While the finest Scottish athletes compete for Great Britain at the Olympics (unlike the Commonwealth Games) it’s always fun to cheer on Scots in the pool, on the track, at the velodrome and beyond.
Runner Laura Muir, cyclist Mark Stewart and swimmer Duncan Scott are amongst the home-grown medal hopes in Paris this year.
And Scottish athletes have a storied history at the sporting feast, starting with the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896 when Scot Launceston Elliot won a gold and silver medal in the weighlifting competition.
More recently we’ve seen Chris Hoy has become one of the most decorated Olympians in history and Sir Andy Murray take back-to-back men’s singles tennis golds.
They are just two of the 18 to top the podium since Allan Wells’ triumph in the 100 metres at the 1980 Moscow Games.
Here are all 18, starting with the most recent.
9. Katherine Grainger
Before 2012, Scottish rower Katherine Grainger has agonisingly won silver in three successive Olympics. She finally got the medal she wanted in London - winning the Rowing Women's Double Sculls. | Getty Images
10. Chris Hoy
Scotland's greatest ever Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, won his last medals at the 2012 London Olympics, taking gold in the Men's Team Sprint and Men's Keirin. In Beijing 2008 he won a hat-trick of golds in the Men's Keirin, Men's Sprint and Men's Team Sprint. Four years earlier in Athens he won his first gold in the Men's 1 km Time-trial. His only silver - and seventh Olympic medal in total - was in Sydney in 2000 in the Men's Team Sprint. | Getty Images
11. Andrew Lindsay
Andrew Lindsay (pictured far left) was the only Scottish member of the boat that won the Rowing Men's Eight in Sydney 2000. | AFP via Getty Images
12. Shirley Robertson
Scottish sailor Shirley Robertson took gold in the Women's Yngling Class in Athen 2004 - four years after her first gold in the Women's Europe Class in Sydney 2000. | Getty Images