The Gambia is the smallest country in West Africa. It is entirely surrounded by Senegal, except for a stretch of coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia attended their first Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970. The Gambia was present at all Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 2010 except for the boycotted event in 1986.

In 2013 The Government of The Gambia withdrew its membership of the British Commonwealth, and will therefore did not compete in Glasgow 2014. The Gambia rejoined the Commonwealth in early 2018, making way for them to compete in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.

At their first Games in 1970, athlete Sheikh Faye won a bronze medal in the Men's High Jump, the nation's first Commonwealth Games medal. It remained their only medal for more than half a century, until judoka Faye Njie claimed silver in the men's -73kg at the Birmingham 2022 Games.

The Gambia at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

The Gambia won a single bronze medal at Glasgow 2026, the first Commonwealth Games staged with a reduced program of just 10 sports, to finish in a tie for thirty-sixth on the medal table.

The medal came from judoka Faye Njie in the men's -73kg category, backing up the silver he had won at Birmingham 2022 with bronze for a second successive Commonwealth Games podium. Elsewhere, sprinter Gina Bass Bittaye, competing on her return from maternity leave, reached the semi-finals of the women's 100m. The final medal standings, with The Gambia's 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
31 Guernsey 0 1 0 1
33 Lesotho 0 0 2 2
33 Nauru 0 0 2 2
33 Zambia 0 0 2 2
36 Bermuda 0 0 1 1
36 Gabon 0 0 1 1
36 Malta 0 0 1 1
36 Norfolk Island 0 0 1 1
36 Pakistan 0 0 1 1
36 Papua New Guinea 0 0 1 1
36 Rwanda 0 0 1 1
36 The Gambia 0 0 1 1