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Sport in Scotland concerns sport in Scotland.
Sport plays a central role in Scottish culture. The temperate, oceanic climate has played a key part in the evolution of Scotland's sporting traditions, with all-weather sports like football, rugby union and golf dominating the national sporting consciousness. However, many other sports are played in the country, with popularity varying between sports and between regions.
Scots, and Scottish emigrants, has made several key contributions to the history of sport, with important innovations and developments in:
- Golf
- Curling
- Football
- Highland games (contributed to the evolution modern athletics events)
- Shinty (the predecessor of both ice hockey and bandy)
- Cycling (Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the pedal bicycle)
- Basketball
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- 18.1 Formula One
- 18.2 Rallying
- 18.3 Le Mans
- 18.4 BTCC
- 18.5 American Race Series
- 18.6 Motorcycling
- 18.7 Scottish circuits
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- 28 Other sports
- 29 Olympic Games
- 29.1 Scottish summer Olympic medallists
- 29.1.1 1896 Athens
- 29.1.2 1900 Paris
- 29.1.3 1904 Athens
- 29.1.4 1908 London
- 29.1.5 1912 Stockholm
- 29.1.6 1920 Antwerp
- 29.1.7 1924 Paris
- 29.1.8 1928 Amsterdam
- 29.1.9 1948 London
- 29.1.10 1952 Helsinki
- 29.1.11 1956 Melbourne
- 29.1.12 1960 Rome
- 29.1.13 1964 Tokyo
- 29.1.14 1968 Mexico
- 29.1.15 1972 Munich
- 29.1.16 1976 Montreal
- 29.1.17 1980 Moscow
- 29.1.18 1984 Los Angeles
- 29.1.19 1988 Seoul
- 29.1.20 1992 Barcelona
- 29.1.21 1996 Atlanta
- 29.1.22 2000 Sydney
- 29.1.23 2004 Athens
- 29.2 Scottish winter Olympic medallists
- 30 Commonwealth Games
- 31 University sport
- 32 References
- 33 See also
- 34 External links
Scotland has played a significant role in the history of football, for example the Ba game was being played in the Middle Ages. Several burghs retain an annual Ba game, with the Kirkwall Ba Game in Orkney being perhaps the most famous. The world's first international football match was held in 1872 at the West of Scotland Cricket Club's Hamilton Crescent ground in the Partick area of Glasgow. The match was between Scotland and England and resulted in a 0–0 draw.
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) is the main governing body for Scottish football, and a founding member of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) which governs the Laws of the Game. As a result of this key role in the development of the sport Scotland is one of only 4 countries to have a permanent representative on the IFAB; the other 4 representatives being appointed by FIFA. The SFA also has responsibility for the Scotland national football team.
The national stadium is Hampden Park in Glasgow. Supporters of the national team are called the Tartan Army.
Elite club football in Scotland is split between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. The Scottish Cup is one of the world's oldest national cup competition, first contested in 1873. Queen's Park, in Glasgow, was one of the world's first football clubs.
The most successful teams over the years have been the Old Firm: Glasgow Rangers and Glasgow Celtic. Glasgow is therefore home to some of Europe's best football stadia. With Celtic Park (60,832 seats), Ibrox Park (50,411 seats) and Hampden Park (52,670 seats), Glasgow is the only European city to have three football stadia each with at least 50,000 seat capacity. Ibrox and Hampden are both UEFA 5-star rated football stadia: only Germany, Portugal and Spain have more top-rated stadia.
The governing body is the Scottish Rugby Union. Murrayfield Stadium, in Edinburgh, is the home of the Scotland national rugby union team.
Cycling is a popular amateur sport, with 99 clubs throughout the country, from the Shetland Wheelers to the Stewartry Wheelers. At the elite level, Scots have been more successful at track cycling rather than road racing, although Scotland has a long history of time-trialing on the road. The lack of road races within the country, with not a single UCI-ranked event, is largely to do with the refusal of Scottish local authorities to close public roads to allow road races to take place safely. Scotland has one velodrome, at Meadowbank Stadium, in Edinburgh. The governing body is the Scottish Cyclists' Union.
In recent years mountain biking has become very popular, with Scottish geography being ideal for training and racing. The Fort William World Cup event has become the highlight of the series.
Scotland has produced several world-class cyclists. Probably the most renowned champion outwith Scotland is the great Robert Millar, a King of the Mountains, and fourth-place overall, at the 1984 Tour de France; and very nearly a winner of the 1985 Vuelta a España (where the strange manner of his defeat to Pedro Delgado is still a matter of some controversy). He came second in the 1987 Giro d'Italia and second twice in the Vuelta: 1985 and 1986. Indeed Millar is widely considered to be the best cyclist to have ever come out of the UK (although many would also argue the merits of the Englishman Tom Simpson).
Graeme Obree, David Millar (no relation), and Chris Hoy have also reached the very peak of their respective events.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scotland has been successful in all forms of motor racing especially since it's growth in popularity since World War II. Several Scottish drivers have had illustrious careers at the top level and success has come in many different championships including Formula One, The World Rally Championship, Le Mans 24 hours, CART, and the British Touring Car Championship.
Formula One
Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1997. The tartan livery of the team was a special Stewart F1 tartan designed for the team and its addition to the cars indicates the Stewarts' origins in Scotland.
Scotland has had several Formula One drivers over the years since the championship commenced in 1950. A full list of these drivers can be found at . Of these drivers the best known are Jim Clark, who won 2 World Championships before his untimely death, Jackie Stewart who managed to gain 3 World Championships and David Coulthard who still races in the championship for the Red Bull Racing team. Coulthard has been Scotland's most successful driver in recent memory having runner up in the World Drivers Championships a number of times and is the front running British Driver in the all-time lists. No round of F1 has however been held in Scotland making the country one of the most successful countries without hosting a race.
Rallying
The McRae family are Scotland's best known rally drivers, in particular Colin McRae who won the WRC in 1995. He also managed to affirm his popularity by adding his name to a series of successful rally games.
Louise Aitken-Walker made significant inroads into the male-dominated sport.
Scotland also hosts a number of minor rally events and has hosted the British round of the WRC however this now takes place almost exclusively in Wales.
Le Mans
Allan McNish has competed in both F1 in 2002 for Toyota and in German Touring cars Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), but is best known for his 24 Hours of Le Mans victories with the Audi team.
Peter Dumbreck has also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, and is better known for his infamous accident in the 1999 event where his Mercedes-Benz CLR car suffered aerodynamic problems and took off, somersaulting through the air.
BTCC
In British Touring Car Championship Scotland has had a had a double champion in John Cleland. A number of drivers have raced successfully in recent years including Antony Reid and David Leslie. One round of the championship is annually held in Scotland.
American Race Series
Some Scottish drivers have had success in the American series of mainly oval racing. Currently Dario Franchitti from Bathgate, competes in the Indycar competition having previously raced very successfully in CART. Allan McNish currently competes in the American Le Mans ALMS series where he made history by driving the first diesel powered race-car in the series to victory.
Motorcycling
Scottish circuits
Which there are a number of smaller circuits for private use in Scotland and a number of rally stages, the only circuit to host top level circuit motor racing in Scotland is Knockhill in Fife.
Shinty is the traditional game of the Scottish Highlands and is still played widely across the area today, with clubs also based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Fife and Perth. Its governing body is the Camanachd Association (In Scots Gaelic, Comunn na Camanachd) who are based in Fort William.
The sport's premier prize is the Scottish Cup, more popularly known as the Camanachd Cup. Shinty also has the honour of having provided, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the World's most successful sporting team, Kingussie.
Shinty was formerly played through the Winter but has recently become a primarily Summer game. It has common roots with the Irish sport of Hurling.
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
Tennis has a very long history in Scotland, with real tennis being played at Falkland Palace, Fife.
Andrew Murray is currently doing very well in the world rankings.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
Scotland have only ever won one Olympic medal as Scotland, when the men's field hockey team won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Games. This was also the only occasion when either England (gold) or Wales (bronze) have won a medal in their own right; and was Ireland's only medal (silver) prior to independence.
Scottish summer Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1896 Athens
- Launceston Elliot, Gold, weightlifting, one-handed
- Launceston Elliot, Silver, weightlifting, two-handed
1900 Paris
- Walter Rutherford, Silver, Golf
- David Robertson, Bronze, Golf
1904 Athens
- John McGough Silver 1,500 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Silver 400 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Bronze 800 m
1908 London
- Arthur Robertson, Gold, Team steeplechase
- Wyndham Halswelle, Gold, 400 m
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Coxless fours
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Royal Clyde YC, Gold, 12 metres class
- Arthur Robertson, Silver, Steeplechase
- Alex McCulloch, Silver, Single sculls
- Hugh Roddin, Bronze, Featherweight boxing
- Scotland, Bronze, Hockey
1912 Stockholm
- Philup Fleming, Gold, Rowing eights
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Rowing eights
- William Kinnear, Gold, Single sculls
- Robert Murray, Gold, Small bore shooting
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Isabella Moore, Gold, 100 m freestyle swimming
- James Soutter, Bronze, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Silver, Tug of war team
1920 Antwerp
- Robert Lindsay, Gold, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Gold, Tug of war team
- William Peacock, Gold, Water polo
- James Wilson, Silver, Cross country team
- Alexander Ireland, Silver, Welterweight boxing
- James Wilson, Bronze, 10,000 m
- George McKenzie, Bronze, Bantamweight bronze
1924 Paris
- Eric Liddell, Gold, 400 m
- Eric Liddell, Bronze, 200 m
- James McNabb, Gold, Coxless fours
- James McKenzie, Silver, Lightweight boxing
- Archie Macdonald, Bronze, 100 kg freestyle wrestling
1928 Amsterdam
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m backstroke swimming
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
- Sarah Stewart, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
1948 London
- Alistair McCorquodale, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- David Brodie, Silver, Hockey team
- Robin Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- William Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- Geirge Sime, Silver, Hockey team
- Neil White, Silver, Hockey team
- Catherine Gibson, Bronze, 400 m freestyle swimming
1952 Helsinki
- Douglas Stewart, Gold, Equestrian showjumping team
- Stephen Theobald, Bronze, Hockey team
- Helen Gordon, Bronze, 200 m breaststroke swimming
1956 Melbourne
- Dick McTaggart, Gold, Lightweight boxing
- John McCormack, Bronze, Light middleweight boxing
1960 Rome
- Dick McTaggart, Bronze, Lightweight boxing
1964 Tokyo
- Bobby McGregor, Silver, 100 m freestyle swimming
1968 Mexico
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
1972 Munich
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- David Jenkins, Silver, 400 m relay team
- David Wilkie, Silver, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- Ian Stewart, Bronze, 5,000 m
1976 Montreal
- David Wilkie, Gold, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- David Wilkie, Silver, 100 m breaststroke swimming
- Rodney Pattison, Silver, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- Alan McClatchey, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
- Gordon Downie, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
1980 Moscow
- Allan Wells, Gold, 100 m
- Allan Wells, Silver, 200 m
- Linsey Macdonald, Bronze, 400 m relay team
1984 Los Angeles
- Richard Budgett, Gold, Rowing coxed fours
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Veryan Pappin, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alister Allan, Bronze, Smallbore free rifle
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m medley swimming
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
- Paul Easter, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
1988 Seoul
- Veryan Pappin, Gold, Hockey team
- Michael McIntyre, Gold, Yachting star class
- Liz McColgan, Silver, 10,000 m
- Elliot Bunney, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Alister Allan, Silver, Smallbore free rifle
- Yvonne Murray, Bronze, 3,000 m
1992 Barcelona
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery individual
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery team
- Susan Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Wendy Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alison Ramsay, Bronze, Hockey team
1996 Atlanta
- Graeme Smith, Bronze, 1,500 m freestyle swimming
2000 Sydney
- Andrew Lindsay, Gold, Rowing men's eight
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Europe class
- Stephanie Cook, Gold, Modern pentathlon
- Chris Hoy, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Craig MacLean, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Gillian Lindsay, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Mark Covell, Silver, Sailing star class
2004 Athens
- Chris Hoy, Gold, Cycling 1 km time-trial
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Yngling class
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing Women's pairs
- Campbell Walsh, Silver, Canoeing K1 Kayak (slalom)
Scottish winter Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1924 Chamonix
- Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Gold, Curling
2002 Salt Lake City
- Scottish team skipped by Rhona Martin, Gold, Curling
Commonwealth Games
University sport
References
- [PDF - Scottish Summer Olympic Medal Winners], compiled by sportscotland
See also
- BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year
- Sportscotland
- Scottish Institute of Sport
- Scotsport
- Sport in Glasgow
External links
The governing body is the Scottish Rugby Union. Murrayfield Stadium, in Edinburgh, is the home of the Scotland national rugby union team.
Cycling is a popular amateur sport, with 99 clubs throughout the country, from the Shetland Wheelers to the Stewartry Wheelers. At the elite level, Scots have been more successful at track cycling rather than road racing, although Scotland has a long history of time-trialing on the road. The lack of road races within the country, with not a single UCI-ranked event, is largely to do with the refusal of Scottish local authorities to close public roads to allow road races to take place safely. Scotland has one velodrome, at Meadowbank Stadium, in Edinburgh. The governing body is the Scottish Cyclists' Union.
In recent years mountain biking has become very popular, with Scottish geography being ideal for training and racing. The Fort William World Cup event has become the highlight of the series.
Scotland has produced several world-class cyclists. Probably the most renowned champion outwith Scotland is the great Robert Millar, a King of the Mountains, and fourth-place overall, at the 1984 Tour de France; and very nearly a winner of the 1985 Vuelta a España (where the strange manner of his defeat to Pedro Delgado is still a matter of some controversy). He came second in the 1987 Giro d'Italia and second twice in the Vuelta: 1985 and 1986. Indeed Millar is widely considered to be the best cyclist to have ever come out of the UK (although many would also argue the merits of the Englishman Tom Simpson).
Graeme Obree, David Millar (no relation), and Chris Hoy have also reached the very peak of their respective events.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scotland has been successful in all forms of motor racing especially since it's growth in popularity since World War II. Several Scottish drivers have had illustrious careers at the top level and success has come in many different championships including Formula One, The World Rally Championship, Le Mans 24 hours, CART, and the British Touring Car Championship.
Formula One
Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1997. The tartan livery of the team was a special Stewart F1 tartan designed for the team and its addition to the cars indicates the Stewarts' origins in Scotland.
