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Ireland first participated as an independent country at the Olympic Games in 1924, although athletes might have appeared before as Great Britain. The nation has since only missed the summer edition in 1936, although it has only appeared in almost every winter edition since 1992.

Ireland has won 35 medals at the Olympic Games, of the majority in boxing, athletics, and swimming. Ireland has also won medals in sailing, equestrian, and rowing.

The Olympic Federation of Ireland was created in 1920 and recognized in 1922.

Medal Table[]

Medals by Summer Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Paris 1924 49 0 0 0 0
Amsterdam 1928 29 1 0 0 1 24
Los Angeles 1932 8 2 0 0 2 16
Berlin 1936 Did not participate
London 1948 72 0 0 0 0
Helsinki 1952 19 0 1 0 1 34
Melbourne 1956 18 1 1 3 5 21
Rome 1960 49 0 0 0 0
Tokyo 1964 25 0 0 1 1
Mexico City 1968 31 0 0 0 0
Munich 1972 59 0 0 0 0
Montreal 1976 44 0 0 0 0
Moscow 1980 47 0 1 1 2 31
Los Angeles 1984 42 0 1 0 1 33
Seoul 1988 61 0 0 0 0
Barcelona 1992 58 1 1 0 2 32
Atlanta 1996 78 3 0 1 4 28
Sydney 2000 64 0 1 0 1 64
Athens 2004 46 0 0 0 0
Beijing 2008 54 0 1 2 3 61
London 2012 66 1 1 4 6 41
Rio de Janeiro 2016 77 0 2 0 2 62
Tokyo 2020 117 2 0 2 4 39
Total 11 10 14 35

Medals by Winter Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Albertville 1992 4 0 0 0 0
Lillehammer 1994 Did not participate
Nagano 1998 6 0 0 0 0
Salt Lake City 2002 6 0 0 0 0
Turin 2006 4 0 0 0 0
Vancouver 2010 6 0 0 0 0
Sochi 2014 5 0 0 0 0
Pyeongchang 2018 5 0 0 0 0
Beijing 2022 6 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Medal winners[]

Games Medal Athlete Sport Discipline
Amsterdam 1928 Gold Pat O'Callaghan Athletics Men's Hammer Throw
Los Angeles 1932 Gold Bob Tisdall Athletics Men's 400 Metres Hurdles
Los Angeles 1932 Gold Pat O'Callaghan Athletics Men's Hammer Throw
Helsinki 1952 Silver John McNally Boxing Men's Bantamweight
Melbourne 1956 Gold Ronnie Delany Athletics Men's 1500 Metres
Melbourne 1956 Silver Fred Tiedt Boxing Men's Welterweight
Melbourne 1956 Bronze John Caldwell Boxing Men's Flyweight
Melbourne 1956 Bronze Freddie Gilroy Boxing Men's Bantamweight
Melbourne 1956 Bronze Anthony Byrne Boxing Men's Lightweight
Tokyo 1964 Bronze Jim McCourt Boxing Men's Lightweight
Moscow 1980 Silver David Wilkins
Jamie Wilkinson
Sailing Men's Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy
Moscow 1980 Bronze Hugh Russell Boxing Men's Flyweight
Los Angeles 1984 Silver John Treacy Athletics Men's Marathon
Barcelona 1992 Gold Michael Carruth Boxing Men's Welterweight
Barcelona 1992 Silver Wayne McCullough Boxing Men's Bantamweight
Atlanta 1996 Gold Michelle Smith Swimming Women's 400 Metres Freestyle
Atlanta 1996 Gold Michelle Smith Swimming Women's 200 Metres Individual Medley
Atlanta 1996 Gold Michelle Smith Swimming Women's 400 Metres Individual Medley
Barcelona 1992 Bronze Michelle Smith Swimming Women's 200 Metres Butterfly
Sydney 2000 Silver Sonia O'Sullivan Wrestling Women's 5000 Metres
Beijing 2008 Silver Kenny Egan Boxing Men's Light-Heavyweight
Beijing 2008 Bronze Paddy Barnes Boxing Men's Light-Flyweight
Beijing 2008 Bronze Darren Sutherland Boxing Men's Middleweight
London 2012 Gold Katie Taylor Boxing Women's Lightweight
London 2012 Silver John Joe Nevin Boxing Men's Bantamweight
London 2012 Bronze Robert Heffernan Athletics Men's 50 Kilometres Walk
London 2012 Bronze Paddy Barnes Boxing Men's Light-Flyweight
London 2012 Bronze Michael Conlan Boxing Men's Flyweight
London 2012 Bronze Cian O'Connor Equestrian Individual Jumping
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Silver Gary O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan
Rowing Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Silver Annalise Murphy Sailing Women's Laser Radial
Tokyo 2020 Gold Kellie Anne Harrington Boxing Women's Lightweight
Tokyo 2020 Gold Fintan McCarthy
Paul O'Donovan
Rowing Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Tokyo 2020 Bronze Aidan Walsh Boxing Men's Welterweight
Tokyo 2020 Bronze Emily Hegarty
Aifric Keogh
Eimear Lambe
Fiona Murtagh
Rowing Women's Four
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