Athletics at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

Summer Winter Summer Winter Athletics has featured as a sport at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival since its first edition in 1991.

It has appeared on the programme at every subsequent edition of the biennial multi-sport event for European athletes under the age of 18.

This age group corresponds with the youth category of athletics competition.

From the Baku games in 2019, the under-18 is again the age standard.

That is, athletes must be either at the age of 16 or 17 of the year of the festival.