Scotland has had several Formula One drivers over the years since the championship commenced in 1950. A full list of these drivers can be found at . Of these drivers the best known are Jim Clark, who won 2 World Championships before his untimely death, Jackie Stewart who managed to gain 3 World Championships and David Coulthard who still races in the championship for the Red Bull Racing team. Coulthard has been Scotland's most successful driver in recent memory having runner up in the World Drivers Championships a number of times and is the front running British Driver in the all-time lists. No round of F1 has however been held in Scotland making the country one of the most successful countries without hosting a race.
Rallying
The McRae family are Scotland's best known rally drivers, in particular Colin McRae who won the WRC in 1995. He also managed to affirm his popularity by adding his name to a series of successful rally games.
Louise Aitken-Walker made significant inroads into the male-dominated sport.
Scotland also hosts a number of minor rally events and has hosted the British round of the WRC however this now takes place almost exclusively in Wales.
Le Mans
Allan McNish has competed in both F1 in 2002 for Toyota and in German Touring cars Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), but is best known for his 24 Hours of Le Mans victories with the Audi team.
Peter Dumbreck has also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, and is better known for his infamous accident in the 1999 event where his Mercedes-Benz CLR car suffered aerodynamic problems and took off, somersaulting through the air.
BTCC
In British Touring Car Championship Scotland has had a had a double champion in John Cleland. A number of drivers have raced successfully in recent years including Antony Reid and David Leslie. One round of the championship is annually held in Scotland.
American Race Series
Some Scottish drivers have had success in the American series of mainly oval racing. Currently Dario Franchitti from Bathgate, competes in the Indycar competition having previously raced very successfully in CART. Allan McNish currently competes in the American Le Mans ALMS series where he made history by driving the first diesel powered race-car in the series to victory.
Motorcycling
Scottish circuits
Which there are a number of smaller circuits for private use in Scotland and a number of rally stages, the only circuit to host top level circuit motor racing in Scotland is Knockhill in Fife.
Shinty is the traditional game of the Scottish Highlands and is still played widely across the area today, with clubs also based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Fife and Perth. Its governing body is the Camanachd Association (In Scots Gaelic, Comunn na Camanachd) who are based in Fort William.
The sport's premier prize is the Scottish Cup, more popularly known as the Camanachd Cup. Shinty also has the honour of having provided, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the World's most successful sporting team, Kingussie.
Shinty was formerly played through the Winter but has recently become a primarily Summer game. It has common roots with the Irish sport of Hurling.
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
Tennis has a very long history in Scotland, with real tennis being played at Falkland Palace, Fife.
Andrew Murray is currently doing very well in the world rankings.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
Scotland have only ever won one Olympic medal as Scotland, when the men's field hockey team won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Games. This was also the only occasion when either England (gold) or Wales (bronze) have won a medal in their own right; and was Ireland's only medal (silver) prior to independence.
Scottish summer Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1896 Athens
- Launceston Elliot, Gold, weightlifting, one-handed
- Launceston Elliot, Silver, weightlifting, two-handed
1900 Paris
- Walter Rutherford, Silver, Golf
- David Robertson, Bronze, Golf
1904 Athens
- John McGough Silver 1,500 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Silver 400 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Bronze 800 m
1908 London
- Arthur Robertson, Gold, Team steeplechase
- Wyndham Halswelle, Gold, 400 m
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Coxless fours
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Royal Clyde YC, Gold, 12 metres class
- Arthur Robertson, Silver, Steeplechase
- Alex McCulloch, Silver, Single sculls
- Hugh Roddin, Bronze, Featherweight boxing
- Scotland, Bronze, Hockey
1912 Stockholm
- Philup Fleming, Gold, Rowing eights
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Rowing eights
- William Kinnear, Gold, Single sculls
- Robert Murray, Gold, Small bore shooting
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Isabella Moore, Gold, 100 m freestyle swimming
- James Soutter, Bronze, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Silver, Tug of war team
1920 Antwerp
- Robert Lindsay, Gold, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Gold, Tug of war team
- William Peacock, Gold, Water polo
- James Wilson, Silver, Cross country team
- Alexander Ireland, Silver, Welterweight boxing
- James Wilson, Bronze, 10,000 m
- George McKenzie, Bronze, Bantamweight bronze
1924 Paris
- Eric Liddell, Gold, 400 m
- Eric Liddell, Bronze, 200 m
- James McNabb, Gold, Coxless fours
- James McKenzie, Silver, Lightweight boxing
- Archie Macdonald, Bronze, 100 kg freestyle wrestling
1928 Amsterdam
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m backstroke swimming
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
- Sarah Stewart, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
1948 London
- Alistair McCorquodale, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- David Brodie, Silver, Hockey team
- Robin Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- William Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- Geirge Sime, Silver, Hockey team
- Neil White, Silver, Hockey team
- Catherine Gibson, Bronze, 400 m freestyle swimming
1952 Helsinki
- Douglas Stewart, Gold, Equestrian showjumping team
- Stephen Theobald, Bronze, Hockey team
- Helen Gordon, Bronze, 200 m breaststroke swimming
1956 Melbourne
- Dick McTaggart, Gold, Lightweight boxing
- John McCormack, Bronze, Light middleweight boxing
1960 Rome
- Dick McTaggart, Bronze, Lightweight boxing
1964 Tokyo
- Bobby McGregor, Silver, 100 m freestyle swimming
1968 Mexico
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
1972 Munich
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- David Jenkins, Silver, 400 m relay team
- David Wilkie, Silver, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- Ian Stewart, Bronze, 5,000 m
1976 Montreal
- David Wilkie, Gold, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- David Wilkie, Silver, 100 m breaststroke swimming
- Rodney Pattison, Silver, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- Alan McClatchey, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
- Gordon Downie, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
1980 Moscow
- Allan Wells, Gold, 100 m
- Allan Wells, Silver, 200 m
- Linsey Macdonald, Bronze, 400 m relay team
1984 Los Angeles
- Richard Budgett, Gold, Rowing coxed fours
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Veryan Pappin, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alister Allan, Bronze, Smallbore free rifle
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m medley swimming
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
- Paul Easter, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
1988 Seoul
- Veryan Pappin, Gold, Hockey team
- Michael McIntyre, Gold, Yachting star class
- Liz McColgan, Silver, 10,000 m
- Elliot Bunney, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Alister Allan, Silver, Smallbore free rifle
- Yvonne Murray, Bronze, 3,000 m
1992 Barcelona
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery individual
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery team
- Susan Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Wendy Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alison Ramsay, Bronze, Hockey team
1996 Atlanta
- Graeme Smith, Bronze, 1,500 m freestyle swimming
2000 Sydney
- Andrew Lindsay, Gold, Rowing men's eight
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Europe class
- Stephanie Cook, Gold, Modern pentathlon
- Chris Hoy, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Craig MacLean, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Gillian Lindsay, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Mark Covell, Silver, Sailing star class
2004 Athens
- Chris Hoy, Gold, Cycling 1 km time-trial
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Yngling class
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing Women's pairs
- Campbell Walsh, Silver, Canoeing K1 Kayak (slalom)
Scottish winter Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1924 Chamonix
- Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Gold, Curling
2002 Salt Lake City
- Scottish team skipped by Rhona Martin, Gold, Curling
Commonwealth Games
University sport
References
- [PDF - Scottish Summer Olympic Medal Winners], compiled by sportscotland
See also
- BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year
- Sportscotland
- Scottish Institute of Sport
- Scotsport
- Sport in Glasgow
External links
Cycling is a popular amateur sport, with 99 clubs throughout the country, from the Shetland Wheelers to the Stewartry Wheelers. At the elite level, Scots have been more successful at track cycling rather than road racing, although Scotland has a long history of time-trialing on the road. The lack of road races within the country, with not a single UCI-ranked event, is largely to do with the refusal of Scottish local authorities to close public roads to allow road races to take place safely. Scotland has one velodrome, at Meadowbank Stadium, in Edinburgh. The governing body is the Scottish Cyclists' Union.
