greece (GRE)	1	2	3	6
21	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	1	4
22	Georgia (GEO)	1	1	1	3
23	Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia)	1	0	1	2
24	Cyprus (CYP)	1	0	0	1
25	Switzerland (SUI)	0	3	1	4
	Turkey (TUR)	0	3	1	4
27	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	2	4
28	Lithuania (LTU)	0	2	1	3
29	Poland (POL)	0	1	3	4
30	Portugal (POR)*	0	1	2	3
31	Israel (ISR)	0	1	1	2
32	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
34	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
36	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	0	0
	Liechtenstein (LIE)	0	0	0	0
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	0	0
	Malta (MLT)	0	0	0	0
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	0	0
	Monaco (MON)	0	0	0	0
	San Marino (SMR)	0	0	0	0
Totals (42 entries)		85	85	101	271

References

• Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

Medal table

• Tableau des médailles Lisbonne - Portugal (1997). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2014-11-23.
• Medallists of European Youth Summer Olympic Festivals 1997–2017