3rd European Athletics Youth Championships | |
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Dates | 4–7 July 2022 |
Host city | Jerusalem, Israel |
Venue | Givat Ram Stadium |
Level | Youth |
Type | Outdoor |
Events | 40 |
Participation | 957 athletes from 48 nations |
← 2018 2024 → |
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* Indicates that the athlete participated only in the preliminary heats and also received a medal as part of the relay.
* Host nation (Israel)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
4 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
8 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Cyprus (CYP) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
13 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
14 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
15 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
16 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
19 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
21 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
22 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
23 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Israel (ISR)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
26 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (27 entries) | 40 | 41 | 40 | 121 |
957 competitors (477 boys and 480 girls) from 48 countries are expected to compete. [2] [3]
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