Ireland at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRL
NOCOlympic Federation of Ireland
Websiteolympics.ie
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors71 in 10 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 268
Boxing 235
Canoeing 224
Cycling 213
Equestrian TBDTBD7
Gymnastics 101
Rowing 6612
Rugby sevens 121224
Sailing 314
Swimming 123
Total313371

Athletics

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):[1]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • 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
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
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
Ciara Mageean Women's 1500 m
Sophie O'Sullivan
Sarah Healy
Sarah Lavin Women's 100 m hurdles
Fionnuala McCormack Women's marathon —

Boxing

Ireland entered five boxers (two 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.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
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 —

Canoeing

Slalom

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.[3][4]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
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

Cycling

Road

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.[5]

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race
 
  Men's time trial
  Women's road race

Equestrian

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).[6][7][8]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
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

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
  Individual
 
 
 
 
 		 See above Team —

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
  Individual
 
 
 
 
 		 See above Team

Gymnastics

Artistic

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
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
  All-Around

Rowing

Irish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
 		 Double sculls
 
 		 Lightweight double sculls
 
 		 Coxless pair
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
 		 Double sculls
 
 		 Lightweight double sculls
 
 		 Coxless pair

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

Rugby sevens

Summary
Team Event Pool round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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

Men'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.[9][10]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Women's tournament

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.[11]

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Sailing

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.

Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
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

Swimming

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)):[12] 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.[13]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
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 —
  Women's 100 m breaststroke
  Women's 200 m medley

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Mallory Franklin and Benjamin Savsek reclaim individual world titles after six-year wait while 24 Olympic quotas in C1 are confirmed". International Olympic Committee. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jessica Fox and Joseph Clarke avenge for missed opportunities by taking K1 golds at 2023 Worlds, as K1 Olympic quotas are given out". International Olympic Committee. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Salem, Patricia (18 September 2022). "Germany, Ingham Claim Gold". FEI. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Salem, Patricia (12 August 2022). "Sweden Does It Again!". FEI. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ireland men and Great Britain women book European tickets for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". World Rugby. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "European Games 2023: Great Britain women and Ireland men's rugby sevens squads headed to Paris 2024 after striking gold in Krakow". International Olympic Committee. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Kelly, David (14 May 2023). "Emotional scenes as brilliant Ireland qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  13. ↑ Byrnes, Liz (28 February 2023). "Swim Ireland Announces Paris 2024 Olympic Nomination Policies". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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