GLASGOW 2014 XX Commonwealth Games Highlights
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GLASGOW 2014 XX Commonwealth Games Highlights Getty Images At the end of the Games, Glas- The Games formed the cen- Game on ! gow 2014 was hailed as "the tre piece of a year-long pro- standout Games in the history gramme of activity in which The XX Commonwealth Games of the movement" by Com- Scotland ‘welcomes the held in Glasgow between the monwealth Games Federation world’, and with Glasgow be- 23 July and the 3 August 2014 chief executive Mike Hooper. ing transformed to provide a was the largest multi-sport and festival of culture for its cultural event to be held in . Games Time visitors reinforc- Scotland in a generation. The sporting competition cov- ing the message that ‘People . ered 17 sports across 261 med- make Glasgow’. Participating athletes represent- al events and 1,385 medals – ed 71 nations and territories including 22 medal events . and over 2 billion citizens from across five Para-Sports: the As Prince Imran of Malaysia, across the Commonwealth, with largest integrated Para-Sport President of the Common- each of the UK Home Nations programme of any Common- wealth Games Federation competing against one another said during the Closing Cere- - a unique occurrence for a mul- wealth Games. mony: "Scotland, and Glas- ti-sport event. gow, you really have deliv- . Half price concession tickets ered in every aspect the best More than 1.2 million tickets were available (at one or more Games ever." were sold for the Games, price points) for all sessions for around 96% of tickets sold under 16s and over 60s – with . concessionary tickets for under overall. 16s a Commonwealth Games From its outset, the Games . first.Tickets also included lo- was planned to leave a lasting 86% of tickets from Glasgow cal transport to Games venues legacy for the East End of 2014 were made available to on the event day. Glasgow, Glasgow and Scot- the public. land as a whole. There were a number of unticketed events range of other organisations. including: Marathon, Cycling: Road (Road . Race) and Cycling: Road (Time Trial). Sec- 46 official Games sponsors supported the tions of Strathclyde Park were also unticket- Games (6 partners, 13 official supporters, ed for the Triathlon event. and 27 official providers). Four Heads of State attended the Games UNICEF and the Scottish Commonwealth along with many other international digni- Games Youth Trust (SCGYT) were the taries and Commonwealth Games Federa- Games charity partners. Glasgow 2014 tion VIPs. worked with UNICEF through the fundrais- . ing appeal “Put Children First” and with The Games will be delivered within the SCGYT to support investment in promising budget of £575.6 million including a target young Scottish athletes. of £112.6 million to be raised by Glasgow . 2014 through commercial income. The Organising Committeehad at its peak . over 1,200 paid staff working on the The total budget can be divided into the Games. Glasgow 2014 budget (£485.6 million) and . the security budget (£90 million). Glasgow City Council staff worked tireless- ly to ensure the city looked fantastic and Who made the Games provided a welcoming, safe and fun envi- ronment for visitors and residents while The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games ensuring that ‘business as usual’ frontline were organised under the auspices of the services were delivered to citizens during Commonwealth Games Federation. the games. Four key partners led the delivery of the As of the end of June, Scottish companies Games (Glasgow 2014, Commonwealth had been awarded 484 of the 711 Games- Games Scotland, Glasgow City Council, and related contracts, 180 of which were the Scottish Government). Scottish local awarded to Glasgow-based companies. authorities also played a crucial role during the Queen’s Baton Relay, at Games venues . The contract for producing the Opening and in delivering legacy along with a wide and Closing Ceremonies was awarded to Sporting Performance Jack Morton Worldwide, who produced 4,820 athletes (2,833 male and 1,987 fe- ceremonies for the Athens 2004 Olympic male) competed in the Games. This in- Games, and the Commonwealth Games in cluded nearly 300 Para-Athletes across 5 Manchester in 2002 and Melbourne in Para-Sports: Athletics, Cycling, Lawn Bowls, 2006. Powerlifting and Swimming. There were 10 official Games Ambassadors Athletes were supported by 1,973 team (Jessica Ennis-Hill, Nicola Adams, Michael officials. Jamieson, David Carry, Allan Wells, Tom Da- . ley, Sir Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington, Competitors set9 World Records and 142 Billy Connolly and Martin Compston). Commonwealth Records over the course . of the Games, with some competitors on Over 50,000 people from Scotland and be- more than one occasion breaking records yond applied to become one of up to they set during