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Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Ireland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 47 competitors, 44 men and 3 women, took part in 38 events in 11 sports.[2] In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Ireland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

Ireland at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Olympic Movement
IOC codeIRL
NOCOlympic Federation of Ireland
Websiteolympics.ie
in Moscow
Competitors47 (44 men and 3 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Ken Ryan[1]
Medals
Ranked 31st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Great Britain (1896–1920)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Silver David Wilkins and James Wilkinson Sailing Flying Dutchman class
  Bronze Hugh Russell Boxing Men's Flyweight

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics

In Ireland's second appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by two men and one woman. The men included Ireland's only veteran from 1976, James Conroy. It was Hazel Greene, however, who posted the nation's best results.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:45.4
  • Semi Final — 13:28.8
  • Final — 13:22.8 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 13:44.8
  • Semi Final — 13:40.3
  • Final — 13:23.7 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 14:03.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:23:53 (→ 38th place)
  • Final — 2:30:28 (→ 42nd place)
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 63.94 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Samir Khiniab (Iraq) on points (5-0)
  • Second Round — Defeated Emmanuel Mlundwa (Tanzania) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (3-2)
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Issack Mabushi (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in third round
  • Third Round — Lost to Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Nelson René Trujillo (Venezuela) after referee stopped contest in second round
  • Second Round — Lost to Florian Livadaru (Romania) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Three cyclists represented Ireland in 1980.

Individual road race

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Ireland in 1980.

Individual Competition:

Team Competition:

  • Hartigan, Currie, and Hartigan — 13.295pts 12th place

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Coxless Pairs

Men's Coxed Pairs

Men's Coxed Fours

Women's Single Sculls

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
  • Heats — 1.57,37 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heats — 1:16.84 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heats — 5:21.82 (→ did not advance)

References

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  1. ^ "Ken Ryan". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Ireland at the 1980 Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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