Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Council of Ireland
Website	www.olympicsport.ie
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	77 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Paddy Barnes[1]
Medals Ranked 62nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 2 0 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics, having attended every edition, either in its own right or as part of a Great Britain and Ireland team before 1924, with the exception of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany.

Kevin Kilty was named as Team Ireland Chef de Mission for the Games.^[2] Paddy Barnes, bronze medallist in 2008 and 2012, was selected to carry the Irish flag in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Ticket scandal

On 5 August police in Rio arrested two people for attempted illegal resale of hundreds of tickets allocated to the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI). One of the two was employed by THG Sports, which was the OCI's authorised ticket reseller (ATR) in 2012 but not 2016; the OCI denied any involvement. Shane Ross, the Minister for Sport, promised a "robust inquiry".^[3][4] Pro 10 Sports Management, the OCI's 2016 ATR, said the man arrested was working as their agent to distribute tickets which had been paid for legitimately.^[5] On 17 August, Pat Hickey, the OCI president, was arrested in Rio in connection with the investigation.^[6]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls 12 August  Silver Annalise Murphy Sailing Women's Laser Radial 16 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Rowing 0 1 0 1 Sailing 0 1 0 1 Total 0 2 0 2 Medals by date Date Total 12 Aug 0 1 0 1 16 Aug 0 1 0 1 Total 0 2 0 2 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 1 0 1 Female 0 1 0 1 Total 0 2 0 2

Athletics

Irish athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[7][8]

Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, 2016, a total of 17 athletes (8 men and 9 women) were officially named to the Irish track and field roster, with race walker and London 2012 bronze medalist Robert Heffernan becoming the first Irishman in history to be selected for five consecutive Olympics.^[9]

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
• NM = No mark

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mark English	800 m	1:46.40	3 Q	1:45.93	5	Did not advance
Thomas Barr	400 m hurdles	48.93	2 Q	48.39	1 Q	47.97	4
Mick Clohisey	Marathon	N/A				2:26:34	103
Paul Pollock		N/A				2:16:24	32
Kevin Seaward		N/A				2:20:06	64
Alex Wright	20 km walk	N/A				1:25:25	46
Brendan Boyce	50 km walk	N/A				3:53:59	19
Robert Heffernan		N/A				3:43:55	6
Alex Wright		N/A				DNF

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ciara Everard	800 m	2:07.91	8	Did not advance
Ciara Mageean	1500 m	4:11.51	2 Q	4:08.07	11	Did not advance
Fionnuala McCormack	10000 m	N/A				Withdrew before race
Michelle Finn	3000 m steeplechase	9:49.45	11	N/A		Did not advance
Kerry O'Flaherty		9:45.53	14	N/A		Did not advance
Sara Louise Treacy		9:46.24	12 q	N/A		9:52.70	17
Breege Connelly	Marathon	N/A				2:44:41	76
Lizzie Lee		N/A				2:39:57	57
Fionnuala McCormack		N/A				2:31:22	20

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tori Pena	Pole vault	4.30	27	Did not advance

Badminton

Ireland qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Olympian Scott Evans was selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers in the men's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, while Chloe Magee picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the women's singles.^[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Scott Evans	Men's singles	Zwiebler (GER) W (9–21, 21–17, 21–7)	de Oliveira (BRA) W (21–8, 19–21, 21–8)	1	Axelsen (DEN) L (16–21, 12–21)	Did not advance
Chloe Magee	Women's singles	Wang Yh (CHN) L (7–21, 12–21)	Schnaase (GER) L (14–21, 19–21)	3	Did not advance

Boxing

Ireland entered eight boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan were the only Irishmen finishing among the top two of their respective division in the World Series of Boxing, and qualified from that method. Conlan and Joe Ward earned spots at the 2015 World Championships.^[12] Conlan's results in the World Championships took preference, allowing others to qualify through the WSB. Steven Donnelly had initially finished outside the qualifying places in the WSB, but eventually received the unused spot, following a box-off between both Russian qualifiers (through WSB and World Championships).^[13]

Brendan Irvine and David Joyce booked Olympic spots with box-off victories at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.^[14] Meanwhile, London 2012 lightweight champion Katie Taylor had her sights set to her Olympic title defense in Rio with a quarterfinal victory at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.^[15] Michael O'Reilly secured an additional Olympic place on the Irish roster at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[16]

Longtime head coach Billy Walsh left the Irish Amateur Boxing Association for USA Boxing in October 2015 after a contract dispute; this was mooted as a factor in the team's disappointing results.^[17][18]

Men

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	Carmona (ESP) L 1–2	Did not advance
Brendan Irvine	Flyweight	Zoirov (UZB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Michael Conlan	Bantamweight	Bye	Avagyan (ARM) W 3–0	Nikitin (RUS) L 0–3	Did not advance
David Joyce	Lightweight	Allisop (SEY) W 3–0	Selimov (AZE) L 0–3	Did not advance
Steven Donnelly	Welterweight	Kedache (ALG) W 3–0	Tüvshinbat (MGL) W 2–1	Rabii (MAR) L 1–2	Did not advance
Michael O'Reilly	Middleweight	Bye	Rodríguez (MEX) L WO	Disqualified for failing a drugs test
Joe Ward	Light heavyweight	Bye	Mina (ECU) L 1–2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katie Taylor	Lightweight	Bye	Potkonen (FIN) L 1–2	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Irish riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dan Martin	Men's road race	6:13:03	13
Nicolas Roche		6:19:43	29

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Ireland entered one rider to compete only in women's keirin at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Shannon McCurley	Women's keirin	5 R	4	Did not advance

Diving

For the first time since the 1948 Summer Olympics, Ireland entered one diver into the Olympic competition by virtue of a top 18 finish at the 2016 FINA World Cup.^[20][21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oliver Dingley	3 m springboard	399.80	13 Q	414.25	9 Q	442.90	8

Equestrian

Ireland fielded a full squad of riders in the eventing competition by finishing sixth in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.^[22] One dressage and jumping rider were each added to the squad by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top six placement outside the continental selection in dressage, and a top finish from North Western Europe in jumping.^[23]

Dressage

Judy Reynolds and Vancouver K were named to the Irish roster on June 10, 2016.^[24]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Judy Reynolds	Vancouver K	Individual	74.700	21 Q	74.090	17 Q	72.250	79.143	75.696	18

Eventing

The Irish eventing team was named to the Olympic equestrian roster on June 9, 2016.^[25]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Clare Abbott	Euro Prince	Individual	47.00	29	107.90	112.60	38	0.00	112.60	36	Did not advance			112.60	36
Jonty Evans	Cooley Rorke's Drift		41.80	9	22.80	64.60	16	0.00	64.60	13 Q	0.00	64.60	9	64.60	9
Mark Kyle	Jemilla		50.40	45	50.80	101.20	35	8.00	109.20	33	Did not advance			109.20	33
Padraig McCarthy#	Simon Porloe		46.80	26	Eliminated			Did not advance
Clare Abbott Jonty Evans Mark Kyle	See above	Team	135.60	5	123.80	278.40	9	8.00	286.40	8	N/A			286.40	8

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Jumping

Greg Broderick and Going Global were named to the Irish roster on June 8, 2016.^[26]

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
Greg Broderick	Going Global	Individual	8	53 Q	5	13	50	Did not advance

Field hockey

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 men's	Men's tournament	India L 2–3	Netherlands L 0–5	Germany L 2–3	Canada W 4–2	Argentina L 2–3	5	Did not advance			10

Men's tournament

Ireland men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement in the 2014-2015 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals among countries not then qualified for the Games. It was Ireland's first Olympic tournament since 1908.^[27] Australia's 3-2 victory over New Zealand in the Oceania Cup meant the Irish made it to Rio.

Team roster

The following is the Irish roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[28]

Head coach: Craig Fulton

1. David Harte (GK) (C)
3. John Jackson
4. Jonny Bell
6. Ronan Gormley
7. Michael Watt
8. Chris Cargo
10. Alan Sothern
11. John Jermyn
12. Eugene Magee
13. Peter Caruth
14. Kirk Shimmins
16. Shane O'Donoghue
20. Mitch Darling
24. Kyle Good
26. Paul Gleghorne
27. Conor Harte

Reserves:

• Tim Cockram
• Michael Robson
• David Fitzgerald

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	1	0	17	10	+7	13	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	18	6	+12	10
3	Argentina	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	8
4	India	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	10	16	−6	3
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	7	22	−15	1

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.^[29]

6 August 2016 11:00 India  3–2  Ireland Raghunath  15+' Ru. Singh  27', 49' Report Shimmins  45' Harte  56' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

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7 August 2016 18:00 Netherlands  5–0  Ireland van der Weerden  7', 40' Croon  8' Pruijser  42' Hertzberger  60' Report Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GBR) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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9 August 2016 12:30 Germany  3–2  Ireland Fürste  13', 38' Zwicker  42' Report Magee  26' Darling  59' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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11 August 2016 11:00 Ireland  4–2  Canada O'Donoghue  1', 28' Caruth  29' Darling  57' Report Tupper  37', 50' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Nathan Stagno (GBR)

