Ireland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included forty-two athletes, thirty-four men and eight women. Irish competitors won four medals, three silver and one bronze to finish sixty-first in the medal table.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Conal McNamara Athletics Men's 400m T13 John McCarthy Athletics Men's discus throw F32/51 David Malone Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S8 Derek Malone Athletics Men's 800m T38 Sports Athletics Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankJohn FulhamT53100m15.807 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 15.676200m27.9812did not advanceDerek MaloneT38400m54.357 q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 54.847800m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:01.76Conal McNamaraT13200m23.589did not advance400m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 50.62
Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankGarrett CullitonF52Discus15.86-5Shot put6.81-10Garrett JamesonF32/51Club throw26.328907Tom LeahyF32Shot put5.96-7John McCarthyF32/51Club throw19.217509Discus9.741078
Women's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankPatrice DockeryT545000mDNF style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 12:50.849Catherine WalshT13400m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:05.996
Women's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankLisa CallaghanF35-38Javelin24.1210875Rosemary TallonF33/34/52/53Javelin8.7212144Catherine WalshF13Long jump4.55-6
Boccia Individual events AthleteEventPreliminariesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOpponentOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankGabriel ShellyMixed individual BC1 L 3-93did not advance L 2-9 W 7-3 W 11-0 W 6-1Roberta ConnollyMixed individual BC2 L 1-92 Q L 0-5did not advance W 4-1 W 4-3Keith Hayes L 1-82 Q L 0-9did not advance W 5-4 W/OMartina Murphy L 0-74did not advance L 4-10 L 0-10John CroninMixed individual BC3 L 2-54did not advance L 1-4 L 3-7 W 14-0Gerry O'Grady L 1-84did not advance L 4-6 L 2-3
Pairs/teams AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalOpponentOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJohn Cronin Gerry O'GradyPairs BC3 / L 1-33did not advance / L 0-10 / W 5-3Roberta Connolly Keith Hayes Martina Murphy Gabriel ShellyMixed team BC1/2 L 3-84did not advance L 3-9 L 4-9 W 11-1 W 7-3
Cycling Men's road AthleteEventTimeRank Denis Toomey Mark Kehoe (pilot)Men's road race/time trial tandem B1-334:5219
Men's track AthleteEventQualification1st roundFinalTimeRankTimeRankOppositionTimeRankIan Mahon Mark Kehoe (pilot)Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3align="center" colspan="4" 1:14.3818Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-35:15.3717did not advance
Equestrian AthleteEventTotalScoreRankBreda BernieMixed individual championship test grade II55.00017Mixed individual freestyle test grade II61.83319
Football 7-a-side The men's team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out of 8 teams.
Players Aidan Brennan Andrew Clint Kieran Devlin Paul Dollard Darren Kavanagh Joseph Markey Gary Messett James Murrihy Brendan O'Grady Alan O'Hara Peter O'Neill Finbarr O'Riordan
Tournament GameMatchScoreRank1 Ireland vs. 0 - 642 Ireland vs. 2 - 53 Ireland vs. 2 - 77th/8th classification Ireland vs. 4 - 07
Judo AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage round 1Repechage round 2Final/Bronze medal contestOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMichael DoyleMen's 73kg L 99-99did not advanceTony WhiteMen's 81kg L 0000-1000 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0000-1000did not advance
Swimming Men AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankDavid MaloneS8100m backstroke1:13.643 Q1:12.55Aidan McGlynnS950m freestyle29.1519did not advance
Women AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankClaire ConwayS9100m butterfly1:24.3716did not advance
See also Ireland at the Paralympics Ireland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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