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2013 Asian Youth Games

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II Asian Youth Games
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Host cityNanjing, China
MottoCelebrating Youth, Passionate Asia
(Chinese: 青春盛会, 活力亚洲; pinyin: Qīngchūn shènghuì huólì yàzhōu; lit. 'Youth Games', 'Vibrant Asia')
Nations45
Athletes2404
Events122 in 16 sports
OpeningAugust 16
ClosingAugust 24
Opened byLiu Yandong
Vice Premier of China
Closed byTimothy Fok
Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Torch lighterXu Anqi[1]
Qiu Liyong
Main venueNanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Websitenanjing2013.org (archived)

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

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Mascot

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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.[2]

Sports

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

Participating nations

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The 2013 Asian Youth Games saw 2404 athletes from all 45 competed.[3] 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.[4]

Calendar

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 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
Image 3x3 basketball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Image Athletics 4 10 8 12 34
Image Badminton ● ● ● ● 3 3
Image Diving 2 2 4
Image Fencing 2 2 2 6
Image Football ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Image Golf ● ● 2 2
Image Handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Image Judo 2 2 2 6
Image Rugby sevens ● ● 2 2
Image Shooting 2 2 2 2 8
Image Squash ● ● 2 ● ● ● 2 4
Image Swimming 3 7 7 7 6 30
Image Table tennis ● ● 2 2
Image Taekwondo 2 2 4
Image Tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● 3 3
Image Weightlifting 3 3 3 9
Total gold medals762223272314122
CeremoniesOCCC
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

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  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Image China*46232493
2Image South Korea25131452
3Image Japan75618
4Image Thailand6151637
5Image Chinese Taipei6111330
6Image Singapore512623
7Image Vietnam54211
8Image Malaysia46717
9Image North Korea42511
10Image Independent Olympic Athletes34714
11Image Hong Kong251320
12Image Philippines2305
13Image Kazakhstan14813
14Image Uzbekistan1258
15Image Indonesia1225
16Image Qatar1203
17Image Kuwait1001
Image Saudi Arabia1001
Image Syria1001
20Image Iran0628
21Image Sri Lanka0156
22Image Iraq0112
Image Tajikistan0112
24Image Jordan0033
Image Mongolia0033
26Image Bahrain0011
Image Kyrgyzstan0011
Image Macau0011
Image Yemen0011
Totals (29 entries)122122147391

References

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  1. ↑ "亚青会开幕式上南京青少年尽显青春风采". sina.cn (in Chinese (China)). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ↑ JSCHINA. "Mascot for 2nd Asian Youth Games unveiled". Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Participant List". Archived from the original on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  4. ↑ "IOC bans India from Olympics". CBC. December 4, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
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