Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics




































Ireland at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Ireland.svg
IOC code IRL
NOC Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website www.olympics.ie
in Beijing
Competitors
54 in 12 sports
Flag bearer
Ciara Peelo[1][2] (opening)
Kenny Egan (closing)

Medals
Ranked 61st

Gold

0

Silver

1

Bronze

2

Total

3

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Other related appearances

 Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. It was the 19th Summer Games that Ireland contested as a nation under the Olympic Council of Ireland.




Contents






  • 1 Medalists


  • 2 Athletics


  • 3 Badminton


  • 4 Boxing


  • 5 Canoeing


    • 5.1 Slalom




  • 6 Cycling


    • 6.1 Road


    • 6.2 Track


    • 6.3 Mountain biking




  • 7 Equestrian


    • 7.1 Eventing


    • 7.2 Show jumping




  • 8 Fencing


  • 9 Rowing


  • 10 Sailing


  • 11 Shooting


  • 12 Swimming


  • 13 Triathlon


  • 14 See also


  • 15 References





Medalists



























Medal
Name
Sport
Event
 Silver Kenny Egan Boxing
Light heavyweight
 Bronze Darren Sutherland Boxing
Middleweight
 Bronze Paddy Barnes Boxing
Light flyweight


Athletics



16 Irish athletes qualified for 17 different Olympic events in 2008.[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




Men

Track & road events
























































































Athlete
Event
Heat
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Result
Rank
Result
Rank
Result
Rank
Result
Rank

Paul Hession

200 m
20.59
3 Q
20.32
1 Q
20.38
5
Did not advance

David Gillick

400 m
45.83
4
N/A
Did not advance

Thomas Chamney

800 m
1:47.66
5
N/A
Did not advance

Alistair Cragg

1500 m
3:44.90
8
N/A
Did not advance

5000 m
13:38.57
6 q
N/A

DNF

Martin Fagan

Marathon
N/A

DNF

Robert Heffernan

20 km walk
N/A
1:20:36
8

Jamie Costin

50 km walk
N/A
4:15:16
44

Colin Griffin
N/A

DSQ


Women

Track & road events





































































Athlete
Event
Heat
Semifinal
Final
Result
Rank
Result
Rank
Result
Rank

Joanne Cuddihy

400 m
53.32
6
Did not advance

Derval O'Rourke

100 m hurdles
13.22
6
Did not advance

Michelle Carey

400 m hurdles
57.99
7
Did not advance

Fionnuala Britton

3000 m steeplechase
9:43.57
10
N/A
Did not advance

Roisin McGettigan
9:28.92
2 Q
N/A
9:55.89
14

Pauline Curley

Marathon
N/A
2:47:16
63

Olive Loughnane

20 km walk
N/A
1:27:45
7

Field events





















Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Distance
Position
Distance
Position

Eileen O'Keeffe

Hammer throw
67.66
23
Did not advance


Badminton




































Athlete
Event
Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank

Scott Evans

Men's singles

 Zwiebler (GER)
L 18–21, 21–18, 19–21
Did not advance

Chloe Magee

Women's singles

 Tolmoff (EST)
W 18–21, 21–18, 21–19

 Jun J-y (KOR)
L 12–21, 13–21
Did not advance


Boxing



Ireland qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Barnes became the first when he qualified at the World Championships.[4] Nevin was the second, qualifying at the first European qualifying event.[5] Joyce, Sutherland, and Egan brought the number to five at the 2nd European tournament.[6]
































































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

Paddy Barnes

Light flyweight
Bye

 Meza (ECU)
W 14–8

 Maszczyk (POL)
W 11–5

 Zou (CHN)
L 0–15
Did not advance

3rd, bronze medalist(s)

John Joe Nevin

Bantamweight

 Ourradi (ALG)
W 9–4

 Badar-Uugan (MGL)
L 2–9
Did not advance

John Joe Joyce

Light welterweight

 Káté (HUN)
W 9–5

 Díaz (DOM)
L 11–11+
Did not advance

Darren Sutherland

Middleweight
Bye

 Kassel (ALG)
W RSC

 Blanco (VEN)
W 11–1

 DeGale (GBR)
L 3–10
Did not advance

3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Kenny Egan

Light heavyweight

 Jackson (ISV)
W 22–2

 Muzaffer (TUR)
W 10–2

 Silva (BRA)
W 8–0

 Jeffries (GBR)
W 10–3

 Zhang Xp (CHN)
L 7–11

2nd, silver medalist(s)


Canoeing



Ireland qualified one competitor in slalom canoeing. Eoin Rheinisch qualified an Irish boat in slalom kayak event after finishing seventeenth in the 2007 World Championships.[7] Ireland did not have any competitors in the flatwater events.



Slalom








































Athlete
Event
Preliminary
Semifinal
Final
Run 1
Rank
Run 2
Rank
Total
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Total
Rank

Eoin Rheinisch

Men's K-1
88.52
18
87.81
12
176.33
15 Q
88.85
10 Q
88.06
4
176.91
4


Cycling



Ireland qualified two places for the road race based on UCI rankings. Robin Seymour qualified for his third men's cross country race in the mountain biking. On 18 June 2008, the Olympic Council of Ireland announced that David O'Loughlin had secured a place for the men's individual pursuit in track cycling. Initially, the UCI released a list of qualifiers which did not include O'Loughlin.



Road




















Athlete
Event
Time
Rank

Philip Deignan

Men's road race
6:39:42
81

Nicholas Roche
6:34:26
64


Track


Pursuit
























Athlete
Event
Qualification
Semifinals
Finals
Time
Rank
Opponent
Results
Rank
Opponent
Results
Rank

David O'Loughlin

Men's individual pursuit
4:26.102
11
Did not advance


Mountain biking














Athlete
Event
Time
Rank

Robin Seymour

Men's cross-country
Did not finish


Equestrian




Eventing


Although Ireland did not qualify for the team event in the 2008 Olympics, as a result of having 5 individual riding spots qualify, they were automatically entered into the team event.





























































































































Athlete
Horse
Event
Dressage
Cross-country
Jumping
Total
Qualifier
Final
Penalties
Rank
Penalties
Total
Rank
Penalties
Total
Rank
Penalties
Total
Rank
Penalties
Rank

Geoffrey Curran
Kilkishen

Individual
61.70 #
59
30.40
92.10
39
2.00
94.10
33
Did not advance
94.10
32

Niall Griffin
Lorgaine
50.60
35
46.40
97.00 #
41
12.00
109.00 #
39
Did not advance
109.00
38

Louise Lyons
Watership Down
57.40
55
28.40
85.80
35
9.00
94.80
34
Did not advance
94.80
33

Austin O'Connor
Hobby Du Mee
52.80
42
34.40
87.20
36
0.00
87.20
27 Q
0.00
87.20
21
87.20
21

Patricia Ryan
Fernhill Clover Mist
78.70 #
68
34.80
113.50 #
47
13.00
126.50 #
44
Did not advance
126.50
43

Geoffrey Curran
Niall Griffin
Louise Lyons
Austin O'Connor
Patricia Ryan

See above

Team
160.80
10
104.30
265.10
8
11.00
276.10
8
N/A
276.10
8

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total



Show jumping


As a result of Jessica Kürten's world ranking, Ireland earned one individual place in show jumping at the 2008 games. As Kürten opted not to ride in the Olympics, the place was awarded to Denis Lynch.


Lynch and his mount Lantinus progressed to the finals stage. However, along with riders and horses from four other finalists, Lynch was suspended from taking part in the final, following a positive test for a banned substance.[8]

















































Athlete
Horse
Event
Qualification
Final
Total
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round A
Round B
Penalties
Rank
Penalties
Total
Rank
Penalties
Total
Rank
Penalties
Rank
Penalties
Total
Rank
Penalties
Rank

Denis Lynch
Lantinus

Individual
1
=14
1
2
4 Q
6
8
8 Q
Withdrew[9]


Fencing



Ireland qualified one berth in sabre fencing. Siobhan Byrne secured her place in the Olympics by winning silver at the qualifying tournament in Istanbul in April.


Women



























Athlete
Event
Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank

Siobhan Byrne

Individual sabre

 Więckowska (POL)
L 8–15
Did not advance


Rowing



Ireland qualified with two boats for the rowing events. The men's coxless four qualified for the Olympics by finishing tenth at the 2007 World Championships. The men's lightweight coxless four team also granted their berth by finishing second at the last Olympic qualifying regatta in Poznań in June 2008 to complete the team line-up.


Men











































Athlete
Event
Heats
Repechage
Semifinals
Final
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank

Sean Casey
Jonno Devlin
Cormac Folan
Sean O'Neill

Four
6:02.85
3 SA/B
Bye
5:58.14
6 FB
6:07.97
10

Richard Archibald
Paul Griffin
Cathal Moynihan
Gearoid Towey*

Lightweight four
5:52.32
4 R
6:21.81
1 SA/B
6:13.85
4 FB
6:06.02
10

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


* In the non-medal final, Gearoid Towey had to withdraw due to illness, and was replaced by substitute Richard Coakley.[10] (A spate of illness circulated in the regatta field during the heats and finals, to the extent Germany's lightweight men's four had to withdraw entirely from the semifinal after three crew-members were affected.)



Sailing



Men
























































Athlete
Event
Race
Net points
Final rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
M*

Philip Lawton
Gerald Owens

470
22
1
17
15
1

25
21
15
13
24
EL
129
16

Stephen Milne
Peter O'Leary

Star
6
12
7
10
12

13
13
8
11
12
EL
91
13

Women







































Athlete
Event
Race
Net points
Final rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
M*

Ciara Peelo

Laser Radial
23
17
15
7
13
24

25
18
10
CAN
EL
127
23

Open







































Athlete
Event
Race
Net points
Final rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
M*

Tim Goodbody

Finn

22
13
15
15
17
16
21
15
CAN
CAN
EL
112
21

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled



Shooting



Men





















Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Points
Rank
Points
Rank

Derek Burnett

Trap
110
29
Did not advance


Swimming



Men





































Athlete
Event
Heat
Semifinal
Final
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank

Andrew Bree

100 m breaststroke
1:01.76 NR
30
Did not advance

200 m breaststroke
2:10.91 NR
12 Q
2:10.16 NR
11
Did not advance

200 m individual medley

DNS
Did not advance

Women





































Athlete
Event
Heat
Semifinal
Final
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank

Aisling Cooney

100 m backstroke
1:02.50
31
Did not advance

Melanie Nocher

200 m freestyle
2:04.29
43
Did not advance

200 m backstroke
2:12.29 NR
20
Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds of all events are decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.



Triathlon



Emma Davis became Ireland's first ever Olympic qualifier for the Triathlon after finishing in fifteenth place at the 2008 World Championships, and thereby earning her enough ranking points.

























Athlete
Event
Swim (1.5 km)
Trans 1
Bike (40 km)
Trans 2
Run (10 km)
Total Time
Rank

Emma Davis

Women's
20:17
0:32
1:06:03
0:28
39:09
2:06:29.36
37


See also


  • Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics


References


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