1924 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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Ireland participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with a delegation of 48 athletes (46 men and 2 women) in 29 competitions in six competitions. None of the athletes managed to win a medal. It was the first participation in the Summer Olympics.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Myles McDonagh

  Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Robert Hilliard

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Maurice Doyle

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• James Kelleher

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Patrick Dwyer

  Welterweight: 4th place

• William Murphy

  Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• John Kidley

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

Soccer

• Eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Ernie McKay

  Denis Hannon

  Frank Ghent

  Bertie Kerr

  Jack MacCarthy

  Johnny Murray

  Jimmy Dykes

  Joe Kendrick

  Michael John Farrell

  Paddy O'Reilly

  Paddy Duncan

  Tommy Muldoon

Art competitions

• John Weldon
• Oliver Sheppard
• J. Ryan
• TC Murray
• John Lavery
• Seán Keating
• Oliver St. John Gogarty

  Literature: bronze

• Jack Butler Yeats

  Painting: silver

athletics

Men

• William Lowe

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Sean Lavan

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Norman MacEachern

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• JJ Ryan

  10,000 m: race not finished

  Cross-Country: Race not finished

• Sean Kelly

  3000 m obstacle: 39th place

• Larry Stanley

  High jump: 10th place

• John O'Connor

  Triple jump: 10th place

• John O'Grady

  Shot put: 17th place

• Patrick Bermingham

  Discus throw: 11th place

• William Shanahan

  Decathlon: 19th place

tennis

Men

• Walter Ireland

  Singles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Mixed: eliminated in the 1st round

• Edwin McCrea

  Singles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Mixed: eliminated in the quarterfinals

Women

• Hilda Wallis

  Singles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Doubles: eliminated in the round of 16

  Mixed: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Phoebe Blair-White

  Singles: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Doubles: eliminated in the round of 16

  Mixed: eliminated in the 1st round

Water polo

• 8th place

  Charles Barrett

  Jim Beckett

  James S. Brady

  Pat Convery

  Charles Fagan

  Michael O'Connor

  Noel Purcell

Web links

• Irish Olympic Team from 1924 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )