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 12 in 4 sports
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Ireland is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August to 21 August 2016. Kevin Kilty has been named as Team Ireland Chef de Mission for the Games.[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):[2][3]

Boxing

Ireland has qualified boxers for the following events.[5]

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
Michael Conlan Bantamweight

Equestrian

Ireland qualified a complete team in eventing by finishing in sixth position in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.[6]

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.[7][8] 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.[9]

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.[10] Qualification will begin 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 will qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.[11] However, It will be impossible 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.[12]

Sailing

Ireland has qualified one boat for each of the following events upon receiving a place from the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Kilty named as Team Ireland Chef de Mission". The Olympic Council of Ireland. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Watterson, Johnny. "Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan secure Olympic places". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Brilliant Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan qualify for Rio Olympics". Irish Independent. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Williams, Ollie (31 August 2014). "World Equestrian Games: GB silver as Fox-Pitt wins bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Murray, Ewen (18 June 2014). "Rory McIlroy to play for Ireland at 2016 Olympic Games". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Lowe, Alex (18 June 2014). "Rory McIlroy chooses Ireland over Great Britain for 2016 Olympics". The Times. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Olympic Rugby Sevens qualification confirmed". International Rugby Board. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Women's Sevens Series places up for grabs" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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