Ireland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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Ireland at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIRL
NPCParalympics Ireland
Websitewww.paralympics.ie
in Athens
Competitors42 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 61st
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Ireland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included forty-two athletes, thirty-four men and eight women.[1] Irish competitors won four medals, three silver and one bronze to finish sixty-first in the medal table.[2]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Conal McNamara Athletics Men's 400m T13
 Silver John McCarthy Athletics Men's discus throw F32/51
 Silver David Malone Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S8
 Bronze Derek Malone Athletics Men's 800m T38

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
John Fulham T53 100m 15.80 7 Q 15.67 6
200m 27.98 12 did not advance
Derek Malone T38 400m 54.35 7 q 54.84 7
800m 2:01.76 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Conal McNamara T13 200m 23.58 9 did not advance
400m 50.62 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Garrett Culliton F52 Discus 15.86 - 5
Shot put 6.81 - 10
Garrett Jameson F32/51 Club throw 26.32 890 7
Tom Leahy F32 Shot put 5.96 - 7
John McCarthy F32/51 Club throw 19.21 750 9
Discus 9.74 1078 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Patrice Dockery T54 5000m DNF 12:50.84 9
Catherine Walsh T13 400m 1:05.99 6

Women's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Lisa Callaghan F35-38 Javelin 24.12 1087 5
Rosemary Tallon F33/34/52/53 Javelin 8.72 1214 4
Catherine Walsh F13 Long jump 4.55 - 6

Boccia

Individual events

Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Gabriel Shelly Mixed individual BC1  
Beltran (ESP
)
L 3-9 3 did not advance
 Taksee (THA) L 2-9
 Pearse (GBR) W 7-3
 Villano (ARG) W 11-0
 Gahleitner (AUT) W 6-1
Roberta Connolly
Mixed individual BC2
 Ferreira (POR) L 1-9 2 Q  P Silva (POR)
L 0-5
did not advance
 Scalise (ARG) W 4-1
 Kwok (HKG) W 4-3
Keith Hayes  Murray (GBR) L 1-8 2 Q  Flood (NZL)
L 0-9
did not advance
 Femtegield (NOR) W 5-4
 Tsilikopoulou (GRE) W/O
Martina Murphy  Steirer (AUT) L 0-7 4 did not advance
 Siddiqi (DEN) L 4-10
 Mongkolpun (THA) L 0-10
John Cronin
Mixed individual BC3
 Hanson (USA) L 2-5 4 did not advance
 Polychronidis (GRE) L 1-4
 
Macedo (POR
)
L 3-7
 Bidlas (CZE) W 14-0
Gerry O'Grady  
Pesquera (ESP
)
L 1-8 4 did not advance
 Kabush (CAN) L 4-6
 Krenek (CZE) L 2-3

Pairs/teams

Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
John Cronin
Gerry O'Grady
Pairs BC3
 
Pesquera (ESP) /
 J M Rodriguez (ESP
)
L 1-3 3 did not advance
 Jackson (NZL) /
 Dijkstra (NZL)
L 0-10
 Bidlas (CZE) /
 Krenek (CZE)
W 5-3
Mixed team BC1/2  Portugal (POR) L 3-8 4 did not advance
 New Zealand (NZL) L 3-9
 Hong Kong (HKG) L 4-9
 Thailand (THA) W 11-1
 Denmark (DEN) W 7-3

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Denis Toomey
Mark Kehoe (pilot)
Men's road race/time trial tandem B1-3 34:52 19

Men's track

Athlete Event Qualification 1st round Final
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Ian Mahon
Mark Kehoe (pilot)
Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3 1:14.38 18
Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3 5:15.37 17 did not advance

Equestrian

Athlete Event Total
Score Rank
Breda Bernie Mixed individual championship test grade II 55.000 17
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II
61.833 19

Football 7-a-side

The men's team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out of 8 teams.

Players

Tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Ireland vs.  Ukraine (UKR) 0 - 6 4
2 Ireland vs.  Argentina (ARG) 2 - 5
3 Ireland vs.  Iran (IRI) 2 - 7
7th/8th classification Ireland vs.  United States (USA) 4 - 0 7

Judo

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1
Repechage
round 2
Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Michael Doyle Men's 73kg  Krieger (GER)
L 99-99
did not advance
Tony White
Men's 81kg
 Jonard (FRA)
L 0000-1000
 Lopez (USA)
L 0000-1000
did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
David Malone S8 100m backstroke 1:13.64 3 Q 1:12.55 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aidan McGlynn S9 50m freestyle 29.15 19 did not advance

Women

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Claire Conway S9 100m butterfly 1:24.37 16 did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.