Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Ireland at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Ireland at the; 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Barcelona
Competitors	58 (49 men and 9 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Michelle Smith
Medals ; Ranked 32nd	Gold1Silver1Bronze0Total2
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Last updated December 01, 2025

Ireland competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 58 competitors, 49 men and 9 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Michael Carruth	Boxing	Welterweight	8 August
Silver	Wayne McCullough	Boxing	Bantamweight	8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	16	3	19
Boxing	6	–	6
Canoeing	5	0	5
Cycling	5	0	5
Equestrian	5	4	9
Fencing	1	0	1
Judo	2	0	2
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	4	1	5
Swimming	1	1	2
Tennis	2	0	2
Total	49	9	58

Archery

Veteran Noel Lynch was the only Irish archer at the nation's fifth appearance in the tournament. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Noel Lynch	Individual	1225	62	Did not advance

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marcus O'Sullivan	1500 metres	3:37.07	5 Q	—	3:37.16	8	Did not advance
John Doherty	5000 metres	13:41.27	21	—	Did not advance
Paul Donovan		14:03.79	37	—	Did not advance
Frank O'Mara		13:38.79	18	—	Did not advance
Noel Berkeley	10,000 metres	29:23.58	35	—	Did not advance
Sean Dollman	10,000 metres	28:55.77	28	—	Did not advance
Tommy Hughes	Marathon	—	2:32:55	72
Andy Ronan		—	DNF
John Treacy		—	2:24:11	51
Thomas Kearns	110 metres hurdles	13.63	12 Q	13.87	19	Did not advance
Jimmy McDonald	20 kilometres walk	—	1:25:16	6
Bobby O'Leary	20 kilometres walk	—	DQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Victor Costello	Shot put	17.15	22	Did not advance
Paul Quirke	Shot put	17.01	23	Did not advance
Nick Sweeney	Discus throw	57.68	23	Did not advance
Terry McHugh	Javelin throw	73.26	27	Did not advance

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sonia O'Sullivan	1500 metres	4:07.70	5 Q	—	4:06.24	18	Did not advance
Catherina McKiernan	3000 metres	8:57.91	20	—	Did not advance
Sonia O'Sullivan	3000 metres	8:50.08	10 Q	—	8:47.41	4
Perri Williams	10 kilometres walk	—	54:53	37

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Buttimer	Flyweight	Malagu (NGR) L 8–12	Did not advance
Wayne McCullough	Bantamweight	Muteweta (UGA) W 28–7	Aboud (IRQ) W 10–2	Sabo (NGR) W 31–13	Ri (PRK) W 21–16	Casamayor (CUB) L 8–14
Paul Griffin	Featherweight	Chungu (ZAM) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Michael Carruth	Welterweight	Bye	Tuifao (SAM) W 11–2	Otto (GER) W 6*–6	Chenglai (THA) W 11–4	Hernández (CUB) W 13–10
Paul Douglas	Heavyweight	Pettersson (SWE) W 8–1	Chudinov (EUN) W 15–9	Vanderlijde (NED) L RSC R1	Did not advance
Kevin McBride	Super heavyweight	Bye	Hrivňák (TCH) L 1–21	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Mike Corcoran	Men's C-1	131.42	17	121.57	9	121.57	12
Ian Wiley	Men's K-1	110.45	5	123.93	26	110.45	8

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrick Holmes	K-1 500 metres	1:43.46	4 R	1:43.96	3 SF	1:45.11	9	Did not advance
Patrick Holmes	K-1 1000 metres	3:44.78	4 R	3:35.62	3 SF	3:42.07	9	Did not advance
Alan Carey Conor Holmes	K-2 500 metres	1:41.51	6 R	1:37.37	6	Did not advance
Alan Carey Conor Holmes	K-2 1000 metres	3:35.03	5 R	3:27.48	5	Did not advance

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Ireland in 1992.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Conor Henry	Road race	4:35:56	35
Kevin Kimmage		4:35:56	32
Paul Slane		4:35:56	65
Mark Kane Kevin Kimmage Robert Power Paul Slane	Team time trial	2:14:32	17

Equestrianism

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Anna Merveldt	Rapallo	Individual	1527	16 Q	1355	11

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Máiréad Curran	Watercolour	Individual	70.00	56	74.40	144.40	38	5.00	149.40	9	149.40	29
Melanie Duff	Rathlin Roe		58.80	23	87.20	146.00	45	10.00	156.00	24	156.00	32
Polly Holohan	Rusticus		63.00	34	91.20	154.20	47	10.00	164.20	24	164.20	39
Eric Smiley	Enterprise		64.60	39	50.80	115.40	24	25.00	140.40	55	140.40	27
Máiréad Curran Melanie Duff Polly Holohan Eric Smiley	See above	Team	186.40	11	212.40	405.80	10	40.00	445.80	6	445.80	8

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Peter Charles	Kruger	Individual	37.00	51	64.00	24	68.00	20	169.00	16 Q	26.00	40	Did not advance
Paul Darragh	Killelea		42.00	43	16.00	72	DNS		56.00	68	Did not advance
James Kernan	Touchdown		52.00	36	36.00	51	59.50	28	147.50	34 Q	16.00	30	Did not advance
Eddie Macken	Welfenkrone		13.00	75	26.50	61	DNS		39.50	75	Did not advance
Peter Charles Paul Darragh James Kernan Eddie Macken	See above	Team	—	33.25	15	33.50	14	66.75	14

Fencing

One male fencer represented Ireland in 1992.

Individual
Pool stage

Athlete	Event	Group Stage
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael O'Brien	Men's épée	Kulcsár (HUN) L 4–5	Felisiak (GER) L 4–5	Marx (USA) W 5–1	Pereira (ESP) W 5–3	Bandeira (POR) W 5–3	Álvarez (PAR) W 5–4	17 Q

Elimination phase

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael O'Brien	Men's épée	Jacquet (SUI) L 0–2	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keith Gough	60 kg	Salvucci (ARG) W Ippon	de Souza (ANG) W Koka	Trautmann (GER) L Ippon	Did not advance		—	Beaton (CAN) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Ciarán Ward	65 kg	Korhonen (FIN) W Yusei-gachi	Cuk (SLO) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Niall O'Toole	Single sculls	7:50.46	6 R	7:07.68	3 SC/D	9:25.95	5 FD	8:01.78	21

Sailing

Women

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Denise Lyttle	Europe	3	21	31	18	11.7	5.7	25	84.4	12

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
David Wilkins Peter Kennedy	Flying Dutchman	24	23	17	5.7	21	16	26	106.7	14
Mark Mansfield Tom McWilliam	Star	17	17	21	22	18	11.7	21	105.7	15

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gary O'Toole	100 metre breaststroke	1:05.48	38	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:17.66	20	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:07.67	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michelle Smith	200 metre backstroke	2:21.37	35	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:23.83	32	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:58.94	26	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Owen Casey	Singles	Gustafsson (SWE) L (6–7, 1–6, 4–6)	Did not advance
Owen Casey Eoin Collins	Doubles	—	Lavalle / Maciel (MEX) W (7–6, 7–5, 6–4)	Hlasek / Rosset (SUI) L (6–7, 3–6, 2–6)	Did not advance

References

↑ "Michelle Smith". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
↑ "Ireland at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
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[1] "Michelle Smith". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[sports-reference-2] "Ireland at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-25.

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