Ireland at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	61 (52 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Wayne McCullough
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Archery 1.2 Athletics 1.3 Boxing 1.4 Swimming 1.5 Tennis 2 References

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In Ireland's fourth appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by two men and one woman.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Pereira Greene — Preliminary Round (→ 38th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Joseph Malone — Preliminary Round (→ 69th place)
• Noel Lynch — Preliminary Round (→ 74th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Dick Hooper

• Final — 2"17.16 (→ 24th place)

• John Woods

• Final — 2"25.38 (→ 52nd place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Brendan Quinn

• Heat — 8:40.87
• Semi Final — 8:43.34 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Connor McCullagh

• Qualifying Heat — 68.66m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Terry McHugh

• Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Carlos O'Connell — 7310 points (→ 29th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.26s
2. Long Jump — 6.90m
3. Shot Put — 12.41m
4. High Jump — 1.88m
5. 400 metres — 48.24s
6. 110m Hurdles — 15.61s
7. Discus Throw — 38.02m
8. Pole Vault — 4.40m
9. Javelin Throw — 52.68m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:32.06s

Women's Marathon

• Ailish Smyth

• Final — 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)

• Marie Murphy-Rollins

• Final — 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• Wayne McCullough

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Fred Mutuweta (Uganda), 5:0
• Third Round — Lost to Scott Olsen (Canada), 0:5

[edit] Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Stephen Cullen

• Heat — 1:57.90 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

• Richard Gheel

• Heat — 2:01.73 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Stephen Cullen

• Heat — 58.82 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

• Richard Gheel

• Heat — 59.37 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Richard Gheel

• Heat — 2:05.71 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

• Stephen Cullen

• Heat — 2:06.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Gary O'Toole

• Heat — 1:05.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Gary O'Toole

• Heat — 2:18.93 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Gary O'Toole

• Heat — 2:07.77 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Michelle Smith

• Heat — 1:06.22 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

• Aileen Convery

• Heat — 1:06.73 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Michelle Smith

• Heat — 2:19.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Aileen Convery

• Heat — 2:19.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Michelle Smith

• Heat — 2:25.53 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Michelle Smith

• Heat — 5:01.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition

• Owen Casey and Eoin Collins

• First Round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf and Gilad Bloom (Israel) 2-6 6-7 6-4 5-7

[edit] References

• sports-reference

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