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Ireland competed at the ''' 2004 Summer Olympics ''' in Athens under the IOC Country Code IRL. It was the 18th appearance of the Europe an nation, which made its debut in 1924 .

Ireland's Olympic campaign for the 2004 Games was dogged with controversy from the start, with the disqualification of Cathal Lombard for failing a drug test for the drug EPO . However, 106 individual athletes and 12 teams attended the games, covering all fields, notably Equestrian , Athletics , and Sailing .

Ireland's only medal at the Games, a gold one, came from Cian O'Connor in the individual Show Jumping event, riding his horse Waterford Crystal . Going into the last round of the Individual Show Jumping, Ireland was in front, albeit with Jessica Kuerten and not O'Connor. However, a faultless last round pushed O'Connor ahead of the rest of the field.

O'Connor's medal was Ireland's first gold since controversial swimmer Michelle Smith 's three golds and a bronze eight years prior in Atlanta. However, since then, O'Connor has lost his medal after Waterford Crystal tested positive for banned substances.

Despite being lapped in the 5,000 metres event, runner Sonia O'Sullivan still completed the event, finishing last in what will probably be her final Olympic Games.


MEDALS



Gold

Cian O'Connor riding Waterford Crystal — Equestrian, Individual Eventing

(→ medal stripped on June 10 , 2005 due to Waterford Crystal having been found in violation of anti- Doping rules)


Silver

  • None

  • Bronze

  • None






RESULTS BY EVENT


Athletics


Women's 100 metre hurdles:
  • Derval O'Rourke — Round 1, 13.46 s (did not advance, 29th of 37 overall)


Women's 5000 metres:

Women's 10,000 metres:

Women's 20km Walk:

Men's 200 metres:
  • Paul Brizzel — Round 1, 21.00 s (did not advance, 38th of 54 overall)


Men's 1500 metres:
  • James Nolan — Semifinal, 3:42.61 (did not advance, 18th of 38 overall)


Men's 5000 metres:

Men's 20 km walk:

Women's 20 km walk:

Men's high jump:
  • Adrian O Dwyer — Round 1, no mark (did not advance, 38th of 39 overall)



Boxing


Middleweight (75kg)
  • Andy Lee — Won Round 1, Drew Round 2, lost on a count back.



Clay-Pigeon Shooting


  • Derek Burnett — Placed 9th in Round 1 and 9th in Round 2 with 119 points (9th overall)



Canoeing




Cycling


Road-Race

Cross Country


Equestrian


Show Jumping — Individual

Show Jumping — Team

Three-Day Eventing

Individual Eventing
  • Mark Kyle — total penalties 75, reached final (21st of 75 overall)

  • Niall Griffin — total penalties 83.2, reached final (23rd of 75 overall)

  • Susan Shortt — total penalties 76.8 (32nd of 75 overall)

  • Sasha Harrison — total penalties 102.4 (49th of 75 overall)

  • Edmond Gibney — total penalties 152.6 (62nd of 75 overall)


Dressage — Individual


Rowing


Lightweight Men's Pair
  • Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey — won heat (6:16.63), 4th in semi-final (6:19.09), 4th in 'B' final (6:49.26), (10th of 21 overall)


Lightweight Men's Four


Sailing


Finn Class

49er Class

Star Class

470 Class

Europe Class

Laser


Swimming


Women's 100m Breaststroke:
  • Emma Robinson — Heats, 1:11.40 (did not advance, 28th of 48 overall)


Men's 200m Breaststroke:


OFFICIALS

  • President: Patrick Joseph Hickey

  • Secretary General: Dermot J. Sherlock