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Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Olympic Council of Ireland

Competitors
  
44 (41 men, 3 women) in 10 sports

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Ireland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 44 competitors, 41 men and 3 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.

Contents

Archery

In Ireland's first appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by one man, James Conroy.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • James Conroy — 2255 points (→ 29th place)

    • Athletics

    Men's 800 metres

  • Niall O'Shaughnessy
  • Heat — 1:49.29 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 1.500 metres

  • Eamon Coghlan
  • Heat — 3:39.87
  • Semifinal — 3:38.60
  • Final — 3:39.51 (→ 4th place)
  • Niall O'Shaughnessy
  • Heat — 3:40.12 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 5.000 metres

  • Edward Leddy
  • Heat — 13:40.54 (→ national record, did not advance)

    • Men's 10.000 metres

  • Edward Leddy
  • Heat — 28:55.29 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Marathon

  • James McNamara — 2:24:57 (→ 39th place)
  • Danny McDaid — 2:27:07 (→ 42nd place)
  • Neil Cusack — 2:35:47 (→ 55th place)

    • Women's 1.500 metres

  • Mary Purcell
  • Heat — 4:08.63 (→ national record, did not advance)

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Brendan Dunne
    1. First Round — Defeated Noboru Uchizama (JPN), RSC-2
    2. Second Round — Lost to Orlando Maldonado (PUR), KO-1

    • Cycling

    Two cyclists represented Ireland in 1976.

    Individual road race
  • Alan McCormack — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Oliver McQuaid — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • References

    Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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