In recent years mountain biking has become very popular, with Scottish geography being ideal for training and racing. The Fort William World Cup event has become the highlight of the series.
Scotland has produced several world-class cyclists. Probably the most renowned champion outwith Scotland is the great Robert Millar, a King of the Mountains, and fourth-place overall, at the 1984 Tour de France; and very nearly a winner of the 1985 Vuelta a España (where the strange manner of his defeat to Pedro Delgado is still a matter of some controversy). He came second in the 1987 Giro d'Italia and second twice in the Vuelta: 1985 and 1986. Indeed Millar is widely considered to be the best cyclist to have ever come out of the UK (although many would also argue the merits of the Englishman Tom Simpson).
Graeme Obree, David Millar (no relation), and Chris Hoy have also reached the very peak of their respective events.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scotland has been successful in all forms of motor racing especially since it's growth in popularity since World War II. Several Scottish drivers have had illustrious careers at the top level and success has come in many different championships including Formula One, The World Rally Championship, Le Mans 24 hours, CART, and the British Touring Car Championship.
Formula One
Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1997. The tartan livery of the team was a special Stewart F1 tartan designed for the team and its addition to the cars indicates the Stewarts' origins in Scotland.
Scotland has had several Formula One drivers over the years since the championship commenced in 1950. A full list of these drivers can be found at . Of these drivers the best known are Jim Clark, who won 2 World Championships before his untimely death, Jackie Stewart who managed to gain 3 World Championships and David Coulthard who still races in the championship for the Red Bull Racing team. Coulthard has been Scotland's most successful driver in recent memory having runner up in the World Drivers Championships a number of times and is the front running British Driver in the all-time lists. No round of F1 has however been held in Scotland making the country one of the most successful countries without hosting a race.
Rallying
The McRae family are Scotland's best known rally drivers, in particular Colin McRae who won the WRC in 1995. He also managed to affirm his popularity by adding his name to a series of successful rally games.
Louise Aitken-Walker made significant inroads into the male-dominated sport.
Scotland also hosts a number of minor rally events and has hosted the British round of the WRC however this now takes place almost exclusively in Wales.
Le Mans
Allan McNish has competed in both F1 in 2002 for Toyota and in German Touring cars Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), but is best known for his 24 Hours of Le Mans victories with the Audi team.
Peter Dumbreck has also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, and is better known for his infamous accident in the 1999 event where his Mercedes-Benz CLR car suffered aerodynamic problems and took off, somersaulting through the air.
BTCC
In British Touring Car Championship Scotland has had a had a double champion in John Cleland. A number of drivers have raced successfully in recent years including Antony Reid and David Leslie. One round of the championship is annually held in Scotland.
American Race Series
Some Scottish drivers have had success in the American series of mainly oval racing. Currently Dario Franchitti from Bathgate, competes in the Indycar competition having previously raced very successfully in CART. Allan McNish currently competes in the American Le Mans ALMS series where he made history by driving the first diesel powered race-car in the series to victory.
Motorcycling
Scottish circuits
Which there are a number of smaller circuits for private use in Scotland and a number of rally stages, the only circuit to host top level circuit motor racing in Scotland is Knockhill in Fife.
Shinty is the traditional game of the Scottish Highlands and is still played widely across the area today, with clubs also based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Fife and Perth. Its governing body is the Camanachd Association (In Scots Gaelic, Comunn na Camanachd) who are based in Fort William.
The sport's premier prize is the Scottish Cup, more popularly known as the Camanachd Cup. Shinty also has the honour of having provided, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the World's most successful sporting team, Kingussie.
Shinty was formerly played through the Winter but has recently become a primarily Summer game. It has common roots with the Irish sport of Hurling.
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
Tennis has a very long history in Scotland, with real tennis being played at Falkland Palace, Fife.
Andrew Murray is currently doing very well in the world rankings.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
Scotland have only ever won one Olympic medal as Scotland, when the men's field hockey team won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Games. This was also the only occasion when either England (gold) or Wales (bronze) have won a medal in their own right; and was Ireland's only medal (silver) prior to independence.
Scottish summer Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1896 Athens
- Launceston Elliot, Gold, weightlifting, one-handed
- Launceston Elliot, Silver, weightlifting, two-handed
1900 Paris
- Walter Rutherford, Silver, Golf
- David Robertson, Bronze, Golf
1904 Athens
- John McGough Silver 1,500 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Silver 400 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Bronze 800 m
1908 London
- Arthur Robertson, Gold, Team steeplechase
- Wyndham Halswelle, Gold, 400 m
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Coxless fours
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Royal Clyde YC, Gold, 12 metres class
- Arthur Robertson, Silver, Steeplechase
- Alex McCulloch, Silver, Single sculls
- Hugh Roddin, Bronze, Featherweight boxing
- Scotland, Bronze, Hockey
1912 Stockholm
- Philup Fleming, Gold, Rowing eights
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Rowing eights
- William Kinnear, Gold, Single sculls
- Robert Murray, Gold, Small bore shooting
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Isabella Moore, Gold, 100 m freestyle swimming
- James Soutter, Bronze, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Silver, Tug of war team
1920 Antwerp
- Robert Lindsay, Gold, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Gold, Tug of war team
- William Peacock, Gold, Water polo
- James Wilson, Silver, Cross country team
- Alexander Ireland, Silver, Welterweight boxing
- James Wilson, Bronze, 10,000 m
- George McKenzie, Bronze, Bantamweight bronze
1924 Paris
- Eric Liddell, Gold, 400 m
- Eric Liddell, Bronze, 200 m
- James McNabb, Gold, Coxless fours
- James McKenzie, Silver, Lightweight boxing
- Archie Macdonald, Bronze, 100 kg freestyle wrestling
1928 Amsterdam
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m backstroke swimming
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
- Sarah Stewart, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
1948 London
- Alistair McCorquodale, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- David Brodie, Silver, Hockey team
- Robin Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- William Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- Geirge Sime, Silver, Hockey team
- Neil White, Silver, Hockey team
- Catherine Gibson, Bronze, 400 m freestyle swimming
1952 Helsinki
- Douglas Stewart, Gold, Equestrian showjumping team
- Stephen Theobald, Bronze, Hockey team
- Helen Gordon, Bronze, 200 m breaststroke swimming
1956 Melbourne
- Dick McTaggart, Gold, Lightweight boxing
- John McCormack, Bronze, Light middleweight boxing
1960 Rome
- Dick McTaggart, Bronze, Lightweight boxing
1964 Tokyo
- Bobby McGregor, Silver, 100 m freestyle swimming
1968 Mexico
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
1972 Munich
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- David Jenkins, Silver, 400 m relay team
- David Wilkie, Silver, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- Ian Stewart, Bronze, 5,000 m
1976 Montreal
- David Wilkie, Gold, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- David Wilkie, Silver, 100 m breaststroke swimming
