| Ireland at the 1984 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | IRL |
| NPC | Paralympics Ireland |
| Website | www |
| in Stoke Mandeville/New York | |
| Competitors | 53 |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances | |
Ireland competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 53 competitors from Ireland won 66 medals including 20 gold, 15 silver and 31 bronze and finished 14th in the medal table. [1]
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has participated in every summer and winter Paralympic Games.
A team representing Ireland has competed at every Summer Paralympic Games but the country has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics. Irish athletes have won 178 Summer Paralympic medals, 47 gold, 57 silver and 74 bronze. Paralympics Ireland is the National Paralympic Committee. Athletes from Northern Ireland may compete for either Great Britain or Ireland at the Paralympics, on the same basis as at the Olympics.
Portugal made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, where it was represented solely by a men's team in wheelchair basketball. They were eliminated at the preliminary stage of the competition, with one victory and three defeats. Portugal was then absent from the Paralympic Games until the 1984 Summer Games, where its athletes won the country's first fourteen medals, including three gold in track and field and one in boccia. Portugal has competed at every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but -almost uniquely among Western European countries- has never taken part in the Winter Games.
Ireland was one of twenty-eight nations to send a delegation to compete at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished nineteenth in the medal table and won a total of nine medals; four silver and five bronze. Seven Irish athletes competed at the Games, five men and two women.
Tom Leahy is a paralympic athlete from Ireland competing mainly in category BC2 Boccia events and F32 throwing events. Leahy competed in eight Paralympic Games. He won three Paralympic gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals.
New Zealand won 24 medals at the 1984 Summer Paralympics: 8 golds, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals.
Bethany Charlotte Firth, is a Northern Irish swimmer competing for Great Britain as of 2014; previously Firth had competed for Ireland. A four time Paralympic gold medalist, she has won gold in her specialist event, the 100 metres backstroke for both Ireland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in addition to the 200 metres medley and 200 metres freestyle for Great Britain at the 2016 Games, where she was the nations most successful Paralympian with three golds and a silver medal. She competes in the S14 classification for athletes with an intellectual impairment.
Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. 53 competitors from Ireland won 42 medals including 13 gold, 11 silver and 18 bronze and finished 19th in the medal table.
Bahamas competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 2 competitors from Bahamas won 2 medals including 1 silver and 1 bronze and finished joint 41st in the medal table with Indonesia.
Austria competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 47 competitors from Austria won 44 medals including 14 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze and finished 17th in the medal table.
Belgium competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 35 competitors from Belgium won 58 medals including 21 gold, 23 silver and 14 bronze and finished 13th in the medal table.
Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 57 competitors from Finland won 59 medals including 18 gold, 14 silver and 27 bronze and finished 15th in the medal table.
Italy competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 61 competitors from Italy won 42 medals including 9 gold, 19 silver and 14 bronze and finished 21st in the medal table.
Sweden competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 97 competitors from Sweden won 160 medals including 83 gold, 43 silver and 34 bronze and finished 4th in the medal table.
West Germany competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 142 competitors from West Germany won 232 medals including 81 gold, 76 silver and 75 bronze and finished 5th in the medal table.
Yugoslavia competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 30 competitors from Yugoslavia won 32 medals including 11 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze and finished 20th in the medal table.
Ireland competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands. 24 competitors from Ireland won 17 medals including 4 gold, 2 silver and 11 bronze and finished 25th in the medal table.
Ireland national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Ireland that represents the team in international competitions. They have participated in several Paralympic Games and World Championships. They have won two bronze medals and a silver at the Paralympics. Their best finish at the World Championships was first at the 1982 edition in Denmark.
Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Great Britain that represents the team in international competitions, but primarily the Paralympic Games. They compete at the 1984, 1992, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Their best performance was in 1984 when they won the bronze medal.
James Brown is a former Northern Irish paralympic-cyclist, who competed for Great Britain, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. He is visually impaired and participated in five Paralympic Games in various sports. Brown earned two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in athletics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the men's road time trial with sighted pilot Damien Shaw.
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