1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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Ireland took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with a delegation of 49 athletes (47 men and 2 women) in 39 competitions in eight sports. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Adam McLean

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Paddy Kenny

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Ando Reddy

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

• Danny O'Brien

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Bernie Meli

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Henry Perry

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Mick Reid

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Eamonn McKeon

  Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Colm McCoy

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Joe Casey

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

fencing

Men

• Brian Hamilton

  Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Epee team: eliminated in the preliminary round

• Harry Thuillier

  Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round

• George Carpenter

  Epee: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Epee team: eliminated in the preliminary round

• Christopher Bland

  Epee: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Epee team: eliminated in the preliminary round

• Tom Kearney

  Epee: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Epee team: eliminated in the preliminary round

Women

• Shirley Armstrong

  Foil: eliminated in the preliminary round

Weightlifting

• Sammy Dalzell

  Featherweight: 22nd place

• Tommy Hayden

  Lightweight: 22nd place

athletics

Men

• Paddy Lowry

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ronnie Delany

  800 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Michael Hoey

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Gerry McIntyre

  Marathon: 22nd place

• Willie Dunne

  Marathon: 42nd place

• Bertie Messitt

  Marathon: race not finished

• Frank O'Reilly

  50 km walking: 20th place

• John Lawlor

  Hammer throw: 4th place

Women

• Maeve Kyle

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cycling

• Peter Crinnion

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Sonny Cullen

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Séamus Herron

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Michael Horgan

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Martin McKay

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Track 1000 m individual time trial: 24th place

horse riding

• Eddie Harty

  Versatility: 9th place

  Versatility team: 6th place

• Tony Cameron

  Versatility: 27th place

  Versatility team: 6th place

• Ian Hume-Dudgeon

  Versatility: 30th place

  Versatility team: 6th place

• Harry Freeman-Jackson

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: 6th place

• Sean Daly

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Billy Ringrose

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

• Éamon O'Donohoe

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: eliminated

Wrestling

• Seán O'Connor

  Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Dermot Dunne

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Joe Feeney

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Gerry Martina

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 1st round

sailing

• Somers Payne

  Finn dinghy: 18th place

• Johnny Hooper

  Flying Dutchman: 10th place

• Peter Gray

  Flying Dutchman: 10th place

• Jimmy Mooney

  Dragons: 12th place

• Robin Benson

  Dragons: 12th place

• David Ryder

  Dragons: 12th place

Web links

• Irish Olympic Team from 1960 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )