Team Statistics

Team Statistics

Fast Facts

  • Scotland has competed and won medals at every Commonwealth Games since 1930.
  • Scotland won its highest medal tally in Edinburgh in 1986 - 33 medals with 3 gold, 12 silver, 18 bronze.
  • Scotland's most successful team ever in terms of gold medals was in Melbourne in 2006 – 29 medals with 11 gold, 7 silver and 11 bronze.
  • Scotland's largest team was in Manchester when 202 athletes were selected for the Games.
  • Scotland's youngest ever athlete to compete at a Commonwealth Games was 14 year old diver Grace Reid, who was selected for the 2010 Games in Delhi.
  • Scotland's oldest competitor was lawn bowler Willie Wood who at the age of 72 competed in his eighth Games, also making him the most capped Scottish Games athlete to date.
  • Scotland's most successful Commonwealth Games athlete is Allan Wells who won six medals including four gold from two Games in 1978 and 1982.
  • Scotland's most successful female Commonwealth Games athlete is swimmer Elenor Gordon who won three gold and 1 bronze from two Games in 1950 and 1954. She was the first ever woman to win Commonwealth gold in 1950 and at the age of 16 the youngest ever Scottish athlete to win gold.
  • The Scottish athlete who has won the most Commonwealth Games medals is shooter Alister Allan with an impressive 10 medals including 3 gold, over five Games.
  • Cyclist Ross Edgar was the first athlete to win a full set of medals at a single Games in 2006.
  • Shooter Jonathan Hammond is the most successful athlete at a single Games with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze achieved in Delhi 2010.
  • Fellow shooter Jennifer McIntosh is the most successful female athlete at a single Games winning 2 gold and 1 bronze also in Delhi.