- Rodney Pattison, Silver, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- Alan McClatchey, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
- Gordon Downie, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
1980 Moscow
- Allan Wells, Gold, 100 m
- Allan Wells, Silver, 200 m
- Linsey Macdonald, Bronze, 400 m relay team
1984 Los Angeles
- Richard Budgett, Gold, Rowing coxed fours
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Veryan Pappin, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alister Allan, Bronze, Smallbore free rifle
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m medley swimming
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
- Paul Easter, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
1988 Seoul
- Veryan Pappin, Gold, Hockey team
- Michael McIntyre, Gold, Yachting star class
- Liz McColgan, Silver, 10,000 m
- Elliot Bunney, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Alister Allan, Silver, Smallbore free rifle
- Yvonne Murray, Bronze, 3,000 m
1992 Barcelona
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery individual
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery team
- Susan Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Wendy Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alison Ramsay, Bronze, Hockey team
1996 Atlanta
- Graeme Smith, Bronze, 1,500 m freestyle swimming
2000 Sydney
- Andrew Lindsay, Gold, Rowing men's eight
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Europe class
- Stephanie Cook, Gold, Modern pentathlon
- Chris Hoy, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Craig MacLean, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Gillian Lindsay, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Mark Covell, Silver, Sailing star class
2004 Athens
- Chris Hoy, Gold, Cycling 1 km time-trial
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Yngling class
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing Women's pairs
- Campbell Walsh, Silver, Canoeing K1 Kayak (slalom)
Scottish winter Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1924 Chamonix
- Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Gold, Curling
2002 Salt Lake City
- Scottish team skipped by Rhona Martin, Gold, Curling
Commonwealth Games
University sport
References
- [PDF - Scottish Summer Olympic Medal Winners], compiled by sportscotland
See also
- BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year
- Sportscotland
- Scottish Institute of Sport
- Scotsport
- Sport in Glasgow
External links
Cycling is a popular amateur sport, with 99 clubs throughout the country, from the Shetland Wheelers to the Stewartry Wheelers. At the elite level, Scots have been more successful at track cycling rather than road racing, although Scotland has a long history of time-trialing on the road. The lack of road races within the country, with not a single UCI-ranked event, is largely to do with the refusal of Scottish local authorities to close public roads to allow road races to take place safely. Scotland has one velodrome, at Meadowbank Stadium, in Edinburgh. The governing body is the Scottish Cyclists' Union.
In recent years mountain biking has become very popular, with Scottish geography being ideal for training and racing. The Fort William World Cup event has become the highlight of the series.
Scotland has produced several world-class cyclists. Probably the most renowned champion outwith Scotland is the great Robert Millar, a King of the Mountains, and fourth-place overall, at the 1984 Tour de France; and very nearly a winner of the 1985 Vuelta a España (where the strange manner of his defeat to Pedro Delgado is still a matter of some controversy). He came second in the 1987 Giro d'Italia and second twice in the Vuelta: 1985 and 1986. Indeed Millar is widely considered to be the best cyclist to have ever come out of the UK (although many would also argue the merits of the Englishman Tom Simpson).
Graeme Obree, David Millar (no relation), and Chris Hoy have also reached the very peak of their respective events.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scotland has been successful in all forms of motor racing especially since it's growth in popularity since World War II. Several Scottish drivers have had illustrious careers at the top level and success has come in many different championships including Formula One, The World Rally Championship, Le Mans 24 hours, CART, and the British Touring Car Championship.
Formula One
Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1997. The tartan livery of the team was a special Stewart F1 tartan designed for the team and its addition to the cars indicates the Stewarts' origins in Scotland.
Scotland has had several Formula One drivers over the years since the championship commenced in 1950. A full list of these drivers can be found at . Of these drivers the best known are Jim Clark, who won 2 World Championships before his untimely death, Jackie Stewart who managed to gain 3 World Championships and David Coulthard who still races in the championship for the Red Bull Racing team. Coulthard has been Scotland's most successful driver in recent memory having runner up in the World Drivers Championships a number of times and is the front running British Driver in the all-time lists. No round of F1 has however been held in Scotland making the country one of the most successful countries without hosting a race.
Rallying
The McRae family are Scotland's best known rally drivers, in particular Colin McRae who won the WRC in 1995. He also managed to affirm his popularity by adding his name to a series of successful rally games.
Louise Aitken-Walker made significant inroads into the male-dominated sport.
Scotland also hosts a number of minor rally events and has hosted the British round of the WRC however this now takes place almost exclusively in Wales.
Le Mans
Allan McNish has competed in both F1 in 2002 for Toyota and in German Touring cars Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), but is best known for his 24 Hours of Le Mans victories with the Audi team.
Peter Dumbreck has also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, and is better known for his infamous accident in the 1999 event where his Mercedes-Benz CLR car suffered aerodynamic problems and took off, somersaulting through the air.
BTCC
In British Touring Car Championship Scotland has had a had a double champion in John Cleland. A number of drivers have raced successfully in recent years including Antony Reid and David Leslie. One round of the championship is annually held in Scotland.
American Race Series
Some Scottish drivers have had success in the American series of mainly oval racing. Currently Dario Franchitti from Bathgate, competes in the Indycar competition having previously raced very successfully in CART. Allan McNish currently competes in the American Le Mans ALMS series where he made history by driving the first diesel powered race-car in the series to victory.
Motorcycling
Scottish circuits
Which there are a number of smaller circuits for private use in Scotland and a number of rally stages, the only circuit to host top level circuit motor racing in Scotland is Knockhill in Fife.
Shinty is the traditional game of the Scottish Highlands and is still played widely across the area today, with clubs also based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Fife and Perth. Its governing body is the Camanachd Association (In Scots Gaelic, Comunn na Camanachd) who are based in Fort William.
The sport's premier prize is the Scottish Cup, more popularly known as the Camanachd Cup. Shinty also has the honour of having provided, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the World's most successful sporting team, Kingussie.
Shinty was formerly played through the Winter but has recently become a primarily Summer game. It has common roots with the Irish sport of Hurling.
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
Tennis has a very long history in Scotland, with real tennis being played at Falkland Palace, Fife.
Andrew Murray is currently doing very well in the world rankings.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
Scotland have only ever won one Olympic medal as Scotland, when the men's field hockey team won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Games. This was also the only occasion when either England (gold) or Wales (bronze) have won a medal in their own right; and was Ireland's only medal (silver) prior to independence.
