Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The team of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, which competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, represented athletes from both the Republic of Ireland and those from Northern Ireland who choose it instead of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the team's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics, having attended every edition since 1924 (before then the whole of Ireland was represented by the Great Britain and Ireland team) except the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany.

Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	116 in 19 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Kellie Harrington Brendan Irvine
Flag bearer (closing)	Natalya Coyle
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Great Britain (1896–1920)

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Bronze medalists in rowing

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Paul O'Donovan Fintan McCarthy	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	29 July
Gold	Kellie Harrington	Boxing	Women's lightweight	8 August
Bronze	Aifric Keogh Eimear Lambe Fiona Murtagh Emily Hegarty	Rowing	Women's coxless four	28 July
Bronze	Aidan Walsh	Boxing	Men's welterweight	1 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing	1	0	1	2
Rowing	1	0	1	2
Total	2	0	2	4

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	1	2
Female	1	0	1	2
Total	2	0	2	4

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	12	25
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	4	3	7
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	5	2	7
Diving	1	1	2
Equestrian	5	2	7
Field hockey	0	16	16
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	1	1	2
Modern pentathlon	0	1	1
Rowing	4	9	13
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Sailing	2	1	3
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	6	3	9
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Triathlon	1	1	2
Total	61	55	116

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Irish athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event).^[2][3]

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
• DNF = Did not finish

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcus Lawler	200 m	20.73	6	Did not advance
Leon Reid		20.53	5 q	20.54	7	Did not advance
Mark English	800 m	1:46.75	4	Did not advance
Andrew Coscoran	1500 m	3:37.11	8 q	3:35.84	10	Did not advance
Thomas Barr	400 m hurdles	49.02	2 Q	48.26	4	Did not advance
David Kenny	20 km walk	—				1:26:54	29
Paul Pollock	Marathon	—				2:27:48	71
Stephen Scullion						DNF
Kevin Seaward						2:21:45	58
Brendan Boyce	50 km walk	—				3:53:40	10
Alex Wright						4:06:20	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Phil Healy	200 m	23.21	5	Did not advance
	400 m	51.98	4	Did not advance
Síofra Cléirigh Büttner	800 m	2:04.62	7	Did not advance
Nadia Power		2:03.74	7	Did not advance
Louise Shanahan		2:03.57	7	Did not advance
Sarah Healy	1500 m	4:09.78	11	Did not advance
Ciara Mageean		4:07.29	10	Did not advance
Sarah Lavin	100 m hurdles	13.16	7	Did not advance
Michelle Finn	3000 m steeplechase	9:36.26	9	—		Did not advance
Eilish Flanagan		9:34.86	12			Did not advance
Aoife Cooke	Marathon	—				DNF
Fionnuala McCormack						2:34:09	25

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sophie Becker Cillín Greene Phil Healy Chris O'Donnell	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.88 NR	4 Q	3:15.04	8

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Vietnamese-born Nhat Nguyen was selected to compete in the men's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nhat Nguyen	Men's singles	Karunaratne (SRI) W (21–16, 21–14)	Wang T-w (TPE) L (12–21, 21–18, 12–21)	2	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland entered seven boxers (four men and three women) to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Six of them, including Rio 2016 Olympian Brendan Irvine (men's flyweight), secured the spots on the Irish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris.^[5][6] Kurt Walker completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Europe in the men's featherweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendan Irvine	Flyweight	Paalam (PHI) L 1–4	Did not advance
Kurt Walker	Featherweight	Quiles (ESP) W 5–0	Mirzakhalilov (UZB) W 4–1	Ragan (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Aidan Walsh	Welterweight	Bye	Mengue (CMR) W 5–0	Clair (MRI) W 4–1	McCormack (GBR) L WO	Did not advance
Emmett Brennan	Light heavyweight	Ruzmetov (UZB) L 0–5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kellie Harrington	Lightweight	Bye	Nicoli (ITA) W 5–0	Khelif (ALG) W 5–0	Seesondee (THA) W 3–2	Ferreira (BRA) W 5–0
Michaela Walsh	Featherweight	Bye	Testa (ITA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Aoife O'Rourke	Middleweight	—	Li Q (CHN) L 0–5	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Ireland qualified one canoeist for the men's C-1 class by finishing in the top eleven at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liam Jegou	Men's C-1	174.57	18	104.40	9	104.40	11 Q	208.39	15	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Ireland entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eddie Dunbar	Men's road race	6:21:46	76
Dan Martin		6:09:04	16
Nicolas Roche	Men's road race	6:21:46	75
	Men's time trial	1:01:23.13	28

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Irish riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the omnium and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.^[9]

