Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Ireland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States.

Medalists
Ireland won three gold and one bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics, the highest number ever, and was placed 28th in the medals table. Sonia O'Sullivan, who was seen as the best medal chance prior to the competition, did not win a medal.

Michelle Smith was accused of doping, though the accusations were not substantiated at the time. Two years after the Atlanta Games, FINA banned Smith for four years for tampering with her urine sample using alcohol; the testers also found traces of a metabolic precursor of testosterone, Androstenedione. Smith was not stripped of her medals, as the test upon which the ban was based was conducted well after the Games. Her achievements at the Games remain controversial.

Gold

 * Michelle Smith — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Freestyle
 * Michelle Smith — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Individual Medley
 * Michelle Smith — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Individual Medley

Bronze

 * Michelle Smith — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Butterfly

Archery
Ireland again sent only one archer to the Olympics. Keith Hanlon won his first match, but was defeated in the second round.


 * Men

Athletics

 * Men


 * Women

Road

 * Men

Track

 * Pursuits


 * Points races

Rowing
Men's Double Sculls Men's Lightweight Fours
 * Brendan Dolan 3rd in the repechage (→ Unplaced)
 * Niall O'Toole 3rd in the repechage (→ Unplaced)
 * Derek Holland 4th in the A final (→ 4th)
 * Sam Lynch 4th in the A final (→ 4th)
 * Neville Maxwell 4th in the A final (→ 4th)
 * Tony O'Connor 4th in the A final (→ 4th)

Shooting

 * Rifle

Swimming

 * Men


 * Women