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2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Facts

Competition type	Youth Olympic Games
Number and Year	II / 2014
Host city	Nanjing, People's Republic of China (Venues)
Opening ceremony	16 August
Closing ceremony	28 August
Competition dates	14 – 28 August
OCOG	Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Organising Committee
Participants	3744 from 204 countries
Medal events	222 in 31 disciplines

Bid process

Ceremonies

Officially opened by	Xi Jinping	CHN		President
Torchbearer	Chen Ruolin	CHN	DIV	Lit flame
Taker of the Athlete's Oath	Fan Zhendong	CHN	TTE
Taker of the Official's Oath	Zhou Qiurui	CHN	GAR
Taker of the Coach's Oath	Li Rongxiang	CHN	ATH
Olympic Flag Bearer	Ren Cancan	CHN	BOX	Bearer
	Wu Minxia	CHN	DIV	Bearer
	Liu Xiang	CHN	ATH	Bearer
	Lei Sheng	CHN	FEN	Bearer
	Wu Jingyu	CHN	TKW	Bearer
	Wang Liqin	CHN	TTE	Bearer
	Zhang Xia	CHN	GAR	Bearer
	Qiu Jian	CHN	SHO	Bearer
	Xu Zhihang	CHN	ATH	Bearer (Youth)
	Shi Yuqi	CHN	BDM	Bearer (Youth)
	Yan Jiahua	CHN	CSP	Bearer (Youth)
	Huang Ali	CHN	FEN	Bearer (Youth)
	Dou Zecheng	CHN	GLF	Bearer (Youth)
	Zhong Xiuting	CHN	MPN	Bearer (Youth)
	Yang Feifei	CHN	RU7	Bearer (Youth)
	Zhang Zhihao	CHN	SWM	Bearer (Youth)
Flagbearers	Full list

Medal Disciplines

3x3 Basketball	Fencing	Shooting
Archery	Football	Swimming
Artistic Gymnastics	Golf	Table Tennis
Athletics	Handball	Taekwondo
Badminton	Hockey 5s	Tennis
Beach Volleyball	Judo	Trampolining
Boxing	Modern Pentathlon	Triathlon
Canoe Sprint	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Weightlifting
Cycling Road	Rowing	Wrestling
Diving	Rugby Sevens
Equestrian Jumping	Sailing

Medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
People's Republic of China	CHN	38	13	14	65
Russian Federation	RUS	27	19	11	57
Mixed team	MIX	13	12	14	39
United States	USA	10	5	7	22
France	FRA	8	3	9	20
Japan	JPN	7	9	5	21
Ukraine	UKR	7	8	8	23
Italy	ITA	7	8	6	21
Hungary	HUN	6	6	11	23
Brazil	BRA	6	6	1	13
Azerbaijan	AZE	5	6	1	12
Great Britain	GBR	5	5	10	20
Poland	POL	5	0	1	6
Republic of Korea	KOR	4	6	5	15
Australia	AUS	4	3	14	21
Belarus	BLR	4	3	0	7
Chinese Taipei	TPE	3	3	2	8
Ethiopia	ETH	3	3	2	8
Thailand	THA	3	2	3	8
Lithuania	LTU	3	2	2	7
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	3	2	0	5
Kazakhstan	KAZ	3	1	4	8
Croatia	CRO	3	1	1	5
Jamaica	JAM	3	1	0	4
Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	3	0	3	6
Germany	GER	2	8	15	25
Bulgaria	BUL	2	4	0	6
Uzbekistan	UZB	2	3	3	8
Romania	ROU	2	3	0	5
Armenia	ARM	2	2	3	7
Slovenia	SLO	2	2	3	7
Kenya	KEN	2	2	1	5
Spain	ESP	2	1	6	9
Egypt	EGY	2	1	5	8
New Zealand	NZL	2	1	2	5
Cuba	CUB	2	1	1	4
Singapore	SGP	2	1	0	3
Switzerland	SUI	2	1	0	3
Netherlands	NED	1	4	5	10
Türkiye	TUR	1	3	6	10
Czechia	CZE	1	3	3	7
Argentina	ARG	1	2	4	7
Sweden	SWE	1	2	3	6
Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	1	1	3
Vietnam	VIE	1	1	0	2
Norway	NOR	1	0	3	4
Colombia	COL	1	0	2	3
Austria	AUT	1	0	1	2
Peru	PER	1	0	1	2
Ghana	GHA	1	0	0	1
South Africa	RSA	1	0	0	1
Suriname	SUR	1	0	0	1
Zambia	ZAM	1	0	0	1
Venezuela	VEN	0	6	2	8
Mexico	MEX	0	5	6	11
Canada	CAN	0	4	3	7
Hong Kong, China	HKG	0	4	1	5
Belgium	BEL	0	2	4	6
Georgia	GEO	0	2	1	3
Ireland	IRL	0	2	1	3
Slovakia	SVK	0	2	1	3
Botswana	BOT	0	2	0	2
Greece	GRE	0	2	0	2
Denmark	DEN	0	1	3	4
Bahrain	BRN	0	1	1	2
India	IND	0	1	1	2
Malaysia	MAS	0	1	1	2
Portugal	POR	0	1	1	2
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0	1	1	2
Tunisia	TUN	0	1	1	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	1	0	1
Burundi	BDI	0	1	0	1
Cyprus	CYP	0	1	0	1
Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	0	1
El Salvador	ESA	0	1	0	1
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	1	0	1
Mongolia	MGL	0	1	0	1
Serbia	SRB	0	1	0	1
Uganda	UGA	0	1	0	1
The Bahamas	BAH	0	0	2	2
Djibouti	DJI	0	0	1	1
Fiji	FIJ	0	0	1	1
Grenada	GRN	0	0	1	1
Iceland	ISL	0	0	1	1
Indonesia	INA	0	0	1	1
Iraq	IRQ	0	0	1	1
Latvia	LAT	0	0	1	1
Morocco	MAR	0	0	1	1

Mixed team medals

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Russian Federation	RUS	2	3	0	5
Ukraine	UKR	2	1	3	6
France	FRA	2	1	2	5
Great Britain	GBR	2	1	1	4
Germany	GER	2	1	0	3
Hong Kong, China	HKG	2	0	0	2
Netherlands	NED	2	0	0	2
Portugal	POR	2	0	0	2
Uzbekistan	UZB	2	0	0	2
Hungary	HUN	1	3	1	5
Italy	ITA	1	2	3	6
Japan	JPN	1	2	2	5
Argentina	ARG	1	2	1	4
People's Republic of China	CHN	1	2	1	4
Egypt	EGY	1	2	0	3
Mexico	MEX	1	2	0	3
Australia	AUS	1	1	3	5
Poland	POL	1	1	2	4
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	1	2	4
Belarus	BLR	1	1	0	2
Malaysia	MAS	1	1	0	2
Comoros	COM	1	0	1	2
Sweden	SWE	1	0	1	2
British Virgin Islands	IVB	1	0	0	1
Bulgaria	BUL	1	0	0	1
Denmark	DEN	1	0	0	1
Ireland	IRL	1	0	0	1
Norway	NOR	1	0	0	1
Philippines	PHI	1	0	0	1
Puerto Rico	PUR	1	0	0	1
Romania	ROU	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	1	0	0	1
Thailand	THA	1	0	0	1
Venezuela	VEN	1	0	0	1
Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	2	1	3
Brazil	BRA	0	2	0	2
United States	USA	0	1	2	3
Bahrain	BRN	0	1	1	2
Spain	ESP	0	1	1	2
Uruguay	URU	0	1	1	2
Burundi	BDI	0	1	0	1
Chile	CHI	0	1	0	1
Montenegro	MNE	0	1	0	1
Paraguay	PAR	0	1	0	1
Serbia	SRB	0	1	0	1
Singapore	SGP	0	1	0	1
Zambia	ZAM	0	1	0	1
Guatemala	GUA	0	0	2	2
Latvia	LAT	0	0	2	2
Austria	AUT	0	0	1	1
Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
Cayman Islands	CAY	0	0	1	1
Croatia	CRO	0	0	1	1
Czechia	CZE	0	0	1	1
Dominican Republic	DOM	0	0	1	1
Ecuador	ECU	0	0	1	1
El Salvador	ESA	0	0	1	1
Ethiopia	ETH	0	0	1	1
Finland	FIN	0	0	1	1
Greece	GRE	0	0	1	1
Israel	ISR	0	0	1	1
Lithuania	LTU	0	0	1	1
Luxembourg	LUX	0	0	1	1
New Zealand	NZL	0	0	1	1
Peru	PER	0	0	1	1
Slovenia	SLO	0	0	1	1
Sri Lanka	SRI	0	0	1	1
Timor-Leste	TLS	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Shen Duo	CHN	6	0	0	6
Zhang Yufei	CHN	4	2	0	6
Qiu Yuhan	CHN	4	1	1	6
Yu Hexin	CHN	4	1	0	5
Nikita Nagorny	ROC RUS	3	1	1	5
Yevgeny Rylov	ROC RUS	3	1	0	4
He Yun	CHN	3	1	0	4
Giarnni Regini-Moran	GBR	3	0	2	5
Li Guangyuan	CHN	3	0	1	4
Li Zhuhao	CHN	3	0	0	3

All medalists at these Games