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Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Ireland at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRL
NOCOlympic Federation of Ireland
Websiteolympics.ie
in Barcelona
Competitors58 (49 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Michelle Smith[1]
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 58 competitors, 49 men and 9 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.[2]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Michael Carruth Boxing Welterweight 8 August
 Silver Wayne McCullough Boxing Bantamweight 8 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 16 3 19
Boxing 6 6
Canoeing 5 0 5
Cycling 5 0 5
Equestrian 5 4 9
Fencing 1 0 1
Judo 2 0 2
Rowing 1 0 1
Sailing 4 1 5
Swimming 1 1 2
Tennis 2 0 2
Total 49 9 58

Archery

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Veteran Noel Lynch was the only Irish archer at the nation's fifth appearance in the tournament. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Noel Lynch Individual 1225 62 Did not advance

Athletics

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Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Marcus O'Sullivan 1500 metres 3:37.07 5 Q 3:37.16 8 Did not advance
John Doherty 5000 metres 13:41.27 21 Did not advance
Paul Donovan 14:03.79 37 Did not advance
Frank O'Mara 13:38.79 18 Did not advance
Noel Berkeley 10,000 metres 29:23.58 35 Did not advance
Sean Dollman 28:55.77 28 Did not advance
Tommy Hughes Marathon 2:32:55 72
Andy Ronan DNF
John Treacy 2:24:11 51
Thomas Kearns 110 metres hurdles 13.63 12 Q 13.87 19 Did not advance
Jimmy McDonald 20 kilometres walk 1:25:16 6
Bobby O'Leary DQ
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Victor Costello Shot put 17.15 22 Did not advance
Paul Quirke 17.01 23 Did not advance
Nick Sweeney Discus throw 57.68 23 Did not advance
Terry McHugh Javelin throw 73.26 27 Did not advance
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Sonia O'Sullivan 1500 metres 4:07.70 5 Q 4:06.24 18 Did not advance
Catherina McKiernan 3000 metres 8:57.91 20 Did not advance
Sonia O'Sullivan 8:50.08 10 Q 8:47.41 4
Perri Williams 10 kilometres walk 54:53 37

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Paul Buttimer Flyweight  Malagu (NGR)
L 8–12
Did not advance
Wayne McCullough Bantamweight  Muteweta (UGA)
W 28–7
 Aboud (IRQ)
W 10–2
 Sabo (NGR)
W 31–13
 Ri (PRK)
W 21–16
 Casamayor (CUB)
L 8–14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Paul Griffin Featherweight  Chungu (ZAM)
L RSC R2
Did not advance
Michael Carruth Welterweight Bye  Tuifao (SAM)
W 11–2
 Otto (GER)
W 6*–6
 Chenglai (THA)
W 11–4
 Hernández (CUB)
W 13–10
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paul Douglas Heavyweight  Pettersson (SWE)
W 8–1
 Chudinov (EUN)
W 15–9
 Vanderlijde (NED)
L RSC R1
Did not advance
Kevin McBride Super heavyweight Bye  Hrivňák (TCH)
L 1–21
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Slalom

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Athlete Event Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank
Mike Corcoran Men's C-1 131.42 17 121.57 9 121.57 12
Ian Wiley Men's K-1 110.45 5 123.93 26 110.45 8

Sprint

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Patrick Holmes K-1 500 metres 1:43.46 4 R 1:43.96 3 SF 1:45.11 9 Did not advance
K-1 1000 metres 3:44.78 4 R 3:35.62 3 SF 3:42.07 9 Did not advance
Alan Carey
Conor Holmes
K-2 500 metres 1:41.51 6 R 1:37.37 6 Did not advance
K-2 1000 metres 3:35.03 5 R 3:27.48 5 Did not advance

Cycling

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Five cyclists, all men, represented Ireland in 1992.

Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Conor Henry Road race 4:35:56 35
Kevin Kimmage 4:35:56 32
Paul Slane 4:35:56 65
Mark Kane
Kevin Kimmage
Robert Power
Paul Slane
Team time trial 2:14:32 17

Equestrianism

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Dressage

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Anna Merveldt Rapallo Individual 1527 16 Q 1355 11

Eventing

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Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Máiréad Curran Watercolour Individual 70.00 56 74.40 144.40 38 5.00 149.40 9 149.40 29
Melanie Duff Rathlin Roe 58.80 23 87.20 146.00 45 10.00 156.00 24 156.00 32
Polly Holohan Rusticus 63.00 34 91.20 154.20 47 10.00 164.20 24 164.20 39
Eric Smiley Enterprise 64.60 39 50.80 115.40 24 25.00 140.40 55 140.40 27
Máiréad Curran
Melanie Duff
Polly Holohan
Eric Smiley
See above Team 186.40 11 212.40 405.80 10 40.00 445.80 6 445.80 8

Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Round 1 Round 2 Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Peter Charles Kruger Individual 37.00 51 64.00 24 68.00 20 169.00 16 Q 26.00 40 Did not advance
Paul Darragh Killelea 42.00 43 16.00 72 DNS 56.00 68 Did not advance
James Kernan Touchdown 52.00 36 36.00 51 59.50 28 147.50 34 Q 16.00 30 Did not advance
Eddie Macken Welfenkrone 13.00 75 26.50 61 DNS 39.50 75 Did not advance
Peter Charles
Paul Darragh
James Kernan
Eddie Macken
See above Team 33.25 15 33.50 14 66.75 14

Fencing

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One male fencer represented Ireland in 1992.

Individual
Pool stage
Athlete Event Group Stage
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Michael O'Brien Men's épée  Kulcsár (HUN)
L 4–5
 Felisiak (GER)
L 4–5
 Marx (USA)
W 5–1
 Pereira (ESP)
W 5–3
 Bandeira (POR)
W 5–3
 Álvarez (PAR)
W 5–4
17 Q
Elimination phase
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Michael O'Brien Men's épée  Jacquet (SUI)
L 0–2
Did not advance

Judo

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Keith Gough 60 kg  Salvucci (ARG)
W Ippon
 de Souza (ANG)
W Koka
 Trautmann (GER)
L Ippon
Did not advance  Beaton (CAN)
L Yusei-gachi
Did not advance
Ciarán Ward 65 kg  Korhonen (FIN)
W Yusei-gachi
 Cuk (SLO)
L Yusei-gachi
Did not advance

Rowing

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Niall O'Toole Single sculls 7:50.46 6 R 7:07.68 3 SC/D 9:25.95 5 FD 8:01.78 21

Sailing

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Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Denise Lyttle Europe 3 21 31 18 11.7 5.7 25 84.4 12
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
David Wilkins
Peter Kennedy
Flying Dutchman 24 23 17 5.7 21 16 26 106.7 14
Mark Mansfield
Tom McWilliam
Star 17 17 21 22 18 11.7 21 105.7 15

Swimming

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Gary O'Toole 100 metre breaststroke 1:05.48 38 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:17.66 20 Did not advance
200 metre individual medley 2:07.67 34 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Michelle Smith 200 metre backstroke 2:21.37 35 Did not advance
200 metre individual medley 2:23.83 32 Did not advance
400 metre individual medley 4:58.94 26 Did not advance

Tennis

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Owen Casey Singles  Gustafsson (SWE)
L (6–7, 1–6, 4–6)
Did not advance
Owen Casey
Eoin Collins
Doubles  Lavalle /
Maciel (MEX)
W (7–6, 7–5, 6–4)
 Hlasek /
Rosset (SUI)
L (6–7, 3–6, 2–6)
Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Michelle Smith". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Ireland at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
  3. ^ Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics