Ireland at the 2025 World Athletics Championships

Ireland at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
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WA code	IRL
in Tokyo, Japan September 13-21, 2025
Competitors	30 (16 men and 14 women)
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Athletics Championships appearances
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Ireland competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025.

Kate O'Connor, who took silver in the heptathlon, was the only medallist. ^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Silver	Kate O'Connor	Women's heptathlon	20 September

Results

Ireland entered 28 athletes to the championships: 16 men and 12 women. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Key

• 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
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Season best
• DNF = Did not finish
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mark English	800 metres	1:45.13	3 Q	1:45.47	3	Did not advance
Cian McPhillips		1:44.91	1 Q	1:43.18 NR	1 Q	1:42.15 NR	4
Andrew Coscoran	1500 metres	3:37.32	6 Q	3:35.65	5 Q	3:35.87	12
Cathal Doyle		3:42.60	12	Did not advance
Andrew Coscoran	5000 metres	13:56.95	19	—	Did not advance
Brian Fay		13:31.12	17	—	Did not advance
Darragh McElhinney		13:42.56	10	—	Did not advance
Efrem Gidey	10,000 metres	—	29:30.37	19
Hiko Tonosa Haso	Marathon	—	DNF
Peter Lynch		—	2:14:12	24
David Kenny	20 km race walk	—	DNS
Oisin Lane	35 km race walk	—	2:41:36	28

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eric Favors	Shot put	19.19	17	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sophie Becker	400 metres	52.19	6	Did not advance
Sharlene Mawdsley		51.04	4 q	51.22	8	Did not advance
Sarah Healy	1500 metres	4:02.67	3 Q	4:08.78	6 Q	3:59.14	10
Laura Nicholson		4:14.12	13	Did not advance
Sophie O'Sullivan		4:02.12 SB	6 Q	4:18.18	12	Did not advance
Fionnuala McCormack	Marathon	—	2:30:16 SB	9
Sarah Lavin	100 metres hurdles	12.94	3 Q	12.86	4	Did not advance
Sophie Becker Cliodhna Manning  [ de ] Sharlene Mawdsley Rachel McCann	4 × 400 metres relay	3:29.27	8	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nicola Tuthill	Hammer throw	70.70	6 q	69.49	11

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Kate O'Connor	Result	13.44 PB	1.86 PB	14.37	24.07 PB	6.22	53.06 PB	2:09.56 PB	6714 NR
	Points	1059	1054	819	974	918	919	971

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sophie Becker (W) Conor Kelly (M) Sharlene Mawdsley (W) Jack Raftery (M)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:13.59	6	Did not advance

References

1. "Ireland's O'Connor wins historic world silver medal". BBC Sport. September 20, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
2. "ATHLETES by FEDERATION and EVENT" (PDF). assets.aws.worldathletics.org. September 5, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
3. "ATHLETES by EVENT and FEDERATION" (PDF). assets.aws.worldathletics.org. September 5, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
4. "ATHLETES by EVENT and SEASON BEST" (PDF). assets.aws.worldathletics.org. September 5, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2025.