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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.
Prior to 1922, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: thus, competitors at earlier Games who were born and living in Ireland are counted as British in Olympic statistics. At early Olympics, Irish-born athletes also won numerous medals for the United States and Canada, notably the "Irish Whales" in throwing events.
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.
Aoife Cooke (born 13 September 1986) is an Irish national champion long-distance runner. [1] She qualified for the Marathon race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she won the Cheshire Elite Marathon women's race on 25 April 2021. In doing so, she improved her personal best by almost four minutes to 2:28:36 becoming only the fifth Irish woman to ...
Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia 5 km (road) 14:55.4 Sonia O'Sullivan: 1 September 2002 London, United Kingdom [47] 10,000 m: 30:47.59 Sonia O'Sullivan: 6 August 2002 European Championships: Munich, Germany 10 km (road) 30:59 Sonia O'Sullivan: 21 May 2000 Avon Running Global 10 km Championship Milan, Italy 15 km (road) 48:30 Catherina McKiernan ...
Sophie Becker (born 16 May 1997) is an Irish athlete who competes as in the sprint events and mainly specialises in the 400 m.. She has represented Ireland at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships with the women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a new Irish national record.
The success of Northern Ireland born athletes for both teams was reported on widely in Northern Ireland in particular, with the combined total of four golds, one silver and two bronze medals for Northern Irish athletes being reported as "Northern Ireland's best ever Games" and a symbol of the increasing ease felt in Northern Ireland with its ...
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]