# 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships

The 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships was the first edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for European athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 14 to 17 July and was established following the 2013 Congress of the EAA in Skopje. The event programme mirrored that of the previous IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, with the exception of a boy's decathlon, rather than the octathlon. Around 900 athletes from 46 European Athletics Member Federations took part.
This was the only edition of the championships to be described as "Youth Championships". World and European Athletics hereafter changed their nomenclature from "Youth" and "Junior" to "Under-18" and "Under-20" respectively.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Marvin Schulte [no] Germany | 10.56 PB | Henrik Larsson Sweden | 10.57 PB | Samuel Purola [fr] Finland | 10.62 =PB |
| 200 metres | Jona Efoloko Great Britain | 21.15 | Kasper Kadestål Sweden | 21.18 PB | Pol Retamal Spain | 21.24 |
| 400 metres | Ihar Zubko [no] Belarus | 47.16 PB | Mihai Cristian Pislaru Romania | 47.46 | Mahsum Korkmaz Turkey | 47.69 |
| 800 metres | George Mills Great Britain | 1:48.82 PB | Andrea Romani Italy | 1:49.58 | Simone Barontini Italy | 1:49.78 |
| 1500 metres | Jake Heyward Great Britain | 4:00.64 | Pierre Proust France | 4:01.62 | Enrique Herreros Spain | 4:02.06 |
| 3000 metres | Elzan Bibić Serbia | 8:09.06 | Annasse Mahboub El Hamdouini Spain | 8:20.20 PB | Adrian Garcea Romania | 8:20.94 PB |
| 110 metres hurdles | Dániel Eszes Hungary | 13.39 PB | Tuur Bras Belgium | 13.42 PB | Jason Nicholson Great Britain | 13.45 PB |
| 400 metres hurdles | Alessandro Sibilio Italy | 51.46 PB | Aleix Porras Spain | 51.56 | Emil Agyekum Germany | 51.80 PB |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Tim Van de Velde Belgium | 5:53.77 | Stefan Schmid Austria | 5:54.79 PB | Rémi Schyns Belgium | 5:55.06 PB |
| Medley relay | Italy Lorenzo Paissan Mario Marchei Alessandro Sibilio Andrea Romani | 1:52.78 PB | Spain Sergio López Jesús Gómez Pol Retamal Ivan Alba | 1:53.62 PB | Poland Damian Sztejkowski Rafał Pająk Szymon Kreft Maciej Wójcik | 1:53.80 PB |
| 10,000 m walk | Łukasz Niedziałek Poland | 44:06.49 | Abdulselam Imük Turkey | 45:30.41 | David Kuster [fr] France | 45:42.09 |
| High jump | Lucas Mihota Germany | 2.18 PB | Adonios Merlos [fr] Greece | 2.16 =PB | Dmytro Nikitin Ukraine | 2.16 PB |
| Pole vault | Emmanouil Karalis Greece | 5.45 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Germany | 5.30 =PB | Sondre Guttormsen Norway | 5.05 PB |
| Long jump | Panayiotis Mantzouroyiannis Greece | 7.60 | Enzo Hodebar France | 7.54 | Bogdan Sitoianu Romania | 7.31 PB |
| Triple jump | Martin Lamou [fr] France | 16.03 PB | Andrea Dallavalle Italy | 15.74 PB | Răzvan Cristian Grecu Romania | 15.62 SB |
| Shot put | Odisseas Mouzenidis [fr] Greece | 21.51 NYR | Dzmitry Karpuk [no] Belarus | 21.24 PB | Eero Ahola Finland | 21.24 |
| Discus throw | Georgios Koniarakis Cyprus | 62.16 | Tim Ader Germany | 60.84 PB | Jan Vasco Bringmann Germany | 60.62 PB |
| Hammer throw | Myhaylo Havrylyuk Ukraine | 82.26 NYR | Jake Norris Great Britain | 79.20 PB | Ragnar Carlsson Sweden | 75.71 PB |
| Javelin throw | Kristaps Jaunpujens Latvia | 77.01 | Alexei Oleinik Moldova | 74.49 PB | Matiss Velps Latvia | 74.47 PB |
| Decathlon | Manuel Wagner Germany | 7382 PB | Jorg Vanlierde Belgium | 7311 PB | Leon Okafor Austria | 7232 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Keshia Kwadwo Germany | 11.76 | Gina Akpe-Moses Ireland | 11.80 PB | Klaudia Adamek Poland | 11.82 |
| 200 metres | Marine Mignon France | 23.35 PB | Alisha Rees Great Britain | 23.70 | Nikola Bendová Czech Republic | 24.00 |
| 400 metres | Andrea Miklós Romania | 52.70 PB | Karolina Łozowska Poland | 54.56 | Josefine Tomine Eriksen Norway | 55.26 |
| 800 metres | Isabelle Boffey Great Britain | 2:07.19 | Anna Burt Great Britain | 2:08.54 | Gabriela Gajanová Slovakia | 2:09.43 |
| 1500 metres | Delia Sclabas Switzerland | 4:22.51 PB | Sabrina Sinha Great Britain | 4:23.10 | Erin Wallace Great Britain | 4:28.17 |
| 3000 metres | Delia Sclabas Switzerland | 9:23.44 PB | Stine Wangberg Norway | 9:26.65 PB | Lucy Pygott Great Britain | 9:28.15 PB |
| 100 metres hurdles | Desola Oki Italy | 13.30 =PB | Viktoryia Zakharchuk Belarus | 13.48 PB | Molly Scott Ireland | 13.51 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Viivi Lehikoinen Finland | 58.28 | Yasmin Giger Switzerland | 58.39 PB | Sara Gallego Spain | 58.73 PB |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Anna Mark Helwigh Denmark | 6:34.52 PB | Tíra Pavuk Hungary | 6:41.70 | Lora Ontl Croatia | 6:43.60 PB |
| Medley relay | France Cyrena Samba-Mayela Éloïse de la Taille Marine Mignon Iman Jean | 2:08.48 PB | Poland Klaudia Adamek Alicja Potasznik Martyna Kotwiła Karolina Łozowska | 2:08.57 PB | Italy Camilla Maestrini Zaynab Dosso Valeria Simonelli Letizia Tiso | 2:08.99 PB |
| 5000 m walk | Meryem Bekmez Turkey | 22:50.22 PB | Ayşe Tekdal Turkey | 22:58.17 PB | Marina Peña Spain | 23:05.90 |
| High jump | Maja Nilsson Sweden | 1.82 PB | Urte Baikstyte Lithuania | 1.79 | Despina Maltabe Greece | 1.75 |
| Pole vault | Alina Strömberg Finland | 4.15 PB | Meritxell Benito Spain | 4.05 | Amálie Švábíková Czech Republic | 4.05 |
| Long jump | Holly Mills Great Britain | 6.19 | Maja Bedrač Slovenia | 6.19 | Marisa Carvalho Portugal | 6.08 |
| Triple jump | Georgiana Iuliana Anitei Romania | 13.19 | Eva Pepelnak Slovenia | 13.03 PB | Tene Cisse France | 12.79 |
| Shot put | Alexandra Emelianova Moldova | 18.50 PB | Jule Steuer Germany | 17.97 PB | Sydney Giampietro Italy | 17.45 |
| Discus throw | Alexandra Emelianova Moldova | 58.09 PB | Amelie Döbler Germany | 50.14 | Helena Leveelahti Finland | 49.34 PB |
| Hammer throw | Kateřina Skypalová Czech Republic | 66.58 PB | Tatsiana Ramanouvich Belarus | 66.16 | Kiira Väänänen Finland | 66.00 |
| Javelin throw | Arianne Duarte Morais Norway | 60.89 PB | Carolina Visca Italy | 59.10 | Elina Kinnunen Finland | 57.40 PB |
| Heptathlon | Alina Shukh Ukraine | 6186 WYB | Sarah Lagger Austria | 6175 NYR | Niamh Emerson Great Britain | 5919 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Greece (GRE) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Moldova (MDA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (30 entries) | Totals (30 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Participating nations

* Andorra (AND) (5)
* Armenia (ARM) (4)
* Austria (AUT) (17)
* Azerbaijan (AZE) (1)
* Belarus (BLR) (31)
* Belgium (BEL) (18)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (4)
* Bulgaria (BUL) (16)
* Croatia (CRO) (15)
* Cyprus (CYP) (3)
* Czech Republic (CZE) (32)
* Denmark (DEN) (12)
* Estonia (EST) (21)
* Finland (FIN) (26)
* France (FRA) (37)
* Georgia (GEO) (14) (host)
* Germany (GER) (46)
* Gibraltar (GIB) (3)
* Great Britain (GBR) (33)
* Greece (GRE) (20)
* Hungary (HUN) (39)
* Iceland (ISL) (3)
* Ireland (IRL) (30)
* Israel (ISR) (8)
* Italy (ITA) (55)
* Kosovo (KOS) (4)
* Latvia (LAT) (15)
* Lithuania (LTU) (20)
* Luxembourg (LUX) (4)
* Macedonia (MKD) (2)
* Malta (MLT) (2)
* Moldova (MDA) (2)
* Monaco (MON) (1)
* Norway (NOR) (28)
* Poland (POL) (40)
* Portugal (POR) (15)
* Romania (ROU) (31)
* San Marino (SMR) (4)
* Serbia (SRB) (17)
* Slovakia (SVK) (16)
* Slovenia (SLO) (37)
* Spain (ESP) (43)
* Sweden (SWE) (23)
* Switzerland (SUI) (30)
* Turkey (TUR) (37)
* Ukraine (UKR) (46)