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Host | ![]() |
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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) were held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015.[1] This was the second time the island 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
[edit]24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.[5]
Sports
[edit]![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/2015_Island_Games%2C_110m_hurdles_men_finals.jpg/220px-2015_Island_Games%2C_110m_hurdles_men_finals.jpg)
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
Archery (12) ( )
Athletics (42) ( )
Badminton (6) ( )
Basketball (2) ( )
Cycling (20) ( )
Mountain biking (8)
Road (4)
Time trial (4)
Town centre criterium (4)
Football (2) ( )
Golf (4) ( )
- Sailboarding (2) ( )
Sailing (3) ( )
Shooting (62) ( )
Swimming (42) ( )
Table tennis (6) ( )
Tennis (7) ( )
Triathlon (4) ( )
- Volleyball
Beach volleyball (2) ( )
Indoor volleyball (2) ( )
Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Jersey)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 50 | 53 | 30 | 133 |
2 | ![]() | 34 | 27 | 29 | 90 |
3 | ![]() | 28 | 25 | 42 | 95 |
4 | ![]() | 18 | 18 | 24 | 60 |
5 | ![]() | 17 | 8 | 16 | 41 |
6 | ![]() | 14 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
7 | ![]() | 10 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
8 | ![]() | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
9 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
10 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
11 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
12 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
13 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
14 | ![]() | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
15 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
16 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (24 entries) | 218 | 215 | 220 | 653 |
Source: [6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jersey.com page about the games". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "Statistics from the official website". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "The sports section of the official website". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "Indigo's page on the Durrell website". Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "Participating Islands to Jersey 2015". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ Official Medal Table