Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender.

As hosts, China is given 2 quotas, 1 per each gender should they not qualify normally, however they normally qualified two female athletes and chose not to use their male quota and a further 6 competitors, 3 per each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission.

Only four of those spots were used, the other two were reallocated to the World Junior rankings.

[1][2] To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999.

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