The team of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, which competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, represented athletes from both the Republic of Ireland and those from Northern Ireland who choose it instead of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the team's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics, having attended every edition since 1924 (before then the whole of Ireland was represented by the Great Britain and Ireland team) except the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany.
Team Ireland sent its largest-ever Olympic squad of 116 athletes to the Summer Games in Tokyo.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Paul O'DonovanFintan McCarthy Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls Kellie Harrington Boxing Women's lightweight Aifric KeoghEimear LambeFiona MurtaghEmily Hegarty Rowing Women's coxless four Aidan Walsh Boxing Men's welterweight
Medals by sportSportTotalBoxing1012Rowing1012Total2024
Medals by genderGenderTotalMale1012Female1012Total2024
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 13 12 25Badminton 1 0 1Boxing 4 3 7Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 5 2 7Diving 1 1 2Equestrian 5 2 7Field hockey 0 16 16Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 1 1 2Judo 1 1 2Modern pentathlon 0 1 1Rowing 4 9 13Rugby sevens 12 0 12Sailing 2 1 3Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 6 3 9Taekwondo 1 0 1Triathlon 1 1 2 Total 61 55 116
Athletics
Irish athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event).
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarcus Lawler200 m20.736Did not advanceLeon Reid20.535 q20.547Did not advanceMark English800 m1:46.754Did not advanceAndrew Coscoran1500 m3:37.118 q3:35.8410Did not advanceThomas Barr400 m hurdles49.02 2 Q48.264Did not advanceDavid Kenny20 km walkcolspan=4 1:26:5429Paul PollockMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=3 2:27:4871Stephen ScullionKevin Seaward2:21:4558Brendan Boyce50 km walkcolspan=4 rowspan=2 3:53:4010Alex Wright4:06:2029
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPhil Healy200 m23.215Did not advance400 m51.984Did not advanceSíofra Cléirigh Büttner800 m2:04.627Did not advanceNadia Power2:03.747Did not advanceLouise Shanahan2:03.577Did not advanceSarah Healy1500 m4:09.7811Did not advanceCiara Mageean4:07.2910Did not advanceSarah Lavin100 m hurdles13.167Did not advanceMichelle Finn3000 m steeplechase9:36.269rowspan=2 colspan=2 Did not advanceEilish Flanagan9:34.8612Did not advanceAoife CookeMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=2 Fionnuala McCormack2:34:0925
Mixed AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankSophie BeckerCillín GreenePhil HealyChris O'Donnell4 × 400 m relay3:12.88 NR4 Q3:15.048
Badminton
Ireland entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Vietnamese-born Nhat Nguyen was selected to compete in the men's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNhat NguyenMen's singlesW (21–16, 21–14)L (12–21, 21–18, 12–21)2Did not advance
Boxing
Ireland entered seven boxers (four men and three women) to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Six of them, including Rio 2016 Olympian Brendan Irvine (men's flyweight), secured the spots on the Irish squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London and Paris. Kurt Walker completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Europe in the men's featherweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBrendan IrvineFlyweightL 1–4Did not advanceKurt WalkerFeatherweight W 5–0W 4–1 L 2–3Did not advanceAidan WalshWelterweight W 5–0W 4–1L Did not advanceEmmett BrennanLight heavyweightL 0–5Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKellie HarringtonLightweightW 5–0W 5–0W 3–2W 5–0Michaela WalshFeatherweight L 1–4Did not advanceAoife O'RourkeMiddleweight L 0–5Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Ireland qualified one canoeist for the men's C-1 class by finishing in the top eleven at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankLiam JegouMen's C-1174.5718104.409104.4011 Q208.3915Did not advance
Cycling
Road Ireland entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRankEddie DunbarMen's road race6:21:4676Dan Martin6:09:0416Nicolas RocheMen's road race6:21:4675Men's time trial1:01:23.1328
Track Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Irish riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the omnium and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotalRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsPointsRankMark DowneyMen's omnium1610194194901817Emily KayWomen's omnium131613169241505613
Madison AthleteEventPointsLapsRankMark DowneyFelix EnglishMen's madison–40=12Emily KayShannon McCurleyWomen's madison–40=13
Diving
Ireland entered two divers into the Olympic competition after finishing in the top 12 each of the men's springboard and women's platform, respectively, at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankOliver DingleyMen's 3 m springboard335.0025Did not advanceTanya WatsonWomen's 10 m platform289.4016 Q278.1515Did not advance
Equestrian
Irish equestrians qualified a full squad in both the team dressage and eventing competitions; the former by securing the second of three available berths for Group A and B at the European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the latter by finishing among the top six nations at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States. A team of jumping riders was added to the Irish equestrian squad by winning the gold medal at the FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain. Tokyo 2020 would have been the first time that Ireland participated in an Olympic team dressage competition.
