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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.
Host city | Nanjing, China |
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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) |
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]
Officially, there were a total of 112 events in 16 sports, 6 more than that of the previous edition held at Singapore.
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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]
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 |
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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 |
* Host nation (China)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
24 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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 |
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