Scottish summer Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1896 Athens
- Launceston Elliot, Gold, weightlifting, one-handed
- Launceston Elliot, Silver, weightlifting, two-handed
1900 Paris
- Walter Rutherford, Silver, Golf
- David Robertson, Bronze, Golf
1904 Athens
- John McGough Silver 1,500 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Silver 400 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Bronze 800 m
1908 London
- Arthur Robertson, Gold, Team steeplechase
- Wyndham Halswelle, Gold, 400 m
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Coxless fours
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Royal Clyde YC, Gold, 12 metres class
- Arthur Robertson, Silver, Steeplechase
- Alex McCulloch, Silver, Single sculls
- Hugh Roddin, Bronze, Featherweight boxing
- Scotland, Bronze, Hockey
1912 Stockholm
- Philup Fleming, Gold, Rowing eights
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Rowing eights
- William Kinnear, Gold, Single sculls
- Robert Murray, Gold, Small bore shooting
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Isabella Moore, Gold, 100 m freestyle swimming
- James Soutter, Bronze, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Silver, Tug of war team
1920 Antwerp
- Robert Lindsay, Gold, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Gold, Tug of war team
- William Peacock, Gold, Water polo
- James Wilson, Silver, Cross country team
- Alexander Ireland, Silver, Welterweight boxing
- James Wilson, Bronze, 10,000 m
- George McKenzie, Bronze, Bantamweight bronze
1924 Paris
- Eric Liddell, Gold, 400 m
- Eric Liddell, Bronze, 200 m
- James McNabb, Gold, Coxless fours
- James McKenzie, Silver, Lightweight boxing
- Archie Macdonald, Bronze, 100 kg freestyle wrestling
1928 Amsterdam
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m backstroke swimming
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
- Sarah Stewart, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
1948 London
- Alistair McCorquodale, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- David Brodie, Silver, Hockey team
- Robin Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- William Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- Geirge Sime, Silver, Hockey team
- Neil White, Silver, Hockey team
- Catherine Gibson, Bronze, 400 m freestyle swimming
1952 Helsinki
- Douglas Stewart, Gold, Equestrian showjumping team
- Stephen Theobald, Bronze, Hockey team
- Helen Gordon, Bronze, 200 m breaststroke swimming
1956 Melbourne
- Dick McTaggart, Gold, Lightweight boxing
- John McCormack, Bronze, Light middleweight boxing
1960 Rome
- Dick McTaggart, Bronze, Lightweight boxing
1964 Tokyo
- Bobby McGregor, Silver, 100 m freestyle swimming
1968 Mexico
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
1972 Munich
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- David Jenkins, Silver, 400 m relay team
- David Wilkie, Silver, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- Ian Stewart, Bronze, 5,000 m
1976 Montreal
- David Wilkie, Gold, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- David Wilkie, Silver, 100 m breaststroke swimming
- Rodney Pattison, Silver, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- Alan McClatchey, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
- Gordon Downie, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
1980 Moscow
- Allan Wells, Gold, 100 m
- Allan Wells, Silver, 200 m
- Linsey Macdonald, Bronze, 400 m relay team
1984 Los Angeles
- Richard Budgett, Gold, Rowing coxed fours
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Veryan Pappin, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alister Allan, Bronze, Smallbore free rifle
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m medley swimming
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
- Paul Easter, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
1988 Seoul
- Veryan Pappin, Gold, Hockey team
- Michael McIntyre, Gold, Yachting star class
- Liz McColgan, Silver, 10,000 m
- Elliot Bunney, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Alister Allan, Silver, Smallbore free rifle
- Yvonne Murray, Bronze, 3,000 m
1992 Barcelona
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery individual
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery team
- Susan Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Wendy Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alison Ramsay, Bronze, Hockey team
1996 Atlanta
- Graeme Smith, Bronze, 1,500 m freestyle swimming
2000 Sydney
- Andrew Lindsay, Gold, Rowing men's eight
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Europe class
- Stephanie Cook, Gold, Modern pentathlon
- Chris Hoy, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Craig MacLean, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Gillian Lindsay, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Mark Covell, Silver, Sailing star class
2004 Athens
- Chris Hoy, Gold, Cycling 1 km time-trial
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Yngling class
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing Women's pairs
- Campbell Walsh, Silver, Canoeing K1 Kayak (slalom)
Scottish winter Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1924 Chamonix
- Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Gold, Curling
2002 Salt Lake City
- Scottish team skipped by Rhona Martin, Gold, Curling
Commonwealth Games
University sport
References
- [PDF - Scottish Summer Olympic Medal Winners], compiled by sportscotland
See also
- BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year
- Sportscotland
- Scottish Institute of Sport
- Scotsport
- Sport in Glasgow
External links
Cycling is a popular amateur sport, with 99 clubs throughout the country, from the Shetland Wheelers to the Stewartry Wheelers. At the elite level, Scots have been more successful at track cycling rather than road racing, although Scotland has a long history of time-trialing on the road. The lack of road races within the country, with not a single UCI-ranked event, is largely to do with the refusal of Scottish local authorities to close public roads to allow road races to take place safely. Scotland has one velodrome, at Meadowbank Stadium, in Edinburgh. The governing body is the Scottish Cyclists' Union.
In recent years mountain biking has become very popular, with Scottish geography being ideal for training and racing. The Fort William World Cup event has become the highlight of the series.
Scotland has produced several world-class cyclists. Probably the most renowned champion outwith Scotland is the great Robert Millar, a King of the Mountains, and fourth-place overall, at the 1984 Tour de France; and very nearly a winner of the 1985 Vuelta a España (where the strange manner of his defeat to Pedro Delgado is still a matter of some controversy). He came second in the 1987 Giro d'Italia and second twice in the Vuelta: 1985 and 1986. Indeed Millar is widely considered to be the best cyclist to have ever come out of the UK (although many would also argue the merits of the Englishman Tom Simpson).
Graeme Obree, David Millar (no relation), and Chris Hoy have also reached the very peak of their respective events.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scots have been very prominent on the podium at the Judo events at the Commonwealth Games. Judo is absent from the programme of events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but is likely to return at future Games.
Scotland has been successful in all forms of motor racing especially since it's growth in popularity since World War II. Several Scottish drivers have had illustrious careers at the top level and success has come in many different championships including Formula One, The World Rally Championship, Le Mans 24 hours, CART, and the British Touring Car Championship.
Formula One
Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1997. The tartan livery of the team was a special Stewart F1 tartan designed for the team and its addition to the cars indicates the Stewarts' origins in Scotland.
Scotland has had several Formula One drivers over the years since the championship commenced in 1950. A full list of these drivers can be found at . Of these drivers the best known are Jim Clark, who won 2 World Championships before his untimely death, Jackie Stewart who managed to gain 3 World Championships and David Coulthard who still races in the championship for the Red Bull Racing team. Coulthard has been Scotland's most successful driver in recent memory having runner up in the World Drivers Championships a number of times and is the front running British Driver in the all-time lists. No round of F1 has however been held in Scotland making the country one of the most successful countries without hosting a race.
Rallying
The McRae family are Scotland's best known rally drivers, in particular Colin McRae who won the WRC in 1995. He also managed to affirm his popularity by adding his name to a series of successful rally games.
Louise Aitken-Walker made significant inroads into the male-dominated sport.
Scotland also hosts a number of minor rally events and has hosted the British round of the WRC however this now takes place almost exclusively in Wales.
Le Mans
Allan McNish has competed in both F1 in 2002 for Toyota and in German Touring cars Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), but is best known for his 24 Hours of Le Mans victories with the Audi team.
Peter Dumbreck has also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, and is better known for his infamous accident in the 1999 event where his Mercedes-Benz CLR car suffered aerodynamic problems and took off, somersaulting through the air.
