Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | IRL |
NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
Website | olympics |
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 112 in 13 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Great Britain (1896–1920) |
Ireland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, commemorating its centenary of the team's debut as an independent country in the same venue. Irish athletes have competed in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, either in its own right or as part of a Great Britain and Ireland team before 1924, except for the Nazi-ruled Berlin 1936 Olympics.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 4 | 13 | 17 |
Badminton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Boxing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Canoeing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Cycling | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 7 |
Field hockey | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rowing | 6 | 10 | 16 |
Rugby sevens | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Sailing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Swimming | 2 | 5 [1] | 7 [1] |
Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 53 | 52 | 112 |
^ The Irish Women’s 4x100 Medley relay team has secured qualification, with regulations permitting only two 'relay-only' swimmers per qualified relay team. Similarly, while the Men’s Medley relay has also earned a qualifying spot, they are unable to participate [as of February 25th, 2024] unless at least two male swimmers meet individual qualification criteria, as the regulations allow for only two 'relay-only' swimmers per qualified relay team. [1]
Irish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): [2]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Andrew Coscoran | Men's 1500 m | ||||||||
Brian Fay | Men's 5000 m | — | |||||||
Rhasidat Adeleke | Women's 200 m | ||||||||
Women's 400 m | |||||||||
Sharlene Mawdsley | |||||||||
Ciara Mageean | Women's 1500 m | ||||||||
Sophie O'Sullivan | |||||||||
Sarah Healy | |||||||||
Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | ||||||||
Fionnuala McCormack | Women's marathon | — | |||||||
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | — | |||||||
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | — |
Ireland entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Nhat Nguyen | Men's singles | |||||||||
Rachael Darragh | Women's singles |
Ireland entered six boxers (three men and three women) into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympians Michaela Walsh (women's featherweight), Aoife O'Rourke (women's middleweight), and defending champion Kellie Harrington, along with two other rookies (Clancy and Marley), secured the spots on the Irish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. [3] Joining the squad, Jude Gallagher (men's featherweight) earned a quota for himself by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. [4]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Jude Gallagher | Men's featherweight | ||||||
Dean Clancy | Men's lightweight | ||||||
Jack Marley | Men's heavyweight | — | |||||
Michaela Walsh | Women's featherweight | ||||||
Kellie Harrington | Women's lightweight | ||||||
Aoife O'Rourke | Women's middleweight | — |
Ireland qualified a boat in the men's C-1 class, and men's K-1 class at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Lee Valley, London. They also qualified a boat in the women's C-1 class, and women's K-1 class, as a result of their result in the 2023 European Games. All slalom canoeists will also be eligible for the extreme kayak/kayak cross event. [5] [6]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
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Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Men's C-1 | |||||||||||
Men's K-1 | |||||||||||
Women's C-1 | |||||||||||
Women's K-1 |
Ireland entered three road cyclists (two male and one female). Ireland qualified two male and one female through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain. [7]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Men's road race | |||
Men's time trial | |||
Women's road race |
A silver medal finish in the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup event in Hong Kong ensured that the Ireland women's team pursuit team could not finish below tenth overall in the Team Pursuit world rankings, and thus guaranteed qualification in all three women's endurance events in Paris.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | ||
| Women's team pursuit |
Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Points race | Total | |||||
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Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Women's omnium |
Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
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| Women's madison |
Ireland entered a full squad of equestrian riders each to the team eventing and jumping competitions through a top-five finish in jumping at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, and through a top-six finish at the Eventing Worlds on the same year in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. Ireland also entered one rider in the dressage individual events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group A (North Western Europe). [8] [9] [10]
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | |||
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Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
Individual |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position
Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
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Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Individual | |||||||||||||||
| See above | Team | — |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
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Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | |||
Individual | |||||||
| See above | Team |
Key:
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Ireland men's | Men's tournament |
Ireland men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics after a top three finish at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain. [11]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
2 | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Rhys McClenaghan achieved a quota place for Ireland at the Paris 2024 Artistic Gymnastics meet by winning gold in the Pommel horse at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. If selected, he is not expected to compete across all apparatus, but is entitled to do so.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Rhys McClenaghan | All-around |
Irish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Double sculls | ||||||||
| Lightweight double sculls | ||||||||
| Coxless pair |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Double sculls | ||||||||
| Lightweight double sculls | ||||||||
| Coxless pair | ||||||||
| Coxless four |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Team | Event | Pool round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Ireland men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||
Ireland women's | Women's tournament |
Ireland national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. [12] [13]
Ireland women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by securing the last of four available spots in the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series, registering a historic victory over Fiji at the final leg in Toulouse. [14]
Irish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, 2023 49er European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal, and 2024 ILCA 6 World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Men's ILCA 7 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 49er | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's ILCA 6 | — |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Irish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): [15] To assure their selection to the Irish roster, swimmers must attain the Olympic qualifying cut in the final (or in heat-declared winner races on time for long-distance freestyle) of each individual pool event at any of the domestic meets approved by World Aquatics, Olympic Federation of Ireland, and Swim Ireland: the 2023 World Aquatics Championships (23–30 July in Fukuoka), the 2024 World Aquatics Championships (2–18 February in Doha), and the 2024 Irish Open Championships (currently set for May 2024), if necessary and available. [16]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Men's 50 m freestyle | |||||||
Men's 400 m freestyle | — | ||||||
Men's 800 m freestyle | — | ||||||
Men's 1500 m freestyle | — | ||||||
| Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | — | |||||
Women's 50 m freestyle | |||||||
Women's 100 m backstroke | |||||||
Women's 100 m breaststroke | |||||||
Women's 200 m medley | |||||||
Women's 400 m medley | — | ||||||
| Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | — |
Ireland qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Jack Woolley qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the men's under 58 kg semifinal, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Jack Woolley | Men's –58 kg |
France is the host nation of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland.
Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. British athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Greece, and Switzerland.
Australia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Australian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside France, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Brisbane will stage the 2032 Summer Olympics, Australia and the United States, the next nation to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, will march before the homebound French team enters Place du Trocadéro during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.
Poland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, celebrating the centenary of the team's debut in the same venue. Polish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1924 onwards, except for Los Angeles 1984 as part of the Soviet boycott.
Germany is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games after its reunification in 1990.
Greece is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Greek athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with the tradition, Greece will enter first at Place du Trocadéro during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.
Brazil is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Brazilian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1920 onwards, except for Amsterdam 1928.
Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.
Sweden is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Swedish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.
The Netherlands is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Dutch athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Switzerland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Swiss athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games edition of the modern era, except for a partial boycott of Melbourne 1956 as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
New Zealand is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the country's twenty-fifth appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and competed at every Games since.
Norway is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott.
Italy is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of St. Louis 1904 in which one Italian may have competed.
Spain is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1920 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany because of the nation's civil war and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Bulgaria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Bulgarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1924 onwards, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's instigation in World War II, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and Soviet boycott, respectively.
Belgium is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the country's debut in 1900, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.
The People's Republic of China is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952.
Serbia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's sixth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.
Austria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's twenty-ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics.