Baku and the Games

In the summer of 2015, the 50 members of the European Olympic Committees celebrated the first European Games, featuring 5,898 athletes across 20 sports.

From 12 to 28 June, 18 venues were brought to life with performances that broke junior and senior world records. Innovative street and beach sports complemented Olympic qualifiers before a cumulative audience of 1.7 billion viewers.