Ireland at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Ireland at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of Ireland.svg
IOC codeIRL
NOCOlympic Federation of Ireland
Websiteolympics.ie
in Tokyo
Competitors25 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Great Britain (1896–1920)

Ireland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 25 competitors, 24 men and 1 woman, took part in 23 events in 7 sports.[1]

Medalists[]

Bronze[]

Athletics[]

Boxing[]

  • Flyweight -
    • Round of 32 - beat Carbonelli (Cuba) 5-0
    • Round of 16 - beat Shittu (Ghana) 3-2
    • Quarterfinal - lost to Atzori (Italy) 0-5
  • Bantamweight -
    • Round of 32 - lost to Almarez (Argentina) 0-5
  • Featherweight - Patrick Fitzsimons
    • Round of 32 - lost to Gutman (Poland) 0-5
  • Lightweight - James McCourt
    • Round of 32 - beat Suh (Korea) 4-1
    • Round of 16 - beat Sarwar (Pakistan) 4-1
    • Quarterfinal - beat Barrera (Spain) 4-1
    • Semifinal - lost to Barannikov (USSR) 2-3 (Bronze medal)

Equestrian[]

Fencing[]

Two fencers, both men, represented Ireland in 1964.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre

Judo[]

Sailing[]

1964 Olympic Games competitor medal awarded to Irish yachtsman Eddie Kelliher

Wrestling[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ireland at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-12-18.


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