Ireland at the Olympics

Ireland has been at the Summer Olympic Games since 1924, and at the Winter Olympic Games since 1992. Before 1922, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Irish athletes at earlier Games are counted as British in Olympic numbers.

Ireland at the
Olympics
IOC codeIRL
NOCOlympic Federation of Ireland
Websitewww.olympics.ie
Medals
Gold
9
Silver
10
Bronze
12
Total
31
Summer appearances
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 1992
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018
  • 2022
Other related appearances
 Great Britain (1896–1920)

Medal tables

The following tables include medals won by athletes on Irish teams together with one poet. All medals are from the Summer Games. Ireland's best result at the Winter Games was fourth, by Clifton Wrottesley in the Men's Skeleton in 2002 at Salt Lake City.

Medallists (28)
Medal Name Games Sport Event
33 BronzeOliver St. John Gogarty1924 ParisPoetryPoetry
11 Gold Pat O'Callaghan1928 AmsterdamAthleticsMen's hammer throw
11 Gold Bob Tisdall1932 Los AngelesAthleticsMen's 400 metre hurdles
11 Gold Pat O'Callaghan1932 Los AngelesAthleticsMen's hammer throw
22 Silver John McNally1952 HelsinkiBoxingMen's bantamweight
11 Gold Ronnie Delaney1956 MelbourneAthleticsMen's 1500 metres
22 Silver Fred Tiedt1956 MelbourneBoxingMen's welterweight
33 BronzeJohn Caldwell1956 MelbourneBoxingMen's flyweight
33 BronzeFreddie Gilroy1956 MelbourneBoxingMen's bantamweight
33 BronzeAnthony Byrne1956 MelbourneBoxingMen's lightweight
33 BronzeJim McCourt1964 TokyoBoxingMen's lightweight
33 BronzeHugh Russell1980 MoscowBoxingMen's flyweight
22 Silver David Wilkins
James Wilkinson		1980 MoscowSailingFlying Dutchman class
22 Silver John Treacy1984 Los AngelesAthleticsMen's marathon
11 Gold Michael Carruth1992 BarcelonaBoxingMen's welterweight
22 Silver Wayne McCullough1992 BarcelonaBoxingMen's bantamweight
11 Gold Michelle Smith1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle
11 Gold Michelle Smith1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley
11 Gold Michelle Smith1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 400 metre individual medley
33 BronzeMichelle Smith1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 200 metre butterfly
22 Silver Sonia O'Sullivan2000 SydneyAthleticsWomen's 5000 metres
33 BronzePaddy Barnes2008 BeijingBoxingMen's Light flyweight
22 Silver Kenny Egan2008 BeijingBoxingMen's Light Heavyweight
33 BronzeDarren Sutherland2008 BeijingBoxingMen's Middleweight
33 BronzeCian O' Connor2012 LondonEquestrianIndividual jumping
11 Gold Katie Taylor2012 LondonBoxingWomen's lightweight
33 BronzePaddy Barnes2012 LondonBoxingMen's light flyweight
33 BronzeMichael Conlan2012 LondonBoxingMen's flyweight
22 Silver John Joe Nevin2012 LondonBoxingMen's bantamweight

Medals by Summer Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Paris0000
1928 Amsterdam1001
1932 Los Angeles2002
1936 Berlindid not participate
1948 London0000
1952 Helsinki0101
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm1135
1960 Rome0000
1964 Tokyo0011
1968 Mexico City0000
1972 Munich0000
1976 Montreal0000
1980 Moscow0112
1984 Los Angeles0101
1988 Seoul0000
1992 Barcelona1102
1996 Atlanta3014
2000 Sydney0101
2004 Athens0000
2008 Beijing0123
2012 London1135
Total981128

Medals by sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics4206
Swimming3014
Boxing25916
Sailing0101
Equestrian0011
Total981128

References

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