2000 Commonwealth Youth Games

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1st Commonwealth Youth Games

Host city| Edinburgh, Scotland
Nations| 16
Athletes| 733
Events| 110 in 8 sports
Opening| 10 August
Closing| 14 August
Opened by| Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex[1]
Main venue| Meadowbank Stadium

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The 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the I Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Edinburgh 2000, a regional sporting event that was held from 10 to 14 August 2000 in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

## Sports

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The following sports were included in the 2000 games:

*  Athletics (details)
*  Fencing (details)
*  Gymnastics (details)
*  Field hockey (details)
*  Squash (details)
*  Swimming (details)
*  Tennis (details)
*  Weightlifting (details)

## Medal count

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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

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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 entries)| 113| 112| 100| 325

## External links

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

## References

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1. ^ "Edinburgh 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games". Retrieved 4 August 2025.

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