Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Ireland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Results by event

=Athletics=

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 — Defeated Farouk Kesrouan (LEB), 5:0 :* Third Round — Lost to Emeterio 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)