Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRL
NPC	Paralympics Ireland
Website	www.paralympics.ie
in Beijing
Competitors	45 in 9 sports
Flag bearer
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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 .^[2]

Medallists[]

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

Sports[]

Archery[]

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
	Men's individual compound	652	20	(GER) W 108-104	(KOR) W 113-112	Horner (SUI) L 99-113	Did not advance

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	T53	100m	16.59	12	Did not advance
Michael McKillop	T37	800m	N/A				1:59.39 WR
Jason Smyth	T13	100m	10.81 WR	1 Q	N/A		10.62 WR
		200m	21.81 WR	1 Q	N/A		21.43 WR

Men's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
	F32	Shot put	6.11	-	7
	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

Women's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	T53	100m	18.90	10	Did not advance
		200m	35.38	12	Did not advance
		400m	1:08.95	11	Did not advance

Women's field[]

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

Boccia[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed individual BC1	(POR)	L 2-4	1 Q	(CHN) L 5-6	Did not advance
		Sanders (NZL)	W 7-3
		Smith (GBR)	W 9-0
		Aandalen (NOR)	W 4-2
Gabriel Shelly		(KOR)	L 3-5	1 Q	Vaquerizo (ESP) W 8-2	(POR) L 1-4	(CHN) W 6-2
		(CAN)	W 4-2
		(ARG)	W 3-2
		(JPN)	W 5-2
	Mixed individual BC2	(ARG)	L 1-4	3	Did not advance
		(CHN)	L 0-5
		(ARG)	W 4-3
Tom Leahy		(POR)	W 5-2	4	Did not advance
		Bentley (GBR)	L 1-5
		(JPN)	L 2-4
Tom Leahy 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

Cycling[]

Men's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
	Men's road time trial LC1	36:33.95	9
	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
(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

Men's track[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	4:53.97	5	Did not advance
	Men's time trial LC1	N/A				1:11.82	7
	Men's individual pursuit CP4	3:55.919	7	Did not advance
	Men's time trial CP4	N/A				1:16.07	7
	Men's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	4:49.911	13	Did not advance
	Men's sprint	11.460	6	(RSA) /  Thomson (RSA)	L 0-2	5-8th place matches   (CAN) /   (CAN) W 12.145	5
	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3	N/A				1:08.593	10

Women's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	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

Women's track[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
(pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	3:50.515	5	Did not advance
	Women's time trial B&VI 1-3	N/A		1:16.208	7

Equestrian[]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
	Youri	Mixed individual championship test grade II	62.818	11
		Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	65.833	8

Football 7-a-side[]

The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players[]

Tournament[]

5th-8th place semi-finals

5th-6th place match

Sailing[]

Five Irish athletes competed in the following events in sailing:^[3]

• Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18
• Three-Person Keelboat - Sonar

Swimming[]

Ireland sent six representatives in swimming, including Dave Malone, Ellen Keane and Darragh McDonald.

Table tennis[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Women's singles C1-2	Pezzutto (ITA) L 1–3	(RUS) L 1–3	N/A	3	Did not advance
Kathleen Reynolds	Women's singles C3	Li Q (CHN) L 1-3	Choi H J (KOR) L 1-3	(CUB) L 2-3	3	Did not advance
Kathleen Reynolds	Women's team C1-3	N/A				France (FRA) L 1-3	Did not advance

See also[]

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Ireland at the Paralympics
• Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References[]

External links[]

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee
• "Speech by Mr Martin Cullen T.D. Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism at the announcement of the Irish Team for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games", Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, Irish government website
• "Paralympics: Gold fever", Herald, September 3, 2008