Sport - Excellence

High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, September 23, 2011

Excellence

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the Scottish team produced its best ever performance. The team won 29 medals - 11 gold, 7 silver and 11 bronze.

The following table shows the number of Scottish medallists on the world stage between April 2003 and March 2007:

Number of medallists* on the world stage since April 2003

by December 2003

32

by August 2004

135

by January 2005

151

by July 2006

198

by March 2007

212

Source: sportscotland

*Note: athletes receiving more than one medal between 2003 and 2007 are only counted once. For team events, each team member counts as a medallist.

Page updated: Friday, September 23, 2011