Ireland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Ireland at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of Ireland.svg
IOC code IRL
NOC Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website olympics.ie
in London
Competitors72 in 9 sports
Flag bearerPaddy Carroll [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the first time that the country had competed in the Summer Olympics since 1932. A dispute between rival Irish Athletics governing bodies saw many Irish athletes barred from taking part in the Athletics competitions. [2] 72 competitors, 68 men and 4 women, took part in 32 events in 9 sports. [3]

Contents

Athletics

Basketball

Ireland made their only Olympic basketball appearance to date, losing all five of their games and finishing last of 23 teams. [4]

Boxing

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, four men and one woman, represented Ireland in 1948.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Women's foil

Football

Rowing

Ireland had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1948. [5]

Men's eight

Sailing

Art competitions

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References

  1. ↑ "Paddy Carroll". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "University Athletics in Ireland 1857–2000". Cyril M. White, PhD University College Dublin/Athletics Ireland website. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ireland at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ireland 'slam-dunked': basketball at the 1948 games". History Ireland. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ireland Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.


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