2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival

2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival

Host city	Sydney, New South Wales
Opening	17 January 2007 (2007-01-17)
Closing	21 January 2007 (2007-01-21)
Main venue	Sydney Entertainment Centre
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The 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival was the fourth edition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. It was held from 17 to 21 January 2007.

Of the 23 countries invited, 20 of them participated in the games. They were:

The opening ceremony was performed all by primary school and high school students from NSW government schools. Singers and instrumentalists were chosen from outstanding performers from Schools Spectacular 2006.

In 2007, the AYOF had 14 sports (20 disciplines). These were:^[1]

There were 40 events contested at an 18 and under age limit:^[2][3]

Men:	100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 110 m hurdles 2000 m steeplechase 4×100 m relay 4×400 m relay 400 m hurdles 5000 metres race walk High jump Long jump Triple jump Pole vault Shot put Discus Hammer Javelin
Women:	100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 100 m hurdles 2000 m steeplechase 4×100 m relay 4×400 m relay 400 m hurdles 5000 metres race walk High jump Long jump Triple jump Pole vault Shot put Discus Hammer Javelin

Figure skaters competed in men's and ladies single skating events held on 19 and 20 January 2007 in the Sydney Ice Arena in Sydney.^[4]

Men

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Rank	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Guan Junlin	China	161.37	1	1
2	Akio Sasaki	Japan	145.80	3	2
3	Yukihiro Yoshida	Japan	135.64	4	3
4	Naoto Saito	Japan	124.42	2	5
5	Matthew Parr	United Kingdom	120.74	5	4
6	Jason Thompson	United Kingdom	112.31	6	6
7	Nicholas Fernandez	Australia	96.03	8	7
8	Mark Webster	Australia	95.70	7	8
9	Mathew Tinson	Australia	83.59	9	9
10	Mathieu Wilson	New Zealand	76.44	10	10
11	Cameron Hems	New Zealand	75.22	11	11
12	Hung Wen Tien	Chinese Taipei	67.69	12	12
WD	Yang Chao	China		13

• WD = Withdrawn

The rowing events were contested at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith; the site of the rowing for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Unlike most AYOF events, the rowing offered each Australian state the chance to compete separately against countries including the Great Britain, New Zealand and China. Although the Great Britain and New Zealand teams had recent success at the Junior Rowing World Championships and Under 23 Rowing World Championships, the Australian states still performed competitively. The New South Wales rowing team won the premier event, the Men's Eight.

Great Britain led the way with a total of 6 Gold Medals. The Australian state crews performed admirably with New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia sharing 14 medals between them.

• Rowing at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival
• 2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

• Archived website, AYOF, archived from the original on 2 February 2007
• Australian Olympic Committee