Per seguire le vicende olimpiche del team irlandese :
www.ireland.com/sports/olympics2004/
Da segnalare la grande Sonia O'Sullivan che nonostante l'età punta ancora ad una medaglia nei 5000 m (o almeno all'ingresso in finale)
Questi gli atleti impegnati, sperando che il calendario sotto riportato possa essere ampliato con l'ingreso di qualche green in finale
August 14th
7.00 a.m: In clay-pigeon shooting, Derek Burnett competes in the trap event. Subsequent rounds take place the following day.
7.00 a.m: Ciarán Power and Mark Scanlon compete in the cycling final .
11.00 a.m: David Burrows begins sailing in the Finn class, which runs until August 21st.
11.00 a.m: Gerald Owens and Ross Killian begin their 470 sailing event, which finishes on August 21st.
11.30 a.m. or 5.30 p.m: Andy Lee begins his middleweight boxing campaign.The boxing runs until August 29th.
August 15th
7.00 a.m: Rowers Sam Lynch and Gearóid Towey compete in the heats of the lightweight double sculls. Subsequent rounds run from August 17th-22nd.
7.40 a.m: Richard Archibald, Eugene Coakley, Niall O’Toole and Paul Griffin row in the lightweight coxless four heats.
8.00 a.m: Niall Griffin, Edmond Gibney, Susan Shortt, Sasha Harrison and Mark Kyle compete in equestrian’s eventing competition, running until August 18th.
9.09 a.m: Emma Robinson swims in the 100m breaststroke heats. This competition concludes the following day.
11.00 a.m: Maria Coleman begins her sailing endeavours, her event running until August 22nd.
11.00 a.m: Rory Fitzpatrick begins sailing in his Laser quest, which finishes on August 20th.
August 16th
11.00 a.m: Frazer Brown and Tom Fitzpatrick compete in sailing’s 49er event.This runs until August 26th.
August 17th
8.50 a.m: Eadaoin Ní Challaráin begins her canoe slalom tour with the final the following day.
9.14 a.m: Michael Williamson swims in the 200m breaststroke. The final takes place the next day.
August 19th
8.40 a.m: Eoin Rheinisch competes in the canoe slalom with the final the following day.
August 20th
6.30 a.m: Heike Holstein competes in the dressage event with the final the day after.
7.00 a.m: Robert Heffernan walks in his 20-kilometre final.
5.35 p.m: James Nolan runs in the first round of the 1,500 metres. The semi-final takes place on August 22nd with the final two days later.
6.20 p.m: Adrian O’Dwyer begins his high jump campaign. The event finishes the following day.
9.35 p.m: Sonia O’Sullivan and Maria McCambridge run in the 5,000 metres first round, with the final to take place on August 23rd.
August 21st
11.00 a.m: In the water, Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins sail in their Star event, which finishes on August 28th.
7.00 a.m: Nick Sweeney takes part in the discus event.
August 22nd
5.30 p.m: Derval O’Rourke runs in the first round of the 100m hurdles. The second round is later in the day with the final on August 24th.
August 23rd
7.00 a.m: Gillian O’Sullivan and Olive Loughnane walk in the 20-kilometre final.
August 24th
7.00 a.m. and 8.00 p.m: The showjumping team of Cian O’Connor, Jessica Kurten, Kevin Babington and Marion Hughes begin their competition.
8.35 a.m: Paul Brizzel runs in the first round of the 200 metres.
August 25th
5.55 p.m: Alistair Cragg and Mark Carroll run in the first round of the 5,000 metres. The final takes place three days later.
August 27th
5.00 a.m: Jamie Costin walks in the 50-kilometre final.
9.00 a.m: Jenny McAuley participates in the mountainbiking final. August 28th
9.00 a.m: Robin Seymour competes in the men’s mountainbiking final.
7.50 p.m: Marie Davenport runs in the 10,000m final. Compiled by Cian Ó Raghallaigh