1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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The Irish Free State took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 16 athletes (14 men and 2 women) in ten competitions in three competitions.

The Irish athletes won two gold medals in track and field: Pat O'Callaghan was Olympic champion in hammer throw , while Bob Tisdall took first place in the 400m hurdles. O'Callaghan also acted as the standard bearer at the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Paddy Hughes

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Ernest Smith

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Larry Flood

  Welterweight: 9th place

• William Murphy

  Light Heavyweight: 4th place

Art competitions

• George Collie
• Humbert Craig
• Frances J. Kelly
• Charles Lamb
• Seán O'Sullivan
• Hilda Roberts
• Leo Whelan
• Jack Butler Yeats

athletics

Men

• Bob Tisdall

  Gold 400 m hurdles

  Decathlon: 8th place

• Pat O'Callaghan

  Gold hammer throw

• Sonny Murphy

  3000 m obstacle: advance

• Eamonn Fitzgerald

  Triple jump: 4th place

Web links

• Irish Olympic Team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )