# Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Athletics | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Boxing | 7 | – | 7 |
| Canoeing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Cycling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Equestrian | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Judo | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rowing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sailing | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Swimming | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 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.
Women's Individual Competition:
* Pereira Greene – Preliminary Round (→ 38th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
* Joseph Malone – Preliminary Round (→ 69th place)
* Noel Lynch – Preliminary Round (→ 74th place)

## Athletics

Men's Marathon
* Dick Hooper
   * Final – 2"17.16 (→ 24th place)
* John Woods
   * Final – 2"25.38 (→ 52nd place)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Brendan Quinn
   * Heat – 8:40.87
   * Semi Final – 8:43.34 (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
* Connor McCullagh
   * Qualifying Heat – 68.66m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
* Terry McHugh
   * Qualification – 76.46m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
* Carlos O'Connell – 7310 points (→ 29th place)
   * 100 metres – 11.26s
   * Long Jump – 6.90m
   * Shot Put – 12.41m
   * High Jump – 1.88m
   * 400 metres – 48.24s
   * 110m Hurdles – 15.61s
   * Discus Throw – 38.02m
   * Pole Vault – 4.40m
   * Javelin Throw – 52.68m
   * 1.500 metres – 4:32.06s
Women's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Anne Keenan-Buckley
Women's Marathon
* Ailish Smyth
   * Final – 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)
* Marie Murphy-Rollins
   * Final – 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)

## 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

## Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Ireland in 1988.

### Men's road race

* Cormac McCann
* John McQuaid
* Paul McCormack

### Men's team time trial

* Philip Cassidy
* Cormac McCann
* John McQuaid
* Stephen Spratt

## Rowing

Men's Coxled Pairs
* Pat McDonagh – 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)
* Frank Moore – 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)
* Liam Williams – 2nd in repechage (→ Unplaced)

## Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle
* Stephen Cullen
   * Heat – 1:57.90 (→ did not advance, 50th place)
* Richard Gheel
   * Heat – 2:01.73 (→ did not advance, 57th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Stephen Cullen
   * Heat – 58.82 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
* Richard Gheel
   * Heat – 59.37 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
* Richard Gheel
   * Heat – 2:05.71 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
* Stephen Cullen
   * Heat – 2:06.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Gary O'Toole
   * Heat – 1:05.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Gary O'Toole
   * Heat – 2:18.93 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Gary O'Toole
   * Heat – 2:07.77 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
* Michelle Smith
   * Heat – 1:06.22 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
* Aileen Convery
   * Heat – 1:06.73 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
* Michelle Smith
   * Heat – 2:19.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
* Aileen Convery
   * Heat – 2:19.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Michelle Smith
   * Heat – 2:25.53 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
* Michelle Smith
   * Heat – 5:01.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

## Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition
* Owen Casey and Eoin Collins
   * First Round – Lost to Amos Mansdorf and Gilad Bloom (Israel) 2-6 6-7 6-4 5-7