# Ireland at the 2006 European Athletics Championships

Ireland competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championships held in Sweden. It won 1 silver medal. Derval O'Rourke's silver medal, combined with a new national record, in the 100 metre hurdles was the highlight of the championship, which also saw a new women's 4 × 100 m relay national record and a national record equalling performance from Deirdre Ryan in the high jump.

## Results by event
### Men's competition

Men's 200 m
* Paul Brizzell
** Round 1 — 20.84
** Round 2 — DNF
* Paul Hession
** Round 1 — 20.81
** Round 2 — 20.80
** Semi-Final — 21.09 (did not advance)
* Gary Ryan
** Round 1 — 21.14 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m
* Paul "Junior" McKee
** Round 1 — 46.48 (did not advance)
* David Gillick
** Round 1 — 46.16
** Semi-Final — 46.84 (did not advance)
* David McCarthy
** Round 1 — 46.53 (did not advance)
Men's 800 m
* David Campbell
** Round 1 — 01:48.70 (did not advance)
* Thomas Chamney
** Round 1 — 01:50.12 (did not advance)
Men's 1,500 m
* James Nolan
** Semi-Final — 03:49.94 (did not advance)
* Liam Reale
** Semi-Final — 03:41.97
** Final — 03:42.65 (8th place)
Men's 5,000 m
* Alistair Cragg
** Semi-Final — 13:50.12
** Final — DNF
Men's 10,000 m
* Martin Fagan
** Round 1 — 28:54.04 (11th place)
Men's 4 × 400 m
* Paul McKee, Brian Doyle, David Gillick, David McCarthy
** Semi-Final — 03:04.59
** Final — 03:05.57 (9th place)

### Women's competition

Women's 100 m
* Anna Boyle
** Round 1 — 11.60 (did not advance)
* Emily Maher
** Round 1 — DNS
Women's 200 m
* Anna Boyle
** Round 1 — 23.94 (did not advance)
* Ciara Sheehy
** Round 1 — DNF
Women's 400 m
* Joanne Cuddihy
** Round 1 — 51.41
** Semi-Final — 51.09 (PB)
** Final — 51.46 (8th place)
Women's 1,500 m
* Aoife Byrne
** Semi-Final — 4:16.07 (did not advance)
Women's 5,000 m
* Mary Cullen
** Final — 15:25.80 (PB) (12th Place)
* Marie Davenport
** Final — DNF
Women's 10,000 m
* Marie Davenport
** Final — 33:05.48 (22nd place)
Women's 100 m Hurdles
* Derval O'Rourke
** Round 1 — 13.03
** Semi final — 12.94
** Final — 12.72 NR (2nd - Silver medal)
Women's 3000 m Steeplechase
* Roísín McGettigan
** Semi-Final — 09:47.31 (did not advance)
* Fionnuala Britton
** Semi-Final — 09:49.20 (PB) (did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m
* Derval O'Rourke, Joanne Cuddihy, Ailis McSweeney and Anna Boyle
** Semi-Final — 44.38 (NR) (did not advance)
Women's High Jump
* Deirdre Ryan
** Qualifying — 1.92 m (=NR)
** Final — 1.84 m (13th place)
Women's Hammer Throw
* Eileen O'Keefe
** Qualifying — 65.07 m (did not advance)
| 2006 Gothenburg | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Competitors

| Men 200 m: Paul Hession, Paul Brizzel, Gary Ryan 400 m: David Gillick, David McCarthy, Paul McKee 800 m: David Campbell, Thomas Chamney 1,500 m: James Nolan, Liam Reale 5,000 m: Martin Fagan, Alistair Cragg 10,000: Martin Fagan 4 × 400 m Relay: David Gillick, David McCarthy, Paul McKee, Antoine Burke, Brian Doyle, Bryan Murphy | Women 100 m: Anna Boyle, Emily Maher 200 m: Ciara Sheehy, Joanne Cuddihy, Emily Maher, Anna Boyle 400 m: Joanne Cuddihy, Michelle Carey 1,500 m: Aoife Byrne 5,000 m: Marie Davenport, Mary Cullen 10,000 m: Marie Davenport 3,000 m Steeplechase: Roisin McGettigan, Fionnuala Britton 100 m Hurdles: Derval O'Rourke 400 m Hurdles: Michelle Carey 4 × 100 m Relay: Anna Boyle, Ciara Sheehy, Joanne Cuddihy, Derval O'Rourke, Emily Maher, Ailis McSweeney High Jump: Deirdre Ryan Hammer: Eileen O'Keeffe |