Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 61 competitors, 52 men and 9 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.
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)
Men's Marathon
Dick Hooper
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
Terry McHugh
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
Anne Keenan-Buckley
Women's Marathon
Ailish Smyth
Final — 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)
Marie Murphy-Rollins
Final — 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Wayne McCullough
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
Cormac McCann
John McQuaid
Paul McCormack
Men's team time trial
Philip Cassidy
Cormac McCann
John McQuaid
Stephen Spratt
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
Gary O'Toole
Heat — 1:05.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Gary O'Toole
Heat — 2:18.93 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Gary O'Toole
Heat — 2:07.77 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Michelle Smith
Heat — 1:06.22 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Aileen Convery
Heat — 1:06.73 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
Michelle Smith
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
Michelle Smith
Heat — 2:25.53 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Michelle Smith
Heat — 5:01.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's Doubles Competition
Owen Casey and Eoin Collins
First Round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf and Gilad Bloom (Israel) 2-6 6-7 6-4 5-7
