Part of the national competition held by Nanjing

Nanjing is the birthplace of modern sports China [185-186], held in 1910, [187] first national sports Chinese history, "Chinese Olympics three" in Nanjing 1924 Olympic China questions, [188] (the predecessor of the National Sports Association) was founded in Nanjing. The first Olympic delegation [189-190] Chinese of training in Nanjing, Nanjing, gathered, is the birthplace of China Olympic dream, is the modern history of China in Olympic career contributions made by one of the largest city, China in Olympic history, Nanjing has an irreplaceable position. [191]

The Nanjing Youth Olympic Games opened in August 16, 2014 is another major Olympic event hosted by China after the Beijing Olympic Games. It is the first Youth Olympic Games held in China. It is also the second Olympic Games held in China. [192-194] held the Youth Olympic Games to make Nanjing become China after Beijing second received over more than 200 countries and regions of the city, the British sports authority market information research and service agencies SPORTCAL released global sports influence top 100 list, Nanjing ranked twenty-eighth in the world, Chinese third, second only to Beijing in Shanghai. In 2015, [195-197] ranked third in Nanjing, second only to Shanghai in Beijing. [198-199]'s global ranking of global sports cities in SPORTCAL, released by [198-199] in April 2017, ranked nineteenth in the world and second in China, second only to Beijing. [200]

The main venue: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Mount Wutai Sports Center, Nanjing Sport Institute (Central Stadium), Nanjing City, Longjiang stadium, Nanjing national fitness center, the Youth Olympic Sports Park, Jiangning Sports Center, Lishui Sports Center, Gaochun sports center.

The main team: Jiangsu Suning football club, Jiangsu Nangang basketball club, Jiangsu Tongxi basketball club.