2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics hosted in Nanjing, China.

Torch Nicknamed the Door of Happiness. The main body of the torch is covered in the metallic luster. And the torch is extremely light. The silver-colored part is designed into the shape of letter “n”, which is the initial of the city's name, Nanjing, and is also in the shape of the city gate of the Ming Dynasty, symbolizing Nanjing's hope to present its grandeur and brilliance to the world through the games. The blue part represents the Yangtze River, the water of which passes through the gate. The gray strips at the bottom of the torch are the symbol of ripples, rendering the torch more dynamic.

Route A global virtual torch relay was held from 30 April to 16 August, visiting 258 virtual locations around the world."Youth Olympic flame burns brightly for Nanjing 2014", International Olympic Committee, 30 April 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2025. From 30 April to 10 July, each of the world's 204 National Olympic Committees was allotted eight hours to hold the virtual flame. It then visited 30 provinces and regions of China (with Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, and Macau all having been included in the 204 NOCs instead) from 10 to 28 July. Entering the host province of Jiangsu, the virtual flame separately visited its 12 prefectures from 29 July to 5 August, then each of Nanjing's 11 districts (Jianye was visited twice) from 6 to 16 August."Route and Schedule of Nanjing 2014 Virtual Torch Relay", retrieved 27 September 2025.

During the virtual phase of the torch relay, anybody in the world could become a digital torchbearer by downloading the relay's official app and playing its interactive games, featuring the Youth Olympic mascot Nanjinglele. Over 112 million visits to the Nanjing 2014 Virtual Torch Relay server were recorded. Two brief runs were also held with the physical flame collected from Greece in Nanjing on 8 and 12 August, before the lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremony on 16 August by Chen Ruolin.Official Report of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games — Nanjing 2014, pages 8–12. Retrieved 27 September 2025.

RouteMap30 April (day 1): Greece 1 May (day 2): Cyprus, Israel, Malta 2 May (day 3): Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey 3 May (day 4): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia 4 May (day 5): Ukraine, Russia, Moldova 5 May (day 6): Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Romania 6 May (day 7): Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 7 May (day 8): Slovenia, San Marino, Italy 8 May (day 9): Monaco, Andorra, Spain 9 May (day 10): Portugal, France, Switzerland 10 May (day 11): Austria 11 May (day 12): Liechtenstein, Hungary, Slovakia 12 May (day 13): Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Germany 13 May (day 14): Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark 14 May (day 15): Poland, Belarus, Lithuania 15 May (day 16): Latvia, Estonia, Finland 16 May (day 17): Norway 17 May (day 18): Sweden, Ireland, Great Britain18 May (day 19): Iceland, Bermuda, Canada 19 May (day 20): United States, Mexico, Belize20 May (day 21): Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras 21 May (day 22): Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Jamaica 22 May (day 23): Cuba, Cayman Islands, Bahamas 23 May (day 24): Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico 24 May (day 25): British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 May (day 26): Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia 26 May (day 27): Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada 27 May (day 28): Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Panama28 May (day 29): Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela 29 May (day 30): Brazil, Suriname, Ecuador 30 May (day 31): Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay 31 May (day 32): Argentina 1 June (day 33): Uruguay, Chile, Cape Verde2 June (day 34): Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia 3 June (day 35): Libya, Egypt, Eritrea 4 June (day 36): Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia 5 June (day 37): Sudan, Chad, Niger 6 June (day 38): Mali, Mauritania, Senegal 7 June (day 39): Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea 8 June (day 40): Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire 9 June (day 41): Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo 10 June (day 42): Benin, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe 11 June (day 43): Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon 12 June (day 44): Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo 13 June (day 45): Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda 14 June (day 46): Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi 15 June (day 47): Zambia, Angola, Namibia 16 June (day 48): Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique 17 June (day 49): Swaziland, South Africa, Lesotho 18 June (day 50): Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros 19 June (day 51): Seychelles, Australia, Tonga20 June (day 52): New Zealand, Cook Islands, American Samoa 21 June (day 53): Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu 22 June (day 54): Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru 23 June (day 55): Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia 24 June (day 56): Guam, Palau, Papua New Guinea25 June (day 57): Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Malaysia 26 June (day 58): Singapore 27 June (day 59): Brunei Darussalam, Maldives, Sri Lanka 28 June (day 60): Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates 29 June (day 61): Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait 30 June (day 62): Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia 1 July (day 63): Lebanon, Syria, Iran 2 July (day 64): Iraq, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 3 July (day 65): Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan 4 July (day 66): Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan 5 July (day 67): India, Nepal, Bhutan 6 July (day 68): Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand 7 July (day 69): Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam 8 July (day 70): Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Japan 9 July (day 71): South Korea, North Korea, Hong Kong10 July (day 72): Macau, Hainan 11 July (day 73): Guangdong 12 July (day 74): Fujian, Jiangxi 13 July (day 75): Hubei, Hunan 14 July (day 76): Guangxi, Guizhou 15 July (day 77): Chongqing 16 July (day 78): Sichuan 17 July (day 79): Yunnan 18 July (day 80): Tibet, Xinjiang 19 July (day 81): Qinghai, Gansu 20 July (day 82): Ningxia, Shaanxi 21 July (day 83): Shanxi, Inner Mongolia 22 July (day 84): Heilongjiang, Jilin 23 July (day 85): Liaoning, Hebei 24 July (day 86): Beijing 25 July (day 87): Tianjin 26 July (day 88): Henan, Shandong 27 July (day 89): Anhui, Zhejiang 28 July (day 90): Shanghai29 July (day 91): Xuzhou, Lianyungang 30 July (day 92): Lianyungang, Suqian 31 July (day 93): Huai'an, Yancheng 1 August (day 94): Yancheng, Yangzhou 2 August (day 95): Taizhou, Nantong 3 August (day 96): Nantong, Suzhou 4 August (day 97): Wuxi, Changzhou 5 August (day 98): Changzhou, Zhenjiang6–7 August: Jianye, Gulou 7–8 August: Qinhuai 8–9 August: Jiangning 9–10 August: Luhe 10–11 August: Pukou 11–12 August: Qixia 12–13 August: Lishui 13–14 August: Gaochun 14–15 August: Yuhuatai 15–16 August: Xuanwu, Jianye

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