2013 Island Games

2013 Island Games

Host	Bermuda
Teams participating	22 islands
Athletes participating	1,127
Events	185 in 15 sports
Opening ceremony	13 July 2013
Closing ceremony	19 July 2013
Officially opened by	Elizabeth II
Main venue	National Stadium
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The XV Island Games (also known as the 2013 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons)^[1] were held in Bermuda from 13 to 19 July 2013.^[2] Bermuda was selected to host the Games by default after Prince Edward Island withdrew from the International Island Games Association.

It was the first time that the games were held outside Europe.^[3]

Participating islands

22 island entities of the IIGA from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area competed in these games.^[4] Rhodes and Sark declined their invitations to the games.^[5]

Sports

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

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Calendar

July 2013	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tue	17th Wed	18th Thu	19th Fri	Gold medals
Ceremonies	OC						CC
Athletics			9	7	6	6	11	39
Badminton		●	1	●	●	●	5	6
Basketball		●		●		1		1
Beach volleyball		●	●	●	2			2
Cycling		4	1	4	2	2		13
Football		●	●	●	●	2		2
Golf			●	●	●	4		4
Gymnastics		2		12		10		24
Sailboarding		●	●	2				2
Sailing		●	●	●		●	3	3
Shooting		6	5	4	5	3	1	30
Squash		●	2	3	●	●	1	6
Swimming			11	11	10	11		43
Tennis		●	2	●	●	●	5	7
Triathlon		4						4
Volleyball		●	●	●	●	●	2	2
Total gold medals		16	31	43	25	39	28	188
July 2013	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tue	17th Wed	18th Thu	19th Fri	Gold medals

Medal table

Key:

Final medal tally, from the official Medal Tally page.^[7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Isle of Man	36	36	25	97
2	Bermuda	27	19	31	77
3	Jersey	23	29	28	80
4	Cayman Islands	20	18	8	46
5	Guernsey	19	18	24	61
6	Gotland	18	6	8	32
7	Faroe Islands	10	12	14	36
8	Saare County	8	5	2	15
9	Shetland	5	8	3	16
10	Minorca	5	3	7	15
11	Western Isles	4	2	4	10
12	Gibraltar	3	5	8	16
13	Ynys Môn	3	3	5	11
14	Orkney	1	4	1	6
15	Åland Islands	1	3	9	13
16	Greenland	1	2	1	4
17	Saint Helena	1	2	0	3
18	Isle of Wight	0	3	0	3
19	Hitra	0	0	1	1
Total		185	178	179	542

References

External links

• Island Games 2013