First games
Hamilton 1930
Appearances in The Games
23
Most Recent Games
Trinidad & Tobago 2023
Aquatics
Aquatics consists of the disciplines of Swimming and Diving which have both been contested in every Games since they began in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada. Swimming and Para-Swimming are core disciplines at the Commonwealth Games while Diving is an optional discipline.
Since 2002 Para-Sport events for elite athletes with a disability have been included on the Aquatics programme with the events and classifications included varying from Games to Games.
Swimming is a core discipline in the Commonwealth Youth Games and must be included on the sports programme of every Games. Diving is an optional discipline for the Youth Games and has not yet been contested.
Since 2002 Para-Sport events for elite athletes with a disability have been included on the Aquatics programme with the events and classifications included varying from Games to Games.
Swimming is a core discipline in the Commonwealth Youth Games and must be included on the sports programme of every Games. Diving is an optional discipline for the Youth Games and has not yet been contested.
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Did you know?
Aquatics is Team Scotland's most successful Commonwealth Games sport, ahead of athletics and boxing.
At Gold Coast 2018, Duncan Scott became Scotland's most successful athlete at a single Games with six medals in the pool.
Edinburgh's Royal Commonwealth Pool is the only venue ever to be used at three Commonwealth Games.
Peter Heatly is Scotland's most successful athlete in aquatics with three gold, one silver and one bronze won in diving between 1950 and 1958.
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Scottish Swimming
National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Open Water, Artistic Swimming and Water Polo in Scotland.