The 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games

Commonwealth Youth Games

The Commonwealth Youth Games are a small-scale version of the Commonwealth Games, designed for the youth of the 71 Commonwealth countries.-History:...

were held in August 2000, in the Scottish

Scotland

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 capital of Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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Sports

The following sports were included in the 2000 games:

• Athletics at 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games
• Fencing at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games
• Hockey at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games (women)
• Squash at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games
• Swimming at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games
• Tennis at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games
• Weightlifting at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games

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

BBC

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1	Kingdom of England	36	41	18	95
2	Australia	36	27	23	86
3	Nauru	17	1	0	18
4	South Africa	13	25	28	66
5	New Zealand	6	0	0	6
6	Kingdom of Scotland (host)	3	7	22	32
7	Malaysia	1	3	5	9
8	Canada	1	2	1	4
9	Wales	0	5	3	8
10	Northern Ireland	0	1	0	1
		113	112	100	325