BTCC
In British Touring Car Championship Scotland has had a had a double champion in John Cleland. A number of drivers have raced successfully in recent years including Antony Reid and David Leslie. One round of the championship is annually held in Scotland.
American Race Series
Some Scottish drivers have had success in the American series of mainly oval racing. Currently Dario Franchitti from Bathgate, competes in the Indycar competition having previously raced very successfully in CART. Allan McNish currently competes in the American Le Mans ALMS series where he made history by driving the first diesel powered race-car in the series to victory.
Motorcycling
Scottish circuits
Scotland has been successful in all forms of motor racing especially since it's growth in popularity since World War II. Several Scottish drivers have had illustrious careers at the top level and success has come in many different championships including Formula One, The World Rally Championship, Le Mans 24 hours, CART, and the British Touring Car Championship.
Formula One
Scotland has had several Formula One drivers over the years since the championship commenced in 1950. A full list of these drivers can be found at . Of these drivers the best known are Jim Clark, who won 2 World Championships before his untimely death, Jackie Stewart who managed to gain 3 World Championships and David Coulthard who still races in the championship for the Red Bull Racing team. Coulthard has been Scotland's most successful driver in recent memory having runner up in the World Drivers Championships a number of times and is the front running British Driver in the all-time lists. No round of F1 has however been held in Scotland making the country one of the most successful countries without hosting a race.
Rallying
The McRae family are Scotland's best known rally drivers, in particular Colin McRae who won the WRC in 1995. He also managed to affirm his popularity by adding his name to a series of successful rally games.
Louise Aitken-Walker made significant inroads into the male-dominated sport.
Scotland also hosts a number of minor rally events and has hosted the British round of the WRC however this now takes place almost exclusively in Wales.
Le Mans
Allan McNish has competed in both F1 in 2002 for Toyota and in German Touring cars Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), but is best known for his 24 Hours of Le Mans victories with the Audi team.
Peter Dumbreck has also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, and is better known for his infamous accident in the 1999 event where his Mercedes-Benz CLR car suffered aerodynamic problems and took off, somersaulting through the air.
BTCC
In British Touring Car Championship Scotland has had a had a double champion in John Cleland. A number of drivers have raced successfully in recent years including Antony Reid and David Leslie. One round of the championship is annually held in Scotland.
American Race Series
Some Scottish drivers have had success in the American series of mainly oval racing. Currently Dario Franchitti from Bathgate, competes in the Indycar competition having previously raced very successfully in CART. Allan McNish currently competes in the American Le Mans ALMS series where he made history by driving the first diesel powered race-car in the series to victory.
Motorcycling
Scottish circuits
Which there are a number of smaller circuits for private use in Scotland and a number of rally stages, the only circuit to host top level circuit motor racing in Scotland is Knockhill in Fife.
Shinty is the traditional game of the Scottish Highlands and is still played widely across the area today, with clubs also based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Fife and Perth. Its governing body is the Camanachd Association (In Scots Gaelic, Comunn na Camanachd) who are based in Fort William.
The sport's premier prize is the Scottish Cup, more popularly known as the Camanachd Cup. Shinty also has the honour of having provided, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the World's most successful sporting team, Kingussie.
Shinty was formerly played through the Winter but has recently become a primarily Summer game. It has common roots with the Irish sport of Hurling.
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
Tennis has a very long history in Scotland, with real tennis being played at Falkland Palace, Fife.
Andrew Murray is currently doing very well in the world rankings.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
Scotland have only ever won one Olympic medal as Scotland, when the men's field hockey team won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Games. This was also the only occasion when either England (gold) or Wales (bronze) have won a medal in their own right; and was Ireland's only medal (silver) prior to independence.
Scottish summer Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
1896 Athens
- Launceston Elliot, Gold, weightlifting, one-handed
- Launceston Elliot, Silver, weightlifting, two-handed
1900 Paris
- Walter Rutherford, Silver, Golf
- David Robertson, Bronze, Golf
1904 Athens
- John McGough Silver 1,500 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Silver 400 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Bronze 800 m
1908 London
- Arthur Robertson, Gold, Team steeplechase
- Wyndham Halswelle, Gold, 400 m
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Coxless fours
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Royal Clyde YC, Gold, 12 metres class
- Arthur Robertson, Silver, Steeplechase
- Alex McCulloch, Silver, Single sculls
- Hugh Roddin, Bronze, Featherweight boxing
- Scotland, Bronze, Hockey
1912 Stockholm
- Philup Fleming, Gold, Rowing eights
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Rowing eights
- William Kinnear, Gold, Single sculls
- Robert Murray, Gold, Small bore shooting
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Isabella Moore, Gold, 100 m freestyle swimming
- James Soutter, Bronze, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Silver, Tug of war team
1920 Antwerp
- Robert Lindsay, Gold, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Gold, Tug of war team
- William Peacock, Gold, Water polo
- James Wilson, Silver, Cross country team
- Alexander Ireland, Silver, Welterweight boxing
- James Wilson, Bronze, 10,000 m
- George McKenzie, Bronze, Bantamweight bronze
1924 Paris
- Eric Liddell, Gold, 400 m
- Eric Liddell, Bronze, 200 m
- James McNabb, Gold, Coxless fours
- James McKenzie, Silver, Lightweight boxing
- Archie Macdonald, Bronze, 100 kg freestyle wrestling
1928 Amsterdam
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m backstroke swimming
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
- Sarah Stewart, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
1948 London
- Alistair McCorquodale, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- David Brodie, Silver, Hockey team
- Robin Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- William Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- Geirge Sime, Silver, Hockey team
- Neil White, Silver, Hockey team
- Catherine Gibson, Bronze, 400 m freestyle swimming
1952 Helsinki
- Douglas Stewart, Gold, Equestrian showjumping team
- Stephen Theobald, Bronze, Hockey team
- Helen Gordon, Bronze, 200 m breaststroke swimming
1956 Melbourne
- Dick McTaggart, Gold, Lightweight boxing
- John McCormack, Bronze, Light middleweight boxing
1960 Rome
- Dick McTaggart, Bronze, Lightweight boxing
1964 Tokyo
- Bobby McGregor, Silver, 100 m freestyle swimming
1968 Mexico
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
1972 Munich
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- David Jenkins, Silver, 400 m relay team
- David Wilkie, Silver, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- Ian Stewart, Bronze, 5,000 m
1976 Montreal
- David Wilkie, Gold, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- David Wilkie, Silver, 100 m breaststroke swimming
- Rodney Pattison, Silver, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- Alan McClatchey, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
- Gordon Downie, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
1980 Moscow
- Allan Wells, Gold, 100 m
- Allan Wells, Silver, 200 m
- Linsey Macdonald, Bronze, 400 m relay team
1984 Los Angeles
- Richard Budgett, Gold, Rowing coxed fours
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Veryan Pappin, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alister Allan, Bronze, Smallbore free rifle
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m medley swimming
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
- Paul Easter, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
1988 Seoul
- Veryan Pappin, Gold, Hockey team
- Michael McIntyre, Gold, Yachting star class
- Liz McColgan, Silver, 10,000 m
- Elliot Bunney, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Alister Allan, Silver, Smallbore free rifle
- Yvonne Murray, Bronze, 3,000 m
1992 Barcelona
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery individual
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery team
- Susan Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Wendy Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alison Ramsay, Bronze, Hockey team
1996 Atlanta
- Graeme Smith, Bronze, 1,500 m freestyle swimming
2000 Sydney
- Andrew Lindsay, Gold, Rowing men's eight
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Europe class
- Stephanie Cook, Gold, Modern pentathlon
- Chris Hoy, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Craig MacLean, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Gillian Lindsay, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Mark Covell, Silver, Sailing star class
2004 Athens
- Chris Hoy, Gold, Cycling 1 km time-trial
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Yngling class
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing Women's pairs
- Campbell Walsh, Silver, Canoeing K1 Kayak (slalom)
Scottish winter Olympic medallists
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1924 Chamonix
- Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Gold, Curling
2002 Salt Lake City
- Scottish team skipped by Rhona Martin, Gold, Curling
Commonwealth Games
Shinty is the traditional game of the Scottish Highlands and is still played widely across the area today, with clubs also based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Fife and Perth. Its governing body is the Camanachd Association (In Scots Gaelic, Comunn na Camanachd) who are based in Fort William.
