Glasgow 2014: facts and figures for anoraks

Swimming hero Chad Le Clos won the most medals by an individual athlete in Glasgow, although not by much. He bagged seven medals, including two gold.

• Five competitors won six medals apiece, three of them swimmers and two rhythmic gymnasts, including Francesca Jones of Wales, who was given the David Dixon award at the closing ceremony for her performance, contribution to her team and commitment to fair play.
• Le Clos is not the most decorated swimmer from a single Games, as previously reported. The record is eight, and is shared by three people - Ralph Hutton of Canada (1966) and Australians Susie O'Neill (1998) and Emily Seebohm (2010).
• These were the first Games since Edinburgh 1986 in which Australia have not topped the medals table. England finished atop the Glasgow standings, as they did 28 years ago. Australia and England have held the No1 spot at every Games except one, in Edmonton 1978, which was dominated by hosts Canada.
• The Commonwealth Games are considered a poor man's Olympics by many, but nine world records were posted in Glasgow. There were four in swimming - three in para-events and one in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay. And the powerlifters managed five in three events (men's 59kg, women's 50kg and women's 86kg).
• These were the first Games since Kuala Lumpur 1998 in which South African female swimmers failed to make the podium. Their best hope, Karin Prinsloo, fell ill shortly before and under-performed. In 1998, Charlene Wittstock, now Princess Charlene of Monaco, came the closest, ending fourth in the 50m freestyle. She was lying third with half a stroke remaining, but made the mistake of gliding into the wall, giving bronze to New Zealand's Toni Jeffs.
• Just less than half the 71 Commonwealth nations in Glasgow actually won medals. There were 261 gold medals amid a total of 824 gongs handed out (events like boxing, wrestling and judo offer two bronzes to losing semifinalists). A total of 35 nations made the podium, which meant that 36 countries went home empty-handed.
• When Julius Kiplangat Yego won the men's javelin title at the weekend, he became the first Kenyan athlete in Games history to win a gold in a non-running event.
• Nigeria cleaned up in the powerlifting again, taking all four gold medals on offer in Glasgow. The sport was introduced at Delhi 2010 and they bagged all the gold there too. There are only a few sports that have been won by a single nation, such as rugby sevens, until the Blitzboks downed New Zealand this year. Another was cricket, which was staged only once, in 1998, and the reigning champions are South Africa. Captained by Shaun Pollock and starring the likes of Jacques Kallis and Herschelle Gibbs, they beat a full-strength Australian team captained by Steve Waugh.