2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Games of the II Youth Olympiad
Location	Nanjing, China
Motto	Share the Games, Share our dreams; (Chinese: 分享青春, 共筑未来; pinyin: Fēnxiǎng qīngchūn, gòng zhù wèilái; lit. 'Share our youth', 'build our future together')
Nations	203
Athletes	3,579
Events	222 in 28 sports
Opening	16 August
Closing	28 August
Opened by	President Xi Jinping
Cauldron	Chen Ruolin
Stadium	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
	Summer ← Singapore 2010 Buenos Aires 2018 → Winter ← Innsbruck 2012 Lillehammer 2016 →

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (Chinese: 2014年夏季青年奧林匹克运动会; pinyin: Èr líng yī sì Nián Xiàjì Qīngnián Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games Chinese: 第二届夏季青年奧林匹克运动会; pinyin: Dì'èrjiè Xiàjì Qīngnián Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì, and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 (Chinese: 南京2014; pinyin: Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, China. These were the first Youth Olympic Games held in China, making it the first country to host both regular and Youth Olympics following the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

^ "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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