Host | Jersey |
---|---|
Teams | 24 islands |
Athletes | 3,000 |
Events | 14 sports |
Opening | 27 June 2015 |
Closing | 3 July 2015 |
Opened by | William Bailhache |
Main venue | FB Fields |
Website | www |
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]
24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games. [5]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
* Host nation (Jersey)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Jersey * | 50 | 53 | 30 | 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 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
9 | Western Isles | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
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 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
15 | Menorca | 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 | |
Totals (24 entries) | 218 | 215 | 220 | 653 |
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