Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ireland at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	71 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Paddy Barnes
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Ireland is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Games, having attended every Summer Games, either in its own right, or prior to 1924 as part of a Great Britain and Ireland team, with the exception of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany.

Kevin Kilty has been named as Team Ireland Chef de Mission for the Games. Bidding to become the first Irish athlete to win a medal at three Olympics after winning bronzes in 2008 and 2012, Paddy Barnes was selected to carry the Ireland flag in the opening ceremony.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Irish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

On May 23, 2016, six marathon runners (three per gender), and three men's 50 km race walkers, led by belated London 2012 bronze medalist and four-time Olympian Robert Heffernan, were the first batch of track and field athletes being named to the Irish team for Rio 2016.

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
Mick Clohisey	Marathon	N/A
Paul Pollock		N/A
Kevin Seaward		N/A
Brendan Boyce	50 km walk	N/A
Robert Heffernan		N/A
Alex Wright		N/A

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Breege Connelly	Marathon	N/A
Lizzie Lee		N/A
Fionnuala McCormack		N/A

• Men's 800 m – 1 quota place (Mark English)
• Men's 400 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Thomas Barr)
• Men's 20 km walk – 2 quota place (Alex Wright, Robert Heffernan)
• Women's 800 m – 1 quota place (Ciara Everard)
• Women's 1500 m – 1 quota place (Ciara Mageean)
• Women's 10000 m – 1 quota place (Fionnuala McCormack)
• Women's 3000 m steeplechase – 3 quota places (Kerry O’Flaherty, Sara Treacy, Michelle Finn)
• Women's pole vault – 1 quota place (Tori Pena)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ireland has 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.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Scott Evans	Men's singles
Chloe Magee	Women's singles

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ireland has entered seven 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. 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).

Brendan Irvine and David Joyce booked Olympic spots with box-off victories at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey. 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.

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
Brendan Irvine	Flyweight
Michael Conlan	Bantamweight
David Joyce	Lightweight
Steven Donnelly	Welterweight
Joe Ward	Light heavyweight

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katie Taylor	Lightweight

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Ireland has 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

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oliver Dingley	3 m springboard

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ireland has fielded a full squad of riders in the eventing competition by finishing sixth in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games. One dressage and jumping rider has been added each 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.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual

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									N/A

"#" 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

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
		Individual

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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 the countries that have not qualified yet for the Games, signifying its Olympic comeback to the sport after more than a century. Australia's 3-2 victory over New Zealand in the Oceania Cup meant the Irish made it to Rio.

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 16 players

Group play

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Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Golf will make its first appearance as a competitive sport at an Olympic Games since the 1904 St. Louis Games. Having been born in Northern Ireland world number one golfer Rory McIlroy and former U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell would be eligible to represent either Great Britain or Ireland in the Olympics but both have announced their intention to compete for Ireland rather than Great Britain in Rio. Patrick Hickey, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, praised Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the British Olympic Association, for not pressuring McIlroy to play for Team GB.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Ireland has 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.

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Ellis O'Reilly	All-around

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Irish athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. 2012 Olympian Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe secured a selection in the men's event after winning the 2015 European Championships and securing one of the eight Olympic slots available.

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
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe	Men's

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ireland has 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 had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while a women's single sculls rower had 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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gary O'Donovan Paul O'Donovan	Lightweight double sculls

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanita Pušpure	Single sculls
Sinead Jennings Claire Lambe	Lightweight double sculls					N/A

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 2016 Summer Olympics

Unlike many sports, where Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland enter separate national teams, for rugby is organised on an All-Ireland basis, with a single governing body for the entire island. Qualification began with the 2014–15 IRB Sevens World Series and 2014–15 IRB Women's Sevens World Series, where the 4 teams at the top of the standings qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games. However, it was not possible for either Ireland Sevens team to qualify in the 2014–15 World Series, as neither is a "core team" that competes in all series events (nine for men, six for women). The women's team had been a core team in the 2013–14 series, but was dropped from core status at the end of that season, and was not invited to the 12-team qualifying tournament that added four more core teams for the 2014–15 series.

Both the men's and women's Irish teams were forced to undertake an unusual qualification route into the Olympic tournament as a result of not competing in the 2014-15 Sevens World Series competition. The women's team entered the three leg European Grand Prix series and finished 5th overall, thus qualifying for the 2015 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Repechage Tournament in Lisbon played on the 18 and 19 July. The team finished second, therefore qualifying for the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament which is scheduled to be held in June 2016. The winner of this tournament will secure the final Olympic qualification spot.

Because the men's team had not competed in any sevens competition since 2009, the team was placed in the lowest division of qualifying. The men's team breezed through the European Division C tournament in June 2015 which saw the team promoted into the European Division B tournament. The team was victorious in the Division B tournament and qualified for the European Olympic repechage tournament. The team finished third in the European Olympic repechage tournament, and thus will compete in the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in June 2016. The twelfth and final qualification spot will go to the winner of this tournament.

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Irish sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas. Meanwhile, the 49erFX crew has 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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Finn Lynch	Laser											N/A
Matt McGovern Ryan Seaton	49er

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											N/A
Andrea Brewster Saskia Tidey	49erFX

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Irish swimmers have so far 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)):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicholas Quinn	200 m breaststroke
Shane Ryan	100 m backstroke

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fiona Doyle	100 m breaststroke

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ireland has qualified two triathletes qualified 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.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Bryan Keane	Men's
Aileen Morrison	Women's

See also

• Ireland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics