Scotland at the Commonwealth Games

Scotland
 at the Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games history (summary)
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Commonwealth Games

Scotland is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Wales.

The Commonwealth Games is the only major multi-sport event in which Scottish athletes and teams compete as Scotland; otherwise Scotland participates in multi-sport events as part of a Great Britain team.

Scotland has hosted the Commonwealth Games three times, Edinburgh in 1970 and 1986, and Glasgow in 2014.[1] The inaugural Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Edinburgh in 2000.

Scotland sent a team of 207 athletes and 85 officials to the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, and won 30 medals (6 Gold, 8 Silver and 16 Bronze).

After the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, Scotland was seventh in the all-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 329 medals (82 Gold, 94 Silver and 153 Bronze).

Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth medallist is shooter Alister Allan, with 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals from 1974 to 1994. Other successful medallists include athlete Allan Wells (a total of 4 Gold, 1 Silver & 1 Bronze in two Games - 1978 & 1982) and Peter Heatly (diving Gold’s in three successive Games & 1 Silver & 1 Bronze - 1950, 1954 & 1958). Lawn bowler Willie Wood is the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Games, from 1974 to 2002, missing 1986 because of a dispute over amateurism.

Medal tally

Overall Medal Tally

                  Total
Scotland 110119179408

Games Medal Tally

      Host country (Scotland) [2]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1930 Hamilton 2 3 5 10 6
1934 London 5 4 16 25 5
1938 Sydney 0 2 3 5 8
1950 Auckland 5 3 2 10 6
1954 Vancouver 6 2 5 13 6
1958 Cardiff 5 5 3 13 4
1962 Perth 4 7 3 14 6
1966 Kingston 1 4 4 9 13
1970 Edinburgh 6 8 11 25 4
1974 Christchurch 3 5 11 19 7
1978 Edmonton 3 6 5 14 7
1982 Brisbane 8 6 12 26 4
1986 Edinburgh 3 12 18 33 6
1990 Auckland 5 7 10 22 9
1994 Victoria 6 3 11 20 7
1998 Kuala Lumpur 3 2 7 12 11
2002 Manchester 6 8 15 29 10
2006 Melbourne 11 7 11 29 6
2010 Delhi 9 10 7 26 10
2014 Glasgow 19 15 19 53 4
Total 110 119 178 407 7

Commonwealth Games council and member governing bodies

The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland (CGCS) is the national sporting organisation responsible for entering a Scottish team in the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games. It is also responsible for organising bids for hosting the Commonwealth Games. The CGCS headquarters is at the Gannochy Sports Centre, on the campus of the University of Stirling.

Membership of the CGCS consists of representatives of the governing bodies of the 26 sports in the Commonwealth Games programme from which the host city selects up to 17 sports for each Commonwealth Games:

Flag and victory anthem

Logo of Team Scotland

Scotland uses the St Andrew's Cross as its flag at the Commonwealth Games. This flag is common for all sporting teams that represent Scotland as an entity distinct from the United Kingdom.

From 2010 onwards, Scotland will use "Flower of Scotland" as the victory anthem. This replaces "Scotland the Brave" which was used at previous between 1958 and 2006. Prior to 1958, "Scots Wha Hae" was used.[3] The new anthem was chosen in January 2010 by athletes that had been selected to participate in the 2010 games. The shortlist of anthems also included "Scotland the Brave", "Loch Lomond" and "Highland Cathedral".

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.glasgow2014.com/document/competition-schedule
  2. ↑ "Malaysia Commonwealth Games History". Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Games team picks new Scots anthem". BBC News. 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2011-12-18.

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