The best performance by any Irish competitor at these Olympics was 20th, by David Connolly in the men's skeleton race.

The Bobsleigh team, Ireland's first and only at the Olympics finished 24th, driven by Peter O'Malley with John O'Donoghue on Breaks and the brothers Joe and Patrick Mullins rounding out the crew.

[10] His combined time was 2 minutes and 57.42 seconds, good for 31st place out of 41 competitors who finished both legs of the race.

[17] Her combined time of 1 minute and 42.43 seconds put her in 42nd place, out of 51 competitors who finished both legs of the race; the gold medal was won by Sweden's Anja Pärson in 1 minute and 29.04 seconds, the silver and bronze medals were taken by two Austrians, Nicole Hosp and Marlies Schild.

[20] McGarry's total time was 2 minutes and 22.87 seconds, which was good for 32nd place out of 43 classified finishers.

[21] Gold was won by Julia Mancuso of the United States in 2 minutes and 9.19 seconds, silver by Tanja Poutiainen of Finland, and bronze was taken by Sweden's Anna Ottosson.

[28] The gold medal was won by Canada's Duff Gibson in 1 minute and 55.88 seconds, the silver by fellow Canadian Jeff Pain, and the bronze was taken by Gregor Stähli of Switzerland.