| 1st European Athletics Youth Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Dates | 14–17 July 2016 |
| Host city | Tbilisi,Georgia |
| Venue | Athletics Stadium of Tbilisi |
| Level | Youth |
| Events | 40 |
| Participation | 900 athletes from 46 nations |
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The2016European Athletics Youth Championships was the first edition of the biennial, continentalathletics competition for European athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held inTbilisi, Georgia from 14 to 17 July and was established following the 2013 Congress of theEAA inSkopje.[1] The event programme mirrored that of the previousIAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, with the exception of a boy'sdecathlon, rather than theoctathlon. 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.
| 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 |
 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 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
 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 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 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 |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | |
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)