Ireland_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics

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	Patrice Dockery
Medals; Ranked 36th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 5
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Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

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 Patrice Dockery.^[2]

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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

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Sean Heary	Men's individual compound	652	20	Arenz (GER) W 108-104	Go (KOR) W 113-112	Horner (SUI) L 99-113	did not advance

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roy Patrick Guerin	T53	100m	16.59	12	did not advance
Michael McKillop	T37	800m	—				1:59.39 WR
Jason Smyth	T13	100m	10.81 WR	1 Q	—		10.62 WR
Jason Smyth	T13	200m	21.81 WR	1 Q	—		21.43 WR

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Eoin Thomas Cleare	F32	Shot put	6.11	-	7
Garrett Culliton	F33-34/52	Discus throw	17.79	953	5
John McCarthy	F32/51	Club throw	19.53	811	11
John McCarthy	F32/51	Discus throw	9.48	966	9

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

Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Padraic Moran	Mixed individual BC1	Marques (POR)	L 2-4	1 Q	Wang Y (CHN) L 5-6	did not advance
		Sanders (NZL)	W 7-3
		Smith (GBR)	W 9-0
		Aandalen (NOR)	W 4-2
Gabriel Shelly		Park J S (KOR)	L 3-5	1 Q	Vaquerizo (ESP) W 8-2	Marques (POR) L 1-4	Wang Y (CHN) W 6-2
		Richardson (CAN)	W 4-2
		Ibarbure (ARG)	W 3-2
		Kitani (JPN)	W 5-2
Roberta Connolly	Mixed individual BC2	Cortez (ARG)	L 1-4	3	did not advance
		Cao (CHN)	L 0-5
		Leglice (ARG)	W 4-3
Tom Leahy		F Ferreira (POR)	W 5-2	4	did not advance
		Bentley (GBR)	L 1-5
		Kainuma (JPN)	L 2-4
Roberta Connolly Tom Leahy Padraic Moran Gabriel Shelly	Mixed team BC1-2	Spain (ESP)	L 1-12	2 Q	China (CHN) L 2-12	did not advance
Roberta Connolly Tom Leahy Padraic Moran Gabriel Shelly	Mixed team BC1-2	Finland (FIN)	W 7-3	2 Q	China (CHN) L 2-12	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cathal Gustavus Miller	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
Cathal Gustavus Miller	Men's road time trial LC1	36:33.95	9
Enda Smyth	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
Michael Delaney David Patrick Peelo (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	2:29:32	16
Michael Delaney David Patrick Peelo (pilot)	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	36:26.54	18

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Cathal Gustavus Miller	Men's individual pursuit LC1	4:53.97	5	did not advance
Cathal Gustavus Miller	Men's time trial LC1	—				1:11.82	7
Enda Smyth	Men's individual pursuit CP4	3:55.919	7	did not advance
Enda Smyth	Men's time trial CP4	—				1:16.07	7
Michael Delaney David Patrick Peelo	Men's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	4:49.911	13	did not advance
	Men's sprint	11.460	6	Kilpatrick (RSA) / Thomson (RSA)	L 0-2	5-8th place matches Cowie (CAN) / Smibert (CAN) W 12.145	5
	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3	—				1:08.593	10

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Catherine Mary Walsh Joanna Hickey	Women's road race B&VI 1-3	2:03:14	9
Catherine Mary Walsh Joanna Hickey	Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3	40:09.67	7

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

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