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Mark Downey	Men's omnium	16	10	19	4	19	4	9	0	18	17
Emily Kay	Women's omnium	13	16	13	16	9	24	15	0	56	13

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Mark Downey Felix English	Men's madison	DNF	–40	=12
Emily Kay Shannon McCurley	Women's madison	DNF	–40	=13

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland entered two divers into the Olympic competition after finishing in the top 12 each of the men's springboard and women's platform, respectively, at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oliver Dingley	Men's 3 m springboard	335.00	25	Did not advance
Tanya Watson	Women's 10 m platform	289.40	16 Q	278.15	15	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Irish equestrians qualified a full squad in both the team dressage and eventing competitions; the former by securing the second of three available berths for Group A and B at the European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the latter by finishing among the top six nations at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States.^[11][12] A team of jumping riders was added to the Irish equestrian squad by winning the gold medal at the FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain.^[13] Tokyo 2020 would have been the first time that Ireland participated in an Olympic team dressage competition.^[14]

The Irish eventing and jumping squads were named on 21 June 2021. The dressage squad was withdrawn following a series of individual withdrawals due to a horse retirement, veterinary and medical reasons. An individual dressage place had been sought and was eventually offered in favor of Heike Holstein.^[15] James Connor and Dane Rawlins have appealed the decision to withdraw the dressage team.^[16]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Heike Holstein	Sambuca	Individual	68.432	37	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Austin O'Connor and Colorado Blue had been named as reserves, but replaced Cathal Daniels and Rioghan Rua shortly before the competition commenced.^[15]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Sarah Ennis	Woodcourt Garrison	Individual	38.10	50	37.60	75.70	41	4.00	79.70	36	Did not advance			79.70	36
Austin O'Connor	Colorado Blue		38.00	49	0.00	38.00	20	4.00	42.00	18 Q	4.00	46.00	13	46.00	13
Sam Watson	Flamenco		34.30	38	13.00	47.30	31	8.00	55.30	30	Did not advance			55.30	30
Sarah Ennis Austin O'Connor Sam Watson	See above	Team	110.40	13	50.60	161.00	8	16.00	177.00	8	—			177.00	8

Jumping

Shane Sweetnam and Alejandro were named the travelling alternates and replaced Cian O'Connor and Kilkenny before the team event.^[15]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Bertram Allen	Pacino Amiro	Individual	0	=1 Q	8	84.64	15
Darragh Kenny	Cartello		0	=1 Q	8	85.11	17
Cian O'Connor	Kilkenny		0	=1 Q	1	88.45	7
Bertram Allen Darragh Kenny Shane Sweetnam	Alejandro Pacino Amiro Cartello	Team	Eliminated		did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ireland women's	Women's tournament	South Africa W 2–0	Netherlands L 0–4	Germany L 2–4	India L 0–1	Great Britain L 0–2	5	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Ireland women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven team berths available from the 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers, defeating Canada 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out, having drawn 0–0 on aggregate over a two-match playoff in Dublin. This will be the first time Ireland compete in women's field hockey at the Olympics.^[17]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 21 June 2021.^[18]

Head coach: Sean Dancer

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Ayeisha McFerran	(1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 25)	105	{{{goals}}}	Kampong
2	MF	Chloe Watkins	(1992-03-07)7 March 1992 (aged 29)	229	{{{goals}}}	Monkstown
3	DF	Hannah Matthews	(1991-03-24)24 March 1991 (aged 30)	152	{{{goals}}}	Loreto
4	FW	Sarah Torrans	(1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 22)	26	{{{goals}}}	Loreto
5	MF	Nicola Daly	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 33)	196	{{{goals}}}	Loreto
6	DF	Róisín Upton	(1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 27)	81	{{{goals}}}	Catholic Institute
7	DF	Hannah McLoughlin	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 21)	19	{{{goals}}}	UCD
8	FW	Deirdre Duke	(1992-06-09)9 June 1992 (aged 29)	146	{{{goals}}}	Old Alex
9	FW	Kathryn Mullan (Captain)	(1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 27)	198	{{{goals}}}	Ballymoney
10	DF	Shirley McCay	(1988-06-07)7 June 1988 (aged 33)	311	{{{goals}}}	Pegasus
11	MF	Sarah Hawkshaw	(1995-11-04)4 November 1995 (aged 25)	38	{{{goals}}}	Railway Union
12	DF	Elena Tice	(1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 23)	114	{{{goals}}}	Old Alex
13	FW	Naomi Carroll	(1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 28)	115	{{{goals}}}	Catholic Institute
14	MF	Elizabeth Holden	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 31)	201	{{{goals}}}	Belfast Harlequins
15	DF	Sarah McAuley	(2001-09-25)25 September 2001 (aged 19)	1	{{{goals}}}	Muckross
16	FW	Anna O'Flanagan	(1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 31)	212	{{{goals}}}	Muckross
17	MF	Michelle Carey	(1999-05-05)5 May 1999 (aged 22)	5	{{{goals}}}	UCD
18	FW	Zara Malseed	(1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 24)	2	{{{goals}}}	Ards

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	15	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	7	14	−7	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 21:15 v Ireland  2–0  South Africa Upton  9' Torrans  45' Report South Pitch Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Emi Yamada (JPN)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 10:00 v Netherlands  4–0  Ireland Albers  8' Pheninckx  49' Leurink  50' Matla  56' Report South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 12:15 v Germany  4–2  Ireland Altenburg  10', 40' Pieper  20' Hauke  55' Report Tice  42' McLoughlin  51' South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 11:45 v Ireland  0–1  India Report Navneet  57' North Pitch Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 20:45 v Ireland  0–2  Great Britain Report Townsend  17' Martin  32' North Pitch Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Emi Yamada (JPN)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Rory McIlroy (world no. 10) and Shane Lowry (world no. 42) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings of 20 June 2021.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Shane Lowry	Men's	70	65	68	70	274	−10	=22
Rory McIlroy		69	66	67	67	269	−15	=4
Leona Maguire	Women's	71	67	70	71	279	−5	=23
Stephanie Meadow		72	66	68	66	272	−12	7

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Ireland entered one male and one female artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rhys McClenaghan secured one of the two spots available for individual based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[19][20] Megan Ryan received a re-allocated spot from the 2019 World Championships after North Korea withdrew from the Olympic Games.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Rhys McClenaghan	Pommel horse	—	15.266	—				15.266	=2 Q	—	13.100	—				13.100	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	UB	BB	V			F	UB	BB	V
Megan Ryan	All-around	13.200	11.533	10.466	12.000	47.199	72	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland entered two judoka (one man and one woman) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benjamin Fletcher	Men's –100 kg	Khurramov (UZB) L 00–01	did not advance
Megan Fletcher	Women's –70 kg	Polleres (AUT) L 00–01	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Two-time Olympian Natalya Coyle secured her selection in the women's event with an eighth-place finish and fourth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Natalya Coyle	Women's	23–12	1	3	239	2:13.88	13	283	66	28	234	13:08:51	28	512	1268	24

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland qualified five boats into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[24][25][26]

A place in the women's lightweight double sculls boat was awarded to the Irish rowing team after their third-place finish at the FISA Final Qualification Regatta, having received a vacant place from the 2021 Pan American Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[27]

The crew in the women's four, Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty, won a bronze medal, Ireland's first medal of the 2020 Games and the nation's second ever rowing medal.^[28] In the men's lightweight double sculls, Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy won Ireland's first ever Olympic gold medal in rowing, which was also the nations's first Olympic gold by male athletes since boxer Michael Carruth in 1992.^[29][30]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ronan Byrne Philip Doyle	Double sculls	6:14.40	4 R	6:29.90	3 Q	6:49.06	6 FB	6:16.89	10
Fintan McCarthy Paul O'Donovan	Lightweight double sculls	6:23.74	1 SA/B	—		6:05.33 WR	1 FA	6:06.43

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanita Pušpure	Single sculls	7:46.08	1 QF	Bye		7:58.30	1 SA/B	7:34.40	5 FB	DNS	12
Aoife Casey Margaret Cremen	Lightweight double sculls	7:17.67	5 R	7:23.46	3 SA/B	—		6:49.24	5 FB	6:49.90	8
Aileen Crowley Monika Dukarska	Pair	7:23.71	4 R	7:31.00	3 SA/B	—		7:06.07	5 FB	7:02.22	11
Aifric Keogh Eimear Lambe Fiona Murtagh Emily Hegarty	Four	6:28.94	2 FA	Bye		—				6:20.48

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

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Pool Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal/Pl.	Final/Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ireland men's	Men's tournament	South Africa L 14–33	United States L 17–19	Kenya W 12–7	3	did not advance	South Korea W 31–0	Kenya L 0–22	10

Men's tournament

Main articles: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Ireland national rugby sevens team qualified for the first time at the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Monaco, defeating the favorites France in the final 28–19.^[31]

Team roster

Ireland's 12-man squad plus one alternate was named on 6 July 2021.^[32]

