2017 Island Games

2017 Island Games

Host	Gotland
Teams	23 islands
Athletes	~2,500
Events	14 sports
Opening	24 June 2017
Closing	30 June 2017
Opened by	Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Main venue	Gutavallen ICA Maxi Arena
Website	2017 Island Games
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The XVII Island Games (also known as the 2017 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) was held in Gotland, Sweden, from 24 June to 30 June 2017. This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1999.

Participating islands

23 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.^[1] Rhodes originally planned to take part, but later withdrew on 31 May 2017 due to the financial situation in Greece.^[2]

Sports

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

Medal table

Updated at June 30, 2017

  *   Host nation (Gotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Isle of Man	39	36	26	101
2	Faroe Islands	30	27	30	87
3	Jersey	29	21	35	85
4	Guernsey	27	35	32	94
5	Gotland*	23	19	20	62
6	Saare County	17	8	7	32
7	Western Isles	10	3	1	14
8	Åland	9	4	14	27
9	Isle of Wight	7	12	7	26
10	Cayman Islands	7	10	8	25
11	Gibraltar	6	8	12	26
12	Menorca	6	6	8	20
13	Shetland	4	5	5	14
14	Bermuda	2	13	7	22
15	St. Helena	2	1	2	5
16	Orkney	2	0	5	7
17	Greenland	1	5	0	6
18	Ynys Môn	1	4	4	9
19	Hitra	1	1	2	4
20	Falkland Islands	0	0	1	1
	Sark	0	0	1	1
22	Alderney	0	0	0	0
	Frøya	0	0	0	0
Totals (23 entries)		223	218	227	668

References

External links

• Island Games 2017

This page was last edited on 10 August 2023, at 22:24