Archery

Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. These events included team competitions for the first time in modern Olympic archery. Men's and women's individual competitions continued to be part of the schedule as well....

• Pereira Greene — Preliminary Round (→ 38th place)

• Joseph Malone — Preliminary Round (→ 69th place)
• Noel Lynch — Preliminary Round (→ 74th place)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

• 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"17.16 (→ 24th place)

• John Woods
• Final — 2"25.38 (→ 52nd place)

• Brendan Quinn
• Heat — 8:40.87
• Semi Final — 8:43.34 (→ did not advance)

• Connor McCullagh
• Qualifying Heat — 68.66m (→ did not advance)

• Terry McHugh
  Terry McHugh
  Terry McHugh is a retired Irish javelin thrower, who finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships and seventh at the 1994 European Championships. He qualified for four Summer Olympics – 1998 Seoul , 1992 Barcelona , 1996 Atlanta & 2000 Sydney . He won 21 consecutive national titles from 1984 to...
  
  
• Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance)

• Carlos O'Connell
  Carlos O'Connell
  Carlos O'Connell is the Irish record holder for the decathlon. The record was set in Emmitsburg, Maryland on the two days beginning 4 May 1988. The individual performances making up this performance were 10.89, 7.50, 13.05, 1.92, 48.84 on day 1 and 14.59, 41.70, 4.40, 54.96, 4.21.75 on day two...
  
   — 7310 points (→ 29th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.26s
2. Long Jump — 6.90m
3. Shot Put — 12.41m
4. High Jump — 1.88m
5. 400 metres — 48.24s
6. 110m Hurdles — 15.61s
7. Discus Throw — 38.02m
8. Pole Vault — 4.40m
9. Javelin Throw — 52.68m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:32.06s

• Ailish Smyth
• Final — 2"44.17 (→ 46th place)

• Marie Murphy-Rollins
• Final — 3"04.21 (→ 57th place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...

• Wayne McCullough
  Wayne McCullough
  Wayne William McCullough is a professional boxer. During his professional career, which spans back to 1993, he held the WBC title in the Bantamweight category...
  
  
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Fred Mutuweta
  Fred Mutuweta
  Fred Mutuweta is a retired lightweight boxer from Uganda, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was defeated in the second round by Wayne McCullough of Ireland...
  
   (Uganda), 5:0
• Third Round — Lost to Scott Olsen (Canada), 0:5

Swimming

Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans...

• Stephen Cullen
• Heat — 1:57.90 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

• Richard Gheel
• Heat — 2:01.73 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

• Stephen Cullen
• Heat — 58.82 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

• Richard Gheel
• Heat — 59.37 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

• Richard Gheel
• Heat — 2:05.71 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

• Stephen Cullen
• Heat — 2:06.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

• Gary O'Toole
  Gary O'Toole
  Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn...
  
  
• Heat — 1:05.34 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

• Gary O'Toole
  Gary O'Toole
  Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn...
  
  
• Heat — 2:18.93 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

• Gary O'Toole
  Gary O'Toole
  Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn...
  
  
• Heat — 2:07.77 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith is a retired Irish swimmer and practising Irish barrister. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley...
  
  
• Heat — 1:06.22 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

• Aileen Convery
• Heat — 1:06.73 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

• Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith is a retired Irish swimmer and practising Irish barrister. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley...
  
  
• Heat — 2:19.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Aileen Convery
• Heat — 2:19.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

• Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith is a retired Irish swimmer and practising Irish barrister. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley...
  
  
• Heat — 2:25.53 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

• Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith
  Michelle Smith is a retired Irish swimmer and practising Irish barrister. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley...
  
  
• Heat — 5:01.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics....

• Owen Casey
  Owen Casey
  Owen Casey is a former tennis player from Ireland.Casey represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Sweden's Magnus Gustafsson. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 October 1992,...
  
   and Eoin Collins
  Eoin Collins
  Eoin Collins is a former tennis player from Ireland.Collins represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, partnering Owen Casey...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf
  Amos Mansdorf
  Amos Mansdorf is a former professional tennis player.His best singles world ranking of 18 was the highest ever for any male, Israeli tennis player, reached in November 1987. His best doubles world ranking was 67, reached in May 1986.-Early life:...
  
   and Gilad Bloom
  Gilad Bloom
  Gilad Bloom is a former professional tennis player from Israel. Bloom trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. His career-high rankings were World No. 61 in singles and World No. 62 in doubles .-Tennis career:...
  
  (Israel) 2-6 6-7 6-4 5-7