Ireland at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Ireland at the Olympic Games

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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors in 10 sports
Flag bearer Gerry Mullins
Medals
Rank: 33		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
1
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Ireland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, It went from July 28, 1984 to August 12, 1984 United States. Although Ireland isn't known for sports they thrive more on culture, they were still able to place in certain events.

Contents

Medalists

John Treacy who competed in four Olympics was honored with a Silver medal for placing Ireland 33rd overall in the Olympics

Silver

Results by event

Archery

In Ireland's third appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by two women. This included veteran Hazel Greene.

Women's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1,500 metres

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:46.84
  • Semifinals — 13:40.74
  • Final — 13:34.50 (→ 11th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:18.13
  • Final — 28:28.68 (→ 9th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:09:56 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final — 2:12:20 (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 2:24:41 (→ 51st place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 70.56m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 65.56m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8:54.34 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 9.01.69 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:37:57 (→ 23rd place)
  • Final — 2:41:27 (→ 28th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 1:01.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 54.42m
  • Final — 55.38m (→ 9th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Canoeing

Men's K1 1000m

Men's K1 500m

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

Men's 100 km Team Time Trial

Swimming

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:01.34 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:06.61 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:36.07 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:20.85 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

The athlete who has a big recognition from Ireland is John Treacy. Known as the "little man with the big heart", his strong will for competitiveness never stopped even when he a fall during one of his Olympic trials.He had a run of bad luck during his first years of competing. In 1978 he ran his 10,000 meter trial placing eleventh and fourth in the 5,000 meter run. In 1980 he collapsed in the last 200 meters of his 10,000 race suffering from heat and dehydrationafter recovering he was able to place seventh in the 5,000 meter race. In 1983 Treacy was eliminated from the 10,000 heat making him unqualified to compete in the race itself. Finally in 1984 he placed ninth in the 10,000 meter final. He still competed after the Olympics and is now the Chief Executive of The Irish Sports Council.