Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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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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 Great Britain (1896–1920) |
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Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
Results by event
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
- 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
- Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
- Carlos O'Connell — 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
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)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Fred Mutuweta (Uganda), 5:0
- Third Round — Lost to Scott Olsen (Canada), 0:5
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
- 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
- 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
- First Round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf and Gilad Bloom (Israel) 2-6 6-7 6-4 5-7