Duncan Scott (swimmer)
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Duncan William MacNaughton Scott (born 6 May 1997) is a Scottish
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representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the Olympic Games, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Scott made history after winning four medals - more than any other British athlete at a single Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 - and becoming Great Britain's most decorated swimmer in Olympic history. An all-rounder in the pool, Scott has swum internationally in 100 and 200 metres freestyle and butterfly, and 200 metres individual medley. He has won a gold at the Olympics and two golds at the World Championships in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, a gold in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay, as well as silvers at the World Championships and Olympics in freestyle and medley relay. Individually, Scott was the 100 metre freestyle champion at the 2015 European Games and
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, and the 200 metre freestyle champion at the same European Games and the
2018 European Aquatics Championships The 2018 European Aquatics Championships took place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Luss in the central belt of Scotland, from 3 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in Scot ...
. Winning three gold medals in the (100 m and 200 m freestyle, and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) at the 2015 European Games, he was the most successful British athlete at the Games. A month later, he formed part of the Great Britain squad that won the gold medal at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...
in the men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay as the 4th leg swimmer in the heat. In 2016, he was a member of the Great Britain team that won silver in the final of the same event at the Olympic Games as well as the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay. The same team also won the 4 x 100 metre medley relay silver in the 2017 World Championships. A noted relay swimmer, Scott broke the individual British 200 metre freestyle record leading off in the men's 4 x 200 metre relay, before anchoring the team that won gold in 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 2019 World Championships.


Early life

Duncan Scott grew up in
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, moving to
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on a sport scholarship at the beginning of secondary. He trained daily throughout his high school years."Duncan Scott"
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Career

Scott came to public attention when he won eight gold medals at the 2013 Scottish Age Group Championships in Edinburgh. Later that year he competed at the
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taking gold in the 200 m medley, silvers in the (400 m medley, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle) and bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle. In July 2014, at the 2014 European Junior Championships, Scott won a gold medal in the (200 m individual medley, 4 × 100 m freestyle) and bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle. A few weeks later he won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with Scotland at the
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. He then competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics in
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taking gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle (with
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, Miles Munro, and Martyn Walton). At the inaugural 2015 European Games in
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(a junior event for swimmers), he won three gold medals in the (100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) and three silver medals in the 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle, and 4 × 100 m medley (with Greenbank, Charlie Attwood, and Walton).


2016

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won a silver in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay with
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, James Guy, and Dan Wallace. He also won another silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay with
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, James Guy and
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. He was placed 5th in the final of the individual men's 100 metres freestyle.


2017

In the
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. He won gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle with James Guy,
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and Nick Grainger in a time of seven minutes 1.70 seconds. He won a further silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the World Championship with same Olympic line-up of Walker-Hebborn, Guy and Peaty.


2018

At the
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, Scott won the gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle in a time of 48.02 seconds. He also won four bronze medals at the Games: in the 200 metre butterfly, 200 metre freestyle, 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, and
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, and became the first Scottish athlete to win five medals a single
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. He added a sixth medal when he won the silver medal in the
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. At the 2018 European Championships, Scott won a silver in the 100 metre freestyle. Later the same day he won gold as part of the relay team in the
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with Calum Jarvis, Thomas Dean and James Guy. He also won gold in the 200 metre freestyle, despite only having just made the final in 8th place. He added a third gold in the final day of the championships, winning the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay as part of the British team with
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, James Guy and Nicholas Pyle. On 13 September he was named Scottish Sportsperson of the Year at the Team Scotland Scottish Sports Awards.


2019

At the
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held in
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, South Korea, Scott came joint fourth in the 200 m freestyle, but the first-placed finisher
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was disqualified for a false start, and Scott was awarded a bronze medal together with
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. After the medal ceremony, Scott refused to shake hands and take pictures with the gold medallist Sun Yang, who had previously been banned for a ''
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'' drug offence in 2014 for three months and was involved in an ongoing doping case controversy. This transpired following Australian
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's refusal to share a podium with Yang at the medal ceremony when the Chinese national anthem was played. Both Yang and Scott were given official warnings from
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; Scott was subjected to death threats from Yang's fans on
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. In the lead-off leg in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final, Scott broke the British national record with a time of 1:44:91; the team finished fifth in the race. In the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay together with
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, James Guy and
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, he swam the anchor leg in 46.14 seconds, the second fastest freestyle relay split of all time, and the fastest in textile. He managed to overcome a 1.11 second deficit to finish in front of the United States team, thereby winning Britain's first gold medal in the event in the World Championships in a European record time of three minutes, 28.10 seconds.


2020

In November 2020, at the
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meet held in
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, Scott competing as part of the
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team set a new British record in short course 200m freestyle with a time of 1:40.76, and in 200m individual medley with a time of 1:51.66. Based on his 2019 individual world championship result, Scott was pre-selected for the postponed
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.


