# Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Ireland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Sonia O'Sullivan | Athletics | Women's 5000m |

## Results by event
### Athletics
#### Men's Competition

Men's 100m
* Paul Brizzell
   * Round 1 – 10.62 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m
* Paul Brizzell
   * Round 1 – 20.98 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m
* Tomas Coman
   * Round 1 – 46.17 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800m
* David Matthews
   * Round 1 – 01:48.77 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500m
* James Nolan
   * Round 1 – 03:40.50 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000m
* Mark Carroll
   * Round 1 – 13:30.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110m Hurdles
* Peter Coghlan
   * Round 1 – 14.03
   * Round 2 – 13.86 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
* Tom McGuirk
   * Round 1 – 51.73 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m
* Paul Brizzell, Tom Comyns, John McAdorey, Gary Ryan
   * Round 1 – 39.26 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m
* Tomas Coman, Robert Daly, Paul "Junior" McKee, Paul Oppermann
   * Round 1 – 03:07.42 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
* Brendan Reilly
   * Qualifying – 2.20 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus
* Nick Sweeney
   * Qualifying – 57.37 (→ did not advance)
* John Menton
   * Qualifying – 54.21 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
* Terry McHugh
   * Qualifying – 79.90 (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
* Paddy McGrath
   * Qualifying – 67.00 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
* Robert Heffernan
   * Final – 1:26:04 (→ 28th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
* Jamie Costin
   * Final – 4:24:22 (→ 38th place)

#### Women's Competition

Women's 100m
* Sarah Reilly
   * Round 1 – 11.56
   * Round 2 – 11.53 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m
* Sarah Reilly
   * Round 1 – 23.43 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m
* Karen Shinkins
   * Round 1 – 53.27 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500m
* Sinead Delahunty
   * Round 1 – 04:11.75 (→ did not advance)
Women's 5,000m
* Sonia O'Sullivan
   * Round 1 – 15:07.91
   * Final – 14:41.02 (→ Silver Medal)
* Rosemary Ryan
   * Round 1 – 15:33.05 (→ did not advance)
* Breda Dennehy-Willis
   * Round 1 – 15:49.58 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000m
* Sonia O'Sullivan
   * Round 1 – 32:29.93
   * Final – 30:53.37 (→ 6th place)
* Breda Dennehy-Willis
   * Round 1 – 33:17.45 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
* Susan Smith-Walsh
   * Round 1 – 57.08 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 m
* Emily Maher, Martina McCarthy, Ciara Sheehy, Karen Shinkins
   * Round 1 – 03:32.24 (→ did not advance)
Women's 20 km Walk
* Gillian O'Sullivan
   * Final – 1:33:10 (→ 10th place)
* Olive Loughnane
   * Final – 1:38:23 (→ 35th place)

### Badminton

Women's Singles
* Sonya McGinn
   * Round of 64: Bye
   * Round of 32: Lost to Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands (→ did not advance)

### Boxing

Men's 71 kg
* Michael Roche
   * Round 1 – Lost to Firat Karagollu of Turkey (→ did not advance)

### Canoe / Kayak
#### Flatwater
##### Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m
* Gary Mawer
   * Qualifying Heat – 01:49.705 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
* Gary Mawer
   * Qualifying Heat – 03:45.787
   * Semifinal – 03:50.363 (→ did not advance)

#### Slalom
##### Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles
* Ian Wiley
   * Qualifying – 266.42 (→ did not advance)

##### Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles
* Eadaoin Ní Challarain
   * Qualifying – 331.49 (→ did not advance)

### Cycling
#### Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
* Robin Seymour
   * Final – 2:20:40.19 (→ 28th place)
Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike
* Tarja Owens
   * Final – Lapped (→ 29th place)

#### Road Cycling
##### Men's Competition

Men's Road Race
* David McCann
   * Final – 5:30:46 (→ 43rd place)
* Ciarán Power
   * Final – 5:34:58 (→ 74th place)

##### Women's Competition

Women's Road Race
* Deirdre Murphy
   * Final – DNF (→ no ranking)

### Rowing

Men's Lightweight Fours
* Neville Maxwell 5th in the B final (→ 11th)
* Neal Byrne 5th in the B final (→ 11th)
* Gearoid Towey 5th in the B final (→ 11th)
* Tony O'Connor 5th in the B final (→ 11th)

### Sailing

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
* David Burrows
   * Race 1 – 9
   * Race 2 – (16)
   * Race 3 – 7
   * Race 4 – 15
   * Race 5 – (19)
   * Race 6 – 1
   * Race 7 – 10
   * Race 8 – 1
   * Race 9 – 6
   * Race 10 – 12
   * Race 11 – 8
   * Final – 69 (→ 9th place)
Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
* Mark Mansfield and David O'Brien
   * Race 1 – (15)
   * Race 2 – 12
   * Race 3 – 12
   * Race 4 – 10
   * Race 5 – 7
   * Race 6 – 9
   * Race 7 – 13
   * Race 8 – 3
   * Race 9 – 11
   * Race 10 – 13
   * Race 11 – (17) OCS
   * Final – 90 (→ 14th place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
* Maria Coleman
   * Race 1 – 11
   * Race 2 – 5
   * Race 3 – 3
   * Race 4 – 15
   * Race 5 – (17)
   * Race 6 – 7
   * Race 7 – 11
   * Race 8 – (17)
   * Race 9 – 9
   * Race 10 – 14
   * Race 11 – 11
   * Final – 86 (→ 12th place)

### Swimming

Men's 200m Butterfly
* Colin Lowth
   * Preliminary Heat – 02:03.91 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Andrew Bree
   * Preliminary Heat – 01:04.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Andrew Bree
   * Preliminary Heat – 02:18.14 (→ did not advance)
Women's 50m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
   * Preliminary Heat – 27.46 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
   * Preliminary Heat – 58.79 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
   * Preliminary Heat – 02:05.24 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Freestyle
* Chantal Gibney
   * Preliminary Heat – 04:23.73 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
* Emma Robinson
   * Preliminary Heat – 01:13.41 (→ did not advance)