Chef de Mission Elinor Middlemiss MBE has hailed Team Scotland’s outstanding performances at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, as the curtain came down on a historic home Games that delivered a third-best Games performance.

Team Scotland delivered a total of 39 medals, including 13 gold – a tally that has only ever been topped at Glasgow 2014 – 9 silver and 17 bronze, producing one of the team’s most successful Commonwealth Games campaigns.

As well as medal success, Glasgow 2026 was also a year of historic firsts: a first-ever All-Around gold medal via Reuben Ward in Artistic Gymnastics, and a first double-podium when he and teammate Cameron Lynn won silver and bronze in the Pommel Horse; a first ever team sport medal in 3×3 Men’s Basketball with a bronze followed by a 3×3 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball silver; a first-ever women’s boxing medal when Caitlin Rainey won a 65kg bronze; a first-ever long jump medal when Stephen Mackenzie won bronze.

In netball, Team Scotland produced its best-ever finish in 8^th, with medals won in every other sport, including 14 medals in para sport, our best-ever performance.

In cycling, Neil Fachie becomes Team Scotland’s most successful athlete of all time – two gold in Tandem B Time Trial and Sprint taking his tally to seven gold and one silver.

Duncan Scott, Team Scotland’s most decorated athlete of all time, took his tally to 15, while Melanie Woods’ T54 1500m triumph and T54 400m gold saw her become the first athletics athlete to win double gold since Allan Well in 1982. Her 1500m win set a Games record of 3:32:20.

Josh Kerr won the last of Team Scotland’s gold medals in the return of the Commonwealth Mile, where he won a sensational gold in front of a frenzied home crowd at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday night. 

Middlemiss said: “This has been a fantastic Commonwealth Games for Team Scotland and everyone connected with the team should feel immensely proud. 

“Our athletes have delivered on so many fronts for the country: winning a plethora of medals, historic firsts, individual and team records and creating memories that will last a lifetime. 

“Competing in front of a home crowd is a privilege few athletes get to experience and the support they have received throughout has been outstanding. The atmosphere across every venue has been a reminder of what makes Team Scotland and the Commonwealth Games so special.” 

Glasgow 2026 was confirmed as host in 2024 after Commonwealth Games Scotland developed an innovative proposal following Victoria’s withdrawal, which helped to safeguard the future of the Games through a more sustainable model built around existing world-class venues and infrastructure. 

The Games welcomed more than 3000 athletes from 74 nations and territories to Glasgow, once again showcasing the city as one of the world’s leading hosts of major sporting events. 

Commonwealth Games Scotland Chief Executive Jon Doig OBE added: “Two years ago, the future of these Games was uncertain. Commonwealth Games Scotland believed Glasgow could provide a solution that protected the future of the Games and deliver an outstanding event in a responsible and sustainable way. 

“Thanks to the support of Commonwealth Sport, Commonwealth Games Australia, the Scottish and UK Governments, Glasgow City Council and our many partners, that vision became a reality, and so much more, not only for Scottish sport, but also the Commonwealth movement as a whole.

“I would also like to pay tribute to the Glasgow 2026 Organising Company and everyone who has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to deliver these altogether brilliant Games.”