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