| Npc: | IRL |
| Npcname: | Paralympics Ireland |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Location: | Athens |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Rank: | 61 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Ireland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included forty-two athletes, thirty-four men and eight women.[1] Irish competitors won four medals, three silver and one bronze to finish sixty-first in the medal table.[2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400m T13 | ||||
| Men's discus throw F32/51 | ||||
| Men's 100m backstroke S8 | ||||
| Men's 800m T38 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| John Fulham | T53 | 100m | 15.80 | 7 Q | 15.67 | 6 | ||
| 200m | 27.98 | 12 | did not advance | |||||
| Derek Malone | T38 | 400m | 54.35 | 7 q | 54.84 | 7 | ||
| 800m | 2:01.76 | |||||||
| Conal McNamara | T13 | 200m | 23.58 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 400m | 50.62 | |||||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | ||||
| Garrett Culliton | F52 | Discus | 15.86 | style="text-align:center;" | - | 5 |
| Shot put | 6.81 | style="text-align:center;" | - | 10 | ||
| Garrett Jameson | F32/51 | Club throw | 26.32 | 890 | 7 | |
| Tom Leahy | F32 | Shot put | 5.96 | style="text-align:center;" | - | 7 |
| John McCarthy | F32/51 | Club throw | 19.21 | 750 | 9 | |
| Discus | 9.74 | 1078 | ||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Patrice Dockery | T54 | 5000m | DNF | 12:50.84 | 9 | |||
| Catherine Walsh | T13 | 400m | 1:05.99 | 6 | ||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||||
| Lisa Callaghan | F35-38 | Javelin | 24.12 | 1087 | 5 | ||
| Rosemary Tallon | F33/34/52/53 | Javelin | 8.72 | 1214 | 4 | ||
| Catherine Walsh | F13 | Long jump | 4.55 | style="text-align:center;" | - | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Gabriel Shelly | Mixed individual BC1 | L 3-9 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| L 2-9 | |||||||||
| W 7-3 | |||||||||
| W 11-0 | |||||||||
| W 6-1 | |||||||||
| Roberta Connolly | Mixed individual BC2 | L 1-9 | 2 Q | L 0-5 | did not advance | ||||
| W 4-1 | |||||||||
| W 4-3 | |||||||||
| Keith Hayes | L 1-8 | 2 Q | L 0-9 | did not advance | |||||
| W 5-4 | |||||||||
| W/O | |||||||||
| Martina Murphy | L 0-7 | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
| L 4-10 | |||||||||
| L 0-10 | |||||||||
| John Cronin | Mixed individual BC3 | L 2-5 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| L 1-4 | |||||||||
| L 3-7 | |||||||||
| W 14-0 | |||||||||
| Gerry O'Grady | L 1-8 | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
| L 4-6 | |||||||||
| L 2-3 | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| John Cronin Gerry O'Grady | Pairs BC3 | / | L 1-3 | 3 | did not advance | ||
| / | L 0-10 | ||||||
| / | W 5-3 | ||||||
| Roberta Connolly Keith Hayes Martina Murphy Gabriel Shelly | Mixed team BC1/2 | L 3-8 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| L 3-9 | |||||||
| L 4-9 | |||||||
| W 11-1 | |||||||
| W 7-3 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1st round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Ian Mahon Mark Kehoe (pilot) | Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | 1:14.38 | 18 | ||||
| Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3 | 5:15.37 | 17 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Breda Bernie | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 55.000 | 17 |
| Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 61.833 | 19 | |
The men's team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out of 8 teams.
| Game | Match | Score | Rank | |
| 1 | Ireland vs. | 0 - 6 | 4 | |
| 2 | Ireland vs. | 2 - 5 | ||
| 3 | Ireland vs. | 2 - 7 | ||
| 7th/8th classification | Ireland vs. | 4 - 0 | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Michael Doyle | Men's 73kg | L 99-99 | did not advance | ||||
| Tony White | Men's 81kg | L 0000-1000 | L 0000-1000 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| David Malone | S8 | 100m backstroke | 1:13.64 | 3 Q | 1:12.55 | ||
| Aidan McGlynn | S9 | 50m freestyle | 29.15 | 19 | did not advance | ||