The sport's premier prize is the Scottish Cup, more popularly known as the Camanachd Cup. Shinty also has the honour of having provided, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the World's most successful sporting team, Kingussie.
Shinty was formerly played through the Winter but has recently become a primarily Summer game. It has common roots with the Irish sport of Hurling.
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
Tennis has a very long history in Scotland, with real tennis being played at Falkland Palace, Fife.
Andrew Murray is currently doing very well in the world rankings.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
Scotland have only ever won one Olympic medal as Scotland, when the men's field hockey team won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Games. This was also the only occasion when either England (gold) or Wales (bronze) have won a medal in their own right; and was Ireland's only medal (silver) prior to independence.
Scottish summer Olympic medallists
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1896 Athens
- Launceston Elliot, Gold, weightlifting, one-handed
- Launceston Elliot, Silver, weightlifting, two-handed
1900 Paris
- Walter Rutherford, Silver, Golf
- David Robertson, Bronze, Golf
1904 Athens
- John McGough Silver 1,500 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Silver 400 m
- Wyndham Halswelle Bronze 800 m
1908 London
- Arthur Robertson, Gold, Team steeplechase
- Wyndham Halswelle, Gold, 400 m
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Coxless fours
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Royal Clyde YC, Gold, 12 metres class
- Arthur Robertson, Silver, Steeplechase
- Alex McCulloch, Silver, Single sculls
- Hugh Roddin, Bronze, Featherweight boxing
- Scotland, Bronze, Hockey
1912 Stockholm
- Philup Fleming, Gold, Rowing eights
- Angus Gillan, Gold, Rowing eights
- William Kinnear, Gold, Single sculls
- Robert Murray, Gold, Small bore shooting
- George Cornet, Gold, Water polo
- Isabella Moore, Gold, 100 m freestyle swimming
- James Soutter, Bronze, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Silver, Tug of war team
1920 Antwerp
- Robert Lindsay, Gold, 400 m relay
- John Sewell, Gold, Tug of war team
- William Peacock, Gold, Water polo
- James Wilson, Silver, Cross country team
- Alexander Ireland, Silver, Welterweight boxing
- James Wilson, Bronze, 10,000 m
- George McKenzie, Bronze, Bantamweight bronze
1924 Paris
- Eric Liddell, Gold, 400 m
- Eric Liddell, Bronze, 200 m
- James McNabb, Gold, Coxless fours
- James McKenzie, Silver, Lightweight boxing
- Archie Macdonald, Bronze, 100 kg freestyle wrestling
1928 Amsterdam
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m backstroke swimming
- Ellen King, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
- Sarah Stewart, Silver, 100 m freestyle relay swimming
1948 London
- Alistair McCorquodale, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- David Brodie, Silver, Hockey team
- Robin Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- William Lindsay, Silver, Hockey team
- Geirge Sime, Silver, Hockey team
- Neil White, Silver, Hockey team
- Catherine Gibson, Bronze, 400 m freestyle swimming
1952 Helsinki
- Douglas Stewart, Gold, Equestrian showjumping team
- Stephen Theobald, Bronze, Hockey team
- Helen Gordon, Bronze, 200 m breaststroke swimming
1956 Melbourne
- Dick McTaggart, Gold, Lightweight boxing
- John McCormack, Bronze, Light middleweight boxing
1960 Rome
- Dick McTaggart, Bronze, Lightweight boxing
1964 Tokyo
- Bobby McGregor, Silver, 100 m freestyle swimming
1968 Mexico
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
1972 Munich
- Rodney Pattison, Gold, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- David Jenkins, Silver, 400 m relay team
- David Wilkie, Silver, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- Ian Stewart, Bronze, 5,000 m
1976 Montreal
- David Wilkie, Gold, 200 m breaststroke swimming
- David Wilkie, Silver, 100 m breaststroke swimming
- Rodney Pattison, Silver, Yachting Flying Dutchman
- Alan McClatchey, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
- Gordon Downie, Bronze, 200 m freestyle swimming relay
1980 Moscow
- Allan Wells, Gold, 100 m
- Allan Wells, Silver, 200 m
- Linsey Macdonald, Bronze, 400 m relay team
1984 Los Angeles
- Richard Budgett, Gold, Rowing coxed fours
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Veryan Pappin, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alister Allan, Bronze, Smallbore free rifle
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m medley swimming
- Neil Cochran, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
- Paul Easter, Bronze, 200 m freestyle relay
1988 Seoul
- Veryan Pappin, Gold, Hockey team
- Michael McIntyre, Gold, Yachting star class
- Liz McColgan, Silver, 10,000 m
- Elliot Bunney, Silver, 4x100 m relay
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Alister Allan, Silver, Smallbore free rifle
- Yvonne Murray, Bronze, 3,000 m
1992 Barcelona
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery individual
- Simon Terry, Bronze, Archery team
- Susan Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Wendy Fraser, Bronze, Hockey team
- Alison Ramsay, Bronze, Hockey team
1996 Atlanta
- Graeme Smith, Bronze, 1,500 m freestyle swimming
2000 Sydney
- Andrew Lindsay, Gold, Rowing men's eight
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Europe class
- Stephanie Cook, Gold, Modern pentathlon
- Chris Hoy, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Craig MacLean, Silver, Cycling Olympic sprint team
- Ian Stark, Silver, Equestrian 3-day event team
- Gillian Lindsay, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing quadruple sculls
- Mark Covell, Silver, Sailing star class
2004 Athens
- Chris Hoy, Gold, Cycling 1 km time-trial
- Shirley Robertson, Gold, Sailing Yngling class
- Katherine Grainger, Silver, Rowing Women's pairs
- Campbell Walsh, Silver, Canoeing K1 Kayak (slalom)
Scottish winter Olympic medallists
This list is [Incomplete listsincomplete]; you can help by [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ expanding it].
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
The governing body is the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
Other sports
Olympic Games
Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to 1927) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (post-1927). A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens.
University sport
References
- [PDF - Scottish Summer Olympic Medal Winners], compiled by sportscotland
See also
- BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year
- Sportscotland
- Scottish Institute of Sport
- Scotsport
- Sport in Glasgow
External links
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