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Athletics 1924
100 m M
IRL
William Lowe
200 m M
IRL
William Lowe
Sean Lavan
400 m M
IRL
Sean Lavan
800 m M
IRL
Norman McEachern
3000 m steeplechase M
IRL
Sean Kelly
Cross country individual M
IRL
John Ryan
High jump M
IRL
Larry Stanley
Triple jump M
IRL
John O'Connor
Shot put M
IRL
John O'Grady
Discus throw M
IRL
Patrick Bermingham
Decathlon M
IRL
William Shanahan
Athletics 1928
100 m M
IRL
Denis Cussen
200 m M
IRL
Larry Cullen
Sean Lavan
400 m M
IRL
Sean Lavan
800 m M
IRL
Norman McEachern
Gerry Coughlan
110 m hurdles M
IRL
Alister Clark
3000 m steeplechase M
IRL
Gerald Coughlan
Long jump M
IRL
Patrick Anglim
Triple jump M
IRL
Theodore Phelan
Hammer throw M
IRL
Patrick O'Callaghan
Decathlon M
IRL
Cornelius O'Callaghan
Athletics 1932
400 m hurdles M
IRL
Robert Tisdall
3000 m steeplechase M
IRL
Michael Murphy
Triple jump M
IRL
Eamon Fitzgerald
Hammer throw M
IRL
Patrick O'Callaghan
Decathlon M
IRL
Robert Tisdall
Athletics 1948
400 m M
IRL
James Reardon
1500 m M
IRL
John Barry
5000 m M
IRL
John Barry
10000 m M
IRL
Patrick Fahey
Marathon M
IRL
Frank Mulvihill
4x400 m M
IRL
James Reardon
Charles Denroche
Paul Dolan
Reginald Myles
Shot put M
IRL
David Guiney
Discus throw M
IRL
Cummin Clancy
Hammer throw M
IRL
Daniel Coyle
Athletics 1952
100 m M
IRL
Paul Dolan
200 m M
IRL
Paul Dolan
400 m M
IRL
Paul Dolan
Marathon M
IRL
Joseph West
Athletics 1956
1500 m M
IRL
Ron Delany
110 m hurdles M
IRL
Edward Kinsella
100 m W
IRL
Maeve Kyle
200 m W
IRL
Maeve Kyle
Athletics 1960
100 m M
IRL
Patrick Lowry
200 m M
IRL
Patrick Lowry
800 m M
IRL
Ron Delany
5000 m M
IRL
Michael Hoey
Marathon M
IRL
Willie Dunne
Bertie Messitt
Gerry McIntyre
50 km walk M
IRL
Frank O'Reilly
Hammer throw M
IRL
John Lawlor
100 m W
IRL
Maeve Kyle
200 m W
IRL
Maeve Kyle
Athletics 1964
800 m M
IRL
Derek McCleane
Noel Carroll
1500 m M
IRL
Basil Clifford
5000 m M
IRL
Thomas O'Riordan
Marathon M
IRL
James Joseph Hogan
Hammer throw M
IRL
John Lawlor
400 m W
IRL
Maeve Kyle
800 m W
IRL
Maeve Kyle
Athletics 1968
400 m M
IRL
Noel Carroll
800 m M
IRL
Noel Carroll
1500 m M
IRL
Francis Murphy
Marathon M
IRL
Michael Molloy
Patrick McMahon
50 km walk M
IRL
John Kelly
Athletics 1972
400 m M
IRL
Fanahan McSweeney
800 m M
IRL
Francis Murphy
1500 m M
IRL
Francis Murphy
5000 m M
IRL
John Hartnett
Michael Keogh
10000 m M
IRL
Neil Cusack
Marathon M
IRL
Desmond McGann
Donald Walsh
Daniel McDaid
3000 m steeplechase M
IRL
Edward Leddy
Shot put M
IRL
Philip Conway
800 m W
IRL
Claire Walsh
Mary Tracey
1500 m W
IRL
Mary Tracey
100 m hurdles W
IRL
Margaret Murphy
Pentathlon W
IRL
Margaret Murphy
Athletics 1976
800 m M
IRL
Niall O'Shaughnessy
1500 m M
IRL
Niall O'Shaughnessy
Eamonn Coghlan
5000 m M
IRL
Edward Leddy
10000 m M
IRL
Edward Leddy
Marathon M
IRL
Neil Cusack
Dan McDaid
James McNamara
1500 m W
IRL
Mary Tracey
Athletics 1980
1500 m M
IRL
Ray Flynn
5000 m M
IRL
John Treacy
Michael O'Shea
Eamonn Coghlan
10000 m M
IRL
John Treacy
Marathon M
IRL
Richard Hooper
John Treacy
Patrick Hooper
Hammer throw M
IRL
Sean Egan
Athletics 1984
800 m M
IRL
Marcus O'Sullivan
1500 m M
IRL
Marcus O'Sullivan
Paul Donovan
Frank O'Mara
5000 m M
IRL
Ray Flynn
10000 m M
IRL
John Treacy
Marathon M
IRL
Jerry Kiernan
Dick Hooper
John Treacy
3000 m steeplechase M
IRL
Liam O'Brien
Hammer throw M
IRL
Conor McCullough
Declan Hegarty
Javelin throw M
IRL
Michael O'Rourke
800 m W
IRL
Caroline O'Shea
3000 m W
IRL
Monika Joyce
Roisin Smyth
Marathon W
IRL
Regina Joyce
Carey May
400 m hurdles W
IRL
Mary Parr
Discus throw W
IRL
Patricia Walsh
Athletics 1988
1500 m M
IRL
Gerald O'Reilly
Marcus O'Sullivan
5000 m M
IRL
Eamonn Coghlan
Frank O'Mara
John Doherty
Marathon M
IRL
John Treacy
Dick Hooper
John Woods
110 m hurdles M
IRL
Thomas Kearns
3000 m steeplechase M
IRL
Brendan Quinn
20 km walk M
IRL
James McDonald
Hammer throw M
IRL
Conor McCullough
Javelin throw M
IRL
Terence McHugh
Decathlon M
IRL
Carlos O'Connell
3000 m W
IRL
Anne Keenan
Marathon W
IRL
Marie Murphy-Rollins
Ailish Smyth
400 m hurdles W
IRL
Barbara Johnson
Athletics 1992
1500 m M
IRL
Marcus O'Sullivan
5000 m M
IRL
Paul Donovan
John Doherty
Frank O'Mara
10000 m M
IRL
Noel Berkeley
Sean Dollman
Marathon M
IRL
Andrew Ronan
Thomas Hughes
John Treacy
110 m hurdles M
IRL
Thomas Kearns
20 km walk M
IRL
James McDonald
Robert O'Leary
Shot put M
IRL
Paul Quirke
Victor Costello
Discus throw M
IRL
Nicholas Sweeney
Javelin throw M
IRL
Terence McHugh
1500 m W
IRL
Sonia O'Sullivan
3000 m W
IRL
Sonia O'Sullivan
Catherina McKiernan
10 km walk W
IRL
Perri Williams
Athletics 1996
100 m M
IRL
Neil Ryan
200 m M
IRL
Gary Ryan
400 m M
IRL
Eugene Farrell
800 m M
IRL
David Matthews
1500 m M
IRL
Niall Bruton
Marcus O'Sullivan
Shane Healy
5000 m M
IRL
Cormac Finnerty
10000 m M
IRL
Sean Dollman
110 m hurdles M
IRL
Sean Cahill
Thomas Kearns
400 m hurdles M
IRL
Tom McGuirk
20 km walk M
IRL
James McDonald
High jump M
IRL
Mark Mandy
Discus throw M
IRL
Nicholas Sweeney
Hammer throw M
IRL
Roman Linscheid
Javelin throw M
IRL
Terence McHugh
1500 m W
IRL
Sonia O'Sullivan
Sinead Delahunty
5000 m W
IRL
Sonia O'Sullivan
Marie McMahon
Katy McCandless
10000 m W
IRL
Catherina McKiernan
400 m hurdles W
IRL
Susan Smith
10 km walk W
IRL
Deidre Gallagher
Athletics 2000
100 m M
IRL
Paul Brizzell
200 m M
IRL
Paul Brizzell
400 m M
IRL
Tomas Coman
800 m M
IRL
David Matthews
1500 m M
IRL
James Nolan
5000 m M
IRL
Mark Carroll
110 m hurdles M
IRL
Peter Coghlan
400 m hurdles M
IRL
Tom McGuirk
4x100 m M
IRL
John McAdorey
Gary Ryan
Paul Brizzel
Thomas Comyns
4x400 m M
IRL
Paul Opperman
Tomas Coman
Robert Daly
Paul McKee
20 km walk M
IRL
Robert Heffernan
50 km walk M
IRL
Jamie Costin
High jump M
IRL
Brendan Reilly
Discus throw M
IRL
Nicholas Sweeney
John Menton
Hammer throw M
IRL
Paddy McGrath
Javelin throw M
IRL
Terence McHugh
100 m W
IRL
Sarah Reilly
200 m W
IRL
Sarah Reilly
400 m W
IRL
Karen Shinkins
1500 m W
IRL
Sinead Delahunty
5000 m W
IRL
Breda Dennehy-Willis
Rosemary Ryan
Sonia O'Sullivan
10000 m W
IRL