The Irish eventing and jumping squads were named on 21 June 2021. The dressage squad was withdrawn following a series of individual withdrawals due to a horse retirement, veterinary and medical reasons. An individual dressage place had been sought and was eventually offered in favor of Heike Holstein. James Connor and Dane Rawlins have appealed the decision to withdraw the dressage team.
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand Prix Grand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankHeike HolsteinSambucaIndividual68.43237Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
Eventing Austin O'Connor and Colorado Blue had been named as reserves, but replaced Cathal Daniels and Rioghan Rua shortly before the competition commenced.
AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalQualifierFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankSarah EnnisWoodcourt GarrisonIndividual38.105037.6075.70414.0079.7036Did not advance79.7036Austin O'ConnorColorado Blue38.00490.0038.00204.0042.0018 Q4.0046.001346.0013Sam WatsonFlamenco34.303813.0047.30318.0055.3030Did not advance55.3030Sarah EnnisAustin O'ConnorSam WatsonSee aboveTeam110.401350.60161.00816.00177.008colspan=3 177.008
Jumping Shane Sweetnam and Alejandro were named the travelling alternates and replaced Cian O'Connor and Kilkenny before the team event.
AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRankBertram AllenPacino AmiroIndividual0=1 Q884.6415Darragh KennyCartello0=1 Q885.1117Cian O'ConnorKilkenny0=1 Q188.457Bertram AllenDarragh KennyShane SweetnamAlejandroPacino AmiroCartelloTeamEliminateddid not advance
Field hockey
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIreland women'sWomen's tournamentW 2–0L 0–4L 2–4L 0–1L 0–25Did not advance
Women's tournament
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 hockey at the Olympics.
Team roster
Group play
Golf
Ireland entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Rory McIlroy (world no. 10) and Shane Lowry (world no. 42) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings of 20 June 2021.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankShane LowryMen's70656870274−10=22Rory McIlroy69666767269−15=4Leona MaguireWomen's71677071279−5=23Stephanie Meadow72666866272−127
Gymnastics
Artistic Ireland entered one male and one female artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rhys McClenaghan secured one of the two spots available for individual based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Megan Ryan received a re-allocated spot from the 2019 World Championships after North Korea withdrew from the Olympic Games.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankRhys McClenaghanPommel horse15.266 colspan=4 15.266=2 Q13.100colspan=4 13.1007
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankMegan RyanAll-around13.20011.53310.46612.00047.19972Did not advance
Judo
Ireland entered two judoka (one man and one woman) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBenjamin FletcherMen's –100 kg L 00–01did not advanceMegan FletcherWomen's –70 kg L 00–01did not advance
Modern pentathlon
Two-time Olympian Natalya Coyle secured her selection in the women's event with an eighth-place finish and fourth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.
AthleteEventFencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Combined: shooting/running(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)Total pointsFinal rankRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsNatalya CoyleWomen's23–12132392:13.8813283662823413:08:5128512126824
Rowing
Ireland qualified five boats into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.