Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

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. 61 competitors, 52 men and 9 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.

Competitors

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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 Richard Hooper (born 26 August 1956) is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland. Career He represented Ireland in the Olympic marathon in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988. He also represented Ireland four times in ...

:* Final — 2"17.16 (→ 24th place) * John Woods :* Final — 2"25.38 (→ 52nd place) Men's 3.000m Steeplechase *

Brendan Quinn Brendan Quinn (born 26 July 1960) is an Irish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and c ...

:* 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 Terry McHugh (born 22 August 1963) is a retired Irish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best of 82.75 m, set in 2000, is the Irish record. He won twenty-one consecutive Irish Championships from 1984 to 20 ...

:* Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon *

Carlos O'Connell Carlos O'Connell (born 21 June 1963) is an Irish athlete, who competed in the 1988 Olympic Games. O'Connell is the Irish record holder for the decathlon. The record was set in Emmitsburg, Maryland Emmitsburg is a town in Frederick County, Ma ...

— 7310 points (→ 29th place) :# 100 metres — 11.26s :# Long Jump — 6.90m :# Shot Put — 12.41m :# High Jump — 1.88m :# 400 metres — 48.24s :# 110m Hurdles — 15.61s :# Discus Throw — 38.02m :# Pole Vault — 4.40m :# Javelin Throw — 52.68m :# 1.500 metres — 4:32.06s Women's 3.000m Steeplechase *

Anne Keenan-Buckley Anne Keenan-Buckley in Portlaoise, County Laois) is a retired Irish middle distance runner who was on the Ireland 1988 Summer Olympic team. Running career Keenan-Buckley competed at 1988 Olympics in the 3000 metres where she finished in 2 ...

Women's Marathon * Ailish Smyth :* Final — 2"44.17 (→ 46th place) * Marie Murphy-Rollins :* Final — 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Wayne McCullough Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough; 7 July 1970) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, becoming the first boxer fr ...

:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated Fred Mutuweta (Uganda), 5:0 :* Third Round — Lost to

Scott Olsen Scott Matthew Olsen (born January 12, 1984) is an American former pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals between 2005 and 2010. Early life Olsen was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He attend ...

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Canoeing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Ireland in 1988. ; Men's road race * Cormac McCann * John McQuaid *

Paul McCormack Paul McCormack (born 12 March 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Originally from S ...

; Men's team time trial * Philip Cassidy * Cormac McCann * John McQuaid * Stephen Spratt

Equestrianism

Judo

Rowing

Men's Coxled Pairs * Pat McDonagh — 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced) * Frank Moore — 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced) * Liam Williams — 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)

Sailing

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle *

Stephen Cullen Stephen Cullen (born 9 November 1970) is an Irish Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics, three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. References External links

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:* Heat — 1:57.90 (→ did not advance, 50th place) * Richard Gheel :* Heat — 2:01.73 (→ did not advance, 57th place) Men's 100m Backstroke *

* 1970 births Living people Irish m ...

:* 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) *

* 1970 births Living people Irish m ...

:* Heat — 2:06.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100m Breaststroke *

Gary O'Toole Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games. While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course ...

:* Heat — 1:05.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Men's 200m Breaststroke *

:* Heat — 2:18.93 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley *

:* Heat — 2:07.77 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke *

Michelle Smith Michelle Smith de Bruin (born 16 December 1969 in Rathcoole) is an Irish lawyer and retired Olympic swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 20 ...

:* Heat — 1:06.22 (→ did not advance, 27th place) * Aileen Convery :* Heat — 1:06.73 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 200m Backstroke *

:* 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 *

:* Heat — 2:25.53 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 400m Individual Medley *

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

Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition *

Owen Casey Owen Casey (born 22 October 1969 in Dublin) is a former tennis player from Ireland. Casey is a three-time tennis Olympian playing in Seoul '88, Barcelona '92 and Atlanta '96. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 October ...

and Eoin Collins :* First Round — Lost to

Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf ( he, עמוס מנסדורף; born 20 October 1965) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 18 (achieved in November 1987), the highest ever for any male Israeli tennis playe ...

and

Gilad Bloom Gilad Bloom ( he, גלעד בלום, born 1 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Israel. Bloom trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. His career-high rankings were World No. 61 in singles (in 1990) and World No. 62 in doubles ( ...

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Wrestling

References

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