List of Scottish Olympic medallists
Scotland competes at the Olympic Games as part of the United Kingdom. This article provides a list of medallists for Great Britain at every Summer and Winter Olympics who are Scottish, as well as teams where at least one member was Scottish.[1]
List of Summer Olympic medallists
1896 Athens
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Launceston Elliot | Weightlifting | Men's one hand lift |
| Silver | Launceston Elliot | Weightlifting | Men's two hand lift |
1900 Paris
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Lorne Currie | Sailing | Open class |
| Gold | Lorne Currie | Sailing | .5 to 1 ton |
| Gold | Peter Kemp | Water polo | Team competition |
| Silver | Walter Rutherford | Golf | Men's individual |
| Bronze | David Robertson | Golf | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Peter Kemp | Swimming | Men's 200 metre obstacle event |
| Bronze | Archibald Warden | Tennis | Mixed doubles |
1904 St. Louis
Great Britain did not send a team to the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.
1908 London
1912 Stockholm
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Henry Macintosh | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Gold | Philip Fleming | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Gold | James Angus Gillan | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Gold | Wally Kinnear | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
| Gold | Robert Murray | Shooting | Men's 50 metre team small-bore rifle |
| Gold | Isabella Moore | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
| Gold | George Cornet | Water Polo | Team competition |
| Silver | Thomas Gillespie | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Silver | Frederick Pitman | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Silver | William Milne | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle prone |
| Silver | William Milne | Shooting | Men's 25 metre team small-bore rifle |
| Silver | Harcourt Ommundsen | Shooting | Men's team rifle |
| Silver | James Reid | Shooting | Men's team rifle |
| Silver | Alexander Munro | Tug of war | Team |
| Silver | John Sewell | Tug of war | Team |
| Bronze | James Soutter | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
1920 Antwerp
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Robert Lindsay | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Gold | John Sewell | Tug of war | Team |
| Gold | William Peacock | Water polo | Team |
| Silver | James Wilson | Athletics | Men's team cross country |
| Silver | Alexander Ireland | Boxing | Welterweight |
| Silver | William Stewart | Cycling | Men's team pursuit |
| Bronze | James Wilson | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres |
| Bronze | George McKenzie | Boxing | Bantamweight |
| Bronze | William Cuthbertson | Boxing | Flyweight |
1924 Paris
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Eric Liddell | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
| Gold | James MacNabb | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
| Silver | James McKenzie | Boxing | Flyweight |
| Bronze | Eric Liddell | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
| Bronze | Archie MacDonald | Wrestling | Men's freestyle heavyweight |
1928 Amsterdam
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Jamie Hamilton | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Silver | Ellen King | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
| Silver | Ellen King | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
| Silver | Sarah Stewart | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
1936 Berlin
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Robert Hinde | Polo | Team competition |
| Bronze | Edward Howard-Vyse | Equestrian | Team eventing |
1948 London
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Alistair McCorquodale | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Silver | David Brodie | Field Hockey | Men's competition |
| Silver | Robin Lindsay | Field Hockey | Men's competition |
| Silver | William Lindsay | Field Hockey | Men's competition |
| Silver | George Sime | Field Hockey | Men's competition |
| Silver | Neil White | Field Hockey | Men's competition |
| Bronze | Catherine Gibson | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
1952 Helsinki
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Douglas Stewart | Equestrian | Team jumping |
| Bronze | Stephen Theobald | Field Hockey | Men's team event |
| Bronze | Helen Gordon | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
1956 Melbourne
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Dick McTaggart | Boxing | Lightweight |
| Silver | Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick | Sailing | 5.5 metre |
| Bronze | John McCormack | Boxing | Light middleweight |
1960 Rome
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | William Fisher | Boxing | Light middleweight |
| Bronze | Dick McTaggart | Boxing | Lightweight |
1964 Tokyo
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Bob McGregor | Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle |
1972 Munich
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | David Jenkins | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Silver | David Wilkie | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Bronze | Ian Stewart | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
1976 Montreal
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | David Wilkie | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Silver | Hugh Matheson | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Silver | David Maxwell | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Silver | David Wilkie | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Bronze | Gordon Downie | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Bronze | Alan McClatchey | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
1980 Moscow
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Allan Wells | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
| Silver | Allan Wells | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
| Bronze | Linsey Macdonald | Athletics | Women's 4x400 metres relay |
1984 Los Angeles
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Richard Budgett | Rowing | Men's coxed four |
| Silver | Ian Stark | Equestrian | Team eventing |
| Bronze | James Duthie | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Veryan Pappin | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Alister Allan | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions |
| Bronze | Neil Cochran | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
| Bronze | Neil Cochran | Swimming | Men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay |
| Bronze | Paul Easter | Swimming | Men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay |
1988 Seoul
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Veryan Pappin | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
| Gold | Michael McIntyre | Sailing | Men's star class |
| Silver | Liz McColgan | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres |
| Silver | Elliot Bunney | Athletics | Men's 4×100 metres relay |
| Silver | Ian Stark | Equestrian | Individual eventing |
| Silver | Ian Stark | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
| Silver | Alister Allan | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three position |
| Bronze | Yvonne Murray | Athletics | Women's 3,000 metres |
1992 Barcelona
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Simon Terry | Archery | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Simon Terry | Archery | Men's team |
| Bronze | Susan Fraser | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Wendy Fraser | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Alison Ramsay | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
