1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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Ireland took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with 78 athletes, 16 women and 62 men, in 13 sports.

Since 1924 it was Ireland's 16th participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Boxer Francie Barrett carried the flag of Ireland during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With three won gold and a bronze medal, the Irish team finished 28th in the medals table .

gold

Surname	sport	Competitions
Michelle Smith	swim	Women, 400 meter freestyle women, 200 meter medley women, 400 meter medley

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Michelle Smith	swim	Women, 200 meter butterfly

Participants by sport

Archery

• Keith Hanlon

  Individual: 22nd place

Boxing

• Ladies Kelly

  Flyweight: 5th place

• Francie Barrett

  Light welterweight: 9th place

• Brian Magee

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Cathal O'Grady

  Heavyweight: 17th place

Judo

• Sean Sullivan

  Super light weight: 33rd place

• Ciarán Ward

  Half light weight: 21st place

canoe

• Conor Maloney

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: quarter-finals

• Gary Mawer

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: quarter-finals

• Ian Wiley

  Single kayak, slalom: 5th place

• Andrew Boland

  Single kayak, slalom: 40th place

• Mike Corcoran

  Single Canadier, Slalom: 10th place

• Stephen O'Flaherty

  Single Canoe, Slalom: 25th place

athletics

• Neil Ryan

  100 meters: heats

• Gary Ryan

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• Eugene Farrell

  400 meters: heats

• David Matthews

  800 meters: semi-finals

• Shane Healy

  1,500 meters: semi-finals

• Niall Bruton

  1,500 meters: semi-finals

• Marcus O'Sullivan

  1,500 meters: heats

• Cormac Finnerty

  5,000 meters: semi-finals

• Sean Dollman

  10,000 meters: heats

• TJ Kearns

  110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

• Seán Cahill

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Tom McGuirk

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Jimmy McDonald

  20 kilometers of walking: 51st place

• Mark Mandy

  High jump: 23rd place in qualification

• Nick Sweeney

  Discus throwing: 13th place in qualification

• Roman Linscheid

  Hammer throw: 33rd place in qualification

• Terry McHugh

  Javelin: 29th place in qualification

• Sinéad Delahunty

  Women, 1,500 meters: semi-finals

• Sonia O'Sullivan

  Women, 1,500 meters: heats

  Women, 5,000 meters: ??

• Katy McCandless

  Women, 5,000 meters: heats

• Marie McMahon-Davenport

  Women, 5,000 meters: heats

• Catherina McKiernan

  Women, 10,000 meters: 11th place

• Susan Smith-Walsh

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Deirdre Gallagher

  Women, walking 10 kilometers: 23rd place

Cycling

• David McCann

  Road race, individual: 72nd place

• Phillip Collins

  4,000 meters individual pursuit: 16th place

• Declan Lonergan

  Points race: 22nd place

• Martin Earley

  Mountain bike, cross-country: 25th place

• Alister Martin

  Mountain bike, cross-country: 32nd place

horse riding

• Heike Holstein

  Dressage, individual: 26th place

• Peter Charles

  Show jumping, singles: 11th place

  Show jumping, team: 8th place

• Jessica Chesney-Kürten

  Show jumping, singles: 34th place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 8th place

• Eddie quirks

  Show jumping, individual: 37th place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 8th place

• Damian Gardiner

  Show jumping, singles: 64th place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 8th place

• David Foster

  Versatility, single: ??

  Versatility, team: 11th place

• Virginia McGrath

  Versatility, team: 11th place

• Alfie Buller

  Versatility, team: 11th place

• Eric Smiley

  Versatility, team: 11th place

rowing

• Brendan Dolan

  Lightweight double scull: semi-finals

• Niall O'Toole

  Lightweight double scull: semi-finals

• Derek Holland

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 4th place

• Sam Lynch

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 4th place

• Neville Maxwell

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 4th place

• Tony O'Connor

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 4th place

shoot

• Gary Duff

  Small bore, lying: 52nd place

• Thomas Allen

  Trap: 42nd place

  Double trap: 25th place

• Rhona Barry

  Women, air rifle: 43rd place

swim

• Nick O'Hare

  50 meter freestyle: 48th place

• Earl McCarthy

  100 meters freestyle: 27th place

  200 meters freestyle: 29th place

• Adrian O'Connor

  100 meters back: 41st place

  200 meters back: 35th place

• Marion Madine

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 27th place

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 32nd place

• Michelle Smith

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: bronze

  Women, 200 meter medley: gold

  Women, 400 meter individual medley: gold

sailing

• John Driscoll

  Finn dinghy: 24th place

• Mark Lyttle

  Laser: 11th place

• Mark Mansfield

  Star: 12th place

• David Burrows

  Star: 12th place

• Marshall King

  Soling: 16th place

• Garrett Connolly

  Soling: 16th place

• Dan O'Grady

  Soling: 16th place

• Aisling Byrne-Bowman

  Women, Europe: 10th place

• Denise Lyttle

  Women, 470s: 13th place

• Louise Cole

  Women, 470s: 13th place

tennis

• Scott Barron

  Doubles: 17th place

• Owen Casey

  Doubles: 17th place

do gymnastics

• Barry McDonald

  Individual all-around: 74th place in qualification

  Bars: 82nd place in qualification

  Floor: 91st place in qualification

  Horse jump: 95th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 93rd place in qualification

  Rings: 95th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 87th place in qualification

Web links

• Irish Olympic Team from 1996 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )