In total, six athletes represented Ireland across four different sports. The Irish team failed to secure any medals, with Clifton Wrottesley securing the highest finishing position by coming 4th in the Skeleton event.
The men's downhill took place on 10 February 2002. Schwarzacher-Joyce completed his run in one minute 54.42 seconds to finish 53rd overall.[2]
The men's combined took place on 13 February 2002. Schwarzacher-Joyce completed his downhill run in one minute 51.08 seconds but was subsequently disqualified for a breach of rule 627.2 regarding competition equipment and commercial markings so he did not complete either of the two slalom runs.[1][3]
The men's super–G took place on 16 February 2002. Schwarzacher-Joyce completed his run in one minute 31.3 seconds to finish 33rd overall.[4]
The women's slalom took place on 20 February 2002. McGarry completed her first run in one minute 29.18 seconds[5] and her second run in one minute 5.56 seconds[6] for a combined time of two minutes 11 seconds to finish 35th overall.[7]
The women's giant slalom took place on 22 February 2002. McGarry completed her first run in one minute 5.44 seconds[8] and her second run in one minute 26.91 seconds[9] for a combined time of two minutes 56.09 seconds to finish 46th overall.[10]
The two-man bobsleigh took place on 16 and 17 February 2002. The first two runs took place on 16 February and the last two runs on 17 February. In their first run, Donohoe and Kiernan completed the course in 48.5 seconds. Their second run was their slowest of the four at 48.95 seconds. They completed runs three and four in the same time – 48.51 seconds. Their total time of 3 minutes 14.47 seconds saw them finish in 26th place overall.[11]
The men's sprint took place on 19 February 2002. O'Connor completed the qualifying round in four minutes 33.82 seconds. He did not advance to the quarter-finals and finished 69th overall.[12]
The men's skeleton took place on 20 February 2002. Wrottesley completed his first run in 51.07 seconds which left him in medal contention in third place after the first runs. However, his slower second run of 51.5 seconds saw him finish fourth in a combined time of one minute 42.57 seconds – 0.42 seconds away from a bronze medal.[13]
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