Head coach: Anthony Eddy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points
1	FW	Jack Kelly	(1997-10-26)26 October 1997 (aged 23)	8	60
2	FW	Adam Leavy	(1995-09-21)21 September 1995 (aged 25)	8	15
3	FW	Harry McNulty	(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 28)	10	45
4	FW	Foster Horan	(1992-11-03)3 November 1992 (aged 28)	4	20
5	FW	Ian Fitzpatrick	(1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 26)	3	20
6	BK	Billy Dardis (c)	(1990-05-31)31 May 1990 (aged 31)	10	164
7	BK	Jordan Conroy	(1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 27)	9	225
8	BK	Greg O'Shea	(1995-03-23)23 March 1995 (aged 26)	8	25
9	BK	Mark Roche	(1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 28)	8	81
10	BK	Terry Kennedy	(1996-07-04)4 July 1996 (aged 25)	9	120
11	BK	Hugo Lennox	(1999-03-06)6 March 1999 (aged 22)	8	27
12	BK	Gavin Mullin	(1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 23)	0	0
13	BK	Bryan Mollen	(1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 25)	8	30

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	64	31	+33	9	Quarter-finals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	50	48	+2	7
3	Ireland	3	1	0	2	43	59	−16	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	26	45	−19	3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2021. Source: Tokyo 2020^[33] and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 11:00

South Africa	33–14	Ireland
Try: Z. Davids 2' c Visser 6' c Geduld 8' c Dry 12' c Gans 13' m Con: S. Davids (4/5) 2', 6', 8', 12'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Mullin 7' c Kennedy 10' c Con: Dardis (2/2) 7', 10'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 18:30

United States	19–17	Ireland
Try: Baker 1' c Hughes 3' m Tomasin 10' c Con: Hughes (2/3) 2', 10'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Lennox 7' m McNulty 8' m Horan 14' c Con: Dardis (0/2) Roche (1/1) 14'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 11:00

Kenya	7–12	Ireland
Try: Onyala 13' c Con: Taabu (1/1) 13'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Lennox 1' m McNulty 2' c Con: Dardis (1/2) 2'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

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9–12th place playoff

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 16:30

Ireland	31–0	South Korea
Try: Roche 1' m Conroy (2) 2' m, 13' c Mullin (2) 11' c, 14' c Con: Roche (0/2) Dardis (3/3) 12', 13', 14'	(Tokyo 2020)

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 9:30

Ireland	0–22	Kenya
	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Olindi 5' c Ojee 10' m Ambaka 12' m Taabu 14' m Con: Olindi (1/1) 5' Taabu (0/2) Amonde (0/1)

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 0 Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Irish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.^[34]

On 11 June 2020, the Irish Sailing Association decided to forgo the domestic selection trials for the women's Laser Radial class because of the worldwide pandemic. Instead, Rio 2016 silver medalist Annalise Murphy was officially nominated to the Irish roster for her third straight Games, after finishing twelfth, as the country's top-ranked sailor, at the class-associated Worlds in Melbourne, Australia four months earlier.^[35]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Robert Dickson Sean Waddilove	Men's 49er	1	12	11	13	DSQ	DSQ	8	18	8	3	17	1	EL	112	13
Annalise Murphy	Women's Laser Radial	35	12	24	37	9	10	1	2	30	40	—		EL	160	18

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; DSQ = Disqualified; 20 = worst race result is discarded

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland granted an invitation from ISSF to send four-time Olympian Derek Burnett in the men's trap to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by 6 June 2021.^[36]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Derek Burnett	Men's trap	118	26	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Irish swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST):^[37][38]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Darragh Greene	100 m breaststroke	1:00.30	29	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.09	23	Did not advance
Brendan Hyland	200 m butterfly	1:57.09	23	Did not advance
Shane Ryan	100 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.52 NR	=37	Did not advance
Daniel Wiffen	800 m freestyle	7:51.65 NR	14	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:07.69 NR	20	—		Did not advance
Brendan Hyland Finn McGeever Jack McMillan Shane Ryan	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:15.48	14	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Danielle Hill	50 m freestyle	25.70	33	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:00.86	25	Did not advance
Mona McSharry	100 m breaststroke	1:06.39	9 Q	1:06.59	8 Q	1:06.94	8
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.08 NR	20	Did not advance
Ellen Walshe	100 m butterfly	59.35	24	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:13.34	19	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Ireland enter one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Games. With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the WT Olympic Rankings, the automatic spot associated with the winner defaulted to the Olympic rankings list, from which the first five taekwondo practitioners had already won quota places. As the next highest-ranked eligible taekwondo practitioner, 2019 European silver medalist Jack Woolley thereby secured Ireland's first ever Olympic quota place, in the men's flyweight category (58 kg).^[39]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jack Woolley	Men's −58 kg	Guzmán (ARG) L 19–22	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Russell White	Men's	18:35	0:44	57:40	0:36	37:05	1:54:40	48
Carolyn Hayes	Women's	20:10	0:43	1:06:04	0:30	34:43	2:02:10	23

See also

• Ireland at the 2020 Summer Paralympics