The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing were the second edition of the Summer Youth Games and the first held in China.
Key Facts
- Edition
- II Summer Youth Olympic Games
- Dates
- 16–28 August 2014
- Host city
- Nanjing, China
- First YOG in China
- Yes — first country to host both Olympics and YOG
- IOC President
- Thomas Bach (first YOG under his presidency)
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Following the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, the International Olympic Committee selected Nanjing, China, to host the second edition, extending the Youth Olympic movement to Asia and to a country that had previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The II Summer Youth Olympic Games were held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, China, bringing together teenage athletes from around the world for international competition combined with education and cultural programming under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach.
Nanjing 2014 made China the first nation to have hosted both the regular Olympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games, cementing the country's role as a major host of international sporting events and raising the profile of the Youth Olympics as a global multi-sport festival.