1997 Island Games
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The 1997 Island Games were the 7th Island Games
, and were held in Jersey
, from June 14 to June 28, 1997.
Island Games
The Island Games are an international multi-sports event organized by the International Island Games Association.- History :The Island Games began in 1985 as the Inter-Island Games, as part of the Isle of Man International Year of Sport, and were intended to be a one-off sporting celebration only...
, and were held in Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
, from June 14 to June 28, 1997.
Medal table
| 1 |  Jersey |
75 | 47 | 48 | 170 |
| 2 |  Isle of Wight |
22 | 14 | 14 | 50 |
| 3 |  Åland Islands |
20 | 13 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 |  Guernsey |
18 | 39 | 39 | 96 |
| 5 |  Gotland |
14 | 9 | 16 | 39 |
| 6 |  Isle of Man |
13 | 26 | 20 | 59 |
| 7 |  Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring 2,673 km². The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago... |
8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 8 |  Faroe Islands |
5 | 10 | 22 | 37 |
| 9 |  Shetland Islands |
3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 11 |  Ynys Môn/AngleseyAnglesey Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales... |
2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 12 |  Gibraltar |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 |  Greenland |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | .svg.png) Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland... |
0 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 |  Alderney |
0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 |  Iceland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  Saint Helena |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Frøya, Norway |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Hitra |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Sark |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sports
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Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body... - see results Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... - see results Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... - see results |
Cycling Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists... - see results Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... - see results Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... - see results Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman... - see results Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and... - see results |