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.^[1] 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^[2] take part in 14 sports.^[3] The official mascot of the games was a real life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.^[4]

Participating islands

24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.^[5]

Sports

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

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

• 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.^[6]

Key:

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

References

External links

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