Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 1 athlete.

As hosts, China was automatically given a rider and up to 6 spots were available to the Tripartite Commission, though not all were used; this will cause a reduction from the zone quota depending which zone the chosen athlete is from.

The remaining places were decided from qualification events or the 2013 FEI World Jumping Challenge (Category A) rankings.

[1] To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997.

[1] [2] The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.