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Ireland at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Ireland at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	105 in 13 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
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	Great Britain (1896–1920)

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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.berlin

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	6	8
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	3	3	6
Canoeing	2	2	4
Cycling	2	5	7
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	7
Field hockey	16	0	16
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Rowing	6	6	12
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	3	1	4
Swimming	1	4^[1]	5^[1]
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Total	50	40	97

^{^} The Irish Women’s 4x100 Medley relay team has secured qualification, with regulations permitting only two 'relay-only' swimmers per qualified relay team. Similarly, while the Men’s Medley relay has also earned a qualifying spot, they are unable to participate [as of February 25th, 2024] unless at least two male swimmers meet individual qualification criteria, as the regulations allow for only two 'relay-only' swimmers per qualified relay team.^[1]

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):^[2]

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
Athlete	Event	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
Rhasidat Adeleke	Women's 400 m
Ciara Mageean	Women's 1500 m
Sophie O'Sullivan
Sarah Healy
Sarah Lavin	Women's 100 m hurdles
Fionnuala McCormack	Women's marathon	—
	Mixed 4 x 400 m relay			—
	Women's 4 x 400 m relay			—

Badminton

Ireland entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nhat Nguyen	Men's singles
Rachael Darragh	Women's singles

Boxing

Ireland entered six boxers (three 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.^[3] Joining the squad, Jude Gallagher (men's featherweight) earned a quota for himself by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jude Gallagher	Men's featherweight	0
Dean Clancy	Men's lightweight	0
Jack Marley	Men's heavyweight	—	0
Michaela Walsh	Women's featherweight	0
Kellie Harrington	Women's lightweight	0
Aoife O'Rourke	Women's middleweight	—	0

Canoeing

Slalom

Ireland qualified a boat in the men's C-1 class, and men's K-1 class at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Lee Valley, London. They also qualified a boat in the women's C-1 class, and women's K-1 class, as a result of their result in the 2023 European Games. All slalom canoeists will also be eligible for the extreme kayak/kayak cross event.^[5]^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1
	Men's K-1
	Women's C-1
	Women's K-1

Cycling

Road

Ireland entered three road cyclists (two male and one female). Ireland qualified two male and one female through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Women's road race

Track

A silver medal finish in the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup event in Hong Kong ensured that the Ireland women's team pursuit team could not finish below tenth overall in the Team Pursuit world rankings, and thus guaranteed qualification in all three women's endurance events in Paris.

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
	Women's team pursuit

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
	Women's omnium

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
	Women's madison

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. Ireland also entered one rider in the dressage individual events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group A (North Western Europe).^[8]^[9]^[10]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing

Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
		Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
	Individual


See above	Team									—

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
		Individual


	See above	Team

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

FT – After full-time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ireland men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Ireland men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics after a top three finish at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.^[11]

Team roster

Men's team event – one team of 16 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	15	7	+8	13	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	10
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	12	10	+2	9
4	Argentina	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	8
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	9	−5	3
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	5	4	14	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

27 July 2024
10:30
v

Belgium	2–0	Ireland
Boon 25' Hendrickx 49'	Report

Pitch 2
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
Gabriel Labate (ARG)

29 July 2024
10:00
v

Ireland	1–2	Australia
Cole 25'	Report	Weyer 9' Govers 30'

Pitch 1
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

30 July 2024
13:15
v

Ireland	0–2	India
	Report	Harmanpreet 11', 19'

Pitch 2
Umpires:
Steve Rogers (AUS)
David Tomlinson (NZL)

1 August 2024
13:15
v

Argentina	2–1	Ireland
Domene 17' Casella 28'	Report	Cole 27'

Pitch 2
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Marcin Grochal (POL)

2 August 2024
17:00
v

New Zealand	1–2	Ireland
Morrison 5'	Report	Walker 13' Duncan 31'

Pitch 1
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Zeke Newman (AUS)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhys McClenaghan achieved a quota place for Ireland at the Paris 2024 Artistic Gymnastics meet by winning gold in the Pommel horse at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. If selected, he is not expected to compete across all apparatus, but is entitled to do so.

Event	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
All-Around

Rowing

Irish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Double sculls
	Lightweight double sculls
	Coxless pair

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Double sculls
	Lightweight double sculls
	Coxless pair

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Summary

Team	Event	Pool round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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.^[12]^[13]

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.^[14]

Team roster

Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Sailing

Irish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, 2023 49er European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal, and 2024 ILCA 6 World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Men's ILCA 7											—
	Men's 49er
	Women's ILCA 6											—

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

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)):^[15] 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.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's 400 m freestyle			—
	Men's 800 m freestyle			—
	Men's 1500 m freestyle			—
	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay			—
	Women's 100 m breaststroke
	Women's 200 m medley
	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Taekwondo

Ireland qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Jack Woolley qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the men's under 58 kg semifinal, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jack Woolley	Men's –58 kg

References

^ "FINA Paris 2024 Qualification Regulations" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Mallory Franklin and Benjamin Savsek reclaim individual world titles after six-year wait while 24 Olympic quotas in C1 are confirmed". International Olympic Committee. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Jessica Fox and Joseph Clarke avenge for missed opportunities by taking K1 golds at 2023 Worlds, as K1 Olympic quotas are given out". International Olympic Committee. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 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.
^ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "Irish men's hockey team qualify for the Paris Olympics". irishmirror.ie. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "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.

[fina_regulations-1] "FINA Paris 2024 Qualification Regulations" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

[2] "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[3] "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.

[4] "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[5] "Mallory Franklin and Benjamin Savsek reclaim individual world titles after six-year wait while 24 Olympic quotas in C1 are confirmed". International Olympic Committee. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[6] "Jessica Fox and Joseph Clarke avenge for missed opportunities by taking K1 golds at 2023 Worlds, as K1 Olympic quotas are given out". International Olympic Committee. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[7] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[8] Salem, Patricia (18 September 2022). "Germany, Ingham Claim Gold". FEI. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[9] Salem, Patricia (12 August 2022). "Sweden Does It Again!". FEI. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[10] "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

[11] "Irish men's hockey team qualify for the Paris Olympics". irishmirror.ie. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[12] "Ireland men and Great Britain women book European tickets for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". World Rugby. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[13] "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.

[14] Kelly, David (14 May 2023). "Emotional scenes as brilliant Ireland qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

[15] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[16] Byrnes, Liz (28 February 2023). "Swim Ireland Announces Paris 2024 Olympic Nomination Policies". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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Revision as of 07:43, 5 May 2024

Competitors

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Cycling

Road

Track

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Sailing

Swimming

Taekwondo

See also

References