Ireland at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Ireland
games=2004 Summer
competitors=106
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flagbearer=Niall Griffin

Ireland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Ireland's Olympic campaign for the 2004 Games was dogged with controversy from the start, with the disqualification of Cathal Lombard for failing a drug test for the drug EPO. However, 106 individual athletes and 12 teams attended the games, covering all fields, notably equestrian, athletics (track and field), and sailing.

Ireland's only medal at the Games, a gold one, was stripped from Cian O'Connor in the individual Show Jumping event, riding his horse Waterford Crystal. Going into the last round of the Individual Show Jumping, Ireland was in front, albeit with Jessica Kuerten and not Cian. However, a faultless last round pushed O'Connor ahead of the rest of the field. Later it was found that Cian's horse had tested positive for banned substances. Although Cian was cleared of any wrong doing, he was ordered to hand the medal back.

Results by event

=Athletics=

Women's 100 metre hurdles:
* Derval O'Rourke — Round 1, 13.46 s (did not advance, 29th of 37 overall)

Women's 5000 metres:
* Sonia O'Sullivan — Final, 16:20.90 (ran a 14:59.61 in the heats, placed 14th of 41)
* Maria McCambridge — Heat 1, 15:57.42 (did not advance, 31st of 41 overall)

Women's 10,000 metres:
* Maria Davenport — Final, 31:50.49 (placed 14th of 31 overall)

Women's 20km Walk:
* Olive Loughnane — Did not finish

Men's 200 metres:
* Paul Brizzel — Round 1, 21.00 s (did not advance, 38th of 54 overall)

Men's 1500 metres:
* James Nolan — Semifinal, 3:42.61 (did not advance, 18th of 38 overall)

Men's 5000 metres:
* Alistair Ian Cragg — Final, 13:43.06 (12th place)
* Mark Carroll — Round 1, 13:46.81 (did not advance, 30th of 36 overall)

Men's 20 km walk:
* Robert Heffernan — DQ

Men's high jump:
* Adrian O Dwyer — Round 1, no mark (did not advance, 38th of 39 overall)

=Boxing=

Middleweight (75kg)
* Andy Lee — Won Round 1, Drew Round 2, lost on a count back.

=Canoeing=

* Eadaoinn Ni Challarain — Semis, placed 11th (11th of 19 overall)
* Eoin Rheinisch — Round 1, 21st (21st of 25 overall)

=Cycling=

Road-Race
* Ciarán Power — 13th of 146 overall
* Mark Scanlon — Did not finish.

Cross Country
* Jenny McCauley — Called off course due to 80 per cent rule (21st of 30 overall)
* Robin Seymour — Finished the 26.9mile course in 2hrs 28.32 min (30th of 49 overall)

=Equestrian=

Show Jumping — Individual
* Cian O'Connor — 4 faults (1st place of 45 riders) (later disqualified)
* Kevin Babbington — 12 faults (joint 4th of 45 riders) [http://www.horsesport.org/PDFS/S/03_04/2004_OG-S_Ind_.pdf]
* Jessica Kuerten — 21 faults (joint 18th of 45 riders) [http://www.horsesport.org/PDFS/S/03_04/2004_OG-S_Ind_.pdf]

Show Jumping — Team
* Cian O'Connor — 21 faults
* Jessica Kuerten — 9 faults
* Kevin Babbington — 6 faults
* Marion Hughes — 10 faults
** Total 36 faults (7th of 16 teams overall) (later disqualified)

Three-Day Eventing — Team
* Mark Kyle — 67 penalties
* Niall Griffin — 73.2 penalties
* Susan Shortt — 76.8 penalties
* Sasha Harrison — 102.4 penalties
* Edmond Gibney — 152.6 penalties
** Total 217 penalties (8th of 14 teams overall)

Individual Eventing
* Mark Kyle — total penalties 75, reached final (21st of 75 overall)
* Niall Griffin — total penalties 83.2, reached final (23rd of 75 overall)
* Susan Shortt — total penalties 76.8 (32nd of 75 overall)
* Sasha Harrison — total penalties 102.4 (49th of 75 overall)
* Edmond Gibney — total penalties 152.6 (62nd of 75 overall)

Dressage — Individual
* Heike Holstein — Did not advance (50th of 52 overall)

=Rowing=

Lightweight Men's Double Sculls
* Sam Lynch and Gearoid Towey — won heat (6:16.63), 4th in semi-final (6:19.09), 4th in 'B' final (6:49.26), (10th of 21 overall)

Lightweight Men's Four
* Richard Archibald, Eugene Coakley, Niall O'Toole and Paul Griffin — 2nd in heat (5:52.54), 3rd in semi-final (5:58.89), 6th in final (6:09.96), (6th of 13 overall)

=Sailing=

Finn Class
* David Burrows — 12th of 25 boats

470 Class
* Gerald Owens and Ross Killian — 16th of 27 crews

Star Class
* Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins — 17th of 17 crews

49er Class
* Tom Fitzpatrick and Fraser Brown — 16th of 19 crews

Europe Class
* Maria Coleman — 18th of 25 boats

Laser
* Rory Fitzpatrick — 30th of 42 competitors

=Shooting=

Men's Trap
* Derek Burnett — Placed 9th in Round 1 and 9th in Round 2 with 119 points (9th overall)

=Swimming=

Women's 100m Breaststroke:
* Emma Robinson — Heats, 1:11.40 (did not advance, 28th of 48 overall)

Men's 200m Breaststroke:
* Michael Williamson — Heats, 2:15.75 (did not advance, 22nd of 46 overall)

Officials

*President: Pat Hickey
*Secretary General: Dermot J. Sherlock