The athletics competition at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 25 to 29 July 2011. The events took place at the Söğütlü Athletics Stadium in Trabzon, Turkey. Boys and girls born 1994 or 1995 or later participated 36 track and field events, divided evenly between the sexes.[1]
The five-day competition was preceded by the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics and a number of athletes participated at both meetings. Bence Pásztor of Hungary set a world youth best of 84.41 metres to win the boy's hammer throw,[2] while Yuriy Kushniruk of Ukraine set a European youth best in the javelin throw (his mark of 83.42 m was second only to Argentina's Braian Toledo).[3]
Internationally, the championships was evenly matched and no one country dominated as 26 nations had a medal-winning athlete. Three countries each attained a total of ten medals: Great Britain topped the medal table with five gold medals and four silvers, Ukraine was a close runner-up with five gold and three silvers, while Russia came third with four golds. France and Italy were also strong performers, with totals of nine and eight medals, respectively.
| 100 m[4] | Daniel Kölsch | 10.66 PB | Leon Reid | 10.68 | Marek Bakalar | 10.75 | |
| 200 m[5] | Thomas Holligan | 21.46 PB | Ilya Siratsiuk | 21.55 | Marek Bakalar | 21.57 PB | |
| 400 m[6] | Clovis Asong | 46.93 | Steffen Dale Trenk | 48.74 | Aliaksandr Krasouski | 48.91 | |
| 800 m[7] | Brecht Bertels | 1:50.90 PB | Nemanja Kojić | 1:51.55 PB | Karl John Griffin | 1:51.64 | |
| 1500 m[8] | Ruairi Finnegan | 3:53.78 | Samuele Dini | 3:54.45 | James Lamswood | 3:55.02 | |
| 3000 m[9] | Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyi | 8:21.99 PB | Gordon Benson | 8:23.05 | Lorenzo Dini | 8:24.20 PB | |
| 2000 m St.[10] | Gonzalo Basconcelo | 5:54.60 PB | Italo Quazzola | 5:56.30 PB | Johannes Max. Motschmann | 5:57.37 PB | |
| 110 m H (91.4 cm)[11] | Lorenzo Perini | 13.44 CR | Wilhem Belocian | 13.50 PB | Thomas Durant | 13.56 PB | |
| 400 m H (84.0 cm)[12] | Ben Kiely | 52.69 PB | Jacob Paul | 52.80 PB | Vladislav Tsygankov | 53.01 PB | |
| 4 × 100 m relay[13] | Jean-Noël Crétinoir Mickaël Zézé Gautier Dautremer Wilhem Belocian | 40.90 | James Taylor Thomas Holligan Clovis Asong Leon Reid | 41.37 | Oumar Diallo Bram Luycx Mathias Broothaerts Lorijn Verbrughhe | 41.60 | |
| High jump[14] | Gaël Rotardier | 2.11 m | Falk Wendrich | 2.08 m PB | Pavel Kipra | 2.08 m | |
| Long jump[15] | Elliot Safo | 7.38 m PB | Stefano Braga | 7.36 m | Semen Popov | 7.36 m | |
| Triple jump[16] | Robert Clarke | 15.50 m PB | Lasha Gulelauri | 15.49 m | Jean-Noël Crétinoir | 15.49 m | |
| Pole vault[17] | Robert Renner | 5.31 m CR | Torben Laidig | 5.00 m PB | Georgiy Bykov | 4.95 m | |
| Shot put (5 kg)[18] | Vladyslav Chernikov | 20.13 m | Matti Sivonen | 19.43 m PB | Mesud Pezer | 19.13 m | |
| Discus (1.5 kg)[19] | Dominik Kosar | 56.04 m | Vladyslav Chernikov | 55.40 m | Martin Pilato | 55.34 m | |
| Hammer throw (5 kg)[20] | Bence Pásztor | 84.41 m WYB | Sergiy Reheda | 80.81 m PB | Ozkan Baltaci | 78.90 m PB | |
| Javelin (700 g)[21] | Yuriy Kushniruk | 83.42 m WYL | Sebastian Teikari | 75.43 m SB | Povilas Dabasinskas | 73.23 m PB | |
| 100 m[22] | Sophie Papps | 11.82 | Samantha Dagry | 11.91 PB | Solenn Compper | 11.99 | |
| 200 m[23] | Ekaterina Renzhina | 23.64 CR | Justien Grillet | 23.94 | Anna Hämäläinen | 24.14 | |
| 400 m[24] | Modesta Morauskaite | 54.07 PB | Kimberley Efonye | 54.30 PB | Barbara Camblor | 55.03 | |
| 800 m[25] | Olena Sidorska | 2:05.26 CR | Camilla de Bleecker | 2:05.74 | Luna Udelhoven | 2:07.30 PB | |
| 1500 m[26] | Sophie Riches | 4:25.95 | Síofra Cléirigh Büttner | 4:26.42 PB | Meropi Panayiotou | 4:29.13 PB | |
| 3000 m[27] | Alena Kudashkina | 9:18.46 | Anca Maria Bunea | 9:30.81 PB | Jip Vastenburg | 9:39.47 | |
| 2000 m St.[28] | Dana Elena Loghin | 6:40.93 CR | Johanna Christine Schulz | 6:46.49 PB | Olja Nikolić | 6:48.05 PB | |
| 100 m H (76.2 cm)[29] | Nadine Visser | 13.28 PB | Monika Zapalska | 13.52 PB | Sarah Kate Lavin | 13.62 PB | |
| 400 m H (76.2 cm)[30] | Katsiaryna Verameyenka | 59.57 PB | Emeline Bauwe | 1:00.42 PB | Megan Kiely | 1:00.44 PB | |
| 4 × 100 m relay[31] | Tessa van Schagen Sacha van Agt Naomi Sedney Nadine Visser | 45.93 | Sarah Missinne Justien Grillet Orphee Depuydt Kimberley Efonye | 46.12 | Anastasia Nikolaeva Elizaveta Anikienko Anastasiia Aslanidi Ekaterina Renzhina | 46.58 | |
| High jump[32] | Dior Delophont | 1.85 m PB | Leontia Kallenou | 1.79 m | Ligia Damaris Grozav | 1.79 m | |
| Pole vault[33] | Roberta Bruni | 4.10 m CR | Georgia Stefanidi | 4.10 m | Kristina Bondarenko | 4.10 m | |
| Long jump[34] | Maryna Bekh | 6.25 m | Julia Gerter | 6.14 m | Marina Buchelnikova | 6.11 m | |
| Triple jump[35] | Ana Peleteiro | 13.17 m PB | Sokhna Galle | 13.11 m | Anna Krasutska | 13.00 m | |
| Shot put (4 kg)[36] | Natalia Shirobokova | 14.23 m | Charlene Okken | 13.84 m PB | Monia Cantarella | 13.67 m | |
| Discus (1 kg)[37] | Florentia Kalogeraki | 48.31 m | Natalia Shirobokova | 48.31 m | Ozge Yilmaz | 44.72 m | |
| Hammer throw (4 kg)[38] | Hanna Zinchuk | 59.48 m | Alyona Shamotina | 59.23 m PB | Petra Jakeljić | 56.35 m | |
| Javelin (600 g)[39] | Alina Gerasimchuk | 53.86 m CR | Liveta Jasiunaite | 52.00 m PB | Alexie Alaïs | 50.94 m | |