Ireland at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
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Ireland
was represented by 33 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona
, Spain
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Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
was represented by 33 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
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Participants
| Event | M/W | Athlete | Performance(s) | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 28 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
M | Jason Smyth Jason Smyth Jason Smyth is a visually impaired Irish Paralympian. His central vision is affected by Stargardt's disease. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon... |
10.43Q; 10.46 | Semifinal |
| 100m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 28 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
M | Paul Hession Paul Hession Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres... |
— | Scratched |
| 100m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres The women's 100 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28 and 29 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:... |
W | Ailis McSweeney Ailis McSweeney Ailis McSweeney is an Irish sprinter who specialises in 60 and 100 metres. She currently holds the Irish record at 100 metres, having posted a time of 11.40 s at an IAAF permit event in Liège, Belgium. She won the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade and Bronze in the 4x100 m Relay... |
11.52q; 11.32 | Semifinal |
| 200m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:... |
M | Paul Hession Paul Hession Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres... |
20.69Q; 20.67q; 20.71 | 6th |
| 200m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:... |
M | Steven Colvert | 21.14 | Heats |
| 200m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres The women's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on July 30 and July 31.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:- Heat 1 :- Heat 2 :- Heat 3 :- Heat 4 :- Summary :... |
W | Niamh Whelan | 23.78q; 23.31 | Semifinal |
| 200m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres The women's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on July 30 and July 31.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:- Heat 1 :- Heat 2 :- Heat 3 :- Heat 4 :- Summary :... |
W | 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... |
— | Scratched |
| 400m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
M | 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... |
45.84Q; 44.79Q (SB); 45.28 | 5th |
| 400m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
M | Gordon Kennedy | 46.63q; 46.72 | Semifinal |
| 400m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
M | Brian Gregan | 46.90 | Heats |
| 800m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28, 29 and 31 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:... |
M | David McCarthy David McCarthy (born 1988) David McCarthy is a middle-distance athlete with international medals already to his name.After being voted Irish athlete of the month for April 2009, McCarthy won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania - the only Irish... |
1:49.53q; 1:49.14 | Semifinal |
| 800m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28, 29 and 31 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:... |
M | 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... |
— | Scratched |
| 800m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres The women's 800 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Results:... |
W | Roseanne Galligan | 2:01.76 (PB) | Heats |
| 1500m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Summary:-Final:-References:* *... |
M | 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... |
3:43.60 | Heats |
| 1500m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Summary:-Final:-References:* *... |
M | Rory Chesser | 3:44.01 | Heats |
| 1500m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Summary:-Final:-References:* *... |
M | Alistair Cragg | — | Scratched |
| 5000m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 31 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Summary:-Final:-References:* *... |
M | Alistair Cragg | 13:37.66q; DNF | Final |
| 5000m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 31 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Summary:-Final:-References:* *... |
M | Mark Christie | 14:12.68 | Heats |
| 3000m steeplechase 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Summary:-Final:-References:* *... |
W | Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships... |
9:44.84q; 9:44.25 | 11th |
| 3000m steeplechase 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Summary:-Final:-References:* *... |
W | Stephanie Reilly Stephanie Reilly Stephanie O'Reilly is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres Steeplechase.Born in Wicklow, Ireland, the daughter of coach Noreen O’Reilly, Stephanie O'Reilly went through the ranks of Inbhear Dee Athletic Club trying a wide range of events from sprints, to jumps to middle distance and... |
10:13.94 | Heats |
| 100m hurdles 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 and 31 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:- Heat 1 :- Heat 2 :- Heat 3 :- Heat 4 :- Summary :-Semifinal 1:... |
W | 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... |
12.88Q (SB); 12.75Q (SB); 12.65 (NR) | 2nd |
| 400m hurdles 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
W | Michelle Carey | 57.58 | Heats |
| 400m hurdles 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
W | Justine Kinney | 57.39 | Heats |
| 400m hurdles 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:... |
W | Brona Furlong | 58.13 | Heats |
| 20km walk 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 27 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Final:-References:*... |
M | 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... |
1:21:00 | 4th |
| 20km walk 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 27 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Final:-References:*... |
M | 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... |
1:26:05 | 20th |
| 20km walk 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 28 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Final:-References:*... |
W | 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... |
DNF | |
| 50km walk 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Final:-References:*... |
M | 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... |
3:45:30 (NR) | 4th |
| 50km walk 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Final:-References:*... |
M | Colin Griffin | 3:57:58 (SB) | 11th |
| High jump 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump The women's high jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Qualification:-Final:-References:* *... |
W | Deirdre Ryan Deirdre Ryan Deirdre Ryan is an Irish high jumper.She finished thirteenth at the 2006 European Championships. She also competed at the 1999 World Youth Championships, the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the 2009 World... |
1.90 (SB) | Heats |
| Pole vault 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault The women's pole vault at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Qualification:... |
W | Tori Pena Tori Pena Victoria "Tori" Peña is an Irish American/Mexican American pole vaulter,-Biography:She was born in Los Alamitos, California. Her father's family are of Mexican extraction, and her maternal grandmother Angela McCoy was born in Derry. Peña lives in Huntington Beach, where she graduated from Edison... |
4.15 (NR) | 21st |
| Long jump 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump The women's long jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 28 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Qualification:... |
W | Kelly Proper | NM | Heats |
| 4x100 m relay 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:- Heat 1 :- Heat 2 :- Summary :-Final:-References:* *... |
W | Amy Foster Niamh Whelan Claire Brady Claire Brady (athlete) Claire Brady is an Irish short distance runner. Claire was born in Kildare and represents Celbridge Athletic Club in domestic competitions. Claire represented Dublin City University at a college level... Ailis McSweeney Ailis McSweeney Ailis McSweeney is an Irish sprinter who specialises in 60 and 100 metres. She currently holds the Irish record at 100 metres, having posted a time of 11.40 s at an IAAF permit event in Liège, Belgium. She won the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade and Bronze in the 4x100 m Relay... 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... Unused relay squad member. Kelly Proper |
43.93 (NR) | Heats |
| 4x400 m relay 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:- Heat 1 :- Heat 2 :- Summary :-Final:-References:* *... |
M | Gordon Kennedy Brian Murphy Brian Gregan Steven Colvert 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... David McCarthy David McCarthy (born 1988) David McCarthy is a middle-distance athlete with international medals already to his name.After being voted Irish athlete of the month for April 2009, McCarthy won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania - the only Irish... |
3:07.21 | Heats |
| 4x400 m relay 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:- Heat 1 :- Heat 2 :- Summary :-Final:-References:* *... |
W | Marian Andrews 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... Brona Furlong Michelle Carey Marian Heffernan Claire Bergin Claire Bergin Claire Bergin is an Irish bobsledder who has competed since 2008. She finished 17th in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Bergin's best World Cup finish was 19th in the two-woman event at Altenberg, Germany in December 2009. Bergin will represent Ireland as a 400m... Justine Kinney |
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