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.

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     1924 Paris  Poetry  Poetry     1928 Amsterdam  Athletics  Men's hammer throw     1932 Los Angeles  Athletics  Men's 400 metre hurdles     1932 Los Angeles  Athletics  Men's hammer throw     1952 Helsinki  Boxing  Men's bantamweight     1956 Melbourne  Athletics  Men's 1500 metres     1956 Melbourne  Boxing  Men's welterweight     1956 Melbourne  Boxing  Men's flyweight     1956 Melbourne  Boxing  Men's bantamweight     1956 Melbourne  Boxing  Men's lightweight     1964 Tokyo  Boxing  Men's lightweight     1980 Moscow  Boxing  Men's flyweight   James Wilkinson 1980 Moscow  Sailing  Flying Dutchman class     1984 Los Angeles  Athletics  Men's marathon     1992 Barcelona  Boxing  Men's welterweight     1992 Barcelona  Boxing  Men's bantamweight     1996 Atlanta  Swimming  Women's 400 metre freestyle     1996 Atlanta  Swimming  Women's 200 metre individual medley     1996 Atlanta  Swimming   Women's 400 metre individual medley     1996 Atlanta  Swimming  Women's 200 metre butterfly     2000 Sydney  Athletics  Women's 5000 metres     2008 Beijing  Boxing  Men's Light flyweight     2008 Beijing  Boxing  Men's Light Heavyweight     2008 Beijing  Boxing  Men's Middleweight     2012 London  Equestrian  Individual jumping     2012 London  Boxing  Women's lightweight     2012 London  Boxing  Men's light flyweight     2012 London  Boxing  Men's flyweight     2012 London  Boxing  Men's bantamweight

Medals by Summer Games


 1924 Paris  0  0  0  0 1928 Amsterdam  1  0  0  1 1932 Los Angeles  2  0  0  2 1936 Berlin  did not participate 1948 London  0  0  0  0 1952 Helsinki  0  1  0  1 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm  1  1  3  5 1960 Rome  0  0  0  0 1964 Tokyo  0  0  1  1 1968 Mexico City  0  0  0  0 1972 Munich  0  0  0  0 1976 Montreal  0  0  0  0 1980 Moscow  0  1  1  2 1984 Los Angeles  0  1  0  1 1988 Seoul  0  0  0  0 1992 Barcelona  1  1  0  2 1996 Atlanta  3  0  1  4 2000 Sydney  0  1  0  1 2004 Athens  0  0  0  0 2008 Beijing  0  1  2  3 2012 London  1  1  3  5 Total  9  8  11  28

Medals by sport
 Athletics  4  2  0  6 Swimming  3  0  1  4 Boxing  2  5  9  16 Sailing  0  1  0  1 Equestrian  0  0  1  1 Total  9  8  11  28

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

 References 

Other websites 
 Ireland profile at London2012.com 

Category:Nations at the Olympics
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Category:National sports teams of Ireland