Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = IRL

| NOCname = Olympic Federation of Ireland

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1992

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{URL|olympics.ie }}

| location = Barcelona

| competitors = 58 (49 men and 9 women)

| sports = 12

| flagbearer = Michelle Smith{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48302 |title=Michelle Smith |website=olympedia.org |access-date=29 December 2023}}

| rank = 32

| gold = 1

| silver = 1

| bronze = 0

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso = {{flagIOC|GBR}} (1896–1920)

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRL/summer/1992/ |title=Ireland at the 1992 Summer Games |access-date=2011-12-25 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206194306/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRL/summer/1992/ |archive-date=2012-02-06 }}

Medalists

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Michael|Carruth}}BoxingWelterweight8 August
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Wayne|McCullough}}BoxingBantamweight8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/IRL/editions/23 Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Archery

| 1

01
align=left|Athletics

| 16

319
align=left|Boxing

| 6

6
align=left|Canoeing

| 5

05
align=left|Cycling

| 5

05
align=left|Equestrian

| 5

49
align=left|Fencing

| 1

01
align=left|Judo

| 2

02
align=left|Rowing

| 1

01
align=left|Sailing

| 4

15
align=left|Swimming

| 1

12
align=left|Tennis

| 2

02
Total || 49 || 9 || 58

Archery

{{main|Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Noel Lynch

|align=left|Individual

|1225

|62

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

;Track and road events

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Marcus O'Sullivan

|align=left|1500 metres

|3:37.07

|5 Q

|colspan=2{{n/a}}

|3:37.16

|8

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|John Doherty

|align=left rowspan=3|5000 metres

|13:41.27

|21

|colspan=4{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Paul Donovan

|14:03.79

|37

|colspan=4{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Frank O'Mara

|13:38.79

|18

|colspan=4{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Noel Berkeley

|align=left rowspan=2|10,000 metres

|29:23.58

|35

|colspan=4{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Sean Dollman

|28:55.77

|28

|colspan=4{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Tommy Hughes

|align=left rowspan=3|Marathon

|colspan=6{{n/a}}

|2:32:55

|72

align=center

|align=left|Andy Ronan

|colspan=6{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

align=center

|align=left|John Treacy

|colspan=6{{n/a}}

|2:24:11

|51

align=center

|align=left|Thomas Kearns

|align=left|110 metres hurdles

|13.63

|12 Q

|13.87

|19

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Jimmy McDonald

|align=left rowspan=2|20 kilometres walk

|colspan=6{{n/a}}

|1:25:16

|6

align=center

|align=left|Bobby O'Leary

|colspan=6{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}

;Field events

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Victor Costello

|align=left rowspan=2|Shot put

|17.15

|22

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Paul Quirke

|17.01

|23

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Nick Sweeney

|align=left|Discus throw

|57.68

|23

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Terry McHugh

|align=left|Javelin throw

|73.26

|27

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

;Track and road events

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Sonia O'Sullivan

|align=left|1500 metres

|4:07.70

|5 Q

|colspan=2{{n/a}}

|4:06.24

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Catherina McKiernan

|align=left rowspan=2|3000 metres

|8:57.91

|20

|colspan=4{{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Sonia O'Sullivan

|8:50.08

|10 Q

|colspan=4{{n/a}}

|8:47.41

|4

align=center

|align=left|Perri Williams

|align=left|10 kilometres walk

|colspan=6{{n/a}}

|54:53

|37

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Paul Buttimer

|align=left|Flyweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Malagu|NGR|1992 Summer}}
L 8–12

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Wayne McCullough

|align=left|Bantamweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Muteweta|UGA|1992 Summer}}
W 28–7

|{{flagIOCathlete|Aboud|IRQ|1992 Summer}}
W 10–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sabo|NGR|1992 Summer}}
W 31–13

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ri|PRK|1992 Summer}}
W 21–16

|{{flagIOCathlete|Casamayor|CUB|1992 Summer}}
L 8–14

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left|Paul Griffin

|align=left|Featherweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chungu|ZAM|1992 Summer}}
L RSC R2

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Michael Carruth

|align=left|Welterweight

|{{Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tuifao|SAM|1992 Summer}}
W 11–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Otto|GER|1992 Summer}}
W 6*–6

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chenglai|THA|1992 Summer}}
W 11–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hernández|CUB|1992 Summer}}
W 13–10

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Paul Douglas

|align=left|Heavyweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pettersson|SWE|1992 Summer}}
W 8–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chudinov|EUN|1992 Summer}}
W 15–9

|{{flagIOCathlete|Vanderlijde|NED|1992 Summer}}
L RSC R1

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kevin McBride

|align=left|Super heavyweight

|{{Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hrivňák|TCH|1992 Summer}}
L 1–21

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Canoeing

{{main|Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

= Slalom =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Run 1

!Rank

!Run 2

!Rank

!Best

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Mike Corcoran

|align=left|Men's C-1

|131.42

|17

|121.57

|9

|121.57

|12

align=center

|align=left|Ian Wiley

|align=left|Men's K-1

|110.45

|5

|123.93

|26

|110.45

|8

= Sprint =

;Men

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Repechage

!colspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Patrick Holmes

|align=left|K-1 500 metres

|1:43.46

|4 R

|1:43.96

|3 SF

|1:45.11

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|K-1 1000 metres

|3:44.78

|4 R

|3:35.62

|3 SF

|3:42.07

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Alan Carey
Conor Holmes

|align=left|K-2 500 metres

|1:41.51

|6 R

|1:37.37

|6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|K-2 1000 metres

|3:35.03

|5 R

|3:27.48

|5

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Five cyclists, all men, represented Ireland in 1992.

