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Ireland guaranteed a podium finish on seven consecutive days: the opening Monday (McSharry, swimming), then Tuesday (Wiffen, swimming), followed by Wednesday (this was the day Harrington secured at least a bronze medal in boxing), [5] then Thursday (Lynch & Doyle, rowing), followed by McCarthy and O'Donovan's gold in rowing on Friday. [6]
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
The highest number of golds achieved in a particular Olympic games is four, which was achieved at Paris 2024 with gold medals in swimming, rowing, gymnastics and boxing. Boxing is Ireland's most successful sport at the Games, accounting for more than 50% of the medals won. Athletics, boxing and swimming have provided the most gold medals, with ...
Medal Name Event Date Gold: Christopher O'Donnell Rhasidat Adeleke Thomas Barr Sharlene Mawdsley: Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay: 7 June Gold: Ciara Mageean: Women's 1500 metres: 9 June Silver: Rhasidat Adeleke: Women's 400 metres: 10 June Silver: Sophie Becker Rhasidat Adeleke Phil Healy Sharlene Mawdsley: Women's 4x400 meters relay: 12 June
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [16]
The United States won the 2024 Olympics overall medal count with 126. China was second with 91, and Great Britain was third with 65. Host nation France finished with 64 total medals.
Discipline (link to medalists list) Contested Number of Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) Athlete(s) with the most gold medals Olympics (up to conclusion of 2024) Medal events (in 2024) Total Archery: 1900–1908; 1920; since 1972 18 5 76 74 66 216 Hubert van Innis (6–3–0)
Pages in category "Olympic gold medalists for Ireland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .