2000 Commonwealth Youth Games

1st Commonwealth Youth Games

Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
Nations participating	16
Athletes participating	733
Events	110 in 8 sports
Opening ceremony	10 August
Closing ceremony	14 August
Officially opened by	Unknown
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Unknown
Main venue	Meadowbank Stadium

The 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in August 2000, in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

Sports

The following sports were included in the 2000 games:

• Athletics ()
• Fencing ()
• Hockey ()
• Squash ()
• Swimming ()
• Tennis ()
• Weightlifting ()

Medal count

This is the full table of the medal count of these Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	36	41	18	95
2	Australia	36	27	23	86
3	Nauru	17	1	0	18
4	South Africa	13	25	28	66
5	New Zealand	6	0	0	6
6	Scotland (host)	3	7	22	32
7	Malaysia	1	3	5	9
8	Canada	1	2	1	4
9	Wales	0	5	3	8
10	Northern Ireland	0	1	0	1
		113	112	100	325