the 11 days. This included 15,000 clyde-siders. A further 300 pre 4 new Commonwealth Games Records set Games Frontrunner Volunteers, 1,200 Host by Scottish athletes. City Volunteers and 3,000 volunteer cast . members for the Opening and Closing Cer- England topped the medal table for the emonies were recruited, demonstrating first time in 28 years,Wales surpassed why the Commonwealth Games are known their target of 27 and Northern Ireland as the “Friendly Games”. reaped their largest tally since the Games . was last in Scotland in 1986. A mixed security workforce was put in place . for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Australia, home of the Gold Coast, the Games, led by Police Scotland including next host of the Commonwealth Games in staff from17 private security firms, 2,000 2018, came 2nd in the medal table with members of the armed forces, and 65 offic- 137 medals, followed by Canada with 82 ers from the Scottish Prison Service. At its medals. India, the last host of the Com- peak, some 6,000 officers were deployed at monwealth Games in Delhi in 2010, was any one time ensuring Games safety and 5th with 64 medals. security. Getty Images Team Scotland fielded their largest team At the Closing Ceremony, Alex Marshall - the ever of 310 athletes and secured 53 medals Lawn Bowls athlete who won two gold med- – 19 Gold, 15 Silver and 19 Bronze ranking als at Glasgow Games - was Team Scot- 4th in the overall medal table. This sur- land’s Flag Bearer. passed their Commonwealth Games target of breaking their previous record 33-medal Games Visitors haul of Edinburgh 1986. Initial estimates suggest that there were . 204 Scottish athletes made their Common- over 600,000 unique visitors to Games and wealth Games debut. Festival 2014 eventsbetween 23 July and 3 August with many visitors attending multiple . The Team Scotland Flag Bearer at the Open- events. ing Ceremony was Euan Burton, who went . on to win gold in the Men’s Judo 100kg Of those experiencing the Games or Festival event. 2014, 93% rated Scotland as a ‘very good’ place to visit and 87% rated Glasgow as a . All 14 Team Scotland judo players made it ‘very good’ place to visit. into medal fights winning 13 medals – six . gold, two silver and five bronze. Retail figures show that the number of shop- . pers on Scotland's high streets during Glas- Jennifer McIntosh is now Scotland's most gow 2014 was estimated to be up by just un- successful female athlete in Common- der 14% on the same period last year. wealth Games history with five shooting . medals (the record was previously held by Glasgow saw an increase in shoppers of just her mother Shirley who has four medals). under 22% over the same period and a hike . of over 36% over the two weeks prior to 13 year old Erraid Davies, a Para-Sport the Games. swimmer from Shetland, is the youngest Team Scotland member ever and the Games Experience youngest member to win a medal ever, gaining a bronze in the SB9 100m breast- 91% of spectators at ticketed events were stroke. satisfied or very satisfied with their overall Games experience. Getty Images 97% of spectators at ticketed events were Approximately 500 temporary jobs were cre- satisfied or very satisfied with atmosphere ated to support the Licencing and Merchan- within venue. dising function in Glasgow 2014. 89% of spectators at ticketed events were Culture satisfied or very satisfied with their inter- In addition to the 17 sports the Queen’s Ba- action with Games staff and volunteers. ton Relay, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, . Culture 2014 and Festival 2014 played a mas- 86% of spectators at ticketed events said sive part in the lead up to and success of the they were likely or very likely to recom- Games. mend attendance at future events in Glas- gow and Scotland. Queen’s Baton Relay The Glasgow 2014 Queen's Baton Relay was Games Mascot and the curtain-raiser to the XX Commonwealth Merchandise Games. The official mascot for the Glasgow 2014 Over a period of 288 days, the baton covered Commonwealth Games was Clyde, ‘a 190,000 kilometres and visited 70 nations cheeky wee Thistle’. and territories, representing a third of the . world's population and making it the world's Clyde was designed by schoolgirl Beth Gil- most engaging relay. mour from Cumbernauld. Beth won a UK- . wide Blue Peter competition to design the Over the 248 days of its international leg, the Glasgow 2014 Mascot, from among over baton travelled through Asia, Oceania, Africa, 4,000 entries. Americas (south), Caribbean and Americas . (north), before returning to Europe and the Approximately 50,000 Clyde toys were sold UK. through official retail channels, with anoth- . er 80,000 sold through other retailers. The baton averaged one to four days in each . nation, with an extended duration of seven 15 and 25 cm Clyde toys sold out com- days in Wales and fourteen days in England, pletely.