1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)
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Ireland took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and the Equestrian Games in the Swedish capital Stockholm with a delegation of 18 athletes, 17 men and one woman, in 17 competitions in five sports.
It was Ireland's fifth participation in the Summer Olympics .
The youngest athlete was boxer Johnny Caldwell at 18 years and 201 days , the oldest athlete was Harry Freeman-Jackson (45 years and 171 days).
Flag bearer
Boxer Tony Byrne carried the flag of Ireland during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium .
Medalist
With a recovered gold, one silver and three bronze medals, the Irish team was ranked 21 in the medal count .
gold
Surname | sport | competition |
---|---|---|
Ron Delany | athletics | 1,500 meter run |
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Frederick Tiedt | Boxing | Welterweight |
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
---|---|---|
Tony Byrne | Boxing | lightweight |
Johnny Caldwell | Boxing | Flyweight |
Freddie Gilroy | Boxing | Bantamweight |
Participants by sport
Boxing
Men's
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Tony Byrne
- lightweight
- Third place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: Victory against Josef Chovanec from Czechoslovakia by disqualifying the opponent in the third round
- Quarter-finals: prevailed on points against Louis Molina of the United States of America
- Semi-finals: defeat against Harry Kurschat from Germany on points
-
Johnny Caldwell
- Flyweight
- Third place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: KO against Yaishwe Best from Burma in the third round
- Quarterfinals: prevailed on points against Warner Batchelor from Australia
- Semi-finals: loss to Mircea Dobrescu from Romania on points
-
Freddie Gilroy
- Bantamweight
- Third place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: Victory against Boris Stepanov from the Soviet Union by knockout in the third round
- Quarter-finals: won against Mario Sitri from Italy on points
- Semi-finals: defeat against Wolfgang Behrendt from Germany on points
-
Henry Perry
- Light welterweight
- Ninth place
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: loss to Claude Saluden from France on points
-
Patrick Sharkey
- Heavyweight
- Ninth place
- Round one: loss to Törner Åhsman from Sweden by knockout in the third round
-
Martin Smyth
- Featherweight
- Rank 17
- Round one: defeat against Pentti Hämäläinen from Finland by technical knockout in the second round
-
Frederick Tiedt
- Welterweight
- Rank two
- Round one: points victory against Tadeusz Walasek from Poland
- Quarterfinals: Beating Pearce Lane of the United States on points
- Semi-finals: won against Kevin John Hogarth from Australia on points
- Final: defeat against Nicolae Linca from Romania after the judge's decision (2: 3)
athletics
Ladies
-
Maeve Kyle
- 100 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run four (sixth place), 12.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 12.48 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 200 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run one (fifth place), 26.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 26.57 seconds (automatically stopped)
Men's
-
Ron Delany
- 1,500 meter run
-
Eamonn Kinsella
- 110 meter hurdles
- Round one: eliminated in run one (fourth place), 14.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 14.66 seconds (automatically stopped)
horse riding
Men's show jumping
-
Results
- Final: 131.25 penalty points, seventh place
- Round one: 66.00 penalty points, fifth place
- Round two: 65.25 penalty points, seventh place
- Final: 131.25 penalty points, seventh place
- team
Eventing riding
-
Results
- Final: competition not finished (DNF)
- Dressage: 477.20 penalty points, rank 16
- Cross-country ride: competition not finished (DNF)
- Final: competition not finished (DNF)
- team
singles
-
Kevin Barry
- Show jumping
- Final: 35.00 penalty points, 18th place
- Round one: 23.00 penalty points, rank 26
- Round two: 12.00 penalty points, 16th place
-
Harry Freeman-Jackson
- versatility
- Final: 170.81 penalty points, 17th place
- Dressage: 153.20 penalty points, rank 45
- Cross-country ride: 7.61 penalty points, 13th place
- Show jumping: 10.00 penalty points, second place
-
Ian Hume-Dudgeon
- versatility
- Final: competition not finished (DNF)
- Dressage: 158.00 penalty points, rank 48
- Cross-country ride: competition not finished (DNF)
-
Patrick Kiernan
- Show jumping
- Final: 52.25 penalty points, rank 27
- Round one: 19.00 penalty points, 19th place
- Round two: 33.25 penalty points, rank 37
-
Bill Mullins
- versatility
- Final: 145.48 penalty points, tenth place
- Dressage: 166.00 penalty points, rank 51
- Cross-country ride: 31.02 penalty points, seventh place
- Show jumping: 10.50 penalty points, 19th place
-
William Ringrose
- Show jumping
- Final: 44.00 penalty points, 23rd place
- Round one: 24.00 penalty points, rank 28
- Round two: 20.00 penalty points, 21st place
Wrestling
Men's
freestyle
-
Gerry Martina
- Light heavyweight
- Fourth place, eliminated after round four with six minus points
- Round one: victory against Spyros Defteraios from Greece , zero minus points
- Round two: BYE
- Round three: shoulder defeat against Kevin Coote from Australia , three minus points
- Round four: shoulder defeat against Boris Hadschumarowitsch Kulajew from the Soviet Union , six minus points
sailing
Men's
-
John Somers Payne
- Finn dinghy
- Final: 1,830 points, 16th place
- Race one: 448 points, 3:33:25 hours, ninth place
- Race two: race not finished (DNF)
- Race three: 448 points, 3:50:15 hours, ninth place
- Race four: 323 points, 3:20:23 hours, twelfth place
- Race five: 288 points, 3:35:55 hours, 13th place
- Race six: 323 points, 3:30:14 hours, twelfth place
- Race seven: race not finished (DNF)
Web links
- Irish Olympic Team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).
- Irish Olympic Team of the 1956 Equestrian Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).