2015 Island Games

2015 Island Games

Host	Jersey
Teams participating	24 islands
Athletes participating	3,000
Events	14 sports
Opening ceremony	27 June 2015
Closing ceremony	3 July 2015
Officially opened by	William Bailhache
Main venue	FB Fields
Website	www.jersey2015.com
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The XVI Island Games (also known as the 2015 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) was held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015. This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1997.

The week long event saw around 3,000 competitors from 24 islands take part in 14 sports. The official mascot of the games was a real life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.

Participating islands

24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.

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Sports

File:2015 Island Games, 110m hurdles men finals.jpg

110m hurdles men finals at FB Fields on 30 June 2015.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

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• Note: Archery and table tennis make their return to the Island Games. However, gymnastics and squash were dropped from these Games.

Medal table

Final medal table.

Key:

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jersey	50	54	29	133
2	Isle of Man	34	27	29	90
3	Guernsey	28	25	42	95
4	Faroe Islands	18	18	24	60
5	Gotland	17	8	16	41
6	Cayman Islands	14	11	8	33
7	Isle of Wight	10	13	12	35
8	Saare County	7	9	4	20
9	Western Isles	7	6	5	18
10	Shetland	6	8	9	23
11	Gibraltar	6	5	6	17
12	Bermuda	5	7	4	16
13	Ynys Môn	5	0	3	8
14	Åland Islands	3	9	12	24
15	Minorca	3	6	6	15
16	Hitra	2	3	4	9
17	Sark	1	1	2	4
18	Rhodes	1	1	0	2
19	Greenland	1	0	0	1
20	Orkney	0	2	3	5
21	Falkland Islands	0	2	0	2
22	Saint Helena	0	0	1	1
23	Alderney	0	0	0	0
	Frøya	0	0	0	0
Total		218	215	219	652

External links

• Island Games 2015