| Host City: | Nanjing, China |
| Countries Visited: | Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Malta, Bulgaria, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, San Marino, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Iceland, Bermuda, Canada, United States, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Panama, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Cape Verde, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Seychelles, Australia, Tonga, New Zealand, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Palau, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Hong Kong, China |
| Start Date: | April 30, 2014 |
| End Date: | August 16, 2014 |
| Torch Designer: | Ji Ziyi |
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. Chen Ruolin lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.
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.[1]
Note: the blue dot represents the virtual torch relay via wireless communication known as "Give Me Fire".[2] On July 4, the virtual torch sailed to the Pacific Ocean from Mawei District, Fujian.[3]