Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Ireland at the Olympic Games | ||||
Flag of Ireland |
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IOC code: | IRL | |||
NOC: | Olympic Council of Ireland external link |
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2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney | ||||
Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 1 |
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 |
Ireland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
Ireland finished in 64th position in the final medal rankings, with one silver medal.
[edit] Silver
- Sonia O'Sullivan — Athletics, Women's 5.000m
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Men's competition
Men's 100m
- Paul Brizzell
- Round 1 — 10.62 (did not advance)
Men's 200m
- Paul Brizzell
- Round 1 — 20.98 (did not advance)
Men's 400m
- Tomas Coman
- Round 1 — 46.17 (did not advance)
Men's 800m
- David Matthews
- Round 1 — 01:48.77 (did not advance)
Men's 1,500m
- James Nolan
- Round 1 — 03:40.50 (did not advance)
Men's 5,000m
- Mark Carroll
- Round 1 — 13:30.60 (did not advance)
Men's 110m Hurdles
- Peter Coghlan
- Round 1 — 14.03
- Round 2 — 13.86 (did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Tom McGuirk
- Round 1 — 51.73 (did not advance)
Men's 4x100m
- Paul Brizzell, Tom Comyns, John McAdorey, Gary Ryan
- Round 1 — 39.26 (did not advance)
Men's 4x400m
- Tomas Coman, Robert Martin Daly, Paul "Junior" McKee, Paul Oppermann
- Round 1 — 03:07.42 (did not advance)
Men's Discus
- Nick Sweeney
- Qualifying — 57.37 (did not advance)
- John Menton
- Qualifying — 54.21 (did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Terry McHugh
- Qualifying — 79.90 (did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Paddy McGrath
- Qualifying — 67.00 (did not advance)
Men's 20km Walk
- Robert Heffernan
- Final — 1:26:04 (28th place)
Men's 50km Walk
- Jamie Costin
- Final — 4:24:22 (38th place)
[edit] Women's competition
Women's 100m
- Sarah Reilly
- Round 1 — 11.56
- Round 2 — 11.53 (did not advance)
Women's 200m
- Sarah Reilly
- Round 1 — 23.43 (did not advance)
Women's 400m
- Karen Shinkins
- Round 1 — 53.27 (did not advance)
Women's 1,500m
- Sinead Delahunty
- Round 1 — 04:11.75 (did not advance)
Women's 5,000m
- Sonia O'Sullivan
- Round 1 — 15:07.91
- Final — 14:41.02 (Silver medal)
- Rosemary Ryan
- Round 1 — 15:33.05 (did not advance)
- Breda Dennehy-Willis
- Round 1 — 15:49.58 (did not advance)
Women's 10,000m
- Sonia O'Sullivan
- Round 1 — 32:29.93
- Final — 30:53.37 (6th place)
- Breda Dennehy-Willis
- Round 1 — 33:17.45 (did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Susan Smith-Walsh
- Round 1 — 57.08 (did not advance)
Women's 4x400m
- Emily Maher, Martina McCarthy, Ciara Sheehy, Karen Shinkins
- Round 1 — 03:32.24 (did not advance)
Women's 20km Walk
- Gillian O'Sullivan
- Final — 1:33:10 (10th place)
- Olive Loughnane
- Final — 1:38:23 (35th place)
[edit] Badminton
Women's Singles
- Sonya McGinn
- Round of 64: Bye
- Round of 32: Lost to Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands
[edit] Boxing
Men's 71kg
- Michael Roche
- Round 1 — Lost to Firat Karagollu of Turkey (did not advance)
[edit] Canoe / Kayak
[edit] Flatwater
[edit] Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500m
- Gary Mawer
- Qualifying Heat — 01:49.705 (did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
- Gary Mawer
- Qualifying Heat — 03:45.787
- Semifinal — 03:50.363 (did not advance)
[edit] Slalom
[edit] Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles
- Ian Wiley
- Qualifying — 266.42 (did not advance)
[edit] Women's competition
Women's Kayak Singles
- Eadaoin Ni Challarain
- Qualifying — 331.49 (did not advance)
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
- Robin Seymour
- Final — 2:20:40.19 (28th place)
Women's Mountain Bike'
- Tarja Owens
- Final — Lapped (29th place)
[edit] Road Cycling
[edit] Men's competition
Men's Road Race
- David McCann
- Final — 5:30:46 (43rd place)
- Ciaran Power
- Final — 5:34:58 (74th place)
[edit] Women's competition
Women's Road Race
- Deirdre Murphy
- Final – DNF
[edit] Sailing
Ireland sent three men and one woman to the Sailing venue at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They had one top ten finish.
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- David Burrows
- Race 1 — 9
- Race 2 — (16)
- Race 3 — 7
- Race 4 — 15
- Race 5 — (19)
- Race 6 — 1
- Race 7 — 10
- Race 8 — 1
- Race 9 — 6
- Race 10 — 12
- Race 11 — 8
- Final — 69 (9th place)
Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
- Mark Mansfield and David O'Brien
- Race 1 — (15)
- Race 2 — 12
- Race 3 — 12
- Race 4 — 10
- Race 5 — 7
- Race 6 — 9
- Race 7 — 13
- Race 8 — 3
- Race 9 — 11
- Race 10 — 13
- Race 11 — (17) OCS
- Final — 90 (14th place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
- Maria Coleman
- Race 1 — 11
- Race 2 — 5
- Race 3 — 3
- Race 4 — 15
- Race 5 — (17)
- Race 6 — 7
- Race 7 — 11
- Race 8 — (17)
- Race 9 — 9
- Race 10 — 14
- Race 11 — 11
- Final — 86 (12th place)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Colin Lowth
- Preliminary Heat — 02:03.91 (did not advance)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Andrew Bree
- Preliminary Heat — 01:04.58 (did not advance)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Andrew Bree
- Preliminary Heat — 02:18.14 (did not advance)
Women's 50m Freestyle
- Chantal Gibney
- Preliminary Heat — 27.46 (did not advance)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Chantal Gibney
- Preliminary Heat — 58.79 (did not advance)
Women's 200m Freestyle
- Chantal Gibney
- Preliminary Heat — 02:05.24 (did not advance)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Chantal Gibney
- Preliminary Heat — 04:23.73 (did not advance)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Emma Robinson
- Preliminary Heat — 01:13.41 (did not advance)
[edit] References
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site