Ireland competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, held in Beijing

Beijing

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. It was the 19th Summer Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 that Ireland has contested as a nation under the Olympic Council of Ireland

Olympic Council of Ireland

The Olympic Council of Ireland or OCI is the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Ireland. Its mission is "to develop and protect the Olympic Movement in Ireland, in accordance with the International Olympic Committee’s guiding document — the Olympic Charter."-History:After the First...

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Light heavyweight	August 24
		Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Middleweight	August 22
		Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....	August 22

Athletics

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

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paul Hession Paul Hession Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...	200 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres The following new world and Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time...	20.59	3 Q	20.32	1 Q	20.38	5	Did not advance
David Gillick David Gillick David Gillick is an Irish international track and field athlete. David began his education in Our Lady's Boys School and attended St.Benildus College secondary school in Kilmacud. He studied at Dublin Institute of Technology before moving to Loughborough to train as a full time athlete with coach...	400 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres -Round 1:The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next three overall fastest runners qualified for the semifinals.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Semifinal 1:...	45.83	4			Did not advance
Thomas Chamney Thomas Chamney Thomas Chamney is an Irish runner who was born in Clonmel and brought up in Dublin. He specializes in the 800 metres event. Chamney runs for the Crusaders AC club whilst in Dublin and has been on an athletics scholarship at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana where he studied English...	800 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...	1:47.66	5			Did not advance
Alistair Cragg	1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...	3:44.90	8			Did not advance
Alistair Cragg	5000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:- Heat 1 :Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final....	13:38.57	6 Q					Did not finish
Robert Heffernan Robert Heffernan Robert Heffernan is an Irish race walker. Having been seen as one of Ireland's best hopes of an athletics medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, he came eighth in the 20km Walk. His wife Marian Andrews is also national women's 400 metres champion and was on the Irish women's team that finished 4th in...	20 km walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 kilometre walk The Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium.The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 and 1:24:30 .-Medalists:- Records :...							1:20:36	8
Jamie Costin Jamie Costin James Costin is an Irish race walker from Ring, County Waterford.He has qualified to represent Ireland in the 50km Walk at three Olympic Games...	50 km walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time....							4:15:16	44
Colin Griffin	50 km walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time....							DQ
Martin Fagan	Marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:Key: = Olympic record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best, DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS = Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time.- External links :...							Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Derval O'Rourke Derval O'Rourke Derval O'Rourke is an Irish sprint hurdles athlete. She competes internationally in the 60 and 100 metres hurdles, and is the Irish national record holder in both events...	100 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre hurdles -Round 1:Qualifying rule: first two of each heat plus the six fastest times qualified.-Semifinals:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next fastest advance to the Final.-Final:...	13.22	6			Did not advance
Joanne Cuddihy Joanne Cuddihy Joanne Cuddihy is an Irish sprint athlete. She is the current Irish 400m outdoor women's record holder, having recorded a time of 50.73 seconds at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan - this made her the first Irish woman to have run under 51 seconds at this distance.She won...	400 m	53.32	6			Did not advance
Michelle Carey	400 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre hurdles The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Round 1:The first three runners of each heat plus the next four overall fastest runners qualified for the Semifinals.-Semifinals:...	57.99	7			Did not advance
Fionnula Britton	3000 m steeplechase Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 3000 metre steeplechase The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final....	9:43.57	10					Did not advance
Roisin McGettigan Roisin McGettigan Roisin McGettigan is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She graduated from Providence College in 2003. She competed in the her first Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing...	3000 m steeplechase Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 3000 metre steeplechase The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final....	9:28.92	2 Q					9:55.89	14
Olive Loughnane Olive Loughnane Olive Loughnane is an Irish race walker. She has competed in three Olympic Games . Loughnane has represented Ireland at five consecutive editions of the World Championships in Athletics and she won a silver medal at the 2009 World Championships. Loughnane earned $30,000 in prize money from the...	20 km walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 20 kilometre walk The Women's 20 km Walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 and 1:38.00 .-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...							1:27:45	7
Pauline Curley	Marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...							2:47:16	63
Eileen O'Keeffe Eileen O'Keeffe Eileen O'Keefe is a former female hammer thrower from Ireland. Her personal best throw of 73.21 metres, achieved in July 2007 at the national championships in Dublin, is the Irish record for the event...	Hammer Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's hammer throw The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.The qualifying standards were 69.50 m and 67.00 m .-Medalists:-Schedule:...	67.66m	10					Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Scott Evans Scott Evans (badminton player) Scott Evans is an Irish professional badminton player. As of 2006 he is the highest ranked Irish player and gained himself a scholarship by the Olympic Council of Ireland to focus on the 2008 Summer Olympics....	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	L 18-21 21-18 19-21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chloe Magee	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	W 18-21 21-18 21-19	L 21-12 21-13	Did not advance