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12 August 2016 19:30 Ireland  2–3  Argentina Jermyn  25' O'Donoghue  51' Report Saladino  8' Peillat  27', 51' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Paco Vázquez (ESP)

Golf

Ireland entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Pádraig Harrington (world no. 148), Séamus Power (world no. 290), and Leona Maguire (world no. 353) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[30][31] Meanwhile, Stephanie Meadow received a spare Olympic berth freed up by the Dutch golfers, as second replacement, to join Maguire in the women's tournament.^[32] Paul McGinley is the non-playing team leader.^[33][34]

Harrington and Power were confirmed for selection on 14 July, three weeks after the withdrawal in quick succession of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, and Graeme McDowell (world ranked 4, 25, and 57 respectively).^[35] McIlroy and Lowry blamed the Zika epidemic while McDowell stated he wanted to be with his pregnant wife.^[35] McIlroy and McDowell are from Northern Ireland and there had been speculation in previous years about whether they would choose to represent Ireland or Great Britain, McDowell deciding in 2013 and McIlroy in 2014.^[36][37]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Pádraig Harrington	Men's	70	71	67	73	281	−3	=21
Séamus Power		71	67	74	67	279	−5	=15
Leona Maguire	Women's	74	65	74	69	282	–2	=21
Stephanie Meadow		77	66	71	72	286	+2	=31

Gymnastics

Artistic

Ireland entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition, including a first female Irish gymnast. London 2012 Olympian Kieran Behan and Ellis O'Reilly had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[38][39]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Kieran Behan	All-around	14.333	12.866	14.133	14.300	14.000	13.600	82.232	38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Ellis O'Reilly	All-around	13.266	12.300	10.700	11.666	48.732	57	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Ireland qualified two modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe claimed one of the eight available Olympic slots with a first-place finish in the men's event at the 2015 European Championships.^[40] Meanwhile, O'Keeffe's fellow teammate Natalya Coyle granted an invitation from UIPM to compete in the women's event for the second time, as one of the next highest-ranked eligible modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in the same tournament.^[41]

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
Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe	Men's	16–19	2	25	198	2:03:03	13	331	0.00	1	300	11:23.96	7	617	1446	8
Natalya Coyle	Women's	19–16	1	12	215	2:17.38	18	288	0.00	1	300	12:58.13	16	522	1325	7

Rowing

Ireland qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowing crews in both the men's and women's lightweight double sculls confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while a women's single sculls rower added one more boat to the Irish roster as a result of her top three finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[42]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:23:72	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:35.70	3 FA	6:31.23
Sanita Pušpure	Women's single sculls	9:11.45	2 QF	Bye		7:28.68	4 SC/D	7:53.48	1 FC	7:27.60	13
Sinéad Lynch Claire Lambe	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:10.91	2 SA/B	Bye		N/A		7:18.24	5 FA	7:13.09	6

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

Sailing

Irish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[43][44] Meanwhile, the 49erFX crew claimed an Olympic place on the Irish sailing team by picking up the unused berth freed by the African continental selection based on the results at the 2015 World Championships.^[45]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Finn Lynch	Laser	14	27	15	39	18	27	33	30	40	47	N/A		EL	243	32
Matt McGovern Ryan Seaton	49er	14	2	4	1	14	19	12	7	13	19	20	1	18	121	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Annalise Murphy	Laser Radial	1	13	4	7	5	2	18	12	6	7	N/A		10	67
Andrea Brewster Saskia Tidey	49erFX	8	3	6	18	13	14	19	6	18	8	13	12	EL	119	12

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; strikethrough – each sailor/team discards their worst result

Swimming

Irish swimmers 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)):^[46][47]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicholas Quinn	100 m breaststroke	1:01.29	33	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.67	19	Did not advance
Shane Ryan	50 m freestyle	22.88	43	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.82	40	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.85 NR	14 Q	54.40	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fiona Doyle	100 m breaststroke	1:07.58	20	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:29.76	25	Did not advance

Triathlon

Ireland qualified two triathletes for the following events at the Olympics. Bryan Keane and London 2012 Olympian Aileen Morrison were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[48]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Bryan Keane	Men's	18:10	0:57	59:30	0:41	32:51	1:52.09	40
Aileen Morrison	Women's	19:19	0:54	1:04:31	0:42	35:48	2:01:14	21

See also

• Ireland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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