Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Ireland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Ireland finished in 64th position in the final medal rankings, with one silver medal.

Silver

* Sonia O'Sullivan — Athletics, Women's 5.000m

Results by event

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100m
* Paul Brizzell
*# Round 1 — 10.62 (did not advance)

Men's 200m
* Paul Brizzell
*# Round 1 — 20.98 (did not advance)

Men's 400m
* Tomas Coman
*# Round 1 — 46.17 (did not advance)

Men's 800m
* David Matthews
*# Round 1 — 01:48.77 (did not advance)

Men's 1,500m
* James Nolan
*# Round 1 — 03:40.50 (did not advance)

Men's 5,000m
* Mark Carroll
*# Round 1 — 13:30.60 (did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles
* Peter Coghlan
*# Round 1 — 14.03
*# Round 2 — 13.86 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles
* Tom McGuirk
*# Round 1 — 51.73 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100m
* Paul Brizzell, Tom Comyns, John McAdorey, Gary Ryan
*# Round 1 — 39.26 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400m
* Tomas Coman, Robert Daly, Paul "Junior" McKee, Paul Oppermann
*# Round 1 — 03:07.42 (did not advance)

Men's Discus
* Nick Sweeney
*# Qualifying — 57.37 (did not advance)

* John Menton
*# Qualifying — 54.21 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw
* Terry McHugh
*# Qualifying — 79.90 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw
* Paddy McGrath
*# Qualifying — 67.00 (did not advance)

Men's 20km Walk
* Robert Heffernan
*# Final — 1:26:04 (28th place)

Men's 50km Walk
* Jamie Costin
*# Final — 4:24:22 (38th place)

Women's competition

Women's 100m
* Sarah Reilly
*# Round 1 — 11.56
*# Round 2 — 11.53 (did not advance)

Women's 200m
* Sarah Reilly
*# Round 1 — 23.43 (did not advance)

Women's 400m
* Karen Shinkins
*# Round 1 — 53.27 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500m
* Sinead Delahunty
*# Round 1 — 04:11.75 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000m
* Sonia O'Sullivan
*# Round 1 — 15:07.91
*# Final — 14:41.02 (Silver medal)

* Rosemary Ryan
*# Round 1 — 15:33.05 (did not advance)

* Breda Dennehy-Willis
*# Round 1 — 15:49.58 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000m
* Sonia O'Sullivan
*# Round 1 — 32:29.93
*# Final — 30:53.37 (6th place)

* Breda Dennehy-Willis
*# Round 1 — 33:17.45 (did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles
* Susan Smith-Walsh
*# Round 1 — 57.08 (did not advance)

Women's 4x400m
* Emily Maher, Martina McCarthy, Ciara Sheehy, Karen Shinkins
*# Round 1 — 03:32.24 (did not advance)

Women's 20km Walk
* Gillian O'Sullivan
*# Final — 1:33:10 (10th place)

* Olive Loughnane
*# Final — 1:38:23 (35th place)

Badminton

Women's Singles
*Sonya McGinn
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Lost to Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands

Boxing

Men's 71kg
*Michael Roche
**Round 1 — Lost to Firat Karagollu of Turkey (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m
* Gary Mawer
*# Qualifying Heat — 01:49.705 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
* Gary Mawer
*# Qualifying Heat — 03:45.787
*# Semifinal — 03:50.363 (did not advance)

lalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles
* Ian Wiley
*# Qualifying — 266.42 (did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles
* Eadaoin Ni Challarain
*# Qualifying — 331.49 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
* Robin Seymour
*# Final — 2:20:40.19 (28th place)

Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike
* Tarja Owens
*# Final — Lapped (29th place)

Road Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Road Race
* David McCann
*# Final — 5:30:46 (43rd place)

* Ciarán Power
*# Final — 5:34:58 (74th place)

Women's competition

Women's Road Race
* Deirdre Murphy
*# Final – DNF

ailing

Ireland sent three men and one woman to the Sailing venue at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They had one top ten finish.

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
* David Burrows
*# Race 1 — 9
*# Race 2 — (16)
*# Race 3 — 7
*# Race 4 — 15
*# Race 5 — (19)
*# Race 6 — 1
*# Race 7 — 10
*# Race 8 — 1
*# Race 9 — 6
*# Race 10 — 12
*# Race 11 — 8
*# Final — 69 (9th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
* Mark Mansfield and David O'Brien
*# Race 1 — (15)
*# Race 2 — 12
*# Race 3 — 12
*# Race 4 — 10
*# Race 5 — 7
*# Race 6 — 9
*# Race 7 — 13
*# Race 8 — 3
*# Race 9 — 11
*# Race 10 — 13
*# Race 11 — (17) OCS
*# Final — 90 (14th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
* Maria Coleman
*# Race 1 — 11
*# Race 2 — 5
*# Race 3 — 3
*# Race 4 — 15
*# Race 5 — (17)
*# Race 6 — 7
*# Race 7 — 11
*# Race 8 — (17)
*# Race 9 — 9
*# Race 10 — 14
*# Race 11 — 11
*# Final — 86 (12th place)

wimming

Men's 200m Butterfly
* Colin Lowth
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:03.91 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Andrew Bree
*# Preliminary Heat — 01:04.58 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Andrew Bree
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:18.14 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
*# Preliminary Heat — 27.46 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
*# Preliminary Heat — 58.79 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
*# Preliminary Heat — 02:05.24 (did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
*# Preliminary Heat — 04:23.73 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Breaststroke
* Emma Robinson
*# Preliminary Heat — 01:13.41 (did not advance)

References

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). "The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)". Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
*International Olympic Committee (2001). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]