Archery at the Island Games

Archery is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies. There have been men's, women's and team events at almost every games since 1987. Modern competitive archery is governed by the World Archery Federation, abbreviated WA (formerly FITA - Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc).

Recurve Individual

• Men - 4 competitors per Island
• Women - 2 competitors per Island

Recurve Team - 1 team with up to 6 competitors per Island

Compound Individual

• Men - 4 competitors per Island
• Women - 2 competitors per Island

Compound Team - 1 team with up to 6 competitors per Island

Minimum age 13 on day of opening ceremony. ^[1]

Events

Event		II 1987	III 1989	IV 1991	V 1993	VI 1995	VII 1997	VIII 1999	IX 2001	X 2003	XI 2005	XII 2007	XIII 2009	XIV 2011	XV	XVI 2015	XVII 2017	XVIII	XIX 2023
Current events
Recurve
	Single WA 1440 (formerly FITA) recurve				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X
	Recurve knockout									X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X
	Recurve 720										X	X		X		X	X		n
Compound
	Single WA 1440 (formerly FITA) compound					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X
	Compound knockout									X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X
	Compound 720										X	X		X		X	X		n
Past events
Double FITA		X	X	X

n = non medal competition

Overall medal table

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	9	Faroe Islands	20	Faroe Islands
Recurve Knockout	4	Faroe Islands	15	Faroe Islands
Recurve 720	3	Faroe Islands	7	Faroe Islands
Single FITA Compound	19	Faroe Islands	36	Faroe Islands
Compound Knockout	12	Faroe Islands	21	Faroe Islands
Compound 720	5	Faroe Islands	8	Faroe Islands
Double FITA	3	Guernsey Malta	5	Åland Guernsey

Single WA 1440 (formerly FITA) recurve

Firing 144 arrows in total, being 3 dozen at each of 30m, 50m, 70m and 90m targets for men and 30m, 50m, 60m and 70m for women.

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	9 7	Faroe Islands IOW	20 17	Faroe Islands   Guernsey

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993	V	IOW	Men Women Team	Jersey NGR IOW NGR IOW NGR	Åland Ynys Môn   Isle of Man	Isle of Man Saaremaa Jersey
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Men Women Team	Jersey NGR IOW IOW	Åland Shetland Jersey	Shetland Shetland Shetland
1997	VII	Jersey	Men Women Team	Åland IOW IOW	Faroe Islands Guernsey Shetland	Shetland Ynys Môn Faroe Islands
1999	VIII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Shetland Guernsey Shetland	Åland Guernsey IOW	Jersey Gotland Guernsey
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Men Women Team	Shetland Guernsey Shetland	Faroe Islands Shetland IOW	Åland Jersey Faroe Islands
2003	X	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Ynys Môn   Isle of Man NGR Jersey	Åland   Isle of Man Shetland	Shetland IOW IOW
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women Team	Ynys Môn Jersey Faroe Islands	Orkney Islands IOW Orkney Islands	Shetland   Isle of Man Shetland
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men Women Team	Ynys Môn Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Rhodes Rhodes Rhodes	Faroe Islands Guernsey [2] Ynys Môn
2009	XIII	Åland	Men Women Team	Menorca Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Jersey Rhodes Rhodes	Faroe Islands Guernsey Åland
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men Women Team	Orkney Islands Åland NGR Faroe Islands	IOW Guernsey Guernsey	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Åland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men Women Team	Menorca NGR [3] Guernsey [3] IOW	Rhodes [3]   Isle of Man [3] Guernsey	Faroe Islands [3] Åland [3] Åland
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands Guernsey Guernsey	Guernsey Guernsey Åland	Faroe Islands Åland Faroe Islands
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands Gotland   Faroe Islands	Bermuda   Guernsey   Guernsey	Åland Islands   Jersey   Jersey

Recurve knockout

Firing 12, 18 or 36 arrows.

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	4 3	Faroe Islands   Åland Islands	15 10	Faroe Islands Guernsey

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003	X	Guernsey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	IOW IOM Shetland NGR	Jersey IOM Jersey	Orkney Islands Jersey Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Ynys Môn Shetland Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands IOM Shetland	IOW IOW Orkney Islands
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Rhodes Rhodes Ynys Môn	IOM Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands IOM Orkney Islands
2009	XIII	Åland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	IOM Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Rhodes Rhodes	Menorca Guernsey Åland
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Menorca Åland Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Guernsey Jersey	Gotland Gotland Åland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Jersey [4] Guernsey [4] IOW	Falkland Islands Guernsey [4] Jersey	Menorca Åland Guernsey
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Menorca Åland Jersey	Faroe Islands Guernsey Menorca	Faroe Islands Guernsey Faroe Islands
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head Mixed Head to Head	Åland Islands Gotland Falkland Islands Gotland	Falkland Islands   Jersey   Guernsey Faroe Islands	Bermuda   Guernsey Faroe Islands   Jersey

Recurve 720

Firing 72 arrows.

