Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Template:Infobox country at games Ireland competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Ireland sent 45 athletes, competing in 9 sports. The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was Patrice Dockery.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's 800 m T37
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's 100 m T13
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's 200 m T13
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S6
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Boccia	Mixed Individual BC1

Sports

Archery

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Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			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
		200m	21.81 WR	1 Q	—		21.43 WR

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			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
		Discus throw	9.48	966	9

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			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

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
Padraic Moran	Mixed individual BC1	Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 2-4	1 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 5-6	did not advance
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 7-3
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 9-0
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 4-2
Gabriel Shelly		Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 3-5	1 Q	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 8-2	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-4	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 6-2
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 4-2
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 3-2
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 5-2
Roberta Connolly	Mixed individual BC2	Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 1-4	3	did not advance
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 0-5
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 4-3
Tom Leahy		Template:FlagIPCathlete	W 5-2	4	did not advance
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 1-5
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 2-4
Roberta Connolly Tom Leahy Padraic Moran Gabriel Shelly	Mixed team BC1-2	Template:FlagIPCteam	L 1-12	2 Q	Template:FlagIPCteam L 2-12	did not advance
		Template:FlagIPCteam	W 7-3

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cathal Gustavus Miller	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
	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
	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
Cathal Gustavus Miller	Men's individual pursuit LC1	4:53.97	5	did not advance
	Men's time trial LC1	—				1:11.82	7
Enda Smyth	Men's individual pursuit CP4	3:55.919	7	did not advance
	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	Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete	L 0-2	5-8th place matches Template:FlagIPCathlete / Template:FlagIPCathlete W 12.145	5
	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3	—				1:08.593	10

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Catherine Mary Walsh Joanna Hickey	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
Catherine Mary Walsh Joanna Hickey (pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	3:50.515	5	did not advance
	Women's time trial B&VI 1-3	—		1:16.208	7

Equestrian

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Eilish Byrne	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

• Aidan Brennan
• Kieran Patrick Devlin
• Paul Dollard
• Luke Evans
• Mark Gerard Jones
• Darren Kavanagh
• Derek Michael Malone
• Joseph James Markey
• Brian McGillivary
• Gary Messett
• Alan O'Hara
• Finbarr O'Riordan

Tournament

5th-8th place semi-finals

5th-6th place match

Sailing

Five Irish athletes competed in the following events in sailing:

• 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
Eimear Breathnach	Women's singles C1-2	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1–3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1–3	—	3	did not advance
Kathleen Reynolds	Women's singles C3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 2-3	3	did not advance
Eimear Breathnach Kathleen Reynolds	Women's team C1-3	—				Template:FlagIPCteam L 1-3	did not advance

See also

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

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