Asian Youth Games

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Asian Youth Games
Abbreviation AYG
First event 29 June-7 July 2009 Singapore
Occur every 4 years
Last event 2013

The Asian Youth Games (AYG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current Asian Games. The first Asian Youth Games was hosted by Singapore as a test in preparation for Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

List of Asian Youth Games

The number of gold medal per delegation is indicated in brackets.

Year Games Host City 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
2009
I
Singapore Singapore China (25) South Korea (20) Thailand (11)
2013
II
China Nanjing China (46) South Korea (25) Japan (7)
2017
III
Sri Lanka Hambantota[1]
2021
IV
Indonesia Surabaya[2]

All-time medal count

1 China (CHN)713935145
2 South Korea (KOR)453031106
3 Thailand (THA)17221857
4 Singapore (SIN)14182153
5 Japan (JPN)12111033
6 Hong Kong (HKG)7131838
7 India (IND)871025
8 Chinese Taipei (TPE)7132040
9 Kazakhstan (KAZ)5101227
10 North Korea (PRK)56920
11 Vietnam (VIE)56213
12 Malaysia (MAS)46818
13 Kuwait (KUW)43512
14 Philippines (PHI)2417
15 Iran (IRI)19414
16 Qatar (QAT)1405
17 Uzbekistan (UZB)12811
18 Indonesia (INA)1236
19 Saudi Arabia (KSA)1124
20 Yemen (YEM)1012
21 Syria (SYR)1001
22 Sri Lanka (SRI)0279
23 Iraq (IRQ)0112
23 Macau (MAC)0112
23 Tajikistan (TJK)0112
26 Jordan (JOR)0033
26 Mongolia (MGL)0033
28 Bahrain (BRN)0022
29 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0011
29 Myanmar (MYA)0011
29 Pakistan (PAK)0011
Total 213 211 239 663

Sports

For the 2009 Asian Youth Games, due to time and resource constraints, Singapore and the Olympic Council of Asia trimmed the number of sports to nine. The list of events has been confirmed for eight sports are swimming/diving, athletics, 3-on-3 basketball, beach volleyball, bowling, football, sailing, shooting and table tennis.

See also

References

  1. "Asian Youth Games 2017: Hambantota likely to be the host". Dailynews.lk. 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-02-03. 
  2. Muhayati Faridatun (8 November 2012). "Indonesia Gagal Jadi Tuan Rumah Asian Games 2019". www.sport.news.viva.co.id. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
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