| Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRL |
| NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
| Website | olympics |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 78 (62 men and 16 women) in 13 sports |
| Flag bearer | Francie Barrett |
| Medals Ranked 28th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Great Britain (1896–1920) | |
Ireland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States.
Ireland won three gold and one bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics, the highest number ever, and was placed 28th in the medals table. Sonia O'Sullivan, who was seen as the best medal chance prior to the competition, did not win a medal.
Michelle Smith was accused of doping, though the accusations were not substantiated at the time. Two years after the Atlanta Games, FINA banned Smith for four years for tampering with her urine sample using alcohol; the testers also found traces of a metabolic precursor of testosterone, Androstenedione. [1] [2] Smith was not stripped of her medals, as the test upon which the ban was based was conducted well after the Games.
Ireland again sent only one archer to the Olympics. Keith Hanlon won his first match, but was defeated in the second round.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Keith Hanlon | Individual | 650 | 34 |  Koprivnikar (SLO) (31) W 155–151 |  Jang (KOR) (2) L 159–165 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Neil Ryan | 100 m | 10.78 | 7 | did not advance | |||||
| Gary Ryan | 200 m | 20.78 | 3 Q | 20.89 | 8 | did not advance | |||
| Eugene Farrell | 400 m | 47.18 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| David Matthews | 800 m | 1:46.76 | 4 Q | — | 1:47.83 | 5 | did not advance | ||
| Niall Bruton | 1500 m | 3:37.42 | 3 Q | — | 3:42.88 | 12 | did not advance | ||
| Shane Healy | 1500 m | 3:37.28 | 5 Q | — | 3:39.81 | 11 | did not advance | ||
| Marcus O'Sullivan | 1500 m | 3:38.16 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Cormac Finnerty | 5000 m | 13:54.01 | 10 Q | — | 14:08.88 | 10 | did not advance | ||
| Sean Dollman | 10000 m | 29:19.03 | 19 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Sean Cahill | 110 m hurdles | 14.28 | 7 | did not advance | |||||
| T. J. Kearns | 110 m hurdles | 13.67 | 3 Q | 13.55 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Tom McGuirk | 400 m hurdles | 50.76 | 5 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Jimmy McDonald | 20 km walk | — | 1:32:11 | 51 | |||||
| Mark Mandy | High jump | 2.20 | 11 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Nick Sweeney | Discus throw | 62.04 | 13 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Terry McHugh | Javelin throw | 72.84 | 15 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Roman Linscheid | Hammer throw | 68.14 | 33 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sinead Delahunty | 1500 m | 4:10.20 | 5 Q | — | 4:12.52 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Sonia O'Sullivan | 1500 m | 4:19.77 | 10 | — | did not advance | ||||
| 5000 m | 15:15.80 | 1 Q | — | DNF | - | ||||
| Katy McCandless | 5000 m | 15:55.56 | 10 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Marie Davenport | 5000 m | 15:59.12 | 14 | — | did not advance | ||||
| Catherina McKiernan | 10000 m | 32:32.10 | 6 Q | — | 32:00.38 | 11 | |||
| Susan Smith | 400 m hurdles | 55.22 | 3 Q | — | 54.93 | 5 | did not advance | ||
| Deirdre Gallagher | 10 km walk | — | 45:47 | 23 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Damaen Kelly | Flyweight |  Strogov (BUL)W 12–11 |  Hussein (AUS)W 27–20 |  Jumadilov (KAZ)L 6–13 | did not advance | ||
| Francis Barrett | Light welterweight |  Ferreria (BRA)W 32–7 |  Missaoui (TUN)L 6–18 | did not advance | |||
| Brian Magee | Middleweight |  Thompson (CAN)W 13–5 |  Tietsia (CMR)W 11–6 |  Bahari (ALG)L 9–15 | did not advance | ||
| Cathal O'Grady | Heavyweight |  da Silva (NZL)L RSC 1 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Corcoran | Men's C-1 | 162.90 | 8 | 173.61 | 13 | 162.90 | 10 |
| Stephen O'Flaherty | Men's C-1 | 188.75 | 21 | 220.73 | 23 | 188.75 | 25 |
| Ian Wiley | Men's K-1 | 145.21 | 3 | 207.26 | 35 | 145.21 | 5 |
| Andrew Boland | Men's K-1 | 201.92 | 34 | 184.51 | 31 | 184.51 | 40 |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Conor Maloney Gary Mawer | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:43.074 | 7 | 1:44.375 | 7 | did not advance | |||
| Men's K-2 1000 m | 4:03.432 | 6 | 3:40.656 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| David McCann | Road race | 4:56:49 | 72 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Phillip Collins | Men's pursuit | 4:41.207 | 16 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Lonergan | Men's points race | 0 | 22 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Earley | Men's cross-country | 2:43:56 | 25 |
| Alister Martin | Men's cross-country | 2:47:46 | 32 |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Show jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier | Final | |||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| David Foster | Tilt 'n' Turn | Individual | 54.60 | 20 | DNF | - | - | Eliminated | - | |||
Men's Double Sculls
Men's Lightweight Fours
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Gary Duff | Men's 50 m prone rifle | 580 | 52 | did not advance | |
| Rhona Barry | Women's 10 m air rifle | 382 | 43 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Nicholas O'Hare | 50 m freestyle | 24.03 | 48 | did not advance | |
| Earl McCarthy | 100 m freestyle | 50.99 | 27 | did not advance | |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:53.67 | 29 | did not advance | ||
| Adrian O'Connor | 100 m backstroke | 58.56 | 41 | did not advance | |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:08.90 | 35 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Marion Madine | 200 m freestyle | 2:04.92 | 27 | did not advance | |
| 100 m butterfly | 1:03.80 | 31 | did not advance | ||
| Michelle Smith | 400 m freestyle | 4:09.00 | 2 Q | 4:07.25 |  |
| 200 m butterfly | 2:10.03 | 2 Q | 2:09.91 |  | |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:16.35 | 7 Q | 2:13.93 | | |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:43.79 | 3 Q | 4:39.18 | | |
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