1997 European Youth Olympic Winter Days

1997 European Youth Olympic Winter Days
Host city	Sundsvall
Country	Sweden
Nations	41
Athletes	991
Sport	6
Events	27
Opening	7 February 1997
Closing	13 February 1997
Summer
	← Bath 1995 Lisbon 1997 →
Winter
	← Andorra la Vella 1995 Poprad-Tatry 1999 →

The 1997 Winter European Youth Olympic Winter Days was an international multi-sport event held between 7 and 13 February 1997, in Sundsvall, Sweden.

Sports

1997 European Youth Olympic Winter Days Sports Programme
Alpine skiing (6) (details) Biathlon (3) (details) Cross-country skiing (5) (details) Figure skating (3) (details) Ice hockey (1) (details) Short track speed skating (5) (details) Speed skating (4) (details)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys giant slalom	Christian Hainz Italy	Anders Nilsson Sweden	Daniel Rienda Contreras Spain
Girls giant slalom	Anja Paerson Sweden	Katja Wirth Austria	Sabrina Schernthaner Austria
Boys slalom	Björn Selander Sweden	Alexandre Anselment France	Christoph Alster Austria
Girls slalom	Sandra Lochmatter Switzerland	Anja Paerson Sweden	Sara Fill Italy
Boys parallel slalom	Manfred Gruber Austria	Christian Hainz Italy	Freddy Rech France
Girls parallel slalom	Denise Karbon Italy	Ingrid Rumpfhuber Austria	Dagmara Krzyzynska Poland

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys 7,6 km	Hans Gjedrem Norway	Jaroslav Vavra Czech Republic	Timour Nurmiev Russia
Girls 5,2 km	Irina Fomina Russia	Nina Wilhelmsson Sweden	Aleksandra Lanisek Slovenia
Mixed relay 5,2 km	Team Russia Russia	Team Italy Italy	Team Slovakia Slovakia

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys 10 km classic	Serguei Novikov Russia	Reijo Nykänen Finland	Vladimir Tokarev Russia
Girls 7,5 km classic	Lina Andersson Sweden	Irina Ivanova Russia	Marit Bjørgen Norway
Boys 10 km free	Maxim Odnodvortsev Russia	Serguei Novikov Russia	Johan Olsson Sweden
Girls 7,5 km free	Lina Andersson Sweden	Jana Svobodova Czech Republic	Natalia Morilova Russia
Mixed relay 4x5 km free	Team Sweden Sweden	Team Russia Russia	Team Czech Republic Czech Republic

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys	Evgeni Plushenko Russia	Vakhtang Murvanidze Georgia	Alexander Smokvin Ukraine
Girls	Julia Soldatova Russia	Julia Lautowa Austria	Gwenaëlle Jullien France
Ice dancing	Federica Faiella Luciano Milo Italy	Melanie Espejo Michael Zenezini France	Eliane Hugentobler Daniel Hugentobler Switzerland

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys	Team Russia Russia	Team Sweden Sweden	Team Finland Finland

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys 500 m	Simone Rodigari Italy	Nicola Rodigari Italy	Marek Hauptmann Germany
Girls 500 m	Marta Capurso Italy	Katia Zini Italy	Joanna Williams Great Britain
Boys 1000 m	Sebastian Praus Germany	Marek Hauptmann Germany	Cees Juffermans Netherlands
Girls 1000 m	Marta Capurso Italy	Katia Zini Italy	Daniëlle Molendÿk Netherlands
Mixed relay 3000 m	Team France France	Team Russia Russia	Team Ukraine Ukraine

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys 500 m	Eric Zachrisson Sweden	Serguei Batiatine Russia	Marcin Gralla Poland
Girls 500 m	Wieteke Cramer Netherlands	Helen van Goozen Netherlands	Daniela Niederstatter Italy
Boys 1500 m	Eric Zachrisson Sweden	Marcin Gralla Poland	Auke Kranenborg Netherlands
Girls 1500 m	Helen van Goozen Netherlands	Wieteke Cramer Netherlands	Andrea Jakab Romania

* Host nation (Sweden)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	7	5	3	15
2	Sweden (SWE)*	7	4	1	12
3	Italy (ITA)	6	5	2	13
4	Netherlands (NED)	2	2	3	7
5	Austria (AUT)	1	3	2	6
6	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
7	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
8	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
8	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	1	2
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
11	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
12	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
13	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	0	1
14	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
15	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (SPA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		27	27	27	81