Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | IRL |
NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
Website | olympics |
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018 | |
Competitors | 5 (4 men and 1 woman) in 4 sports |
Flag bearer | Seamus O'Connor [1] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Ireland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. Five athletes represented the country in four sports. [2] [3] OCI Chief Executive Stephen Martin was chef de mission. [4]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the delegation per sport.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Freestyle skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Ireland qualified two alpine skiers, one male and one female. [5]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Patrick McMillan | Men's combined | 1:25.77 | 61 | DNF | |||
Men's downhill | — | 1:49.98 | 52 | ||||
Men's super-G | — | 1:33.54 | 48 | ||||
Tess Arbez | Women's giant slalom | 1:22.12 | 56 | 1:18.12 | 50 | 2:40.24 | 50 |
Women's slalom | 59.47 | 51 | 59.00 | 47 | 1:58.47 | 46 |
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård, whose mother is from Dunmore, County Galway and who represented Ireland at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Championships, [6] competed for Ireland in 2018. [2] [7]
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's 15 km freestyle | — | 37:36.6 | +3:52.7 | 63 | |||
Men's 30 km skiathlon | 44:48.3 | 57 | 41:12.7 | 60 | 1:32:34.2 | +16:14.2 | 60 | |
Men's 50 km classical | — | DNS |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's sprint | 3:29.16 | 62 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | |||||||
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Brendan Newby | Men's halfpipe | 53.80 | 14 | 13.20 | 22 | Did not advance |
Seamus O'Connor competed at the 2014 games in the men's halfpipe and men's slopestyle events and received funding for the 2018 event. [8]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
Seamus O'Connor | Men's halfpipe | 65.50 | 39.75 | 65.50 | 18 | did not advance |
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