Peter Coghlan (born 27 March 1975 in DublinSports-Reference profile) is a retired Irish track and field athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles event. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as well as five outdoor and two indoor World Championships.
His personal bests of 13.30 for the 110 metres hurdles and 7.57 for the 60 metres hurdles, both from 1999, are current national records.
He attended Belvedere College secondary school in Dublin at the same time as fellow Olympian Cian O'Connor.
Competition record Representing 1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland15th (sf)110 m hurdles14.66World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece35th (h)110 m hurdles13.941998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary20th (h)110 m hurdles14.001999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan11th (h)60 m hurdles7.66UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain4th110 m hurdles13.63World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8th (sf)110 m hurdles13.352000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia23rd (qf)110 m hurdles13.862001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal10th (sf)60 m hurdles7.67World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada17th (sf)110 m hurdles13.612002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria6th60 m hurdles7.67European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany26th (h)110 m hurdles13.962003World ChampionshipsParis, France27th (h)110 m hurdles13.902005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain18th (h)60 m hurdles7.82World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland39th (h)110 m hurdles14.57
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