Ireland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. Five athletes represented the country in four sports. OCI Chief Executive Stephen Martin was chef de mission. Ireland won no medals; the best finish was by Seamus O'Connor in the men's halfpipe snowboarding, who came 18th.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the delegation per sport. Sport Men Women TotalAlpine skiing 1 1 2Cross-country skiing 1 0 1Freestyle skiing 1 0 1Snowboarding 1 0 1 Total 4 1 5
Alpine skiing
Ireland qualified two alpine skiers, one male and one female.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPatrick McMillanMen's combined1:25.7761Men's downhillcolspan=4 1:49.9852Men's super-Gcolspan=4 1:33.54 48Tess ArbezWomen's giant slalom1:22.12561:18.12 502:40.2450Women's slalom59.475159.00471:58.47 46
Cross-country skiing
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård, whose mother is from Dunmore, County Galway and who represented Ireland at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Championships, competed for Ireland in 2018.
Distance AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankThomas Hjalmar WestgårdMen's 15 km freestylecolspan=4 37:36.6 +3:52.763Men's 30 km skiathlon44:48.35741:12.7601:32:34.2 +16:14.260Men's 50 km classicalcolspan=4
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankThomas Hjalmar WestgårdMen's sprint3:29.16 62 Did not advance
Freestyle skiing
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualification FinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankBrendan NewbyMen's halfpipe53.801413.2022Did not advance
Snowboarding
Seamus O'Connor competed at the 2014 games in the men's halfpipe and men's slopestyle events and received funding for the 2018 event.
Freestyle AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankSeamus O'ConnorMen's halfpipe65.50 39.7565.5018 did not advance
See also Ireland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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