Ireland At The 2000 Summer Olympics

Ireland competed at the ''' 2000 Summer Olympics ''' in Sydney under the IOC Country Code IRL. It was the seventeenth appearance of the Europe an nation, which made its debut in 1924 .

MEDALS

Ireland finished in 64th position in the final medal rankings

Gold

None

Silver

Sonia O'Sullivan — Athletics , Women's 5.000m

Bronze

None

RESULTS BY EVENT

Athletics

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 , 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)

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)

Women's Pole Vault

Vala Flosadottir

# Qualifying — 4.30

# Final — 4.50 (Bronze medal)

Thorey Edda Elisdottir

# Qualifying — 4.00 (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Martha Ernstsdottir

# Final — DNF

Badminton

Women's Singles

Sonya McGinn

# Round of 64: Bye

# Round of 32: Lost to Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands

Boxing

Men's 71kg

Michael Roche

---Round 1 — Lost to Firat Karagollu of Turkey (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

=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)

Slalom

=Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

Ian Wiley

# Qualifying — 266.42 (did not advance)

=Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

Eadaoin Ni Challarain

# Qualifying — 331.49 (did not advance)

Cycling

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)

Road Cycling

=Men's competition

Men's Road Race

David McCann

# Final — 5:30:46 (43rd place)

Ciaran Power

# Final — 5:34:58 (74th place)

=Women's competition

Women's Road Race

Deirdre Murphy

# Final – DNF

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)

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)

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

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