2013 Asian Youth Games

II Asian Youth Games
Host city	Nanjing, China
Motto	Celebrating Youth, Passionate Asia; (Chinese: 青春盛会, 活力亚洲; pinyin: Qīngchūn shènghuì huólì yàzhōu; lit. 'Youth Games', 'Vibrant Asia')
Nations	45
Athletes	2404
Events	122 in 16 sports
Opening	August 16
Closing	August 24
Opened by	Liu Yandong; Vice Premier of China
Main venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Website	nanjing2013.org (archived)
	← Singapore 2009 Tashkent 2025 →; Hambantota 2017 →

The 2013 Asian Youth Games or AYG 2013 (Chinese: 2013年亚洲青年运动会; pinyin: Èr Líng yī sān Nián Yàzhōu Qīngnián Yùndònghuì), officially the 2nd Asian Youth Games (Chinese: 第二届亚洲青年运动会; pinyin: Dìèr Jiè Yàzhōu Qīngnián Yùndònghuì) and commonly as Nanjing 2013 (Chinese: 南京2013; pinyin: Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sān), were held in Nanjing, China from August 16–24, 2013. Like the inaugural edition, the games acted as dress-rehearsal for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, which were also held in the same city.

Venues

Nanjing Olympic Sports Center - Aquatics, Athletics, Squash
Nanjing Sport Institute - Badminton
Nanjing International Expo Center - Fencing, Weightlifting
Wutaishan Sports Center
- Wutaishan Stadium - Football, 3x3 basketball
- Wutaishan Gymnasium - Table tennis
Qingliangshan Sports School - Football
Jiangning Sports Center - Football, Handball
Zhongshan International Golf Club - Golf
Nanjing University of Technology - Handball
Longjiang Gymnasium - Judo, Taekwondo
Youth Olympic Sports Park Rugby Field - Rugby sevens
Fangshan Shooting Hall - Shooting
Tennis Academy of China - Tennis

Mascot

Official mascot

The mascot for the 2013 Asian Youth Games was unveiled in Nanjing on 31 October 2012. The mascot is called Yuan Yuan, is based on the image of Eosimias sinensis, the earliest higher primate to date found in Jiangsu.^[1]

Sports

Officially, there were a total of 112 events in 16 sports, 6 more than that of the previous edition held at Singapore.

3x3 basketball (2) (details)
Aquatics
- Diving (4) (details)
- Swimming (30) (details)
Athletics (34) (details)
Badminton (3) (details)

Fencing (6) (details)
Football (1) (details)
Golf (2) (details)
Handball (2) (details)
Judo (6) (details)
Rugby sevens (2) (details)

Shooting (8) (details)
Squash (4) (details)
Table tennis (2) (details)
Taekwondo (4) (details)
Tennis (3) (details)
Weightlifting (9) (details)

Participating nations

The 2013 Asian Youth Games saw 2404 athletes from all 45 competed.^[2] According to the Games' official website, Indian athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Indian Olympic Association was suspended due to political interference in December 2012.^[3]

Afghanistan (8)
Bahrain (27)
Bangladesh (19)
Bhutan (10)
Brunei (5)
Cambodia (2)
China (252)
Chinese Taipei (124)
East Timor (17)
Hong Kong (102)
Independent Olympic Athletes (89)
Indonesia (103)
Iran (79)
Iraq (60)
Japan (62)
Jordan (25)
Kazakhstan (122)
Kuwait (100)
Kyrgyzstan (14)
Laos (9)
Lebanon (14)
Macau (30)
Malaysia (69)
Maldives (14)
Mongolia (65)
Myanmar (8)
Nepal (11)
North Korea (43)
Oman (10)
Pakistan (41)
Palestine (16)
Philippines (55)
Qatar (66)
Saudi Arabia (69)
Singapore (84)
South Korea (123)
Sri Lanka (37)
Syria (28)
Tajikistan (9)
Thailand (173)
Turkmenistan (16)
United Arab Emirates (18)
Uzbekistan (61)
Vietnam (101)
Yemen (14)

Calendar

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

August 2013	13th Tue	14th Wed	15th Thu	16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun	19th Mon	20th Tue	21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	Gold medals
3x3 basketball					●	●	●		●	2			2
Athletics							4	10	8	12			34
Badminton					●	●	●	●	3				3
Diving					2	2							4
Fencing							2	2	2				6
Football	●		●		●		●		●		1		1
Golf						●	●	2					2
Handball	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●		2		2
Judo					2	2	2						6
Rugby sevens					●	●	2						2
Shooting						2	2	2	2				8
Squash					●	●	2	●	●	●	2		4
Swimming							3	7	7	7	6		30
Table tennis					●	●	2						2
Taekwondo									2	2			4
Tennis					●	●	●	●	●	●	3		3
Weightlifting					3		3		3				9
Total gold medals					7	6	22	23	27	23	14		122
Ceremonies				OC								CC
August 2013	13th Tue	14th Wed	15th Thu	16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun	19th Mon	20th Tue	21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	Gold medals

Medal table

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	46	23	24	93
2	South Korea (KOR)	25	13	14	52
3	Japan (JPN)	7	5	6	18
4	Thailand (THA)	6	15	16	37
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	6	11	13	30
6	Singapore (SIN)	5	12	6	23
7	Vietnam (VIE)	5	4	2	11
8	Malaysia (MAS)	4	6	7	17
9	North Korea (PRK)	4	2	5	11
10	Independent Olympic Athletes (AOI)	3	4	7	14
11	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	5	13	20
12	Philippines (PHI)	2	3	0	5
13	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	4	8	13
14	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	5	8
15	Indonesia (INA)	1	2	2	5
16	Qatar (QAT)	1	2	0	3
17	Kuwait (KUW)	1	0	0	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	1	0	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
20	Iran (IRI)	0	6	2	8
21	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	5	6
22	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	1	2
22	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	1	2
24	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	3	3
24	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	3	3
26	Bahrain (BRN)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Macau (MAC)	0	0	1	1
	Yemen (YEM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)		122	122	147	391

References

^ JSCHINA. "Mascot for 2nd Asian Youth Games unveiled". Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
^ "Participant List". Archived from the original on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
^ "IOC bans India from Olympics". CBC. December 4, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.

External links

[1] (archived on June 19, 2012)

[1] JSCHINA. "Mascot for 2nd Asian Youth Games unveiled". Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[2] "Participant List". Archived from the original on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-08-17.

[3] "IOC bans India from Olympics". CBC. December 4, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.

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