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 53 in 11 sports
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0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
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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, 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.[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

Irish boxers qualified for the following weight classes by virtue of their top finishes in the APB and WSB rankings, the World Championships, and other qualifying tournaments.[8][9]

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
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.[10]

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race
 

Equestrian

Ireland qualified a complete team in eventing by finishing in sixth position in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.[11]

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.

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 for more than a century.[12] Australia's 3-2 victory over New Zealand in the Oceania Cup meant the Ireland would make 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 SF
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 8 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.[13][14] 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.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]

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.[20][21]

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

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)):[22][23]

Olympic Qualifying Time

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. ↑ "It was a great weekend for Mark English at the star-studded Anniversary Games in London". the42.ie. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Targeted Olympic qualification approach pays off for Irish trio in Letterkenny". Irish Times. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "When it comes to drugs, UFC and IAAF perform cosmetic surgery on their credibility". Irish Times. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Three Irish athletes run Olympic qualifying times in Letterkenny". Irish Times. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Brilliant Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan qualify for Rio Olympics". Irish Independent. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Williams, Ollie (31 August 2014). "World Equestrian Games: GB silver as Fox-Pitt wins bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ireland men qualify for Rio 2016 hockey event". FIH. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  13. ↑ Murray, Ewen (18 June 2014). "Rory McIlroy to play for Ireland at 2016 Olympic Games". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Lowe, Alex (18 June 2014). "Rory McIlroy chooses Ireland over Great Britain for 2016 Olympics". The Times. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ "Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe triumphs at European Modern Pentathlon Championships". RTÉ Ireland. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "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. line feed character in |quote= at position 278 (help)
  18. ↑ "Olympic Rugby Sevens qualification confirmed". International Rugby Board. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Women's Sevens Series places up for grabs" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "Sailing Team Ireland announced for Rio 2016". RTÉ Ireland. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  22. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  24. ↑ Kenny, John (5 July 2015). "Fiona Doyle books spot at Rio Olympics". RTÉ Ireland. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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