Table Tennis is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.
Table Tennis was first included in the Island Games in 1987. Table Tennis is not always chosen as a sport in the games.
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 2013 | XVI 2015 | XVII 2017 | XVIII 2019 | XIX 2023 |
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Men's singles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Women's singles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Men's doubles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Women's doubles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Mixed doubles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Team event | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
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No: | Team | No: | Team | |
Men's singles | 8 5 | Gotland Isle of Wight | 31 7 | Gotland Isle of Wight |
Men's doubles | 6 4 | Gotland Isle of Wight | 18 11 | Gotland Jersey |
Women's singles | 8 3 | Gotland Guernsey Isle of Wight | 22 15 | Gotland Guernsey |
Women's doubles | 9 5 | Gotland Guernsey | 17 14 | Gotland Guernsey |
Mixed doubles | 5 | Gotland Isle of Wight | 22 11 | Gotland Guernsey |
Team Event | 7 5 | Gotland Guernsey | 15 11 | Gotland Guernsey |
Year | Games | Host | ||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | |||
1989 | III | Faroe Islands | Gotland | Isle of Man | Greenland | |
1991 | IV | Åland | Gotland | Faroe Islands | Åland | |
1993 | V | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Jersey | Åland | |
1995 | VI | Gibraltar | Isle of Wight | Jersey | Gotland | Gotland |
1997 | VII | Jersey | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Gotland | Guernsey |
1999 | VIII | Gotland | Gotland | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Faroe Islands |
2001 | IX | Isle of Man | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Jersey | Faroe Islands |
2003 | X | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Guernsey | Jersey |
2005 | XI | Shetland | Jersey | Shetland Islands | Faroe Islands | Guernsey |
2007 | XII | Rhodes | Rhodes | Gotland | Gibraltar | Guernsey [3] |
2009 | XIII | Åland | Gotland | Gotland | Guernsey | Åland |
2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Jersey | Åland | Jersey |
2015 | XVI | Jersey | Gotland | Jersey | Gotland | |
2017 | XVII | Gotland | Greenland | Guernsey | Jersey | Gotland |
2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Jersey | Greenland | Isle of Wight | Guernsey |
2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Jersey | Gotland | Greenland | Guernsey |
Year | Games | Host | ||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | |||
1989 | III | Faroe Islands | Gotland | Greenland | Isle of Man | |
1991 | IV | Åland | Greenland | Gotland | Isle of Man | |
1993 | V | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Greenland | Isle of Wight | |
1995 | VI | Gibraltar | Gotland | Isle of Man | Isle of Wight | Jersey |
1997 | VII | Jersey | Gotland | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Ynys Môn |
1999 | VIII | Gotland | Gotland | Gotland | Guernsey | Jersey |
2001 | IX | Isle of Man | Gotland | Jersey | Isle of Man | Guernsey |
2003 | X | Guernsey | Guernsey | Jersey | Guernsey | Isle of Man |
2005 | XI | Shetland | Gotland | Shetland Islands | Guernsey | Shetland Islands |
2007 | XII | Rhodes | Guernsey [3] | Shetland Islands | Guernsey [3] | Orkney Islands |
2009 | XIII | Åland | Gotland | Guernsey | Gotland | Jersey |
2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Jersey | Faroe Islands | Gotland |
2015 | XVI | Jersey | Guernsey [4] | Faroe Islands | Gotland | |
2017 | XVII | Gotland | Faroe Islands | Gotland | Gotland | Guernsey |
2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Gotland | Guernsey | Faroe Islands | Isle of Man |
2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Guernsey | Jersey | Gotland | Greenland |
Year | Games | Host | |||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | ||||
1989 | III | Faroe Islands | Gotland | Gotland | Greenland | ||
1991 | IV | Åland | Gotland | Gotland | Greenland | ||
1993 | V | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Gotland | Isle of Man | ||
1995 | VI | Gibraltar | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Isle of Man | Jersey | |
1997 | VII | Jersey | Isle of Wight | Jersey | Gotland | Gotland | |
1999 | VIII | Gotland | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Gotland | Isle of Man | |
2001 | IX | Isle of Man | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Jersey | Jersey | |
2003 | X | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Guernsey | Guernsey | |
2005 | XI | Shetland | Gotland | Guernsey | Greenland | Shetland Islands | |
2007 | XII | Rhodes | Rhodes | Gotland | Guernsey [3] | Jersey | |
2009 | XIII | Åland | Gotland | Gotland | Gotland | Jersey | |
2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Guernsey | Jersey | Gotland | |
2015 | XVI | Jersey | Åland Islands | Guernsey | Gotland | ||
2017 | XVII | Gotland | Åland Islands | Gotland | Jersey | Guernsey | |
2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Åland Islands | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Guernsey | |
2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Guernsey | Gotland | Åland Islands | Jersey | |
Year | Games | Host | ||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | |||
1987 | II | Guernsey | Gotland | Isle of Man | Guernsey | |
1989 | III | Faroe Islands | Gotland | Isle of Man | Faroe Islands | |
1991 | IV | Åland | Gotland | Faroe Islands | Greenland | |
1993 | V | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Jersey | Isle of Man | |
1995 | VI | Gibraltar | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Isle of Man | Jersey |
1997 | VII | Jersey | Isle of Wight | Gotland | Jersey | |
1999 | VIII | Gotland | Gotland | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | |
2003 | X | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | Jersey | Guernsey | |
2005 | XI | Shetland | Guernsey | Gotland | Faroe Islands | Shetland Islands |
2007 | XII | Rhodes | Gotland | Guernsey [3] | Isle of Wight | Rhodes |
2009 | XIII | Åland | Gotland | Jersey | Greenland | Guernsey |
2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Guernsey | Gotland | Jersey | Menorca |
2015 | XVI | Jersey | Guernsey [4] | Gotland | Åland | |
2017 | XVII | Gotland | Guernsey | Greenland | Åland Islands | Gotland |
2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Guernsey | Jersey | Gotland | Greenland |
2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Jersey | Guernsey | Gotland | Isle of Wight |
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