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR IOW NGR	Shetland Shetland	Ynys Môn Faroe Islands
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands Rhodes	Ynys Môn Faroe Islands	Rhodes Guernsey [2]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's 720 Women's 720	Orkney Islands NGR Åland NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR Jersey	Rhodes Guernsey	Jersey Åland
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Åland Guernsey	Faroe Islands Åland	Faroe Islands Falkland Islands

Single WA 1440 (formerly FITA) compound

Firing 144 arrows in total, being 3 dozen at each of 30m, 50m, 70m and 90m targets for men and 30m, 50m, 60m and 70m for women.

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Compound	19 5	Faroe Islands IOM	36 18	Faroe Islands Jersey

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Men Women	IOW Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Jersey Jersey
1997	VII	Jersey	Men Women Team	IOW Faroe Islands NGR Faroe Islands	Guernsey Jersey Jersey	Faroe Islands IOW IOW
1999	VIII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands NGR   Isle of Man Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands   Isle of Man	Jersey Guernsey
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands Guernsey Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Guernsey	Jersey   Isle of Man Jersey
2003	X	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Jersey Shetland Jersey	Jersey   Isle of Man Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands   Isle of Man
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands   Isle of Man Faroe Islands	Jersey Jersey Guernsey	Guernsey Faroe Islands Jersey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands NGR Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Shetland Shetland	Guernsey [2] IOW Guernsey [2]
2009	XIII	Åland	Men Women Team	Shetland NGR [5]   Isle of Man NGR Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands   Isle of Man	Orkney Islands Shetland [5] Shetland [5]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands NGR   Isle of Man NGR Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Jersey Shetland	Gotland   Isle of Man Jersey
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men Women Team	IOW   Isle of Man NGR [3] Faroe Islands	Orkney Islands Jersey [3] IOW	Faroe Islands Guernsey [3] Guernsey
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Gotland Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey Guernsey	Faroe Islands Guernsey Gotland
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands   Jersey   Jersey	Orkney   Isle of Man   Isle of Man	Isle of Man   Guernsey   Guernsey

Compound knockout

Firing 12, 18 or 36 arrows.

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	12 6	Faroe Islands   Jersey	21 13	Faroe Islands   Guernsey   Isle of Man

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003	X	Guernsey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Guernsey Shetland Faroe Islands	Jersey   Isle of Man Guernsey	Faroe Islands IOW Jersey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Jersey   Isle of Man NGR Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands   Isle of Man Shetland	Faroe Islands Jersey Jersey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Guernsey Shetland Shetland	Guernsey   Isle of Man Guernsey
2009	XIII	Åland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands NGR   Isle of Man Orkney Islands NGR [5]	Menorca   Isle of Man Faroe Islands	Menorca Guernsey Shetland [5]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Gotland Jersey Guernsey	Guernsey   Isle of Man Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands IOW
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands Jersey [4] Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey [4] Jersey	IOW   Isle of Man   Isle of Man
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey Guernsey	Faroe Islands Jersey   Isle of Man
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head Mixed Head to head	Faroe Islands   Jersey   Jersey   Jersey	Isle of Man   Jersey   Isle of Man   Guernsey	Jersey   Guernsey Faroe Islands   Isle of Man

Compound 720

Firing 72 arrows.

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR IOM NGR	Jersey IOM	Shetland Faroe Islands
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Guernsey [2] Shetland	Guernsey [2] IOW
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands IOM	Faroe Islands Jersey	Faroe Islands IOM
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR 605 Jersey NGR	IOW Guernsey	IOW Jersey
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Gotland Guernsey	Gotland Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Guernsey

Double FITA

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Malta Malta Malta	Åland Ynys Môn Guernsey	Malta IOW IOW
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Men Women Team	Guernsey Guernsey Guernsey	Åland Ynys Môn IOM	IOW Shetland IOW
1991	IV	Åland	Men Women Team	Åland NGR Saaremaa Åland	Åland Ynys Môn Jersey	Faroe Islands Shetland Guernsey

Notes

• NGR in tables indicates New Games Record

References

1. "International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws" (PDF). Island Games.
2. "All the medal success at the Rhodes 2007 Island Games for the Bailiwick Islands". BBC.
3. "Medals start to stack up". archerygb.org.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Island Games 2015: Archers and cyclists win medals". BBC Sport.
5. "Fourth medal in games as archers secure bronze in event won by Orkney". The Shetland Times. 2 July 2009.