Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics
| Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IRL |
| NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
| Website | olympics |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 46 in 5 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Great Britain (1896–1920) | |
Ireland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, commemorating its centenary of the team's debut as an independent country in the same venue. Irish athletes have competed in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, either in its own right or as part of a Great Britain and Ireland team before 1924, except for the Nazi-ruled Berlin 1936.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Boxing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 6 |
| Rugby sevens | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Swimming | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 17 | 20 | 43 |
Athletics
Irish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Andrew Coscoran | Men's 1500 m | ||||||||
| Brian Fay | Men's 5000 m | — | |||||||
| Rhasidat Adeleke | Women's 200 m | ||||||||
| Women's 400 m | |||||||||
| Ciara Mageean | Women's 1500 m | ||||||||
| Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | ||||||||
Boxing
Ireland entered five boxers (two men and three women) into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympians Michaela Walsh (women's featherweight), Aoife O'Rourke (women's middleweight), and defending champion Kellie Harrington, along with two other rookies (Clancy and Marley), secured the spots on the Irish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Dean Clancy | Men's lightweight | ||||||
| Jack Marley | Men's heavyweight | — | |||||
| Michaela Walsh | Women's featherweight | ||||||
| Kellie Harrington | Women's lightweight | ||||||
| Aoife O'Rourke | Women's middleweight | — | |||||
Equestrian
Ireland entered a full squad of equestrian riders each to the team eventing and jumping competitions through a top-five finish in jumping at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, and through a top-six finish at the Eventing Worlds on the same year in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy.[3][4]
Eventing
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Individual | |||||||||||||||
| |
See above | Team | — | ||||||||||||
Jumping
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | |||
| Individual | |||||||
| |
See above | Team | |||||
Rugby sevens
- Summary
| Team | Event | Pool round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Ireland men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||
| Ireland women's | Women's tournament | ||||||||
Men's tournament
Ireland national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.[5][6]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Women's tournament
Ireland women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by securing the last of four available spots in the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series, registering a historic victory over Fiji at the final leg in Toulouse.[7]
- Team roster
- Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Swimming
Irish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[8] To assure their selection to the Irish roster, swimmers must attain the Olympic qualifying cut in the final (or in heat-declared winner races on time for long-distance freestyle) of each individual pool event at any of the domestic meets approved by World Aquatics, Olympic Federation of Ireland, and Swim Ireland: the 2023 World Aquatics Championships (23–30 July in Fukuoka), the 2024 World Aquatics Championships (2–18 February in Doha), and the 2024 Irish Open Championships (currently set for May 2024), if necessary and available.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Men's 50 m freestyle | ||||||||
| Men's 400 m freestyle | — | |||||||
| Men's 800 m freestyle | — | |||||||
| Men's 1500 m freestyle | — | |||||||
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | ||||||||
| Women's 200 m medley | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Salem, Patricia (18 September 2022). "Germany, Ingham Claim Gold". FEI. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ Salem, Patricia (12 August 2022). "Sweden Does It Again!". FEI. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Ireland men and Great Britain women book European tickets for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". World Rugby. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "European Games 2023: Great Britain women and Ireland men's rugby sevens squads headed to Paris 2024 after striking gold in Krakow". International Olympic Committee. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Kelly, David (14 May 2023). "Emotional scenes as brilliant Ireland qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Byrnes, Liz (28 February 2023). "Swim Ireland Announces Paris 2024 Olympic Nomination Policies". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2023.