Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	IRL
Nocname:	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Olympic Movement
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	47 (44 men and 3 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Ken Ryan^[1]
Rank:	31
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 47 competitors, 44 men and 3 women, took part in 38 events in 11 sports.^[2] In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Ireland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Flying Dutchman class
			Men's Flyweight

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In Ireland's second appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by two men and one woman. The men included Ireland's only veteran from 1976, James Conroy. It was Hazel Greene, however, who posted the nation's best results.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Hazel Greene - 2229 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• William Swords - 2212 points (→ 31st place)
• James Conroy - 2058 points (→ 37th place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 1,500 metres

• Ray Flynn

• Heat - 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Eamonn Coghlan

• Heat - 13:45.4

• Semi Final - 13:28.8

• Final - 13:22.8 (→ 4th place)
• John Treacy

• Heat - 13:44.8

• Semi Final - 13:40.3

• Final - 13:23.7 (→ 7th place)
• Mick O'Shea

• Heat - 14:03.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Heat - did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Dick Hooper

• Final - 2:23:53 (→ 38th place)
• Pat Hooper

• Final - 2:30:28 (→ 42nd place)
• John Treacy

• Final - did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Qualification - 63.94 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Gerard Hawkins

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Lost to Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Hugh Russell → Bronze Medal

• First Round - Defeated Samir Khiniab (Iraq) on points (5-0)

• Second Round - Defeated Emmanuel Mlundwa (Tanzania) on points (5-0)

• Quarter Finals - Defeated Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (3-2)

• Semi Finals - Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Philip Sutcliffe

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight ( - 57 kg)

• Barry McGuigan

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Issack Mabushi (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in third round

• Third Round - Lost to Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• Sean Doyle

• First Round - Defeated Nelson René Trujillo (Venezuela) after referee stopped contest in second round

• Second Round - Lost to Florian Livadaru (Romania) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light-Welterweight ( - 63,5 kg)

• Martin Brerton

• First Round - Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Three cyclists represented Ireland in 1980.

Individual road race

• Billy Kerr
• Stephen Roche
• Tony Lally

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Ireland in 1980.

Individual Competition:

• Jerome Hartigan - 4.557 pts 39th place
• Sackville Currie - 4.377 42nd place
• Mark Hartigan - 4.361 pts, 43rd place

Team Competition:

• Hartigan, Currie, and Hartigan - 13.295pts 12th place

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Coxless Pairs

• Pat Gannon - 1st B Final (→ 7th)
• Willie Ryan - 1st B Final (→ 7th)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Denis Rice - 5th B Final (→ 11th)
• Christy O'Brien - 5th B Final (→ 11th)
• Liam Williams - 5th B Final (→ 11th)

Men's Coxed Fours

• Iain Kennedy - 5th B Final (→ 11th)
• Pat McDonagh - 5th B Final (→ 11th)
• Ted Ryan - 5th B Final (→ 11th)
• Davey Gray - 5th B Final (→ 11th)
• Noel Graham - 5th B Final (→ 11th)

Women's Single Sculls

• Frances Cryan - 1st B Final (→ 7th)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

• David Wilkins and James Wilkinson - Flying Dutchman class

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100m Freestyle

• David Cummins

• Heats - DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• David Cummins

• Heats - DNS (→ no ranking)
• Kevin Williamson

• Heats - 1.57,37 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Catherine Bohan

• Heats - 1:16.84 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Catherine Bohan

• Heats - 5:21.82 (→ did not advance)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ken Ryan . olympedia.org . 29 December 2023.
2. Web site: Ireland at the 1980 Summer Games . 4 May 2015 . Sports Reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150108000900/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRL/summer/1980/ . 8 January 2015 .