Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 61 competitors, 52 men and 9 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery
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 &mdash; Preliminary Round (→ 38th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
 * Joseph Malone &mdash; Preliminary Round (→ 69th place)
 * Noel Lynch &mdash; Preliminary Round (→ 74th place)

Athletics
Men's Marathon
 * Dick Hooper
 * Final &mdash; 2"17.16 (→ 24th place)


 * John Woods
 * Final &mdash; 2"25.38 (→ 52nd place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
 * Brendan Quinn
 * Heat &mdash; 8:40.87
 * Semi Final &mdash; 8:43.34 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw
 * Connor McCullagh
 * Qualifying Heat &mdash; 68.66m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw
 * Terry McHugh
 * Qualification &mdash; 76.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon
 * Carlos O'Connell &mdash; 7310 points (→ 29th place)
 * 100 metres &mdash; 11.26s
 * Long Jump &mdash; 6.90m
 * Shot Put &mdash; 12.41m
 * High Jump &mdash; 1.88m
 * 400 metres &mdash; 48.24s
 * 110m Hurdles &mdash; 15.61s
 * Discus Throw &mdash; 38.02m
 * Pole Vault &mdash; 4.40m
 * Javelin Throw &mdash; 52.68m
 * 1.500 metres &mdash; 4:32.06s

Women's 3.000m Steeplechase
 * Anne Keenan-Buckley

Women's Marathon
 * Ailish Smyth
 * Final &mdash; 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)


 * Marie Murphy-Rollins
 * Final &mdash; 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Wayne McCullough
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Fred Mutuweta (Uganda), 5:0
 * Third Round &mdash; Lost to Scott Olsen (Canada), 0:5

Cycling
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

Rowing
Men's Coxled Pairs
 * Pat McDonagh &mdash; 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)
 * Frank Moore &mdash; 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)
 * Liam Williams &mdash; 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)

Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle
 * Stephen Cullen
 * Heat &mdash; 1:57.90 (→ did not advance, 50th place)


 * Richard Gheel
 * Heat &mdash; 2:01.73 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke
 * Stephen Cullen
 * Heat &mdash; 58.82 (→ did not advance, 29th place)


 * Richard Gheel
 * Heat &mdash; 59.37 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke
 * Richard Gheel
 * Heat &mdash; 2:05.71 (→ did not advance, 25th place)


 * Stephen Cullen
 * Heat &mdash; 2:06.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
 * Gary O'Toole
 * Heat &mdash; 1:05.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
 * Gary O'Toole
 * Heat &mdash; 2:18.93 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley
 * Gary O'Toole
 * Heat &mdash; 2:07.77 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke
 * Michelle Smith
 * Heat &mdash; 1:06.22 (→ did not advance, 27th place)


 * Aileen Convery
 * Heat &mdash; 1:06.73 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke
 * Michelle Smith
 * Heat &mdash; 2:19.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


 * Aileen Convery
 * Heat &mdash; 2:19.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley
 * Michelle Smith
 * Heat &mdash; 2:25.53 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley
 * Michelle Smith
 * Heat &mdash; 5:01.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Tennis
Men's Doubles Competition
 * Owen Casey and Eoin Collins
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Amos Mansdorf and Gilad Bloom (Israel) 2-6 6-7 6-4 5-7