Ireland At The 1988 Summer Olympics

	Ireland At The 1988 Summer Olympics 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. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. 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) 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 :* ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Olympic Federation Of Ireland The Olympic Federation of Ireland or OFI ( ga, Cónaidhm Oilimpeach na hÉireann) (called the Irish Olympic Council until 1952 and the Olympic Council of Ireland until 2018) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the island of Ireland. Athletes from Northern Ireland have the option of participating under its auspices or in the Great Britain Olympic Team. Its mission statement is "To manage and enhance the performance of Team Ireland at Olympic Games whilst developing the Olympic Movement in Ireland." In 2018 the ''Olympic Council of Ireland'' was renamed as the ''Olympic Federation of Ireland''. History The Olympic Federation of Ireland is the new name for the Olympic Council of Ireland, since 15 September 2018. The Irish Olympic Council was founded in 1920, while the Irish War of Independence was pitting the Irish Republic proclaimed by Sinn Féin against the Dublin Castle administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. John J. Keane, who was the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wrestling At The 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines. Medal summary Freestyle Greco-Roman Medal table Participating nations A total of 429 wrestlers from 69 nations competed at the Seoul Games: See also List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling References External links * Official Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrestling At The 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics events O 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fred Mutuweta Fredrick "Fred" Muteweta (born November 4, 1971, in Kampala) is a retired boxer from Uganda, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in the light-flyweight class. There he was defeated in the second round by Wayne McCullough of Ireland. In the bantamweight class at the 1992 Summer Olympics, he was once again defeated in his opening bout, once again by Wayne McCullough. He also represented Uganda at the 1991 All-Africa Games, winning a gold medal as a bantamweight and at the 1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ..., winning a bronze medal in the bantamweight category. Muteweta made his professional debut in 1996, and retired after ten professional bouts, losing five and winning five. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]