Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	IRL
Nocname:	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	44 (41 men, 3 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Frank Moore^[1]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1896–1920)

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.^[2]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Two cyclists represented Ireland in 1976.

Individual road race

• Alan McCormack - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Oliver McQuaid - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's single sculls

• Seán Drea 4th place in the Final (→ 4th)

Men's coxless fours

• Martin Feeley 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)
• Iain Kennedy 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)
• Andy McDonough 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)
• Jaye Renehan 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)

Men's coxed fours

• Jim Muldoon 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
• Christy O'Brien 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
• Willie Ryan 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
• Mick Ryan 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
• Liam Redmond 1st in B Final (→ 7th)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frank Moore . olympedia.org . 29 December 2023.
2. Web site: Ireland at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . 17 April 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150912115618/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRL/summer/1976/ . 12 September 2015 .