2021

At the 2021 British Swimming Olympic trials, Scott broke the British record in the 200m individual medley with a time of 1:55.90. In May 2021, Scott won a silver medal in 200m freestyle at the
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. He also won two gold medals in the men's 4 x 100 m medley and mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relays, as well as two silvers in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle and 4 × 200 metre freestyle relays. At the
2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, Duncan won silver in 200m freestyle, finishing 0.04 seconds behind the winner and teammate, Tom Dean. He followed it up with a gold as part of the 4×200m freestyle relay team with Tom Dean, James Guy, and Matt Richards, winning it in a European record of 6 minutes 58.58 seconds. He also claimed a silver in men's 200 metre individual medley, and another in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay with
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, Adam Peaty, and James Guy, making him the first British athlete to win four medals in a single Games leading to calls for him to be nominated for a knighthood. In the 2021 International Swimming League, Scott won match
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honours for the fifteenth match of the overall season, which was the fourth match of the playoffs season, narrowly winning top honours over Ryan Murphy of LA Current by 4.0 points. ISL (21 November 2021)
"ISL Match 15 Eindhoven (NED): Match MVP Standings"
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Scott was appointed
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(MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.


2022

At the
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in April, Scott won the 400 metre individual medley with a Commonwealth record, British record,
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and
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qualifying time of 4:09.18."British Swimming Championships 2022: Men Open 400m IM - Final Full Results"
'' British Swimming''. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
Byrnes, Liz (7 April 2022)
"Duncan Scott Sets British And Commonwealth 400IM Record Of 4:09.18 At National Championships"
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"Duncan Scott Shatters British Record With 4:09.18 400 IM, #1 In The World"
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Woods, Mark (7 April 2022)
"Duncan Scott wrestles men's 400m individual medley UK record away from Max Litchfield"
'' The Herald''. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
On 2 May, he was officially nominated by
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to be a member of Team Scotland for the 2022 Commonwealth Games."Athlete nominations for Birmingham 2022"
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He withdrew from the 2022 World Championships in advance of the start of competition due to training difficulties leading up to the start of the Championships in June.Baldwin, Alan (14 June 2022)
"Olympic champion Scott pulls out of worlds in blow for Britain"
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"World Aquatics Championships: Duncan Scott pulls out"
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"Duncan Scott Pulls out of World Championships"
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"Duncan Scott, British swim star, out of world championships"
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In mid-July, approximately a week before the start of swimming competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he withdrew from the 2022 European Aquatics Championships."Rome 2022: Olympic champion and world record holder Adam Peaty leads the British swimming team"
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2022 Commonwealth Games

On the second day of swimming competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in
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in July and August, Scott swam a 1:47.16 in the preliminaries of the 200 metre freestyle, qualifying for the final ranking second."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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Later in the morning, he ranked seventh in the preliminaries of the 400 metre individual medley, swimming a time of 4:20.92 to qualify for the final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
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In the final of the 200 metre freestyle, he won the gold medal with a time of 1:45.02."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
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"Double medal celebration for Scott while Clegg also adds to medal count"
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"Scotland's Duncan Scott wins gold and bronze in pool"
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He followed his gold medal up with a bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:11.27."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 400m Individual Medley Final Results"
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The following day, Scott ranked third in the preliminaries of the 200 metre butterfly and advanced to the final with his time of 1:57.48."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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In his second event of the morning, the 100 metre freestyle, he qualified for the semifinals."2022 Commonwealth Games Day 3 heats round-up and finals preview"
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For the evening finals session, he started off with a fifth-place finish in the 200 metre butterfly in a time of 1:56.89."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Butterfly Final Results"
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Less than an hour later, he ranked sixth in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle with a 48.78 and qualified for the final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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In the final of the 100 metre freestyle on day four, Scott finished in a time of 48.27 seconds and won the bronze medal."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
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"Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool"
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Later in the session, he won a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:44.48 for the fourth leg of the relay to help finish in 7:09.33."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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His relay bronze medal marked his eleventh total medal at the
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and he became the most decorated Scottish competitor across all Commonwealth Games, breaking the former record of ten total medals set by shooter
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in 1994.Winton, Richard (1 August 2022)
"Commonwealth Games: Duncan Scott takes aim at shooter's record and hits target"
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Two days later, on the sixth and final day, he qualified for the final of the
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along with fellow Scotsman
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, ranking third with a time of 2:00.41."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
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"2022 Commonwealth Games Day 6 heats round-up and finals preview"
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In the final, he won the gold medal with a Games record time of 1:56.88."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
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For his final event of the Games, he split a 51.74 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final to help win the bronze medal with a Scottish record time of 3:35.11."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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2022 Swimming World Cup

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, Scott placed eighth in the 400 metre freestyle with a 3:45.35 on day one, twelfth in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:58.50 on day two, tenth in the 400 metre individual medley on day three with a 4:12.98, and fifteenth in the 200 metre freestyle with a 1:44.80, also on day three.
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International championships


Long course metres (50 m pool)

: Scott swam only in the prelims heats.


Short course metres (25 m pool)


Personal best times


Long course metres (50 m pool)


Short course metres (25 m pool)


Awards and honours

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See also

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List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022. Current program 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 50 metre backstroke ...
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List of 2015 European Games medal winners The 2015 European Games were held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 12 June 2015 to 28 June 2015. 5,898 athletes participated in 253 events in 20 sports. __NOTOC__ Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball (3x3) Beach soccer Boxing Men' ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. Medalists Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. 50 metre freestyle *Medals: 100 metre ...
* List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals


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Duncan Scott
at The-Sports.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Duncan 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Glasgow People educated at Strathallan School British male swimmers Scottish male swimmers British male freestyle swimmers Male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland European Games gold medalists for Great Britain European Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2015 European Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Scottish Olympic medallists People from Alloa Alumni of the University of Stirling Sportspeople from Clackmannanshire Youth Olympic gold medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire