Ireland At The 1980 Summer Olympics

Ireland competed at the ''' 1980 Summer Olympics ''' in Moscow under the IOC Country Code IRL. It was the twelfth appearance of the Europe an nation, which made its debut in 1924 .

MEDALS

Ireland finished in 31st position in the final medal rankings

Gold

None

Silver

David Wilkins and James Wilkinson — Sailing, Flying Dutchman Team Competition

Bronze

Hugh Russell — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

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)

Boxing

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 → 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 (Mexico) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Barri McGuigan

# 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 (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in first round

Modern Pentathlon

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

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

David Cummins

Heats — DNS

Men's 200m Freestyle

David Cummins

Heats — DNS

Kevin Williamson

Heats — 1.57,37 (→ did not advance)

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