= Road =

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Conor Henry

|align=left rowspan=3|Road race

|4:35:56

|35

align=center

|align=left|Kevin Kimmage

|4:35:56

|32

align=center

|align=left|Paul Slane

|4:35:56

|65

align=center

|align=left|Mark Kane
Kevin Kimmage
Robert Power
Paul Slane

|align=left|Team time trial

|2:14:32

|17

Equestrianism

{{main|Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

=Dressage=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Anna Merveldt

|align=left|Rapallo

|align=left|Individual

|1527

|16 Q

|1355

|11

=Eventing=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Dressage

!colspan="3"|Cross-country

!colspan="3"|Jumping

!colspan="2"|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Máiréad Curran

|align=left|Watercolour

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|70.00

|56

|74.40

|144.40

|38

|5.00

|149.40

|9

|149.40

|29

align=center

|align=left|Melanie Duff

|align=left|Rathlin Roe

|58.80

|23

|87.20

|146.00

|45

|10.00

|156.00

|24

|156.00

|32

align=center

|align=left|Polly Holohan

|align=left|Rusticus

|63.00

|34

|91.20

|154.20

|47

|10.00

|164.20

|24

|164.20

|39

align=center

|align=left|Eric Smiley

|align=left|Enterprise

|64.60

|39

|50.80

|115.40

|24

|25.00

|140.40

|55

|140.40

|27

align=center

|align=left|Máiréad Curran
Melanie Duff
Polly Holohan
Eric Smiley

|align=left|See above

|align=left|Team

|186.40

|11

|212.40

|405.80

|10

|40.00

|445.80

|6

|445.80

|8

= Jumping =

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="8"|Qualification

!colspan="6"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Round 3

!colspan=2|Total

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Peter Charles

|align=left|Kruger

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|37.00

|51

|64.00

|24

|68.00

|20

|169.00

|16 Q

|26.00

|40

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Paul Darragh

|align=left|Killelea

|42.00

|43

|16.00

|72

|colspan=2|{{AthAbbr|DNS}}

|56.00

|68

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|James Kernan

|align=left|Touchdown

|52.00

|36

|36.00

|51

|59.50

|28

|147.50

|34 Q

|16.00

|30

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Eddie Macken

|align=left|Welfenkrone

|13.00

|75

|26.50

|61

|colspan=2|{{AthAbbr|DNS}}

|39.50

|75

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Peter Charles
Paul Darragh
James Kernan
Eddie Macken

|align=left|See above

|align=left|Team

|colspan=8{{n/a}}

|33.25

|15

|33.50

|14

|66.75

|14

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

One male fencer represented Ireland in 1992.

;Individual

;Pool stage

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="7"|Group Stage

Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Michael O'Brien

|align=left|Men's épée

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kulcsár|HUN|1992 Summer}}
L 4–5

|{{flagIOCathlete|Felisiak|GER|1992 Summer}}
L 4–5

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marx|USA|1992 Summer}}
W 5–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pereira|ESP|1992 Summer}}
W 5–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bandeira|POR|1992 Summer}}
W 5–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Álvarez|PAR|1992 Summer}}
W 5–4

|17 Q

;Elimination phase

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan="2"|Round 1

!rowspan="2"|Round 2

!rowspan="2"|Round 3

!rowspan="2"|Round 4

!colspan=4|Repechage

!rowspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!rowspan="2"|Semifinals

!rowspan="2" colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Michael O'Brien

|align=left|Men's épée

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jacquet|SUI|1992 Summer}}
L 0–2

|colspan=11|Did not advance

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan="2"|Round of 64

!rowspan="2"|Round of 32

!rowspan="2"|Round of 16

!rowspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!rowspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan=4|Repechage

!rowspan="2" colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Keith Gough

|align=left|60 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Salvucci|ARG|1992 Summer}}
W Ippon

|{{flagIOCathlete|de Souza|ANG|1992 Summer}}
W Koka

|{{flagIOCathlete|Trautmann|GER|1992 Summer}}
L Ippon

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Beaton|CAN|1992 Summer}}
L Yusei-gachi

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Ciarán Ward

|align=left|65 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Korhonen|FIN|1992 Summer}}
W Yusei-gachi

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cuk|SLO|1992 Summer}}
L Yusei-gachi

|colspan=9|Did not advance

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Niall O'Toole

|align=left|Single sculls

|7:50.46

|6 R

|7:07.68

|3 SC/D

|9:25.95

|5 FD

|8:01.78

|21

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

align=center

|align=left|Denise Lyttle

|align=left|Europe

|3

|21

|31

|18

|11.7

|5.7

|25

|84.4

|12

;Open

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

align=center

|align=left|David Wilkins
Peter Kennedy

|align=left|Flying Dutchman

|24

|23

|17

|5.7

|21

|16

|26

|106.7

|14

align=center

|align=left|Mark Mansfield
Tom McWilliam

|align=left|Star

|17

|17

|21

|22

|18

|11.7

|21

|105.7

|15

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Final A/B

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Gary O'Toole

|align=left|100 metre breaststroke

|1:05.48

|38

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 metre breaststroke

|2:17.66

|20

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 metre individual medley

|2:07.67

|34

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Final A/B

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Michelle Smith

|align=left|200 metre backstroke

|2:21.37

|35

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 metre individual medley

|2:23.83

|32

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|400 metre individual medley

|4:58.94

|26

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Tennis

{{main|Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Owen Casey

|align=left|Singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gustafsson|SWE|1992 Summer}}
L (6–7, 1–6, 4–6)

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Owen Casey
Eoin Collins

|align=left|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lavalle /
Maciel|MEX|1992 Summer}}
W (7–6, 7–5, 6–4)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hlasek /
Rosset|SUI|1992 Summer}}
L (6–7, 3–6, 2–6)

|colspan=4|Did not advance

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