Ireland at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Los Angeles
Competitors	42 (28 men and 13 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Gerry Mullins
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Ireland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, It went from July 28, 1984, to August 12, 1984 United States. 42 competitors, 28 men and 13 women, took part in 35 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	John Treacy	Athletics	Men's marathon	12 August

In Ireland's third appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by two women. This included veteran Hazel Greene.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Hazel Greene — 2440 points (→ 20th place)
• Mary Vaughan — 2298 points (→ 39th place)

Men's 800 metres

• Marcus O'Sullivan

Men's 1,500 metres

• Marcus O'Sullivan
• Paul Donovan
• Frank O'Mara

Men's 5,000 metres

• Ray Flynn

• Heat — 13:46.84
• Semifinals — 13:40.74
• Final — 13:34.50 (→ 11th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• John Treacy

• Qualifying Heat — 28:18.13
• Final — 28:28.68 (→ 9th place)

Men's Marathon

• John Treacy

• Final — 2:09:56 (→ Silver Medal)

• Jerry Kiernan

• Final — 2:12:20 (→ 9th place)

• Dick Hooper

• Final — 2:24:41 (→ 51st place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Liam O'Brien

Men's Hammer Throw

• Declan Hegarty

• Qualification — 70.56m (→ did not advance)

• Conor McCullough

• Qualification — 65.56m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Caroline O'Shea

Women's 3,000 metres

• Monica Joyce

• Heat — 8:54.34 (→ did not advance)

• Roisin Smyth

• Heat — 9.01.69 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Regina Joyce

• Final — 2:37:57 (→ 23rd place)

• Carey May

• Final — 2:41:27 (→ 28th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Mary Parr

• Heat — 1:01.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Patricia Walsh

• Qualification — 54.42m
• Final — 55.38m (→ 9th place)

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Gerard Hawkins

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Salvatore Todisco (ITA), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Phillip Sutcliffe

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Maurizio Stecca (ITA), 0:5

Men's K1 1000m

• Ian Pringle

Men's K1 500m

• Ian Pringle

Five cyclists represented Ireland in 1984.

Individual road race

• Martin Earley
• Paul Kimmage
• Gary Thomson
• Séamus Downey

Team time trial

• Philip Cassidy
• Martin Earley
• Paul Kimmage
• Gary Thomson

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Carolann Heavey

• Heat — 1:01.34 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Carolann Heavey

• Heat — 2:06.61 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Carolann Heavey

• Heat — 4:36.07 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Julie Parkes

• Heat — 2:20.85 (→ did not advance, 21st place)