Olympic history of Ireland

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Ireland , whose NOK , the Olympic Council of Ireland ( Irish Comhairle Oilimpeach na hÉireann ) was founded in 1922 andrecognizedby the IOC , has been participating in the Summer Olympics since 1924. Since 1992 athletes have also been sent to the winter games.

history

Ireland itself has not yet hosted an Olympic Summer or Winter Games. A total of 744 athletes, including 135 women, competed. Athletes from Ireland have won 31 medals so far, all of them at summer games. The most successful athlete is the swimmer Michelle Smith , who won three golds and one bronze between 1988 and 1996. The first medal winner was the artist Oliver St. John Gogarty , who won bronze in the 1924 art competitions.

The youngest member of a team from Ireland was the swimmer Aisling O'Leary at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich , who started at the age of 15. The sailor Joe McMenamin was also the oldest participant in Irish Olympic history in 1972 at the age of 59.

Paddy Carroll was the only Irishman to carry the flag of Ireland twice at an Olympic opening ceremony.

politics

Proposed Olympic flag for Ireland

The NOK of Ireland represents the entire island of Ireland. So you also leads Northern Ireland which the United Kingdom is one with under the name Ireland. In the meantime, a special Olympic flag for the island has been proposed. The NOK renamed itself in 1952 to make this clear, therefore from Irish Olympic Council to Olympic Council of Ireland .

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			sports																									Medals
	Ges.																																rank
1924	40	38	2				7th		12						10									4th			7th		0	0	0	-	-
1928	29	27	2				8th								10		2					2					7th		1	0	0	1	24
1932	8th	8th	0				4th								4th														2	0	0	2	16
1936	not participated
1948	63	62	1		13		8th	5	11						10			3		9			3					1	0	0	0	-	-
1952	19th	19th	0				8th	4th							2			3	1				1						0	1	0	1	34
1956	18th	17th	1				7th								3				1				1						1	1	3	5	21st
1960	49	47	2				10	6th		2					9		5	7th	4th				6th						0	0	0	0	-
1964	25th	24	1				5	2					1		7th			4th	2				4th						0	0	1	1	35
1968	31	25th	6th				6th	4th							5		3	6th			3	4th							0	0	0	0	-
1972	59	51	8th				6th	1		1			5	4th	13		4th	4th		1	4th	7th	9						0	0	0	0	-
1976	44	41	3			1	5							4th	7th		2	4th		10	1	4th	6th						0	0	0	0	-
1980	47	44	3			3	7th						2	2	7th	3	3			11	4th	3	2						0	1	1	2	31
1984	42	28	14th			2	6th						1	1	17th		5	5			2	2	1						0	1	0	1	33
1988	61	52	9			3	7th						1	4th	18th		5	7th	1	3		5	5	2					0	0	0	0	-
1992	58	49	9			1	6th	1					2	5	19th		5	9		1		2	5	2					1	1	0	2	32
1996	78	62	16			1	4th						2	6th	24		5	9		6th	3	5	10	2		1			3	0	1	4th	28
2000	64	40	24	1			1							3	32		5	7th	4th		3	4th	4th						0	1	0	1	64
2004	46	32	14th				1							2	11		4th	10		6th	1	2	9						0	0	0	0	-
2008	55	39	16	2			5	1						1	16		4th	6th		9	1	3	6th		1				0	1	2	3	64
2012	64	36	28	2			6th						1	3	21st	2	4th	8th		1	1	4th	8th		2	1			1	1	4th	6th	41
2016	76	50	26th	2			7th				4th	16			17th	2	3	6th		5		3	6th		2	2		1	0	2	0	2	63
total																													9	10	12	31	47

Winter games

year	Athletes			sports						Medals
	Ges.													rank
1992	4th	4th	0	4th
1994	not participated
1998	6th	6th	0	5
2002	6th	5	1	2		1	2	1
2006	4th	3	1			1	2	1
2010	6th	3	3	2		1	2	1
2014	5	4th	1			1	2	1	1
2018	5	4th	1		1		2	1	1
total										0	0	0	0	-

Medals

→ See: List of Olympic medalists from Ireland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Cronin, David Doyle, Liam O'Callaghan: Foreign Fields and Foreigners on the Field: Irish Sport, Inclusion and Assimilation . In: The International Journal of the History of Sport . tape 25 , no. 8 , July 1, 2008, ISSN  0952-3367 , p. 1010-1030 , doi : 10.1080 / 09523360802106754 .

Web links

• Ireland in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Ireland on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)