2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

The 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, between 24 and 30 July 2022.

[1][2] Originally scheduled to run from 24 July to 1 August 2021, on 7 May 2020 it was announced that the games will be moved to 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[3] The following competitions took place:[4] The competition schedule for the 2022 European Youth Olympic Summer Festival was as follows: A total of 2,252 athletes from 48 NOCs competed at these games.

[5] One refugee athlete, originally from Syria, and at that time based in Austria, also competed.

[6] As a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 2 March 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), EOC suspended the participation of Belarus and Russia from 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.