2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

The 2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (French: Festival olympique de la jeunesse européenne 2003) was the seventh edition of multi-sport event for European youths between the ages of 12 and 18. It was held in Paris, France, from 27 July to 3 August, with the opening and closing ceremonies at the Charléty Stadium. A total of ten sports were contested, featuring around 2000 athletes from 48 nations.^[1]

2003 European Youth Olympic Festival

Host city	Paris
Country	France
Nations	48
Athletes	2,500
Sport	10
Events	95
Opening	27 July 2003 (2003-07-27)
Closing	3 August 2003 (2003-08-03)
Opened by	Jacques Chirac
Main venue	Charléty Stadium
Summer
← Murcia 2001 Lignano Sabbiadoro 2005 →
Winter
← Bled 2003 Monthey 2005 →

The hosting of the competition formed part of the buildup for the Paris bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Charléty Stadium

Sports

2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme
Athletics (details)  Basketball (details)  Cycling (details)  Football (details)  Gymnastics (details)  Handball (details)  Judo (details)  Swimming (details)  Table tennis (details)  Volleyball (details)

Participating nations

Participating National Olympic Committees

Albania  Andorra  Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia (44)[3]  Finland  FYR Macedonia  France  Georgia  Germany  Great Britain  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Latvia  Liechtenstein  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta  Moldova  Monaco  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  San Marino  Serbia and Montenegro  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	18	10	16	44
2	Hungary (HUN)	14	8	8	30
3	Romania (ROU)	7	1	5	13
4	Great Britain (GBR)	6	6	11	23
5	Ukraine (UKR)	5	5	7	17
6	Italy (ITA)	5	4	4	13
7	France (FRA)*	4	4	5	13
8	Portugal (POR)	4	2	1	7
9	Germany (GER)	3	9	8	20
10	Belgium (BEL)	3	3	0	6
11	Lithuania (LTU)	3	1	4	8
12	Netherlands (NED)	2	5	5	12
13	Croatia (CRO)	2	4	0	6
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	3	3	8
15	Georgia (GEO)	2	3	2	7
16	Poland (POL)	2	1	6	9
17	Slovakia (SVK)	2	0	1	3
18	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	0	2
19	Spain (ESP)	1	4	2	7
20	Sweden (SWE)	1	3	2	6
21	Latvia (LAT)	1	3	0	4
22	Greece (GRE)	1	1	2	4
23	Estonia (EST)	1	1	1	3
24	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	7	8
25	Israel (ISR)	1	0	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
27	Moldova (MDA)	1	0	0	1
28	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	4	0	4
29	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	2	3	5
30	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	2	4
31	Austria (AUT)	0	2	0	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
33	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	1	2
35	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
36	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	2	2
38	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 entries)		95	96	115	306

• Non-medalling nations:^[4]
  •  Andorra
  •  Albania
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Macedonia
  •  Iceland
  •  Liechtenstein
  •  Malta
  •  Monaco
  •  San Marino