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II Asian Youth Games
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
Main venueNanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Websitenanjing2013.org (archived)
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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

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.

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. 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.

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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)*46232493
2 South Korea (KOR)25131452
3 Japan (JPN)75618
4 Thailand (THA)6151637
5 Chinese Taipei (TPE)6111330
6 Singapore (SIN)512623
7 Vietnam (VIE)54211
8 Malaysia (MAS)46717
9 North Korea (PRK)42511
10 Independent Olympic Athletes (AOI)34714
11 Hong Kong (HKG)251320
12 Philippines (PHI)2305
13 Kazakhstan (KAZ)14813
14 Uzbekistan (UZB)1258
15 Indonesia (INA)1225
16 Qatar (QAT)1203
17 Kuwait (KUW)1001
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)1001
 Syria (SYR)1001
20 Iran (IRI)0628
21 Sri Lanka (SRI)0156
22 Iraq (IRQ)0112
 Tajikistan (TJK)0112
24 Jordan (JOR)0033
 Mongolia (MGL)0033
26 Bahrain (BRN)0011
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0011
 Macau (MAC)0011
 Yemen (YEM)0011
Totals (29 entries)122122147391

References

  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.

External links

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