Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 61 competitors, 52 men and 9 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 2 1 3Athletics 14 4 18Boxing 7 – 7Canoeing 4 0 4Cycling 5 0 5Equestrian 7 0 7Judo 1 – 1Rowing 3 0 3Sailing 3 2 5Swimming 3 2 5Tennis 2 0 2Wrestling 1 – 1 Total 52 9 61

Archery

In Ireland's fourth appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by two men and one woman.

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankJoseph MaloneIndividual116269Did not advanceNoel Lynch114174Did not advancePereira GreeneIndividual120838Did not advance

Athletics

Men's Track AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarcus O'Sullivan1500m3:42.016 q3:38.846 q3:38.398Gerry O'Reilly3:43.2310Did Not AdvanceJohn Doherty5000m13:47.997 Q13:24.615 Q13:27.719Eamonn Coghlan13:43.48 7 Q14:02.1615Did Not AdvanceFrank O'Mara13:59.4610Did Not AdvanceThomas Kearns110m Hurdles14.174 Q14.307Did Not AdvanceBrendan Quinn3000m Steeplechase8:40.879 Q8:43.3411Did Not Advance

Women AthleteEventResultTimeRankAnne Keenan-Buckley3000m9:03.1024Barbara Johnson400m Hurdles58.6128Marie Murphy-RollinsMarathon2:54:3757Ailish Smyth2:44:1746

Men's Road Running AthleteEventFinalTimeRankDick HooperMen's Marathon2:17:1624John Woods2:25:3852John TreacyDNF—Jimmy McDonaldMen's 20km Race Walk1:22:4517

Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankTimeRankConor McCulloughHammer Throw68.6624Did Not AdvanceTerry McHughJavelin Throw76.4622Did Not Advance

Decathlon AthleteEventPointsRankCarlos O'ConnellResult11.266.9012.411.8848.2415.6138.024.4052.684:32.06731029

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Wayne McCullough First Round – Bye Second Round – Defeated Fred Mutuweta (Uganda), 5:0 Third Round – Lost to Scott Olsen (Canada), 0:5

Canoeing

Patrick Holmes – Men's K-1 1000m 14th Alan Carey and Patrick Holmes – Men's K-2 500m 17th Declan Burns and Peter Connor – Men's K-2 1000m 14th

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Ireland in 1988.

Men's road race Cormac McCann – 45th John McQuaid – 49th Paul McCormack – 81st

Men's team time trial Finished 19th behind Brazil and ahead of Great Britain with a time of 2:07:59.7 Philip Cassidy Cormac McCann John McQuaid Stephen Spratt

Equestrianism

Individual Dressage

James Walsh on Robby 51st

Individual Eventing

David Foster on Killiney Bay 16th John Watson on Tullineaskey DNF

Individual Jumping

John Ledingham on Kilcoltrim =68th Paul Darragh on For Sure =68th Jack Doyle on Hardly 20th Gerry Mullins on Glendalough 22nd Team 11th

Judo  Eugene McManus in Men's 71 kg lost in Round of 32 to Hugo d'Assunção from Portugal

Rowing

AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPat McDonagh Frank Moore Coxswain: Liam WilliamsMen's Coxed Pair7:33.165 R7:23.875 Did Not Advance

Sailing

Cathy MacAleavey & Aisling Byrne-Bowman finished 18th in the Women's 470 William O'Hara finished 21st in the Men's Finn David Wilkins & Peter Kennedy finished 10th in the Flying Dutchman

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStephen Cullen200 m freestyle 1:57.90 50 colspan=2 Did not advance100 m backstroke 58.82 29 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m backstroke 2:06.98 27 colspan=2 Did not advanceRichard Gheel200 m freestyle 2:01.73 57 colspan=2 Did not advance100 m backstroke 59.37 36 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m backstroke 2:05.71 25 colspan=2 Did not advanceGary O'Toole100 m breaststroke 1:05.34 34 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m breaststroke 2:18.93 18 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m individual medley 2:07.77 20 colspan=2 Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMichelle Smith100 m backstroke 1:06.22 27 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m backstroke 2:19.50 17 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m individual medley 2:25.53 26 colspan=2 Did not advance400 m individual medley 5:01.84 25 colspan=2 Did not advanceAileen Convery100 m backstroke 1:06.73 29 colspan=2 Did not advance200 m backstroke 2:19.91 18 colspan=2 Did not advance

Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition Owen Casey and Eoin Collins First Round – Lost 2-6 6-7 6-4 5-7

Wrestling David Harmon from Dublin was supposed to compete but withdrew from the Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg due to injury.

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