1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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Ireland took part in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal with a delegation of 44 athletes (41 men and 3 women) in 34 competitions in ten sports. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

Archery

• Jim Conroy

  Individual: 29th place

Boxing

• Brendan Dunne

  Light flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• David Larmour

  Flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Gerard Hamill

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Christopher McLoughlin

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Brian Byrne

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

canoe

• Declan Burns

  Two-person kayak 500 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Brendan O'Connell

  Two-person kayak 500 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Ian Pringle

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Howard Watkins

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

  Four-man kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the quarter-finals

athletics

Men

• Niall O'Shaughnessy

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Eamonn Coghlan

  1500 m: 4th place

• Edward Leddy

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jim McNamara

  Marathon: 39th place

• Daniel McDaid

  Marathon: 42nd place

• Neil Cusack

  Marathon: 55th place

Women

• Mary Tracey-Purcell

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cycling

• Alan McCormack

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Oliver McQuaid

  Road Race: Race not finished

horse riding

• Gerry Sinnott

  Versatility: 6th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Eric Horgan

  Versatility: 15th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Ronald McMahon

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Norman van de's father

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

rowing

• Seán Drea

  One: 4th place

• Martin Feeley

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Iain Kennedy

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Jaye Renehan

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Andy McDonough

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Mick Ryan

  Foursome with helmsman: 7th place

• Jim Muldoon

  Foursome with helmsman: 7th place

• Willie Ryan

  Foursome with helmsman: 7th place

• Christy O'Brien

  Foursome with helmsman: 7th place

• Liam Redmond

  Foursome with helmsman: 7th place

shoot

• Richard Flynn

  Trap: 15th place

swim

Men

• Kevin Williamson

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Robert Howard

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Deirdre Sheehan

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Miriam Hopkins

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Peter Dix

  470s: 23rd place

• Robert Dix

  470s: 23rd place

• David Wilkins

  Tempest: 11th place

• Derek Iago

  Tempest: 11th place

• James Wilkinson

  Flying Dutchman: 19th place

• Barry O'Neill

  Flying Dutchman: 19th place

Web links

• Irish Olympic Team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )