1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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Ireland took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 19 male athletes in 18 competitions in six sports.

It was Ireland's fifth participation in the Summer Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

Paddy Carroll carried the flag of Ireland during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With a silver medal won the Irish team finished 34th in the medals table .

silver

Surname	sport	competition
John McNally	Boxing	Bantamweight

Participants by sport

Boxing

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Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

• Andrew Reddy

  Round 1: Eliminated against Aristide Pozzali from Italy by a judge's decision (0: 3)

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

• John McNally

  Round 1: BYE

  Round 2: won against Alejandro Ortuoste from the Philippines by a judge's decision (3: 0)

  Quarter-finals: won against Vincenzo Dall'Osso from Italy by a judge's decision (3-0)

  Semi-finals: won against Gang Jun-Ho from South Korea by a judge's decision (3-0)

  Final: lost to Pentti Hämäläinen from Finland by a judge's decision (1: 2), 2nd place

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

• Thomas Reddy

  Round 1: Eliminated against Stevan Redli from Yugoslavia by technical knockout in the second round

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

• Kevin Martin

  Round 1: won against Marcel Van De Keere from Belgium by a judge's decision (2: 1)

  Round 2: Eliminated against Gheorghe Fiat from Romania by a judge's decision (0: 3), 9th place

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

• Terence Milligan

  Round 1: won against Ibrahim Afsharpour from Iran by a judge's decision (3-0)

  Round 2: won against Pieter van Klaveren from the Netherlands by a judge's decision (3-0)

  Quarterfinals: lost to Bruno Visintin from Italy by a judge's decision (3-0), 5th place

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

• Peter Crotty

  Round 1: Eliminated against Harry Gunnarsson from Sweden by technical knockout in the second round

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• William Duggan

  Round 1: Eliminated against Vasile Tiţă from Romania by disqualification in the third round

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

• John Lyttle

  Round 1: eliminated against Jean Lansiaux from France by a judge's decision (0: 3)

fencing

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Foil single

• Patrick Duffy

  Round 1: in group 5 with two wins and four losses, not qualified for round 2, rank 5

• Harold Thuillier

  Round 1: in group 3 with two wins and three defeats not qualified for round 2, rank 5

Epee single

• George Carpenter

  Round 1: in group 2 with one win and six losses, not qualified for round 2, rank 8

• Patrick Duffy

  Round 1: eliminated in group 3, won one duel / lost six, scored ten hits - 19 suffered, 7th place

• Tom Kearney

  Round one: qualified for the quarter-finals in group 6 with three wins and four defeats, 4th place

  Quarterfinals: in group 5 with two wins and six defeats not qualified for the semi-finals, rank 9

athletics

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100 m

• Paul Dolan

  Preliminary runs : in run 2 (rank 3) with 11.0 s (hand-stopped) or 11.12 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

200 m

• Paul Dolan

  Preliminary runs : in run 15 (rank 2) with 21.9 s (hand-stopped) or 22.04 s (electronically) qualified for the quarter-finals

  Quarter-finals : in run 2 (3rd place) with 21.9 s (hand-stopped) or 22.15 s (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m

• Paul Dolan

  Preliminary runs : in run 10 (3rd place) with 48.5 s (hand-stopped) or 48.81 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

marathon

• Joe West

  Final: 2: 56: 22.8 hours (+ 33: 19.6 minutes), rank 49

horse riding

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Versatility single

• Mark Darley

  Final: 415.66 fault points, 33rd place

  Dressage: 152.66 fault points, rank 36

  Cross-country ride: 253.00 fault points, rank 34

  Show jumping: 10.00 points, rank 10

• Harry Freeman-Jackson

  Final: 268.66 fault points, rank 27

  Dressage: 183.66 fault points, rank 56

  Cross-country ride: 55.00 points, rank 25

  Show jumping: 30.00 points, rank 31

• Ian Hume-Dudgeon

  Final: 269.20 points, 28th place

  Dressage: 162.20 points, rank 43

  Cross-country ride: 87.00 points, rank 27

  Show jumping: 20.00 points, rank 24

Versatility team

• Mark Darley, Harry Freeman-Jackson and Ian Hume-Dudgeon

  Final: 953.52 fault points, 6th place

  Dressage: 498.52 fault points, 14th place

  Cross-country ride: 395.00 points, rank 6

  Show jumping: 60.00 points, rank 4

Wrestling

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Freestyle

Lightweight (up to 67 kg)

• Jack Vard

  Round one: lost to Richard Garrard from Australia (3-0)

  Round two: lost to Tommy Evans of the United States of America (opponent wins over the shoulders)

sailing

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Finn dinghy

• Alfred Delany

  Final: 2,308 points, 21st place

  1st race: 402 points, 1:24:36 hours, 14th place

  2nd race: 186 points, 1:52:07 hours, 23rd place

  3rd race: 372 points, 1:28:05 hours, 15th place

  4th race: 269 points, 1:25:35 hours, 19th place

  5th race: 133 points , 1:36:38 hours, rank 26

  6th race: 133 points, 1:31:24 hours, rank 26

  7th race: 946 points, 1:27:18 hours, 04th place

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
• Irish Olympic Team 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).