Barbados is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands, sitting south of St Lucia, east of St Vincent and the Grenadines and north of Trinidad and Tobago.

Barbados at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Barbados finished thirty-first at Glasgow 2026, the first Commonwealth Games staged with a reduced program of 10 sports. Barbados won a single silver medal, without a gold to lift them higher up the table.

The island sent a 21-member team led by its 400m star Sada Williams, with athletics again the source of Barbadian medal success. The final medal standings, with Barbados' placing, are shown below.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 70 45 56 171
2 England 29 45 36 110
3 Canada 19 20 23 62
4 India 13 17 9 39
5 Scotland 13 9 17 39
6 New Zealand 10 14 12 36
7 Nigeria 10 7 7 24
8 Jamaica 10 4 5 19
9 Wales 9 10 12 31
10 Malaysia 8 3 5 16
11 South Africa 7 11 10 28
12 Northern Ireland 3 4 9 16
13 Kenya 3 4 5 12
14 Cyprus 1 5 6 12
15 Mauritius 1 2 1 4
16 Cameroon 1 1 3 5
17 Jersey 1 1 0 2
17 Samoa 1 1 0 2
17 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 2
20 Fiji 1 0 1 2
20 Isle of Man 1 0 1 2
20 Bahamas 1 0 1 2
23 British Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1
23 Dominica 1 0 0 1
23 Grenada 1 0 0 1
26 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 4 7
27 Uganda 0 2 1 3
28 Singapore 0 2 0 2
29 Namibia 0 1 2 3
30 Ghana 0 1 1 2
31 Barbados 0 1 0 1

Trivia

  • Barbados became a member of the Commonwealth in 1966
  • Barbados have attended all Commonwealth Games since 1954.
  • They have won many medals, across four sports: weightlifting, athletics, cycling and boxing - including gold in weightlifting (1958) and athletics (1998).