Ireland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, USSR

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics

American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan...

, Ireland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

Silver

• David Wilkins
  David Wilkins (sailor)
  David Wilkins is an Irish sailor who competed at five Olympics between 1972 and 1992, winning silver in 1980....
  
   and James Wilkinson
  James Wilkinson (sailor)
  James Wilkinson won a silver medal in sailing for Ireland with partner David Wilkins at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the Flying Dutchman class. The sailing events took place at Pirita Yachting Club in Tallinn, Estonia.-See also:...
  
   — Sailing, Flying Dutchman class

Archery

Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at the archery range, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The archery schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. Two archery events were contested: men's individual and women's individual...

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:

• Hazel Greene — 2229 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• William Swords — 2212 points (→ 31st place)
• James Conroy — 2058 points (→ 37th place)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

Men's 1,500 metres

• Ray Flynn
  Ray Flynn (athlete)
  Raymond P. Flynn is a retired middle distance runner and sports agent. A native of Longford in Ireland, Flynn won the mile at the Great Britain Championships against other high school runners. He earned an athletic scholarship to East Tennessee State University where he ran cross country and track...
  
  
• Heat — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Eamonn Coghlan
  Eamonn Coghlan
  Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish Senator and former athlete, who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5000 metres...
  
  
• Heat — 13:45.4
• Semi Final — 13:28.8
• Final — 13:22.8 (→ 4th place)

• John Treacy
  John Treacy
  John Treacy is a former Irish athlete and Olympic medalist, who represented Ireland at four Olympic Games between 1980 and 1992.- Career :...
  
  
• Heat — 13:44.8
• Semi Final — 13:40.3
• Final — 13:23.7 (→ 7th place)

• Mick O'Shea
• Heat — 14:03.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• John Treacy
  John Treacy
  John Treacy is a former Irish athlete and Olympic medalist, who represented Ireland at four Olympic Games between 1980 and 1992.- Career :...
  
  
• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Dick Hooper
  Dick Hooper
  Richard Hooper is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.-Career:He represented Ireland in the Olympic marathon in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988...
  
  
• Final — 2:23:53 (→ 38th place)

• Pat Hooper
  Pat Hooper
  Patrick Hooper is a former long-distance runner from Ireland. He represented Ireland twice and his personal best is 2:17:46. He is the older brother of marathoner and three-time Olympian Dick Hooper.-Achievements:...
  
  
• Final — 2:30:28 (→ 42nd place)

• John Treacy
  John Treacy
  John Treacy is a former Irish athlete and Olympic medalist, who represented Ireland at four Olympic Games between 1980 and 1992.- Career :...
  
  
• Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Seán Egan
  Sean Egan
  Sean Egan is a software engineer at Google, where he worked on Google Talk and is currently working on Google Maps. He is the former project leader of Pidgin, a popular instant messaging client. He is also the author of the book "Open Source Messaging Application Development...
  
  
• Qualification — 63.94 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

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

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Hugh Russell
  Hugh Russell
  Hugh Russell is a former Irish boxer. Russell won a Flyweight bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• 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)

• Philip Sutcliffe
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Daniel Zaragoza
  Daniel Zaragoza
  Daniel Zaragoza was a Mexican professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the Super Bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.-Amateur career:...
  
   (Mexico) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Barry McGuigan
  Barry McGuigan
  Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE , known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.-Background:...
  
  
• 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)

• Sean Doyle
• 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)

• Martin Brerton
• First Round — Lost to José Aguilar
  José Aguilar
  For the Colombian road cyclist with the same name see José Aguilar José Aguilar Pulsar was a Cuban boxer...
  
   (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

The modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events : Individual competition and Team competition...

Individual Competition:

• Jerome Hartigan — 4.557 pts 39th place
• Sackville Currie — 4.377 42nd place
• Mark Hartigan — 4.361 pts, 43rd place

Team Competition:

• Hartigan, Currie, and Hartigan — 13.295pts 12th place

Sailing

Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

• David Wilkins
  David Wilkins (sailor)
  David Wilkins is an Irish sailor who competed at five Olympics between 1972 and 1992, winning silver in 1980....
  
   and James Wilkinson
  James Wilkinson (sailor)
  James Wilkinson won a silver medal in sailing for Ireland with partner David Wilkins at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the Flying Dutchman class. The sailing events took place at Pirita Yachting Club in Tallinn, Estonia.-See also:...
  
   — Flying Dutchman class

Swimming

Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Swimming as usual was one of the three Aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics--the other two being Water Polo and Diving. The swimming competition consisted of 26 events: 13 for men and 13 for women. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and...

Men's 100m Freestyle

• David Cummins
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• David Cummins
• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

• Kevin Williamson
• Heats — 1.57,37 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

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