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.

## Participant nations[edit]

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

* Australia
* Canada
* China
* Fiji
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Japan
* Korea
* Malaysia
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Oceania
* Singapore
* South Africa
* Taipei
* United States of America
* Uzbekistan

## Opening ceremony[edit]

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\.

## Events[edit]

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

* Aquatics
* Diving
* Swimming
* Athletics (track and field)
* Badminton
* Canoeing
* Canoe/Kayak – Slalom
* Canoe/Kayak – Sprint
* Cycling
* Cycling – Road
* Cycling – Track
* Football

* Gymnastics
* Artistic
* Rhythmic
* Trampoline
* Hockey
* Sailing
* Rowing
* Shooting
* Skating
* Figure skating
* Short track
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo

## Athletics[edit]

Athletics medal tally  Team  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Australia | 27  | 25  | 33  | 85
China | 10  | 5  | 3  | 18
Chinese Taipei | 3  | 4  | 2  | 9
New Zealand | 0  | 6  | 2  | 8
Total  | 40  | 40  | 40  | 120

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

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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 skating[edit]

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[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Points  | SP | FS

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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

### Ladies[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Points  | SP | FS

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1 | Yuka Ishikawa  |  Japan | 123.44  | 1  | 1
2 | Nanoha Sato |  Japan | 113.70  | 4  | 2
3 | Tina Wang |  Australia | 110.49  | 3  | 3
4  | Vanessa James |  United Kingdom | 109.35  | 2  | 5
5  | Yurina Nobuhara |  Japan | 108.12  | 5  | 4
6  | Cheltzie Lee |  Australia | 98.21  | 6  | 6
7  | Guo Yalu |  China | 86.78  | 8  | 7
8  | Morgan Figgins |  New Zealand | 77.88  | 7  | 10
9  | Phoebe Di Tommaso |  Australia | 77.30  | 9  | 8
10  | Lejeanne Marais |  South Africa | 74.31  | 10  | 9
11  | Jessica Wai |  Chinese Taipei | 62.40  | 11  | 11
12  | Megan Allely  |  South Africa | 56.15  | 12  | 12

## Rowing[edit]

Rowing medal tally  Team  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Great Britain | 6  | 5  | 1  | 12
Tasmania | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3
New South Wales | 1  | 4  | 0  | 5
New Zealand | 1  | 1  | 5  | 7
China | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3
Western Australia | 1  | 0  | 3  | 4
Victoria | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2

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.

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Schedule and Results". AOC. 2007. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
2. ^ "Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2007 Official Results: Athletics Day 1" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee. 13 February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF 0.5 MB) on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
3. ^ "Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2007 Official Results: Athletics Day 2" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee. 14 February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF 0.3 MB) on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
4. ^ Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2007 Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine

## External links[edit]

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