Bowls have been part of the Island Games events on three occasions since their introduction in 1987. If the host nation chooses to include bowls as an event, they have the option of one of indoor bowls, outdoor bowls or ten pin bowling.^[1]

Indoor bowls were part of the 1987 and 2005 Games, whilst ten-pin bowling was part of the 1999 Games and is on the list of prospective events for the 2019 Games. To date, no outdoor bowls competition has been held at an Island Games.

Medals are awarded in both individual and team competitions, with varying number of medal events between the games. Each island to submit one competitor/team for each medal event.^[1]

Events

Indoor bowls

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Singles	5	Guernsey	7 3	Guernsey  Isle of Man  Jersey  Shetland
Pairs	4	Guernsey	7 6	Guernsey  Jersey
Triples and Fours	3	Guernsey	4 3	Guernsey  Jersey
Team	3	Guernsey	4 3	Guernsey  Jersey  Isle of Man

Singles

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	M Nicoll  Guernsey J Nicoll  Guernsey	Guernsey  Isle of Man	Shetland  Jersey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Paul Ingrouille  Guernsey Alison Merrien  Guernsey [2]	Isle of Man  Isle of Wight	Jersey  Isle of Man	Shetland  Shetland
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Alison Merrien  Guernsey [3]	Guernsey	Bermuda	Jersey

Pairs

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	Guernsey  Guernsey	Jersey  Jersey	Shetland  Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey  Shetland	Isle of Man  Guernsey [2]	Jersey  Alderney	Shetland  Jersey
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Guernsey	Guernsey	Jersey	Jersey

Triples

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Guernsey	Falkland Islands	Jersey	Guernsey

Fours

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey  Guernsey[2]	Jersey  Isle of Wight	Isle of Man  Jersey	Shetland  Shetland

Team

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	Guernsey  Jersey	Jersey  Guernsey	Isle of Man  Isle of Man
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey  Guernsey[2]	Isle of Man  Shetland	Jersey  Isle of Wight

Ten pin bowling

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's	4	Åland Islands	9 6	Åland  Bermuda
Women's	6	Gotland	11 7	Gotland  Åland Islands

Men's results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland  Gotland	Åland  IOM	Åland  Guernsey
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar[4]	Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters	Gotland  Åland  Åland  Åland  Åland	Bermuda  Åland  Bermuda  Bermuda  Bermuda	Åland  Bermuda  Gotland  Åland  Bermuda

Women's results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland  Gotland	Gotland  Åland	Gotland  Jersey
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters	Gotland  Gotland  Gotland  Åland  Gotland	Åland  Åland  Åland  Bermuda  Åland	Gotland  Gotland  Bermuda  Åland  Gotland