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Ireland at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Ireland at the; 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Montreal
Competitors	44 (41 men, 3 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Frank Moore
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 44 competitors, 41 men and 3 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.^[2]

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)

Equestrian

Rowing

Men's single sculls

Seán Drea 4th place in the Final (→ 4th)

Men's coxless fours

Martin Feeley 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)
Iain Kennedy 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)
Andy McDonough 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)
Jaye Renehan 2nd in repechage (→ unplaced)

Men's coxed fours

Jim Muldoon 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
Christy O'Brien 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
Willie Ryan 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
Mick Ryan 1st in B Final (→ 7th)
Liam Redmond 1st in B Final (→ 7th)

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

References

^ "Frank Moore". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ "Ireland at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

[1] "Frank Moore". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[sports-reference-2] "Ireland at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

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Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics