Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Ireland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
, Canada
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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:
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1.500 metres
Men's 5.000 metres
Men's 10.000 metres
Men's Marathon
Women's 1.500 metres
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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ArcheryArchery at the 1976 Summer OlympicsAt the 1976 Summer Olympics two archery events were contested. It was the second iteration of the modern archery competition in the Olympics, following the same format as in the 1972 Summer Olympics. The two events were men's individual and women's individual, and the competition in each event...
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)
AthleticsAthletics at the 1976 Summer OlympicsAt the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
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 McDaidDanny McDaidDanny McDaid is a 2-time Irish Olympic athlete and four times national marathon champion from Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. He is a former member of the Dublin-based athletic club Clonliffe Harriers....
— 2:27:07 (→ 42nd place)
- Neil CusackNeil CusackNeil Cusack is a retired middle and long distance runner from Ireland.- Early life :Cusack was born in Limerick city in 1951 and attended St.Munchins secondary school. Cusack attended East Tennessee State University...
— 2:35:47 (→ 55th place)
Women's 1.500 metres
- Mary Purcell
- Heat — 4:08.63 (→ national record, did not advance)
BoxingBoxing at the 1976 Summer OlympicsThere were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Brendan Dunne
- First Round — Defeated Noboru Uchizama (JPN), RSC-2
- Second Round — Lost to Orlando MaldonadoOrlando MaldonadoOrlando Maldonado is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the men's light flyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
(PUR), KO-1
CyclingCycling at the 1976 Summer OlympicsThe cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Olympic cycling program.-Medal summary:-Medal...
Men's Individual Road Race
- Alan McCormack — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Oliver McQuaid — did not finish (→ no ranking)