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Team Scotland Medal Count

Total: 30
Gold Medals

6

Silver Medals

8

Bronze Medals

16

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Manchester 2002

The XVII Commonwealth Games was the most significant multi-sport event to be held in the United Kingdom since the Olympics of 1948. It was the largest in the history of the Commonwealth Games in terms of participating nations with 72 countries taking part across 14 individual and three team sports.

Manchester 2002 was the first time in the Games history, and at any multi-sport event in the world, that full medal events for elite athletes with a disability (EAD) were included in a fully integrated sports programme.
30 Medals won by
202 Athletes in
16 Sports

Manchester 2002

The Team. The Sports. The Stats
Total Athletes
202 – 117 Men & 85 Women
Total Officials
81 – 58 Men & 23 Women
Overall Team
283 – 175 Men & 108 Women
No. of Sports Participated in
16
Flag Bearer – Opening Ceremony
Craig McLean, Cycling
Flag Bearer – Closing Ceremony
Alison Sheppard, Swimming

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Team Scotland

The Games took on added significance in 2002 as the Head of the Commonwealth, Her Majesty The Queen, celebrated her Golden Jubilee.

Team Scotland

Manchester 2002 saw Scotland’s first ever Cycling gold medal as Chris Hoy beat Olympic champion Jason Queally in the 1km Time Trial.

Team Scotland

Swimmer Alison Sheppard was utterly dominant in her favoured 50m Freestyle, winning in a new Commonwealth Record and World best time, to go one better than her 1998 silver. She also took a bronze in the 50m Butterfly to give her a full set of Games medals.

Manchester 2002 Medals

Manchester 2002 Medal Facts

No Medallists: 45 team members won a total of 30 medals across nine sports. There were nine gold medallists, including Scotland’s first ever gold medallists in Cycling (Chris Hoy) and Gymnastics (Steve Frew).

Top Male: Chris Hoy won Scotland’s first ever gold medal for Cycling as he beat Olympic Champion Jason Queally in the 1km Time Trial. Chris also took bronze in the Team Sprint with Craig MacLean, Ross Edgar and Marco Librizzi.

Top Female: Swimmer Alison Sheppard was utterly dominant in her favoured 50m Freestyle, winning in a new Commonwealth Record and World best time, to go one better than her 1998 silver. She also took a bronze in the 50m Butterfly to give her a full set of Games medals after four Games.

Top Sport: Judo was Scotland’s top sport with 10 medals – 1 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze. Judo would not be featured again at the Commonwealth Games until 2014.

Repeat Medallists: Five athletes were repeat medallists – Alison Sheppard, Michael Thomson, Susan Jackson, Elinor Middlemiss and Sandra Watt.

Youth Games: Six team members had previously competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Youth Games, the inaugural edition of which had been held in Edinburgh just two years previously.

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