Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Ireland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
IOC code
  
IRL

1
  
0

Website
  
www.olympicsport.ie

Ireland at the 1928 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Olympic Council of Ireland

Competitors
  
38 (33 men, 5 women) in 6 sports

Medals Ranked 24th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1

Ireland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 38 competitors, 33 men and 5 women, took part in 27 events in 6 sports. Ireland won its first Olympic medal as an independent nation as Pat O'Callaghan won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw.

Contents

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

  • Myles McDonagh
  • First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Ben Bril (HOL), points

    • Men's Lightweight (-61.2 kg)

  • William O'Shea
  • First Round - Lost to Jorge Diaz (CHI), points

    • See full results Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

    Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

  • Matthew Flanagan
  • First Round — Lost to Arturo Rodríguez (ARG), KO-1

    • Cycling

    Two cyclists, both men, competed for Ireland in 1928.

    Individual road race
  • John Woodcock
    • Sprint
  • Bertie Donnelly
    • Time trial
  • Bertie Donnelly

    • References

    Ireland at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA