At the 2013 Asian Youth Games, the athletics events were held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province in China from 19–22 August. A total of 34 events were contested, split evenly between the sexes. The Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre was the host stadium for the athletics – this was the venue's second hosting of a multi-sport event after the 2005 National Games of China. The team of athletics officials was led by Singapore's Maurice R. Nicholas, one of the country's top coaches. An anti-doping programme was led by Japan's Fumihiro Yamasawa.