# Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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 | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |

## Alpine skiing

Ireland qualified two alpine skiers, one male and one female.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Patrick McMillan | Men's combined | 1:25.77 | 61 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Patrick McMillan | Men's downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:49.98 | 52 |
| Patrick McMillan | Men's super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:33.54 | 48 |
| Tess Arbez | Women's giant slalom | 1:22.12 | 56 | 1:18.12 | 50 | 2:40.24 | 50 |
| Tess Arbez | Women's slalom | 59.47 | 51 | 59.00 | 47 | 1:58.47 | 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

| Athlete | Event | Classical | Classical | Freestyle | Freestyle | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank |
| Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's 15 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 37:36.6 | +3:52.7 | 63 |
| Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's 30 km skiathlon | 44:48.3 | 57 | 41:12.7 | 60 | 1:32:34.2 | +16:14.2 | 60 |
| Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's 50 km classical | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS | DNS |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's sprint | 3:29.16 | 62 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Freestyle skiing
### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Brendan Newby | Men's halfpipe | 53.80 | 14 | 13.20 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did 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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
| Seamus O'Connor | Men's halfpipe | 65.50 | 39.75 | 65.50 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |