Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Ireland at the Olympic Games

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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 28		 Gold
3		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
4
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Ireland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Ireland again sent only one archer to the Olympics. Keith Hanlon won his first match, but was defeated in the second round.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Keith Hanlon — Round of 32, 22nd place (1-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Cormac Finnerty
  • Qualification — 13:54.01
  • Semifinal — 14:08.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Tom McGuirk
  • Heat — 50.76s (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 62.04m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Roman Linscheid
  • Qualification — 68.14m (→ did not advance)


Women's 10.000 metres

  • Qualification — 32:32.10
  • Final — 32:00.38 (→ 11th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Susan Smith
  • Qualification — 55.22
  • Semifinals — 54.93 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10km Walk

  • Deirdre Gallagher — 45:47 (→ 23nd place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Damaen Kelly
    1. First Round — Defeated Julian Strogov (Bulgaria), 12-11
    2. Second Round — Defeated Hussein Hussein (Australia), 27-20
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Bolat Djumadilov (Kazakhstan), 6-13

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Cathal O'Grady
    1. First Round — Lost to Garth da Silva (New Zealand), referee stopped contest in first round

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Declan Lonergan
  • Final — 0 points (→ 22nd place)

[edit] Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:43:56 (→ 25th place)
  • Alastair Martin
  • Final — 2:47:46 (→ 32nd place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 goat Freestyle

  • Nicholas O'Hare
    1. Heat – 24.03 (→ did not advance, 48th and last place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Earl McCarthy
    1. Heat – 50.99 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Earl McCarthy
    1. Heat – 1:53.67 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Adrian O'Connor
    1. Heat – 58.56 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Adrian O'Connor
    1. Heat – 2:08.90 (→ did not advance, 35th place)


Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Marion Madine
    1. Heat – 2:04.92 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Marion Madine
    1. Heat – 1:03.80 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Michelle Smith
    1. Heat – 2:10.03
    2. Final – 2:09.91 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 400m Individual Medley

[edit] References