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Scotland's Olympic Medals
In the Olympic Games held in Sydney in September 2000, Scotland's athletes won nine gold and silver medals (and no bronze), a number not equalled since 1912 and the first gold medals since 1988. And the Olympics 2000 certainly proved to be a big improvement over 1996 in Atlanta - when Scottish competitors, participating as always as part of the UK team, won only one bronze.
Here is the complete list of Scottish Olympic medal winners since 1900. In this context, "Scottish" mainly means born in Scotland (though Eric Liddell of "Chariot's of Fire" fame is included, even though he was born in China, of Scottish parents).
1900 Paris
| Name | Medal | Sport |
| Walter Rutherford | Silver | Golf |
| David Robertson | Bronze | Golf |
1904 Athens
| Name | Medal | Sport |
| John McGough | Silver | 1,500m |
| Wyndam Halswelle | Silver | 400m |
| Wyndam Halswelle | Bronze | 800m |
1908 London
| Name | Medal | Sport |
| Arthur Robertson | Gold | Team steeplechase |
| Wyndam Halswelle | Gold | 400m |
| 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 |
| Scottish team | Bronze | Hockey |
1912 Stockholm
| Henry Macintosh | Gold | 100m |
| 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 | 100m freestyle swimming |
| James Soutter | Bronze | 400m relay |
| John Sewell | Silver | Tug of war team |
1920 Antwerp
| Robert Lindsay | Gold | 400m 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 | 10,000m |
| George McKenzie | Bronze | Bantamweight bronze |
1924 Paris
| Eric Liddell | Gold | 400m |
| Eric Liddell | Bronze | 200m |
| James McNabb | Gold | Coxless fours |
| James McKenzie | Silver | Lightweight boxing |
| Archie Macdonald | Bronze | 100kg freestyle wrestling |
1928 Amsterdam
| Ellen King | Silver | 100m backstroke swimming |
| Ellen King | Silver | 100m freestyle relay swimming |
| Sarah Stewart | Silver | 100m freestyle relay swimming |
1948 London
| Alistair McCorquodale | Silver | 4x100m 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 | 400m freestyle swimming |
1952 Helsinki
| Douglas Stewart | Gold | Equestrian showjumping team |
| Stephen Theobald | Bronze | Hockey team |
| Helen Gordon | Bronze | 200m 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 | 100m freestyle swimming |
1968 Mexico
| Rodney Pattison | Gold | Yachting Flying Dutchman |
1972 Munich
| Rodney Pattison | Gold | Yachting Flying Dutchman |
| David Jenkins | Silver | 400m relay team |
| David Wilkie | Silver | 200m breaststroke swimming |
| Ian Stewart | Bronze | 5,000m |
1976 Montreal
| David Wilkie | Gold | 200m breastroke swimming |
| David Wilkie | Silver | 100m breastsroke swimming |
| Rodney Pattison | Silver | Yachting Flying Dutchman |
| Alan McClatchey | Bronze | 200m freestyle swimming relay |
| Gordon Downie | Bronze | 200m freestyle swimming relay |
1980 Moscow
| Allan Wells | Gold | 200m silver |
| Linsey Macdonald | Bronze | 400m 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 | 200m medley swimming |
| Neil Cochran | Bronze | 200m frestyle relay |
| Paul Easter | Bronze | 200m freestyle relay |
1988 Seoul
| Veryan Pappin | Gold | Hockey team |
| Michael McIntyre | Gold | Yachting star class |
| Liz McColgan | Silver | 10,000m |
| Elliot Bunney | Silver | 4x100m relay |
| Ian Stark | Silver | Equestrian 3-day event team |
| Alister Allan | Silver | Smallbore free rifle |
| Yvonne Murray | Bronze | 3,000m |
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 | 1,500m 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 |
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