Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Ireland competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Results by event

=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 Marathon
* Ailish Smyth :* Final — 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)

* Marie Murphy-Rollins :* Final — 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
* Wayne McCullough:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Fred Mutuweta (Uganda), 5:0:* Third Round — Lost to Scott Olsen (Canada), 0:5

=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