Breda Dennehy-Willis
Sonia O'Sullivan
400 m hurdles W
IRL
Susan Smith-Walsh
4x400 m W
IRL
Martina McCarthy
Ciara Sheehy
Karen Shinkins
Emily Maher
20 km walk W
IRL
Gillian O'Sullivan
Olive Loughnane
Athletics 2004
200 m M
IRL
Paul Brizzel
1500 m M
IRL
James Nolan
5000 m M
IRL
Mark Carroll
Alistair Cragg
20 km walk M
IRL
Robert Heffernan
High jump M
IRL
Adrian O'Dwyer
5000 m W
IRL
Sonia O'Sullivan
Maria McCambridge
10000 m W
IRL
Marie Davenport
100 m hurdles W
IRL
Derval O'Rourke
20 km walk W
IRL
Olive Loughnane
Athletics 2008
200 m M
IRL
Paul Hession
400 m M
IRL
David Gillick
800 m M
IRL
Thomas Chamney
1500 m M
IRL
Alistair Cragg
5000 m M
IRL
Alistair Cragg
Marathon M
IRL
Martin Fagan
20 km walk M
IRL
Robert Heffernan
50 km walk M
IRL
Colin Griffin
Jamie Costin
400 m W
IRL
Joanne Cuddihy
Marathon W
IRL
Pauline Curley
100 m hurdles W
IRL
Derval O'Rourke
400 m hurdles W
IRL
Michelle Carey
3000 m steeplechase W
IRL
Fionnuala Britton
Roisin McGettigan
20 km walk W
IRL
Olive Loughnane
Hammer throw W
IRL
Eileen O'Keeffe
Athletics 2012
200 m M
IRL
Paul Hession
1500 m M
IRL
Ciaran O'Lionaird
5000 m M
IRL
Alistair Cragg
Marathon M
IRL
Mark Kennfally
20 km walk M
IRL
Robert Heffernan
50 km walk M
IRL
Brendan Boyce
Robert Heffernan
Colin Griffin
400 m W
IRL
Joanne Cuddihy
5000 m W
IRL
Fionnuala Britton
10000 m W
IRL
Fionnuala Britton
Marathon W
IRL
Caitriona Jennings
Ava Hutchinson
Linda Byrne
100 m hurdles W
IRL
Derval O'Rourke
3000 m steeplechase W
IRL
Stephanie Reilly
4x400 m W
IRL
Joanne Cuddihy
Marian Andrews-Heffernan
Michelle Carey
Jessie Barr
20 km walk W
IRL
Olive Loughnane
Laura Reynolds
High jump W
IRL
Deirdre Ryan
Pole vault W
IRL
Tori Pena
Athletics 2016
800 m M
IRL
Mark English
Marathon M
IRL
Kevin Seaward
Mick Clohissey
Paul Pollock
400 m hurdles M
IRL
Thomas Barr
20 km walk M
IRL
Alex Wright
50 km walk M
IRL
Alex Wright
Brendan Boyce
Robert Heffernan
800 m W
IRL
Ciara Everard
1500 m W
IRL
Ciara Mageean
Marathon W
IRL
Fionnuala McCormack
Breege Connolly
Lizzie Lee
3000 m steeplechase W
IRL
Michelle Finn
Kerry O'Flaherty
Sara Treacy
Pole vault W
IRL
Tori Pena
Athletics 2020
200 m M
IRL
Leon Reid
Marcus Lawler
800 m M
IRL
Mark English
1500 m M
IRL
Andrew Coscoran
Marathon M
IRL
Kevin Seaward
Stephen Scullion
Paul Pollock
400 m hurdles M
IRL
Thomas Barr
20 km walk M
IRL
David Kenny
50 km walk M
IRL
Alex Wright
Brendan Boyce
200 m W
IRL
Phil Healy
400 m W
IRL
Phil Healy
800 m W
IRL
Nadia Power
Siofra Cleirigh Buttner
Louise Shanahan
1500 m W
IRL
Ciara Mageean
Sarah Healy
Marathon W
IRL
Aoife Cooke
Fionnuala McCormack
100 m hurdles W
IRL
Sarah Lavin
3000 m steeplechase W
IRL
Eilish Flanagan
Michelle Finn
4x400 m Mixed
IRL
Phil Healy
Christopher O'Donnell
Sophie Becker
Cillin Greene
* The list above only shows a selection of Irish athletics athletes - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about Irish athletics athletes at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the
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