Ireland at the 2022 Winter Olympics
| Ireland at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IRL |
| NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
| Website | olympics |
| in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022 | |
| Competitors | 6 (4 men and 2 women) in 5 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Elsa Desmond Brendan Newby |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Thomas Hjalmar Westgård |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Ireland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
On January 24, 2022, the Irish team of six athletes (four men and two women) competing in five sports was named. Elsa Desmond and Brendan Newby were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. All members of the team are members of the Irish diaspora, who were born or live and train elsewhere. Ireland won no medals; the best finish was Jack Gower in the men's combined alpine skiing, who finished 12th. Meanwhile cross-country skier Thomas Hjalmar Westgård was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luge | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Alpine skiing
By meeting the basic qualification standards Ireland qualified one male and one female alpine skier.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jack Gower | Men's combined | 1:45.16 | 14 | 52.58 | 12 | 2:37.74 | 12 |
| Men's downhill | — | 1:47.61 | 31 | ||||
| Men's giant slalom | 1:08.30 | 31 | 1:12.26 | 25 | 2:20.56 | 25 | |
| Men's super-G | — | DNF | |||||
| Tess Arbez | Women's giant slalom | DNF | Did not advance | ||||
| Women's slalom | 1:07.83 | 55 | 1:06.78 | 48 | 2:14.61 | 48 | |
| Women's super-G | — | 1:25.18 | 42 | ||||
Cross-country skiing
Ireland qualified three male cross-country skiers but chose to only use one quota.
- Distance
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's 15 km classical | — | 40:01.5 | +2:06.7 | 14 | |||
| Men's 30 km skiathlon | 43:03.8 | 42 | 41:51.7 | 42 | 1:25:29.8 | +9:20.0 | 43 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | — | 1:15:59.0 | +4:26.3 | 29 | ||||
Freestyle skiing
Ireland qualified one male freestyle skier.
- Halfpipe
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | |||||||
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Brendan Newby | Men's halfpipe | 10.75 | 21 | 47.00 | 20 | Did not advance | |||||
Luge
Based on the results during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Ireland qualified 1 sled in the women's singles. Elsa Desmond became the first luger to represent Ireland at the Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Elsa Desmond | Women's singles | 1:01.608 | 33 | 1:03.857 | 34 | 1:02.254 | 33 | Did not advance | 3:07.719 | 33 | |
Snowboarding
- Freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
| Seamus O'Connor | Men's halfpipe | 57.00 | 10.25 | 57.00 | 15 | Did not advance | ||||