Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Council of Ireland
Website	www.olympicsport.ie
in Montreal
Competitors	44 (41 men, 3 women) in 10 sports
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 44 competitors, 41 men and 3 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Archery

In Ireland's first appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by one man, James Conroy.

Men's Individual Competition:

• James Conroy — 2255 points (→ 29th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Niall O'Shaughnessy

• Heat — 1:49.29 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500 metres

• Eamon Coghlan

• Heat — 3:39.87
• Semifinal — 3:38.60
• Final — 3:39.51 (→ 4th place)

• Niall O'Shaughnessy

• Heat — 3:40.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Edward Leddy

• Heat — 13:40.54 (→ national record, did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Edward Leddy

• Heat — 28:55.29 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• James McNamara — 2:24:57 (→ 39th place)
• Danny McDaid — 2:27:07 (→ 42nd place)
• Neil Cusack — 2:35:47 (→ 55th place)

Women's 1.500 metres

• Mary Purcell

• Heat — 4:08.63 (→ national record, did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Brendan Dunne
  1. First Round — Defeated Noboru Uchizama (JPN), RSC-2
  2. Second Round — Lost to Orlando Maldonado (PUR), KO-1

Canoeing

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Ireland in 1976.

Individual road race

• Alan McCormack — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Oliver McQuaid — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Equestrianism

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

References