1996 Atlanta
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Graeme Smith | Swimming | Men's 1,500 metre freestyle |
2000 Sydney
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Stephanie Cook | Modern pentathlon | Women's event |
| Gold | Andrew Lindsay | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Gold | Shirley Robertson | Sailing | Women's Europe class |
| Silver | Ian Stark | Equestrian | 3-day event team |
| Silver | Gillian Lindsay | Rowing | Women's quadruple Sculls |
| Silver | Katherine Grainger | Rowing | Women's quadruple Sculls |
| Silver | Mark Covell | Sailing | Open star class |
| Silver | Chris Hoy | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
| Silver | Craig MacLean | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
2004 Athens
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Shirley Robertson | Sailing | Women's yngling class |
| Gold | Chris Hoy | Track cycling | Men's 1 km time-trial |
| Silver | Campbell Walsh | Canoe Slalom | Men's K1 |
| Silver | Katherine Grainger | Rowing | Women's coxless pair |
2008 Beijing
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Chris Hoy | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
| Gold | Chris Hoy | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
| Gold | Chris Hoy | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
| Silver | David Florence | Canoe slalom | Men's C-1 |
| Silver | Katherine Grainger | Rowing | Women's quadruple Sculls |
| Silver | Ross Edgar | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
2012 London
| Medal | Name[2][3] | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Tim Baillie | Canoe slalom | Men's C-2 team |
| Gold | Scott Brash | Equestrian | Team jumping |
| Gold | Katherine Grainger | Rowing | Women's double sculls |
| Gold | Heather Stanning | Rowing | Women's coxless pair |
| Gold | Andy Murray | Tennis | Men's singles |
| Gold | Chris Hoy | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
| Gold | Chris Hoy | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
| Silver | David Florence | Canoe slalom | Men's C-2 team |
| Silver | Luke Patience | Sailing | Men's 470 |
| Silver | Michael Jamieson | Swimming | Men's 200 metres breaststroke |
| Silver | Andy Murray | Tennis | Mixed doubles |
| Bronze | Daniel Purvis | Artistic gymnastics | Men's team all-round |
| Bronze | Laura Bartlett | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Emily Maguire | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
2016 Rio
2020 Tokyo
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Kathleen Dawson | Swimming | Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay |
| Gold | Duncan Scott | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Gold | Katie Archibald | Track cycling | Women's Madison |
| Silver | Laura Muir | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres |
| Silver | Angus Groom | Rowing | Men's quadruple sculls |
| Silver | Harry Leask | Rowing | Men's quadruple sculls |
| Silver | Anna Burnet | Sailing | Mixed Nacra 17 |
| Silver | Duncan Scott | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
| Silver | Duncan Scott | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
| Silver | Duncan Scott | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay |
| Silver | Katie Archibald | Track cycling | Women's team pursuit |
| Silver | Jack Carlin | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
| Silver | Neah Evans | Track cycling | Women's team pursuit |
| Bronze | Josh Kerr | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
| Bronze | Sarah Robertson | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Jack Carlin | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
2024 Paris
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Scott Brash | Equestrian | Team jumping |
| Gold | Sholto Carnegie | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Gold | Duncan Scott | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Silver | Josh Kerr | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
| Silver | Duncan Scott | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
| Silver | Jack Carlin | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
| Silver | Neah Evans | Track cycling | Women's Madison |
| Bronze | Nicole Yeargin | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Bronze | Nicole Yeargin | Athletics | Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Bronze | Rowan McKellar | Rowing | Women's eight |
| Bronze | Jack Carlin | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
| Bronze | Beth Potter | Triathlon | Women's triathlon |
| Bronze | Beth Potter | Triathlon | Mixed relay triathlon |
List of Winter Olympic medallists
1924 Chamonix
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | William K. Jackson | Curling | Men's event |
| Gold | Robin Welsh | Curling | Men's event |
| Gold | Thomas Murray | Curling | Men's event |
| Gold | Laurence Jackson | Curling | Men's event |
| Gold | T. S. Robertson-Aikman | Curling | Men's event |
1928 St. Moritz
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | David Carnegie | Skeleton | Men's singles event |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | James Foster | Ice Hockey | Men's competition |
| Bronze | James Cardno | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
2002 Salt Lake City
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Rhona Martin | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Deborah Knox | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Fiona MacDonald | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Janice Rankin | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Margaret Morton | Curling | Women's tournament |
2014 Sochi
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | David Murdoch | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Greg Drummond | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Scott Andrews | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Michael Goodfellow | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Tom Brewster | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Stuart Benson | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| Bronze | Eve Muirhead | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Anna Sloan | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Vicki Adams | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Claire Hamilton | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Bronze | Lauren Gray | Curling | Women's tournament |
2022 Beijing
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Eve Muirhead | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Jennifer Dodds | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Hailey Duff | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Mili Smith | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Vicky Wright | Curling | Women's tournament |
| Silver | Bruce Mouat | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Grant Hardie | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Bobby Lammie | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Hammy McMillan Jr. | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Ross Whyte | Curling | Men's tournament |
See also
Notes
- ^ Renwick earned a medal, as he swam in the heats of the Men's 4×200 metres freestyle relay.
References
- ^ Scottish Athletics Roll of Honour, Scottish Athletics, 2019
- ^ "Scots enjoy record Olympic success at London 2012". BBC. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Great Scot teamwork pushes up GB medal haul". British Future. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Most successful overseas Olympics ever, Scottish Government, 21 August 2016
- ^ New record in Tokyo, SportScotland, 9 August 2021
- ^ Scots end Paris Olympics just short of record tally, Richard Winton, BBC Sport, 8 August 2024