Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Ireland at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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NOC Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website olympics.ie
in Moscow
Competitors47 (44 men and 3 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Ken Ryan [1]
Medals
Ranked 31st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 47 competitors, 44 men and 3 women, took part in 38 events in 11 sports. [2] In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Ireland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver David Wilkins and James Wilkinson Sailing Flying Dutchman class
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hugh Russell Boxing Men's Flyweight

Archery

In Ireland's second appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by two men and one woman. The men included Ireland's only veteran from 1976, James Conroy. It was Hazel Greene, however, who posted the nation's best results.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:45.4
  • Semi Final — 13:28.8
  • Final — 13:22.8 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 13:44.8
  • Semi Final — 13:40.3
  • Final — 13:23.7 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 14:03.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:23:53 (→ 38th place)
  • Final — 2:30:28 (→ 42nd place)
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 63.94 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Samir Khiniab (Iraq) on points (5-0)
  • Second Round — Defeated Emmanuel Mlundwa (Tanzania) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (3-2)
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Petar Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (0-5)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Issack Mabushi (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in third round
  • Third Round — Lost to Winfred Kabunda (Zambia) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Nelson René Trujillo (Venezuela) after referee stopped contest in second round
  • Second Round — Lost to Florian Livadaru (Romania) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round

Canoeing

Cycling

Three cyclists represented Ireland in 1980.

Individual road race

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Ireland in 1980.

Individual Competition:

Team Competition:

Rowing

Men's Coxless Pairs

Men's Coxed Pairs

Men's Coxed Fours

Women's Single Sculls

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
  • Heats — 1.57,37 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heats — 1:16.84 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heats — 5:21.82 (→ did not advance)

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References

  1. ↑ "Ken Ryan". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ireland at the 1980 Summer Games". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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