Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 61 competitors, 52 men and 9 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	2	1	3
Athletics	14	4	18
Boxing	7	–	7
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	5	0	5
Equestrian	7	0	7
Judo	1	–	1
Rowing	3	0	3
Sailing	3	2	5
Swimming	3	2	5
Tennis	2	0	2
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	52	9	61

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics. 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)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Marathon

• Final - 2"17.16 (→ 24th place)

• 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

1. Long Jump - 6.90m

1. Shot Put - 12.41m

1. High Jump - 1.88m

1. 400 metres - 48.24s

1. 110m Hurdles - 15.61s

1. Discus Throw - 38.02m

1. Pole Vault - 4.40m

1. Javelin Throw - 52.68m

1. 1.500 metres - 4:32.06s

Women's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Anne Keenan-Buckley

Women's Marathon

• Final - 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)

• Final - 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Wayne McCullough

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Fred Mutuweta (Uganda), 5:0

• Third Round - Lost to Scott Olsen (Canada), 0:5

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Five male cyclists represented Ireland in 1988.

Men's road race

• Cormac McCann
• John McQuaid
• Paul McCormack

Men's team time trial

• Philip Cassidy
• Cormac McCann
• John McQuaid
• Stephen Spratt

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Coxled Pairs

• Pat McDonagh - 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)
• Frank Moore - 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)
• Liam Williams - 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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)

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Doubles Competition

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

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ireland at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games . 4 July 2016 . Sports Reference .
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/IRL/editions/22 Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics