# Ireland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Ireland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included forty-two athletes, thirty-four men and eight women. Irish competitors won four medals, three silver and one bronze to finish sixty-first in the medal table.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Conal McNamara | Athletics | Men's 400m T13 |
| Silver | John McCarthy | Athletics | Men's discus throw F32/51 |
| Silver | David Malone | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S8 |
| Bronze | Derek Malone | Athletics | Men's 800m T38 |

## Sports
### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| John Fulham | T53 | 100m | 15.80 | 7 Q | — | — | 15.67 | 6 |
| John Fulham | T53 | 200m | 27.98 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Derek Malone | T38 | 400m | 54.35 | 7 q | — | — | 54.84 | 7 |
| Derek Malone | T38 | 800m | — | — | — | — | 2:01.76 | |
| Conal McNamara | T13 | 200m | 23.58 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Conal McNamara | T13 | 400m | — | — | — | — | 50.62 | |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Garrett Culliton | F52 | Discus | 15.86 | - | 5 |
| Garrett Culliton | F52 | Shot put | 6.81 | - | 10 |
| Garrett Jameson | F32/51 | Club throw | 26.32 | 890 | 7 |
| Tom Leahy | F32 | Shot put | 5.96 | - | 7 |
| John McCarthy | F32/51 | Club throw | 19.21 | 750 | 9 |
| John McCarthy | F32/51 | Discus | 9.74 | 1078 | |

#### Women's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Patrice Dockery | T54 | 5000m | DNF | DNF | — | — | 12:50.84 | 9 |
| Catherine Walsh | T13 | 400m | — | — | — | — | 1:05.99 | 6 |

#### Women's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Lisa Callaghan | F35-38 | Javelin | 24.12 | 1087 | 5 |
| Rosemary Tallon | F33/34/52/53 | Javelin | 8.72 | 1214 | 4 |
| Catherine Walsh | F13 | Long jump | 4.55 | - | 6 |

### Boccia
#### Individual events

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Gabriel Shelly | Mixed individual BC1 | Beltran (ESP) | L 3-9 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gabriel Shelly | Mixed individual BC1 | Taksee (THA) | L 2-9 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gabriel Shelly | Mixed individual BC1 | Pearse (GBR) | W 7-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gabriel Shelly | Mixed individual BC1 | Villano (ARG) | W 11-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gabriel Shelly | Mixed individual BC1 | Gahleitner (AUT) | W 6-1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly | Mixed individual BC2 | Ferreira (POR) | L 1-9 | 2 Q | P Silva (POR) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly | Mixed individual BC2 | Scalise (ARG) | W 4-1 | 2 Q | P Silva (POR) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly | Mixed individual BC2 | Kwok (HKG) | W 4-3 | 2 Q | P Silva (POR) L 0-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Keith Hayes | Mixed individual BC2 | Murray (GBR) | L 1-8 | 2 Q | Flood (NZL) L 0-9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Keith Hayes | Mixed individual BC2 | Femtegield (NOR) | W 5-4 | 2 Q | Flood (NZL) L 0-9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Keith Hayes | Mixed individual BC2 | Tsilikopoulou (GRE) | W/O | 2 Q | Flood (NZL) L 0-9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martina Murphy | Mixed individual BC2 | Steirer (AUT) | L 0-7 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martina Murphy | Mixed individual BC2 | Siddiqi (DEN) | L 4-10 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martina Murphy | Mixed individual BC2 | Mongkolpun (THA) | L 0-10 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Cronin | Mixed individual BC3 | Hanson (USA) | L 2-5 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Cronin | Mixed individual BC3 | Polychronidis (GRE) | L 1-4 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Cronin | Mixed individual BC3 | Macedo (POR) | L 3-7 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Cronin | Mixed individual BC3 | Bidlas (CZE) | W 14-0 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerry O'Grady | Mixed individual BC3 | Pesquera (ESP) | L 1-8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerry O'Grady | Mixed individual BC3 | Kabush (CAN) | L 4-6 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerry O'Grady | Mixed individual BC3 | Krenek (CZE) | L 2-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Pairs/teams

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| John Cronin Gerry O'Grady | Pairs BC3 | Pesquera (ESP) / J M Rodriguez (ESP) | L 1-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Cronin Gerry O'Grady | Pairs BC3 | Jackson (NZL) / Dijkstra (NZL) | L 0-10 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Cronin Gerry O'Grady | Pairs BC3 | Bidlas (CZE) / Krenek (CZE) | W 5-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly Keith Hayes Martina Murphy Gabriel Shelly | Mixed team BC1/2 | Portugal (POR) | L 3-8 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly Keith Hayes Martina Murphy Gabriel Shelly | Mixed team BC1/2 | New Zealand (NZL) | L 3-9 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly Keith Hayes Martina Murphy Gabriel Shelly | Mixed team BC1/2 | Hong Kong (HKG) | L 4-9 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly Keith Hayes Martina Murphy Gabriel Shelly | Mixed team BC1/2 | Thailand (THA) | W 11-1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberta Connolly Keith Hayes Martina Murphy Gabriel Shelly | Mixed team BC1/2 | Denmark (DEN) | W 7-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Cycling
#### Men's road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Denis Toomey Mark Kehoe (pilot) | Men's road race/time trial tandem B1-3 | 34:52 | 19 |

#### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 1st round | 1st round | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Ian Mahon Mark Kehoe (pilot) | Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | — | — | — | — | 1:14.38 | 18 |
| Ian Mahon Mark Kehoe (pilot) | Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3 | 5:15.37 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Breda Bernie | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 55.000 | 17 |
| Breda Bernie | Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 61.833 | 19 |

### Football 7-a-side

The men's team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out of 8 teams.

#### Players

* Aidan Brennan
* Andrew Clint
* Kieran Devlin
* Paul Dollard
* Darren Kavanagh
* Joseph Markey
* Gary Messett
* James Murrihy
* Brendan O'Grady
* Alan O'Hara
* Peter O'Neill
* Finbarr O'Riordan

#### Tournament

| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Ireland vs. Ukraine (UKR) | 0 - 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Ireland vs. Argentina (ARG) | 2 - 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Ireland vs. Iran (IRI) | 2 - 7 | 4 |
| 7th/8th classification | Ireland vs. United States (USA) | 4 - 0 | 7 |

### Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Michael Doyle | Men's 73kg | Krieger (GER) L 99-99 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tony White | Men's 81kg | Jonard (FRA) L 0000-1000 | — | — | Lopez (USA) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| David Malone | S8 | 100m backstroke | 1:13.64 | 3 Q | 1:12.55 | |
| Aidan McGlynn | S9 | 50m freestyle | 29.15 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Claire Conway | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:24.37 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |