Who are Olympic medallists from Northern Ireland?

The 2024 Olympics in Paris have made a significant entry to Northern Irish sporting history.

Prior to the Games, only three athletes from Northern Ireland had ever won an Olympic gold medal.

Over the two weeks of action in France’s capital, there were four more golds added to that tally – along with a silver and two bronze medals.

As the Olympics get ready to come to a close, BBC Sport NI takes a look at those who made history in Paris.

Gold: Men’s 800m freestyle Bronze: Men’s 1500m freestyle

Team Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen has been the man of the moment at the 2024 Olympics as he made history with not only a gold medal, but a bronze as well.

Coming into the Games as a double world champion, Wiffen declared he would not be leaving Paris without a medal.

He backed up his own words when he took a sensational gold in the 800m freestyle to become the first athlete from Northern Ireland to become an Olympic champion in 36 years.

The 23-year-old was not finished there, and added a bronze to his collection as he was beaten to gold by the USA’s Bobby Finke in the 1500m, when the American set a new world record.

After his success in the pool, Wiffen entered into his first open water swimming marathon in the River Seine and finished a very respectable 18th after a gruelling 10km.

Gold: Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay

On the same night as Wiffen’s first gold, Jack McMillan made even more history at the La Defense Arena.

Earlier on Tuesday, the 24-year-old had helped Great Britain to the fastest time in qualifying for the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay.

McMillan swam the second-fastest time in the heat, just fractions of a second behind multiple Olympic medallist James Guy.

He watched the decider from the stands as Duncan Scott and Matt Richards returned to the team, but he had more than played his part in helping GB to their only gold in the pool at the Paris Olympics.

Gold: Women’s quadruple sculls

The most dramatic gold of the Olympics may well have been Hannah Scott and Team GB’s quadruple sculls’ success as they took the title by just 0.15 seconds.

In a stunning race with the Netherlands, the quartet of Scott, Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw trailed the Dutch crew with under 100m remaining.

However, they put in a stunning sprint to lead for the first time with one metre remaining to take a famous gold medal in a photo finish.

Scott and her team-mates could hardly believe what they had achieved and the images of the Coleraine rower dancing around the Eiffel Tower in the days following her medal will live long in the memory.

With her gold medal, Scott, 25, became the first woman from Northern Ireland to win an Olympic gold since Lady Mary Peters in 1972.

Gold: Men’s pommel horse

After watching fellow world champions Wiffen and Scott win gold in Paris, the pressure was on McClenaghan in the men’s pommel horse final at the Bercy Arena.

But McClenaghan delivered, and in some style. In his bid to complete gymnastics’ ‘Grand Slam’, he was the highest scorer in qualifying.

After a mistake in the final in Tokyo three years ago, Team Ireland gymnast McClenaghan delivered a flawless routine in Paris.

His coach Luke Carson had his head in his hands just before McClenaghan dismounted, knowing a huge score was on the cards if he landed cleanly.

He did – and it was.

The emotion poured from the 25-year-old when he collected his gold medal as his life-long dream was complete.

Silver medal: Women’s four

In contrast to Scott’s dramatic gold, Rebecca Shorten and Team GB’s women’s four crew were pipped on the line by the Netherlands and had to settle for silver.

Shorten, along with Helen Glover, Sam Redgrave and Esme Booth, were fastest in qualifying but missed out on gold after a dramatic finish.

The Netherlands won by just 0.19 seconds after a race in which both crews were almost inseparable over the 2,000m.

It was a first Olympic medal for Shorten, 30, who finished fourth in the deciding race at the delayed Tokyo Games in 2021.

Bronze medal: Men’s double sculls

Last, but by no means least, Philip Doyle kept the rowing success coming when he won a bronze medal for Ireland in the men’s double sculls with partner Daire Lynch.

It was redemption for Doyle, 31, who had missed out on a place in the final in Tokyo three years ago.

After a strong semi-final, Doyle and Lynch replicated that form and crossed the line in third place behind gold medal winners Romania and the Netherlands.

His bronze came on the same morning as Shorten’s silver, which made it another memorable day at the Games.