1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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Ireland took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 73 athletes (68 men and 5 women) in 34 competitions in ten competitions.

None of the athletes managed to win a medal in the sport, but Letitia Hamilton secured bronze for her work in the oil paintings and watercolors category .

Participants by sport

basketball

• 23rd place

  Christy Walsh

  Danny Reddin

  Donald O'Donovan

  Dermot Sheriff

  Frank O'Connor

  Harry Boland

  Jim Flynn

  Jimmy McGee

  Paddy Crehan

  Paddy Sheriff

  Tommy Keenan

  Tommy Malone

  Bill Jackson

Boxing

• Billy Barnes

  Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Willie Lenihan

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Kevin Martin

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

• Maxie McCullagh

  Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Peter Foran

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Mick McKeon

  Middleweight: 4th place

• Hugh O'Hagan

  Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Gearóid Ó Colmáin

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing

Men

• Owen Tuohy

  Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Foil team: eliminated in the preliminary round

• Nick Thuillier

  Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Foil team: eliminated in the preliminary round

• Tom Smith

  Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Foil team: eliminated in the preliminary round

• Paddy Duffy

  Foil team: eliminated in the preliminary round

Women

• Dorothy Dermody

  Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round

Soccer

• eliminated in the preliminary round

  Brendan O'Kelly

  Cleary's

  Denis Lawler

  Emmet McLoughlin

  Frank Glennon

  Paddy Kavanagh

  Peter McDonald

  Robert Smith

  Billy Richardson

  Bill Barry

  William O'Grady

Art competitions

• May power
• Flora Vere O'Brien
• Stanislaus Lynch
• Charles Lamb
• Jack Hanlon
• Edmondo Gigante
• Christopher Campbell
• Desmond Broe
• Ina Boyle
• Letitia Hamilton

  Oil paintings and watercolors: bronze

athletics

Men

• Jimmy Reardon

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• John Joe Barry

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Paddy Fahey

  10,000 m: race not finished

• Paddy Mulvihill

  Marathon: 26th place

• Reggie Myles

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Paul Dolan

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Charles Denroche

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• David Guiney

  Shot put: without a valid attempt

• Cummin Clancy

  Discus throw: 22nd place

• Dan Coyle

  Hammer throw: 19th place

horse riding

• Dan Corry

  Show jumping: 14th place

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Fred Ahern

  Show jumping: 17th place

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Jack Lewis

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

rowing

• Paddy Dooley

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Robin Tamplin

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Paddy Harold

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Barry McDonnell

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Danny Taylor

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Joe Hanly

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Morgan McElligott

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Tom Dowdall

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Denis Sugrue

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals

sailing

• Jimmy Mooney

  Firefly: 16th place

• Alf Delany

  Star: 13th place

• Hugh Allen

  Star: 13th place

Diving

Men

• Eddie Heron

  3 m jumping: competition not finished

Web links

• Irish Olympic Team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )