Badminton at the Island Games explained

Badminton, a racquet event, has been held at the Island Games, a biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.

Badminton has been included since 1985. It was not held at the 2007 Island Games.

There are limits on the number of teams and competitors that each Island can enter. The minimum age is 13.^[1]

Events

Event																			XIX 2023
Men's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Women's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Men's doubles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Women's doubles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mixed doubles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Team	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's singles	10		23
Women's singles	5		20
Men's doubles	7		23
Women's doubles	6		24
Mixed doubles	9		29
Team	9		15

Men's singles

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's'	10 3		23 13

Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1985	I
1987	II			Iceland	Iceland	Iceland
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Iceland	Iceland
1991	IV			Greenland	Greenland
1993	V				Greenland
1995	VI	Gibraltar
1997	VII				Faroe Islands
1999	VIII				Greenland
2001	IX			Greenland	Faroe Islands	Greenland
2003	X				Greenland
2005	XI		Greenland	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands
2009	XIII		Greenland	Greenland	Faroe Islands	Menorca
2011	XIV			Greenland
2013	XV	Bermuda			Menorca
2015	XVI			Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands
2017	XVII
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar			Faroe Islands	Greenland
2023	XIX				Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands

Women's singles

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Women's'	5 4		20 13

Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1985	I				Iceland
1987	II
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Iceland
1991	IV		Iceland			Ynys Môn
1993	V		Iceland			Ynys Môn
1995	VI	Gibraltar
1997	VII					Ynys Môn
1999	VIII
2001	IX
2003	X
2005	XI
2009	XIII		Faroe Islands	Greenland
2011	XIV
2013	XV	Bermuda			Faroe Islands
2015	XVI		Faroe Islands
2017	XVII			Greenland	Faroe Islands
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Saaremaa		Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands
2023	XIX					Faroe Islands

Men's doubles

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's doubles	7 3		23 14

Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1985	I
1987	II		Iceland
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Iceland		Faroe Islands
1991	IV				Greenland
1993	V
1995	VI	Gibraltar
1997	VII				Greenland
1999	VIII				Greenland
2001	IX			Greenland
2003	X				Greenland	Greenland
2005	XI			Greenland
2009	XIII		Faroe Islands	Greenland
2011	XIV		Faroe Islands
2013	XV	Bermuda	Greenland		Menorca
2015	XVI		Greenland	Menorca
2017	XVII		Menorca	Greenland
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Menorca
2023	XIX

Women's doubles

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Women's doubles	6		24 12

Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1985	I				Iceland
1987	II
1989	III	Faroe Islands				Iceland
1991	IV				Iceland
1993	V			Iceland
1995	VI	Gibraltar
1997	VII
1999	VIII
2001	IX
2003	X
2005	XI				Greenland
2009	XIII			Faroe Islands
2011	XIV
2013	XV	Bermuda		Faroe Islands
2015	XVI				Faroe Islands
2017	XVII
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar			Greenland	Greenland
2023	XIX			Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands

Mixed doubles

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Mixed doubles	9 6		29 14

Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1985	I
1987	II
1989	III	Faroe Islands		Iceland
1991	IV
1993	V
1995	VI	Gibraltar
1997	VII
1999	VIII
2001	IX			Greenland
2003	X
2005	XI
2009	XIII				Greenland
2011	XIV			Faroe Islands
2013	XV	Bermuda	Faroe Islands
2015	XVI
2017	XVII				Faroe Islands
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar			Faroe Islands
2023	XIX		Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands

Team

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Team	9 5		16 11

Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985	I
1987	II			Iceland
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Iceland
1991	IV
1993	V
1995	VI	Gibraltar
1997	VII
1999	VIII
2001	IX
2003	X			Greenland
2005	XI
2009	XIII		Faroe Islands	Greenland
2011	XIV				Faroe Islands
2013	XV	Bermuda			Faroe Islands
2015	XVI			Faroe Islands	^[2]
2017	XVII
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Greenland		Faroe Islands
2023	XIX			Greenland

Gold Medal Winners

Individual competition

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1985	Mark Leadbeater	Sally Podger	Steve Watson Ian Goodfellow	Sally Podger Wendy Luxton	Steve Watson Jean Lawson
1987	Jimmy McKenna		Armann Thorvaldsson Adolfsson
1989	Armann Thorvaldsson	Thordis Edwald	Armann Thorvaldsson Snorri Ingvarsson	Jean Lawson Sally Adams
1991	Jimmy McKenna	Gudrún Júlíusdóttír	Jimmy McKenna Mark Leadbeater	Wendy Trebert Sarah Le Moigne	Steve Watson Sally Adams
1993	Darren Le Tissier	Elsan Nielsen	Darren Le Tissier Ifthi Wangsa	Sharon Hutchins Nichola Hutchins	Darren Le Tissier Bridget Hunt
1995	Mark Leadbeater	Elizabeth Cann	Darren Le Tissier Mark Leadbeater	Elizabeth Cann Danielle Le Feuvre	Mark Leadbeater Sarah Le Moigne
1997	Glenn MacFarlane		Glenn MacFarlane Mark Leadbeater
1999	Darren Le Tissier	Danielle Le Feuvre	Darren Le Tissier Glenn MacFarlane	Kerry Duffin Danielle Le Feuvre	Glenn MacFarlane Sarah Le Moigne
2001	Glenn MacFarlane	Kerry Duffin	Glenn MacFarlane Paul Le Tocq	Kerry Duffin Krystle Matthews
2003	Darren Le Tissier	Elena Johnson	Darren Le Tissier Kevin Le Moigne	Sarah Garbutt Sally Wood	Darren Le Tissier Wendy Trebert
2005	Bror Madsen	Mariana Agathangelou	Anton Kriel Chris Cotillard	Mariana Agathangelou Kerry Coombs-Goodfellow	Chris Cotillard Mariana Agathangelou
2007	No competition
2009	Frederik Kjærholm Elsner	Sigrun Smith	Aksel Poulsen Bjartur Lamhauge	Gayle Lloyd Kiara Green	Chris Cotillard Kimberly Ashton
2011	Joshua Green	Anna Showan	Niclas Højgaard Eysturoy Aksel Poulsen		Sarah Garbutt Paul Le Tocq
2013	Paul Le Tocq	Elena Johnson	Bror Madsen Taatsiannguaq Pedersen	Kimberley Clague Cristen Marritt née Callow	Rannvá Djurhuus Carlsson Niclas Højgaard Eysturoy
2015	Mark Constable	Rannvá Djurhuus Carlsson	Bror Madsen Jens Frederik Nielsen		Bjorn Erikson Caroline Gate
2017	Mark Constable	Jessica Li	Eric Navarro Albert Navarro	Kimberley Clague Jessica Li	Ove Svejstrup Elena Johnson
2019	Eric Navarro	Getter Saar			Jordan Trebert Emily Trebert

Successful Gold Medal winners

Below is the list of the most ever successful players in badminton at the Island Games:

Name	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
	3		4		2	9
	2		3		2	7
	2		3		2	7
Sarah Garbutt née Le Moigne				3	5	8
Sally Wood née Podger		2		3		5
			1		4	5
		2		2		4
		1		3		4
				1	3	4
				4		4
		1		1	1	3
	1		2			3
			1		2	3
	1		2			3
	1		1		1	3
		2			1	3
	1		2			3
		1		2		3

External links

• IIGA Badminton
• Previous Results in Island Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws.
2. Web site: Medal Monday at Island Games . IOM today . 2015-09-09 . https://archive.today/20151226144907/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/isle-of-man-sport/medal-monday-at-island-games-1-7333393 . 2015-12-26 . dead .