Boxing

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Overall Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Paddy Barnes Paddy Barnes Patrick Barnes, more commonly known as Paddy Barnes, is an Irish amateur boxer from Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland....	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....	Bye	José Luis Meza Jose Luis Meza José Luis Meza is a boxer from Ecuador who qualified for the Olympics 2008 at light-flyweight.-Career:Meza is the youngest of 10 brothers.... W 14-8	Łukasz Maszczyk W 11-5	Zou Shiming Zou Shiming Zou Shiming is the most successful amateur boxer from the People's Republic of China. He has won three world titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light flyweight division.-Career:... L 15-0	Did not advance
John Joe Nevin John Joe Nevin John Joseph Nevin , more commonly known as John Joe Nevin, is an Irish amateur boxer who won the Irish national boxing title and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 18....	Bantamweight	Abdelhalim Ourradi W 9-4	Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who won silver in the Bantamweight division at the 2007 world championships... L 9-2	Did not advance
John Joe Joyce John Joe Joyce John Joe Joyce, aka Johnny Joyce or JJJ, is an Irish amateur boxer who represented Ireland in the 2008 Olympic Games in the light welterweight division....	Light welterweight	Gyula Kate Gyula Kate Gyula Káté is a Hungarian amateur boxer best known to win two bronze medals at European Championships and one at World Championships.-Career:... W 9-5	Felix Diaz Manuel Félix Díaz Manuel Félix Díaz Guzman is a professional boxer from the Dominican Republic who won Olympic Gold in 2008.Díaz Guzman had also won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003, at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo....   L +11-11 (CB)	Did not advance
Darren Sutherland Darren Sutherland Darren John Sutherland was an Irish professional boxer from County Meath, Ireland. His amateur career was crowned by a bronze medal for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China....	Middleweight	Bye	Nabil Kassel Nabil Kassel Nabil Kassel is an Algerian boxer best known to win the middleweight gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. The family name is Kassel, Algerians generally write this first .-Career:... W RSC	Alfonso Blanco Alfonso Blanco (boxer) Alfonso Blanco Parra is an undefeated Venezuelan boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He was the 2008 Olympian for Venezuela and he also won the Middleweight silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎.-Amateur career:Blanco won the 2006 South America title against Carlos... W 11-1	James DeGale James DeGale He is European super middleweight championJames Frederick DeGale MBE is an English boxer and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Harlesden, London. He started amateur boxing at the Trojan club at the age of 10 before moving to Dale Youth boxing club... L 10-3	Did not advance
Kenny Egan	Light heavyweight	Julius Jackson Julius Jackson Julius Jackson is an amateur boxer from the Virgin Islands who qualified for he 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight just like his brother John Jackson... W 22-2	Bahram Muzaffer Bahram Muzaffer Bahram Muzaffer is a Turkish amateur boxer competing in the heavyweight division.He qualified for the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight after he was re-allocated the position vacated by Ismayl Sillakh. At the Olympics, Muzaffer beat Aziz Ali but lost in the round of 16 to Ireland's runner-up... W 10-2	Washington Silva W 8-0	Tony Jeffries Tony Jeffries Tony David Jeffries is an English professional boxer who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics... W 10-3	Zhang Xiaoping Zhang Xiaoping Zhang Xiaoping is a Chinese amateur boxer who won a gold medal as a light heavyweight in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Career:He won two matches at the world championships 2007 including an upset over Germany's world military champion Gottlieb Weiss but lost to veteran Yerkabulan Shinaliev and fell... L 11-7

