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 twice, both in
Edinburgh; in
1970 and
1986.
Glasgow has been awarded the
2014 Commonwealth Games. 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......
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