2000 Commonwealth Youth Games

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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
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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 (details)
• 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.

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	36	41	18	95
2	Australia (AUS)	36	27	23	86
3	Nauru (NRU)	17	1	0	18
4	South Africa (SAF)	13	25	28	66
5	New Zealand (NZL)	6	0	0	6
6	Scotland (SCO)*	3	7	22	32
7	Malaysia (MAS)	1	3	5	9
8	Canada (CAN)	1	2	1	4
9	Wales (WAL)	0	5	3	8
10	Northern Ireland (NIR)	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 nations)		113	112	100	325

External links[]

• "Commonwealth Youth Games 2000" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2009.