Ireland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent 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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrew Bree100 m breaststroke 1:04.58 41 Did not advance200 m breaststroke 2:18.14 27 Did not advanceColin Lowth200 m butterfly 2:03.91 37 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChantal Gibney50 m freestyle 27.46 48 Did not advance100 m freestyle 58.79 42 Did not advance200 m freestyle 2:05.24 28 Did not advance400 m freestyle 4:23.73 34 colspan=2 Did not advanceEmma Robinson100 m breaststroke 1:13.41 29 Did not advance
References
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site sports-reference