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List of Irish athletes qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

February 19, 2020

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We have the list of Irish athletes that have qualified to represent team Ireland at the 2020 Olympic Games

Canoeing

Slalom

Canoe Slalom racer Liam Jegou has become the first Team Ireland athlete to be selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer. Originally from Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Jegou has already stamped his mark on the international stage, winning silver in the 2014 Junior World Championships and bronze in the 2019 U23 World Championships. The 24-year-old will compete in the C1 category at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre in Tokyo from the 26-27 July 2020

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liam Jegou	Men’s C-1

Cycling

Road

Ireland entered three riders to compete in the men’s Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men’s road race
	Men’s time trial
	Men’s road race
	Men’s road race

Equestrian

Irish equestrians qualified a full squad in both the team dressage and eventing competitions; the former by securing the second of three available berths for Group A and B at the European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the latter by finishing among the top six nations at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States.^[3]^[4] A team of jumping riders was added to the Irish equestrian squad by winning the gold medal at the FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain.^[5] Tokyo 2020 will be the first time that Ireland has been represented in an Olympic team dressage competition.^[6]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual			N/A


	See above	Team					N/A

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualifed for the final; q = Qualifed for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
		Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
	Individual


See above	Team									N/A

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
		Individual


	See above	Team

Field hockey

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ireland women’s	Women’s tournament

Women’s tournament

Ireland women’s national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven team berths available from the 2019 Women’s FIH Olympic Qualifiers, defeating Canada 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out, having drawn 0-0 on aggregate over a two-match playoff in Dublin. This will be the first time Ireland compete in women’s field hockey at the Olympics.^[7]

Team roster

Women’s team event – 1 team of 16 players

Group play

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Qualification
1	Netherlands	Quarter-finals
2	Germany
3	Great Britain
4	Ireland
5	India
6	South Africa

First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2020. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

25 July 2020
21:15

Ireland	v	South Africa

27 July 2020
10:00

Netherlands	v	Ireland

29 July 2020
12:15

Germany	v	Ireland

31 July 2020
11:45

Ireland	v	India

1 August 2020
20:45

Ireland	v	Great Britain

Gymnastics

Artistic

Ireland entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Belfast-born native Rhys McClenaghan secured one of the two spots available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[8]^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Rhys McClenaghan	Pommel horse	N/A		N/A						N/A		N/A

Modern pentathlon

Irish athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Two-time Olympian Natalya Coyle secured her selection in the women’s event with an eighth-place finish and fourth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Natalya Coyle	Women’s

Rowing

Ireland qualified four boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[11]^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men’s double sculls					N/A
	Men’s lightweight double sculls					N/A
	Women’s single sculls
	Women’s pair					N/A

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Irish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Women’s Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Irish swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[14]^[15]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Darragh Greene	Men’s 100 m breaststroke
Darragh Greene	Men’s 200 m breaststroke
Shane Ryan	Men’s 100 m backstroke

Taekwondo

Ireland enter one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Games. With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the WT Olympic Rankings, the automatic quota associated with the winner defaulted to the Olympic rankings list, from which the first five taekwondo practitioners had already won quota places. As the next highest-ranked eligible taekwondo practitioner, 2019 European silver medalist Jack Woolley thereby secured Ireland’s first ever Olympic quota pace, in the men’s flyweight category (58 kg), .^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jack Woolley	Men’s −58 kg