Canoeing

Ireland qualified one competitor for the Canoeing events in the 2008 Olympics. Eoin Rheinisch qualified an Irish boat in K1 Slalom event by virtue of his 17th place finish in the 2007 World Championships. Ireland did not have any competitors in the flatwater events.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eoin Rheinisch Eoin Rheinisch Eoin Rheinisch is an Irish canoeist from Leixlip, County Kildare. He also has a GAA invollvement, having been appointed in 2009 to assist in physical preparations with the Westmeath senior football team.-Olympics:...	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 2 places for the road race as a result of UCI rankings. Robin Seymour qualified for his 3rd men's cross country race. On June 18, the Olympic Council of Ireland announced that David O'Loughlin had secured a place in the Individual Pursuit event of the track programme. Initially the UCI had announced a list of qualifiers that did not include O'Loughlin

Mountain Biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Robin Seymour Robin Seymour Robin Seymour is a professional Mountain bike racer and cyclo cross racer that rides for the WORC team. Seymour is a former Motorbike racer that turned to cycling...	Cross-country	Did not finish

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Philip Deignan Philip Deignan Philip Deignan is an Irish Olympian and professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . He was educated at St Eunan's College.- Career :He first set foot on a bike in 1997 during a charity cycling event organised by Paddy Delap in Letterkenny. He has been professional since 2005. Before that he...	Road race	6:39:42 (+15:53)	81
Nicholas Roche Nicholas Roche Nicolas Roche is an Irish professional road bicycle racer. He has twice been national champion and has numerous top ten finishes in Grand Tour stages...	Road race	6:34:26 (+10:37)	64

Track

Men's Individual Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st Round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
David O'Loughlin David O'Loughlin David O'Loughlin is a professional cyclist with the Asian based Giant Kenda team for 2011. O'Loughlin rode for Ireland at World Championships and has won the national road championship three times...	Men's individual pursuit	4:26.102	11	Did not advance

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	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Geoffrey Curran Geoffrey Curran Geoffrey Curran is an Irish equestrian.He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. He also competed in individual eventing.-References:...	Kilkishen	Individual	61.70	59	30.40	39	2.00	33	Did not advance		94.10	32
Niall Griffin Niall Griffin Niall Griffin is an Irish equestrian.He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. He also competed in individual eventing....	Lorgaine	Individual	50.60	35	26.40	41	12.00	39	Did not advance		109.00	38
Louise Lyons Louise Lyons Louise Lyons is an Irish equestrian.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. She also competed in individual eventing.-References:...	Watership Down	Individual	57.40	55	28.40	35	9.00	34	Did not advance		94.80	33
Austin O'Connor Austin O'Connor Austin O'Connor is an Irish equestrian.He participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. He also competed in individual eventing....	Hobby Du Mee	Individual	52.80	42	34.40	36	0.00	27 Q	0.00	26	87.20	21
Patricia Ryan Patricia Ryan (equestrian) Patricia Ryan is an Irish equestrian.At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she placed fifth in individual eventing. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. She also competed in individual eventing.-References:...	Fernhill Clover Mist	Individual	78.70	68	34.80	47	13.00	44	Did not advance		126.50	43
From: Geoffrey Curran Geoffrey Curran Geoffrey Curran is an Irish equestrian.He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. He also competed in individual eventing.-References:... Niall Griffin Niall Griffin Niall Griffin is an Irish equestrian.He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. He also competed in individual eventing.... Louise Lyons Louise Lyons Louise Lyons is an Irish equestrian.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. She also competed in individual eventing.-References:... Austin O'Connor Austin O'Connor Austin O'Connor is an Irish equestrian.He participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. He also competed in individual eventing.... Patricia Ryan Patricia Ryan (equestrian) Patricia Ryan is an Irish equestrian.At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she placed fifth in individual eventing. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed 8th in team eventing with the Irish team. She also competed in individual eventing.-References:...	as above	Team	160.80	10	265.10	8					276.10	8

Individual Jumping
As a result of Jessica Kürten

Jessica Kürten

Jessica Kürten is an Irish equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.Born Jessica Chesney, Kürten won several national pony championships as a youth....

'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

Denis Lynch

Denis Lynch is an Irish German show jumper.He represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Early on 21 August it emerged that he had withdrawn from the equestrian individual final which was due to have been held later that day...

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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.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Final
											Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Denis Lynch Denis Lynch Denis Lynch is an Irish German show jumper.He represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Early on 21 August it emerged that he had withdrawn from the equestrian individual final which was due to have been held later that day...	Lantinus	Individual	1	14	1	2	4	6	8	8 Q	Withdrawn

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	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Siobhan Byrne	Individual sabre	Irena Więckowska L 8-15	Did not advance

Rowing

Ireland qualified with two boats for the rowing events. The Men's heavyweight four qualified by finishing tenth at the 2007 World Championship. The Lightweight four took the last available qualifying spot by finishing 2nd at the last Olympic qualifying regatta in Poznan

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

 in June 2008.

Alan Martin and Richard Coakley were the travelling substitutes for the Coxless Fours and Lightweight Fours respectively.

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		'B' Final		Overall
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Sean Casey Jonno Devlin Jonno Devlin Jonathan "Jonno" Devlin is an Irish rower. He rowed for Great Britain until 2007.- External links :* at sports-reference.com...   Cormac Folan Sean O'Neill	Fours	6:02.85	3 Q			5:58.14	6	6:07.97	4	10
Richard Archibald Richard Archibald Richard Archibald is an Irish rower. He finished 6th in the men's lightweight coxless four at the 2004 Summer Olympics.- External links :* at sports-reference.com... Paul Griffin Paul Griffin (rower) Paul Griffin is an Irish rower. He finished 6th in the men's lightweight coxless four at the 2004 Summer Olympics.- External links :* at sports-reference.com... Cathal Moynihan Gearoid Towey Gearoid Towey Gearoid Towey is an Irish Olympic Athlete and former World Rowing Champion, Trans-Atlantic adventurer and actor.... *	Lightweight fours	5:52.32	4 R	6:21.81	1 Q	6:13.85	4	6:06.02	4	10

* Replaced by Richard Coakley in B Final

Both teams reached the B Finals in their respective disciplines, both finishing fourth. In the Lightweight Fours B Final, Gearóid Towey had to withdraw due to illness, and was replaced by substitute Richard Coakley. (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											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal race
Philip Lawton  Gerald Owens	470	22	1	17	15	1	25	21	15	13	24	Did not advance	129	16
Stephen Milne  Peter O'Leary	Star	6	12	7	10	12	13	13	8	11	12	Did not advance	91	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Medal race
Ciara Peelo	Laser Radial	23	17	15	7	13	24	25	18	10	Did not advance	127	23

Open

Athlete	Event	Race									Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Medal race
Tim Goodbody Tim Goodbody Tim Goodbody is an Irish sailor. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he placed 21st in the Finn class.-References:...	Finn	(22)	13	15	15	17	16	21	15	Did not advance	112	21

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Derek Burnett	Trap	110	29	Did not advance

Swimming

(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.)

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrew Bree Andrew Bree Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, Co. Down Northern Ireland. He is a 2-time Irish Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....	Men’s 100 m breaststroke	1:01.76 NR	30	Did not advance
	Men’s 200 m breaststroke	2:10.91 NR	12 Q	2:10.16 NR	11	Did not advance
	Men’s 200 m individual medley	DNS	–	Did not advance
Aisling Cooney	Women’s 100 m backstroke	1:02.50	31	Did not advance
Melanie Nocher	Women’s 200 m backstroke	2:12.29 NR	20	Did not advance
	Women’s 200 m freestyle	2:04.29	43	Did not advance

Key: NR=Irish Record; DNS=Did not start

Triathlon

Emma Davis became Ireland's first ever Olympic qualifier for the Triathlon when her 15th place at the 2008 World Championships guaranteed her enough ranking points.

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Emma Davis Emma Davis Emma Davis is an Irish triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.Emma became Ireland's first ever Olympic qualifier for the Triathlon when her 15th place at the 2008 World Championships guaranteed her enough ranking points. She finished 37th in the Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	20:17	1:06:03	39:09	2:06:29.36	37