Irish Winners of Major Championship Medals

 

 

Olympic Games

 

 

1928          Hammer              Pat O’Callaghan           GOLD        51.39m

1932          Hammer              Pat O’Callaghan           GOLD        53.92m

1932          400mH                Bob Tisdall                             GOLD        51.67

1956          1,500m                Ronnie Delany              GOLD        3.41.49

1984          Marathon             John Treacy                  Silver          2.09.56

2000          5,000m                Sonia O’Sullivan           Silver          14.41.02

 

Note:

 

The following Olympic medal winners have been credited by the International Olympic Committee as winning medals for Ireland, despite the differing political boundaries in existence at the time.

 

 

1900          High Jump           Pat Leahy                      SILVER     1.78m

1900          Long Jump                   Pat Leahy                      BRONZE   6.95m

1900          Hammer              John Flanagan              GOLD        51.01m

1904          3,000m S/C        John Daly                      SILVER     7.40.61

1904          Hammer              John Flanagan              GOLD        51.23m

1904          Decathlon            Tom Kiely                     GOLD        6,036         pt

1908          High Jump           Con Leahy                    SILVER     1.88m

1908          Triple Jump         Tim Ahearne                 GOLD        14.92m

1908          Shot Putt             Denis Horgan               SILVER     13.62m

1908          Hammer              John Flanagan              GOLD        51.92m

 

         

World Championships

 

1983          5,000m                Eamonn Coghlan         GOLD        13.28.53

1993          1,500m                Sonia O’Sullivan           SILVER     4.03.48

1995          5,000m                Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        14.46.47

2003          20km Walk          Gillian O’Sullivan           SILVER     1:27:34

 

 

World Indoor Championships

 

 

1987          1500m                 Marcus O’Sullivan         GOLD        3.39.04

1987          3000m                 Frank O’Mara                GOLD        8.03.32

1987          3000m                 Paul Donovan               SILVER     8.03.99

1989          1500m                 Marcus O’Sullivan         GOLD        3.36.64

1991          3000m                 Frank O’Mara                GOLD        7.41.14

1993          1500m                 Marcus O’Sullivan         GOLD        3.45.00

1997          3000m                 Sonia O’Sullivan           SILVER     8.46.19

2003          400m                   Paul McKee                  BRONZE   45.99

2004          4x400m Relay                                           BRONZE   3:10.44

                   (Rob Daly, Gary Ryan, David Gillick, David McCarthy)

 

 

World Cross Country Championships

 

Individual:

 

1975          Junior                   John Treacy                  BRONZE   21.23        

1976          Junior                   John Treacy                  BRONZE   21.43

1978          Long Course       John Treacy                  GOLD        39.25

1979          Long Course       John Treacy                  GOLD        37.20

1992          Long Course       Catherina McKiernan    SILVER     21.18

1993          Long Course       Catherina McKiernan    SILVER     20.09

1994          Long Course       Catherina McKiernan    SILVER     20.52

1995          Long Course       Catherina McKiernan    SILVER     20.29

1998          Long Course       Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        25.39

1998          Short Course      Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        12.20

 

 

Teams:

 

1975          Junior                   Team                             SILVER     35 PTS

(John Treacy, Louis Kenny, Gerry Finnegan, Gerry Redmond)

1979          Long Course       Team                             SILVER     198 pts

(John Treacy, Danny McDaid, Gerry Deegan, Mick O’Shea, Donie Walsh, Tony Brien,)

1997          Long Course       Team                             BRONZE   64 pts

(Catherina McKiernan, Sonia O’Sullivan, Valerie Vaughan, Una English, Maureen Harrington, Pauline Curley)

2002          Short Course      Team                             BRONZE   85 pts

 

(Sonia O’Sullivan, Ann Keenan-Buckley, Rosemary Ryan, Maria McCambridge, Valerie Vaughan, Maureen Harrington)

 

 

World Cup

 

1981          5,000m                Eamonn Coghlan         GOLD        14.08.39

1991          5,000m                John Doherty                SILVER     13.25.39

1998          5,000m                Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        16.24.52

 

 

                  

 

European Championships

 

 

1958          1,500m                Ronnie Delany              BRONZE   3.42.3

1969          1,500m                Frank Murphy                SILVER     3.39.51

1978          1,500m                Eamonn Coghlan         SILVER     3.36.57

1994          3,000m                Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        8.31.84

1998          5,000m                Mark Carroll                  BRONZE   13.38.15

1998          5,000m                Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        15.06.50

1998          10,000m              Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        31.29.33

2002          5,000m                Sonia O’Sullivan           SILVER     15.14.85

2002          10,000m              Sonia O’Sullivan           SILVER     30.47.59

 

 

European Indoor Championships

 

1966          400m                   Meave Kyle                   BRONZE   57.3

1966          800m                   Noel Carroll                   GOLD        1.49.7

