- Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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1972 Summer Olympics inMunich ,West Germany .Results by event
Men's 400 metres
*Fanaghan McSweeney :* Heat — 47.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
*Francis Murphy:* Heat — 1:51.1:* Semifinals — 1:49.2 (→ did not advance)Men's 1.500 metres
*Francis Murphy:* Heat — 3:43.3 (→ did not advance)Men's 5.000 metres
*Michael Keogh :* Heat — 13:57.8 (→ did not advance)*
John Hartnett :* Heat — 14:34.6 (→ did not advance)Men's 10.000 metres
*Neil Cusack :* Heat — 28:45.8 (→ did not advance)Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase
*Edward Leddy :* Heat — 8:47.4 (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
*Danny McDaid :* Final — 2:22:25 (→ 23rd place)*
Des McGann :* Final — 2:28:31 (→ 42nd place)*
Donie Walsh :* Final — 2:31:12 (→ 47th place)Men's Shot Put
*Phil Conway :* Qualifying Round — 16.69 m (→ did not advance)Women's 800 metres
*Claire Walsh :* Heat — 2:08.98 (→ did not advance)*
Mary Tracey :* Heat — 2:04.18 (→ did not advance)Women's 1.500 metres
*Mary Tracey :* Heat — 4:16.43 (→ national record, did not advance)Women's 100m Hurdles
*Margaret Murphy:* Heat — 15.89 m (→ did not advance)Women's Pentathlon
*Margaret Murphy:* Final ranking — 3770 pts (→ 27th place)
=Boxing=Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Christopher Elliott :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — DefeatedFarouk Kesrouan (LEB), 5:0 :* Third Round — Lost toEmeterio Villanueva (MEX), TKO-3
=Cycling=Men's Individual Road Race
*Liam Horner — 38th place
*Kieron McQuaid — 40th place
* Peter Doyle — 69th place
*Noel Taggart — did not finish (→ no ranking)
=Rowing=Men's Single Sculls
*John Joseph Drea :*Heat — 7:47.64:*Repechage — 7:50.27:*Semi Finals — 8:27.70 :*B-Final — 7:55.33 (→ 7th place)
=Swimming=Men's 100m Freestyle
*Andrew Hunter:* Heat — 56.09s (→ did not advance)
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