II Asian Youth Games
Size160px
Host cityNanjing, China
Nations45
Athletes2404
Opened byLiu Yandong
Vice Premier of China
Closed byTimothy Fok
Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Torch lighterXu Anqi[1]
Qiu Liyong
Events122 in 16 sports
OpeningAugust 16
ClosingAugust 24
StadiumNanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
PreviousSingapore 2009
NextBahrain 2025
Websitenanjing2013.org (archived)

The 2013 Asian Youth Games or AYG 2013 (), officially the 2nd Asian Youth Games () and commonly as Nanjing 2013 (), 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

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

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.[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

 OC Opening ceremony ●  Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony
August 201313th
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●●●●22
Athletics41081234
Badminton●●●●33
Diving224
Fencing2226
Football●●●●●11
Golf●●22
Handball●●●●●●●●22
Judo2226
Rugby sevens●●22
Shooting22228
Squash●●2●●●24
Swimming3777630
Table tennis●●22
Taekwondo224
Tennis●●●●●●33
Weightlifting3339
Total gold medals762223272314122
CeremoniesOCCC
August 201313th
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

References

  1. ^ "亚青会开幕式上南京青少年尽显青春风采" (in zh-cn). sina.cn. 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.