1967          800m                   Noel Carroll                   GOLD        1.49.6

1968          800m                   Noel Carroll                   GOLD        1.56.66

1969          800m                   Noel Carroll                   BRONZE   1.47.6

1970          1500m                 Frank Murphy                SILVER     3.49.0

1979          1500m                 Eamonn Coghlan         GOLD        3.41.8

1980          1500m                 Ray Flynn                      SILVER     3.38.5

1980          1500m                 Mary Purcell                  BRONZE   4.14.2

1985          1500m                 Marcus O’Sullivan         SILVER     3.39.75

2000          1500m                 James Nolan                SILVER     3.41.59

2000          3000m                 Mark Carroll                  GOLD        7.49.24

2002          400m                   Karen Shinkins             BRONZE   52.17

2005          400m                   David Gillick                  GOLD        46.30

2005          3000m                 Alistair Cragg                GOLD        7:46.32

 

 

European Cross Country Championships

 

 

1994          Senior                  Catherina McKiernan    GOLD        14.29

1998          Junior                   Gareth Turnbull             BRONZE   16.55

1999          Junior                   Team                             BRONZE   43 pts

(Gary Murray, Brian Keane, Mark Smyth)

2000          Senior                  Team                             BRONZE   72 pts

(Peter Matthews, Seamus Power, Gareth Turnbull, Keith Kelly)

2003          Senior                  Women’s Team           SILVER     78 pts

(Sonia O’Sullivan, Rosemary Ryan, Ann Keenan-Buckley, Catherina McKiernan)

2004          Junior                   Men’s Team                  SILVER     54 PTS

(Mark Christie, Andrew Ledwith, Danny Darcy, Jamie McCarthy, Joe Sweeney, Mark Hanrahan)

 

European U-23 Championships

 

 

1999          800m                   James Nolan                SILVER     1.46.94

2001          200m                   Mark Howard                 BRONZE   21.00

2001          200m                   Ciara Sheehy                BRONZE   23.54

2003          5,000m                Robert Connolly           BRONZE   14.03.75

 

 

 

 

World Junior Championships

 

1994          High Jump           Antoine Burke               SILVER     2.20m

 

 

 

 

 

European Junior Championships

 

1975          5,000m                John Treacy                  SILVER     14.19.2

1985          3,000m                Nick O’Brien                  GOLD        8.10.75

1987          Decathlon            Barry Walsh                  BRONZE   7,336 pt

1991          5,000m                Mark Carroll                  GOLD        14.19.88

1993          800m                   David Matthews            BRONZE   1.54.00

1997          1,500m                Gareth Turnbull             BRONZE   3.48.16

1999          200m                   Ciara Sheehy                BRONZE   23.49

2003          400m                   Joanne Cuddihy           SILVER     53.62

 

World Student Games

 

T&F

 

1930          400m                   Paddy Moore                Bronze       50.0

1961          800m                   Ronnie Delany              GOLD        1.51.1

1961          Hammer              John Lawlor                  BRONZE   63.33m

1991          1500m                 Niall Bruton                   GOLD        3.50.69

1991          1500m                 Sonia O’Sullivan           GOLD        4.12.14

1991          3000m                 Sonia O’Sullivan           SILVER     8.56.35

1993          Discus                 Nicky Sweeney             BRONZE   62.52m

2001          1500m                 Gareth Turnbull             SILVER     3.44.21

2003          200m                   Paul Hession                SILVER     20.89                                               

                                               

Cross Country

 

 

 

1980          Long Course       Fionnuala Morrish         BRONZE   22.54

1980          Long Course       Team                             BRONZE   28 pts

 

 

 

World Youth Championships

 

2003          5,000m Walk      Ann Loughnane            SILVER     23.37.00   

 

World Youth Olympics

 

1998          100m                   Emily Maher                  GOLD        11.93

1998          200m                   Emily Maher                  GOLD        24.16

 

 

European Youth Olympics

 

1991          100m                   Fiona Kelly                    SILVER     12.07

1991          800m                   Arlene Smith                 SILVER     2.09.00

1991          Long Jump                   Claire Ingerton              SILVER     5.97m

1993          800m                   James Nolan                SILVER     1.53.45

1995          1500m                 Gareth Turnbull             SILVER     4.03.11

1995          1500m                 Maria Lynch                  SILVER     4.27.34

1995          100m H               Grainne Redmond       BRONZE   14.56

1997          200m                   Ciara Sheehy                GOLD        24.11 w

1997          1500m                 Colm McLean               GOLD        3.54.54

2003          1500m                 Colin Costello               SILVER     3.58.58

2003          2000m S/C                   Colin Costello               BRONZE   5.52.85

 

 

Compiled by Pierce O’Callaghan (AAI Technical Committee)

March 2005