Loading AI tools
Sporting event delegation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ireland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Ireland sent 45 athletes, competing in 9 sports.[1] The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was Patrice Dockery.[2]
Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
---|---|
IPC code | IRL |
NPC | Paralympics Ireland |
Website | www |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 45 in 9 sports |
Flag bearer | Patrice Dockery |
Medals Ranked 36th |
|
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
Gold | Michael McKillop | Athletics | Men's 800 m T37 |
Gold | Jason Smyth | Athletics | Men's 100 m T13 |
Gold | Jason Smyth | Athletics | Men's 200 m T13 |
Silver | Darragh McDonald | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle S6 |
Bronze | Gabriel Shelly | Boccia | Mixed Individual BC1 |
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | Seed | Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Opposition score |
Rank | ||
Sean Heary | Men's individual compound | 652 | 20 | Arenz (GER) W 108-104 |
Go (KOR) W 113-112 |
Horner (SUI) L 99-113 |
did not advance |
Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Roy Patrick Guerin | T53 | 100m | 16.59 | 12 | did not advance | |||
Michael McKillop | T37 | 800m | — | 1:59.39 WR | ||||
Jason Smyth | T13 | 100m | 10.81 WR | 1 Q | — | 10.62 WR | ||
200m | 21.81 WR | 1 Q | — | 21.43 WR |
Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Points | Rank | |||
Eoin Thomas Cleare | F32 | Shot put | 6.11 | - | 7 |
Garrett Culliton | F33-34/52 | Discus throw | 17.79 | 953 | 5 |
John McCarthy | F32/51 | Club throw | 19.53 | 811 | 11 |
Discus throw | 9.48 | 966 | 9 |
Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Points | Rank | |||
Orla Barry | F57-58 | Discus throw | 27.08 | 1027 | 5 |
Catherine Wayland | F32-34/51-53 | Discus throw | 6.13 | 1010 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opponent | Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Padraic Moran | Mixed individual BC1 | Marques (POR) | L 2-4 | 1 Q | Wang Y (CHN) L 5-6 |
did not advance | ||
Sanders (NZL) | W 7-3 | |||||||
Smith (GBR) | W 9-0 | |||||||
Aandalen (NOR) | W 4-2 | |||||||
Gabriel Shelly | Park J S (KOR) | L 3-5 | 1 Q | Vaquerizo (ESP) W 8-2 |
Marques (POR) L 1-4 |
Wang Y (CHN) W 6-2 |
||
Richardson (CAN) | W 4-2 | |||||||
Ibarbure (ARG) | W 3-2 | |||||||
Kitani (JPN) | W 5-2 | |||||||
Roberta Connolly | Mixed individual BC2 | Cortez (ARG) | L 1-4 | 3 | did not advance | |||
Cao (CHN) | L 0-5 | |||||||
Leglice (ARG) | W 4-3 | |||||||
Tom Leahy | F Ferreira (POR) | W 5-2 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
Bentley (GBR) | L 1-5 | |||||||
Kainuma (JPN) | L 2-4 | |||||||
Roberta Connolly Tom Leahy Padraic Moran Gabriel Shelly |
Mixed team BC1-2 | Spain (ESP) | L 1-12 | 2 Q | China (CHN) L 2-12 |
did not advance | ||
Finland (FIN) | W 7-3 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Cathal Gustavus Miller | Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4 | DNF | |
Men's road time trial LC1 | 36:33.95 | 9 | |
Enda Smyth | Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4 | DNF | |
Michael Delaney David Patrick Peelo (pilot) |
Men's road race B&VI 1-3 | 2:29:32 | 16 |
Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 | 36:26.54 | 18 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1st round | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Cathal Gustavus Miller | Men's individual pursuit LC1 | 4:53.97 | 5 | did not advance | |||
Men's time trial LC1 | — | 1:11.82 | 7 | ||||
Enda Smyth | Men's individual pursuit CP4 | 3:55.919 | 7 | did not advance | |||
Men's time trial CP4 | — | 1:16.07 | 7 | ||||
Michael Delaney David Patrick Peelo |
Men's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3 | 4:49.911 | 13 | did not advance | |||
Men's sprint | 11.460 | 6 | Kilpatrick (RSA) / Thomson (RSA) |
L 0-2 | 5-8th place matches Cowie (CAN) / Smibert (CAN) W 12.145 |
5 | |
Men's time trial B&VI 1-3 | — | 1:08.593 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Catherine Mary Walsh Joanna Hickey |
Women's road race B&VI 1-3 | 2:03:14 | 9 |
Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3 | 40:09.67 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Catherine Mary Walsh Joanna Hickey (pilot) |
Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3 | 3:50.515 | 5 | did not advance | |
Women's time trial B&VI 1-3 | — | 1:16.208 | 7 |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | Rank | |||
Eilish Byrne | Youri | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 62.818 | 11 |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 65.833 | 8 |
The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 8 teams.
Ireland | 1 - 1 | Great Britain |
---|---|---|
Ireland | 2 - 4 | Netherlands |
---|---|---|
Five Irish athletes competed in the following events in sailing:[3]
Ireland sent six representatives in swimming, including Dave Malone, Ellen Keane and Darragh McDonald.
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Eimear Breathnach | Women's singles C1-2 | Pezzutto (ITA) L 1–3 |
Pushpasheva (RUS) L 1–3 |
— | 3 | did not advance | |||
Kathleen Reynolds | Women's singles C3 | Li Q (CHN) L 1-3 |
Choi H J (KOR) L 1-3 |
Y Silva (CUB) L 2-3 |
3 | did not advance | |||
Eimear Breathnach Kathleen Reynolds |
Women's team C1-3 | — | France (FRA) L 1-3 |
did not advance |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.