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2000 Commonwealth Youth Games

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1st Commonwealth Youth Games
Host cityEdinburgh, Scotland
Nations16
Athletes733
Events110 in 8 sports
Opening10 August
Closing14 August
Main venueMeadowbank 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:

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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England (ENG)36411895
2 Australia (AUS)36272386
3 Nauru (NRU)171018
4 South Africa (SAF)13252866
5 New Zealand (NZL)6006
6 Scotland (SCO)*372232
7 Malaysia (MAS)1359
8 Canada (CAN)1214
9 Wales (WAL)0538
10 Northern Ireland (NIR)0101
Totals (10 entries)113112100325
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  • "Commonwealth Youth Games 2000" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2009.