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 67 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Paddy Barnes[1]
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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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.[2] 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.[1]

Athletics

Irish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

Badminton

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.[9]

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

Ireland has entered five 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.[10] Conlan's results in the World Championships took preference, allowing others to qualify through the WSB. Steven Donnelly had initially finished outside the qualifiying places in the WSB, but eventually received the unused spot, following a box-off between both Russian qualifiers (through WSB and World Championships).[11]

Brendan Irvine and David Joyce booked Olympic spots with box-off victories at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.[12]

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

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.[13]

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

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.[14]

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

Equestrian

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.[15] 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.[16]

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

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.[17] Australia's 3-2 victory over New Zealand in the Oceania Cup meant the Irish made it to Rio.

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.

Golf

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.[18][19] 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.[20]

Gymnastics

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.[21][22]

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

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.[23]

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

Irish rowers have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Garry O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan		 Lightweight double sculls
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank


 Lightweight double sculls

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

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.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26]

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

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.[27][28] 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.[29]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
James Espey 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

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)):[30][31]

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

See also

References

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  11. ↑ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Brendan Irvine becomes fifth Irish boxer to qualify for Rio". Irish Examiner. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  16. ↑ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Ireland men qualify for Rio 2016 hockey event". FIH. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  18. ↑ Murray, Ewen (18 June 2014). "Rory McIlroy to play for Ireland at 2016 Olympic Games". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  19. ↑ Lowe, Alex (18 June 2014). "Rory McIlroy chooses Ireland over Great Britain for 2016 Olympics". The Times. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  20. ↑ Mackay, Duncan (12 August 2014). "Exclusive: McIlroy will bring "excitement" to Team Ireland at Rio 2016, says Hickey". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  22. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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  24. ↑ "History of IRFU". Irish Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 27 August 2014. From 1874 to 1879 there were two Unions. The Irish Football Union had jurisdiction over Clubs in Leinster, Munster and parts of Ulster; the Northern Football Union of Ireland controlled the Belfast area. . . . In 1879 the two Unions agreed to amalgamate on the following terms: :(i) A Union to be known as the Irish Rugby Football Union was to be formed for the whole country. :(ii) Branches were to be formed in Leinster, Munster and Ulster. :(iii) The Union was to be run by a Council of eighteen, made up of six from each province.
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  26. ↑ "Women's Sevens Series places up for grabs" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  27. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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