1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ireland)

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Ireland took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a delegation of 58 athletes (49 men and nine women) in 47 competitions in twelve sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Michelle Smith .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Michael Carruth	Boxing	Men, welterweight

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Wayne McCullough	Boxing	Men, bantamweight

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• Noel Lynch

  Singles: 62nd place

Boxing

Men

• Paul Buttimer

  Flyweight: 1st round

• Michael Carruth

  Welterweight: gold

• Paul Douglas

  Heavyweight: quarter-finals

• Paul Griffin

  Featherweight: 1st round

• Kevin McBride

  Super heavyweight: 2nd round

• Wayne McCullough

  Bantam weight: silver

fencing

Men

• Michael O'Brien

  Epee, singles: 34th place

Judo

Men

• Keith Gough

  Ultra light weight: 13th place

• Ciarán Ward

  Half light weight: 24th place

canoe

Men

• Pat Holmes

  Kayak single, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Kayak single, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Alan Carey & Conor Holmes

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: hope run

• Ian Wiley

  Kayak single, slalom: 8th place

• Mike Corcoran

  Canoe single, slalom: 12th place

athletics

Men Noel Berkeley 10,000 meters: heats Victor Costello Shot put: 22nd place in qualification John Doherty 5000 meters: heats Sean Dollman 10,000 meters: heats Paul Donovan 5000 meters: heats Tommy Hughes Marathon: 72nd place Thomas Kearns 110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals Jimmy McDonald 20 kilometers of walking: 6th place Terry McHugh Javelin throw: 27th place in qualification Robert O'Leary 20 kilometers of walking: disqualified Frank O'Mara 5000 meters: heats Marcus O'Sullivan 1500 meters: semi-finals Paul Quirke Shot put: 23rd place in qualification Andy Ronan Marathon: DNF Nick Sweeney Discus throw: 23rd place in qualification John Treacy Marathon: 51st place

Women Catherina McKiernan 3000 meters: heats Sonia O'Sullivan 1500 meters: semi-finals 3000 meters: 4th place Perri Williams 10 kilometers of walking: 37th place

Cycling

Men

• Conor Henry

  Road race: 35th place

• Mark Kane

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

• Kevin Kimmage

  Road race: 32nd place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

• Robert Power

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

• Paul Slane

  Road race: 65th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 17th place

horse riding

• Peter Charles

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 14th place

• Máiréad Curran

  Eventing, individual: 29th place

  Eventing, team: 8th place

• Paul Darragh

  Jumping, singles: 68th place in qualification

  Jumping, team: 14th place

• Melanie Duff

  Eventing, individual: 32nd place

  Eventing, team: 8th place

• Polly Holohan

  Eventing, individual: 39th place

  Eventing, team: 8th place

• James Kernan

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 14th place

• Eddie quirks

  Jumping, individual: 75th place in the qualification

  Jumping, team: 14th place

• Anna Merveldt-Steffens

  Dressage, individual: 11th place

• Eric Smiley

  Eventing, individual: 27th place

  Eventing, team: 8th place

rowing

Men

• Niall O'Toole

  One: 21st place

swim

Men Gary O'Toole 100 meters chest: 38th place 200 meters chest: 20th place 200 meter medley: 34th place

Women Michelle Smith 200 meters back: 35th place 200 meter medley: 32nd place 400 meter medley: 26th place

sailing

Open class Mark Mansfield & Tom McWilliam Star: 15th place Peter Kennedy & David Wilkins Flying Dutchman: 14th place

Women Denise Lyttle Europe: 12th place

tennis

Men

• Owen Casey

  Singles: 1st round

  Doubles: 2nd round

• Eoin Collins

  Doubles: 2nd round

Web links

• Irish Olympic Team from 1992 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )