Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Difference between revisions

Sporting event delegation

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]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

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:

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)

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

Five male cyclists represented Ireland in 1988.

Men’s road race

Men’s team time trial

Men’s Coxled Pairs

Men

Women

Men’s Doubles Competition