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Irish athletes have competed in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, either in its own right or as part of a Great Britain and Ireland team before 1924, except for the Berlin 1936 Olympics. Ireland sent a record 134 athletes to the Games, across 15 sports. 2024 also marked the centenary of Ireland's first independent appearance at ...
The longstanding practice relating to athletes in Northern Ireland who qualify for participation at the Olympic Games is that an athlete born in Northern Ireland who qualifies for participation at the Olympic Games and who holds a UK passport, may opt for selection by either Team GB or Ireland. The British Olympic Association (BOA) and the ...
This is a list of track and field athletes of Ireland who participated in the Summer Olympics. This category should only be used for Olympians of Ireland participating in athletics (sport) . All other Olympians of Ireland should be categorized into an appropriate subcategory.
The Irish team of Chris O'Donnell, Adeleke, Thomas Barr, and Sharlene Mawdsley ran a new Irish record of 3.09.92, with Adeleke running a split time of 49.53 s. [52] In the semifinal of the individual 400 metres at the same meet, on 9 June, Adeleke won her heat in 50.54 - the fastest among all qualifiers.
The Olympic Federation of Ireland or OFI (Irish: Cónaidhm Oilimpeach na hÉireann) [3] (called the Irish Olympic Council from 1920 to 1952, and the Olympic Council of Ireland from 1952 to 2018) [4] is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ireland. Athletes from Northern Ireland have the option of participating under its auspices or in the ...
The 2021 season saw O'Donnell become a mainstay in the Irish mixed 4 × 400 m team, where he was part of the first ever Irish team to run in the final of the World Athletics Relays in Silesia and in doing so broke the national record and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In Tokyo he anchored the team to further improve the national ...
Given the size of the Irish diaspora, particularly Irish Americans and the Irish migration to Britain, it was common for such emigrants to represent their adopted nations. The first independent Irish team at the Olympics appeared in the 1924 Paris Games, with Irish athletes previously competing for Great Britain. [1]
Ireland women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven team berths available from the 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers, defeating Canada 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out, having drawn 0–0 on aggregate over a two-match playoff in Dublin. This will be the first time Ireland compete in women's field ...