Badminton at the 2015 Island Games

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Badminton, for the 2015 Island Games, was held at the New Gilson Hall. It is located in Saint Martin, Jersey. With a practice day on 27 June, the events took place from 28 June to 3 July 2015.

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Medal table

Final medal tally, based on the 2015 IG Badminton Medal Table page: [1]

  *   Host nation (Jersey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey *2013
2Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1225
3Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1113
4Gotland vapen.svg  Gotland 1102
5Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 1001
6Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca 0101
Flag of Shetland.svg  Shetland 0101
8Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 0022
Totals (8 nations)66618

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singlesFlag of Jersey.svg  Mark Constable  (JEY)Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Niclas H. Eysturoy  (FRO)Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Benjamin Gunnarstein  (FRO)
Men's doublesFlag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Bror Madsen
Jens Frederik Nielsen
Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca
Albert Navarro Comes
Eric Navarro Comes
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
Mark Constable
Alexander Hutchings
Women's singlesFlag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Rannvá Djurhuus Carlsson  (FRO)Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Cristen Marritt  (IOM)Flag of Guernsey.svg Chloe Le Tissier (GGY)
Women's doublesFlag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man
Kimberley Clague
Cristen Marritt
Gotland vapen.svg  Gotland
Caroline Gate
Viktoria Olsson Meimermondt
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
Brynhild Djurhuus Carlsson
Rannvá Djurhuus Carlsson
Mixed doublesGotland vapen.svg  Gotland
Björn Eriksson
Caroline Gate
Flag of Shetland.svg  Shetland
Gordon Keith
Shona Mackay
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey
Charlotte Barnes
Matthew Haynes
TeamFlag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
Mariana Agathangelou
Moira Ashby
Mark Constable
Jade Coombs-Goodfellow
Kerry Coombs-Goodfellow
Colin Hardwidge
Alexander Hutchings
David Luce
Jon Southern
Emily Temple-Redshaw
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
Brynhild Djurhuus Carlsson
Rannvá Djurhuus Carlsson
Magnus Dal-Christiansen
Kristina Eriksen
Niclas H. Eysturoy
Benjamin Gunnarstein
Sólfríð Hjørleifsdóttir
Gunnva K. Jacobsen
Askel Eli Poulsen
Bartal Poulsen
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man
Laura Beggs
Jonathan Callow
Kimberley Clague
Adam Colley
Neil Harding
Abigail Li
Jessica Li
Cristen Marritt
Matthew Nicholson
Bailie Watterson

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