2015 Island Games

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2015 Island Games
2015 Island Games.png
Host Jersey
Teams participating24 islands
Athletes participating3,000
Events14 sports
Opening ceremony27 June 2015
Closing ceremony3 July 2015
Officially opened byWilliam Bailhache
Main venueFB Fields
Websitewww.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[]

      *   Host nation (Jersey)

    Final medal table
    RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
    1 Jersey*505330133
    2 Isle of Man34272990
    3 Guernsey28254295
    4 Faroe Islands18182460
    5 Gotland1781641
    6 Cayman Islands1411833
    7 Isle of Wight10131235
    8 Saare County710320
    9 Western Isles76619
    10 Shetland68923
    11 Gibraltar65617
    12 Bermuda57416
    13Anglesey Ynys Môn5038
    14 Åland391224
    15 Menorca36615
    16 Hitra2349
    17 Sark1124
    18 Rhodes1102
    19 Greenland1001
    20 Orkney0235
    21 Falkland Islands0202
    22 Saint Helena0011
    23 Alderney0000
     Frøya0000
    Totals (24 nations)218215220653
    Source: [6]

    References[]

    1. ^ "Jersey.com page about the games". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
    2. ^ "Statistics from the official website". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
    3. ^ "The sports section of the official website". Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
    4. ^ "Indigo's page on the Durrell website". Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
    5. ^ "Participating Islands to Jersey 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
    6. ^ Official Medal Table

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