Ireland at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRL
NOCOlympic Federation of Ireland
Websiteolympics.ie
in Seoul
Competitors61 (52 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Wayne McCullough
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Great Britain (1896–1920)

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]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 213
Athletics 14418
Boxing 77
Canoeing 404
Cycling 505
Equestrian 707
Judo 11
Rowing 303
Sailing 325
Swimming 325
Tennis 202
Wrestling 11
Total52961


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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Final 2"17.16 (→ 24th place)
  • Final 2"25.38 (→ 52nd place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  • Heat 8:40.87
  • Semi Final 8:43.34 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat 68.66m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 76.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres 11.26s
  2. Long Jump 6.90m
  3. Shot Put 12.41m
  4. High Jump 1.88m
  5. 400 metres 48.24s
  6. 110m Hurdles 15.61s
  7. Discus Throw 38.02m
  8. Pole Vault 4.40m
  9. Javelin Throw 52.68m
  10. 1.500 metres 4:32.06s

Women's 3.000m Steeplechase

Women's Marathon

  • Final 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)
  • 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

Canoeing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Ireland in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial

Equestrianism

Judo

Rowing

Men's Coxled Pairs

Sailing

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat 1:57.90 (→ did not advance, 50th place)
  • Heat 2:01.73 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat 58.82 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
  • Heat 59.37 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:05.71 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
  • 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)
  • Heat 1:06.73 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:19.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • 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

Wrestling

References

  1. "Ireland at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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