2013 Asian Youth Games

II Asian Youth Games

Host city	Nanjing, China
Motto	Celebrating Youth, Passionate Asia
Nations participating	45
Athletes participating	2404
Events	122 in 16 sports
Opening ceremony	August 16
Closing ceremony	August 24
Officially opened by	Liu Yandong Vice Premier of China
Main venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Website	Official website
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The 2nd Asian Youth Games were held in Nanjing, China from August 16–24, 2013. Just like the inaugural edition, the games served as a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, which was also held in the same city.

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.

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]

Calendar

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
3-on-3 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

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 (SGP)	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 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	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	1	0	0	1
17	Kuwait (KUW)	1	0	0	1
17	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
26	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
26	Macau (MAC)	0	0	1	1
26	Yemen (YEM)	0	0	1	1
Total		122	122	147	391

References

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