Please scroll down for honour roll of Ireland’s Olympic boxing medallists.
Sixteen medals have been claimed by Ireland’s boxers since 1952.
But the count would have been 20 if the rules governing the awarding of medals had been in place prior to the 1952 Games.
Click here for the medals that could have been.
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATHLETICS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| SWIMMING | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BOXING | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| SAILING | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ROWING | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| EQUESTRIAN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 sports) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
Helsinki 1952
Bantamweight: John McNally (White City) – Silver
Beat Alejandro Ortuoste (Philippines) 3-0
Beat Vincenzo Dall’osso (Italy) 3-0
Beat Joon-Ho Kang (Korea) 3-0
Final
Lost to Pentti Hamalainen (Finland) 1-2
Melbourne 1956
Welterweight: Fred Tiedt (South City) – Silver
Beat Tadeusz Walasek (Poland) 3-0
Beat Pearce Lane (USA) 3-0
Beat Kevin Hogarth (Australia) 3-0
Final
Lost to Nicolae Linca (Romania) 2-3
Flyweight: John Caldwell (Immaculata) – Bronze
Beat Wi Yaishwe (Burma) KO3
Beat Warner Batchelor (Australia) 3-0
S/Final
Lost to Mircea Dobrescu (Romania) 0-3
Bantamweight: Freddie Gilroy (St John Bosco) – Bronze
Beat Boris Stepanov (USSR) KO3
Beat Mario Sitri (Italy) 3-0
S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medallist Wolfgang Behrendt (Germany) 0-3
Lightweight: Tony Byrne (Tredagh) – Bronze
Beat Josef Chovanec (Czechoslovakia) DQ3
Beat Louis Molina (USA) 3-0
S/Final
Lost to Harry Kurschat (Germany) 0-3
Tokyo 1964
Lightweight: Jim McCourt (Immaculata) – Bronze
Beat Bun-am Suh (Korea) 4-1
Beat Ghulam Sarwar (Pakistan) 4-1
Beat Domingo Barrera (Spain) 4-1
S/Final
Lost to Vellikton Barannikov (USSR) 2-3
Moscow 1980
Flyweight: Hughie Russell (Holy Family) – Bronze
Beat Samir Khiniab (Iraq) 5-0
Beat Emmanuel Mlundwa (Tanzania) 5-0
Beat Ryon-sik Yo (North Korea) 3-2
S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist Petar Lessov (Bulgaria) 0-5
Barcelona 1992
Welterweight: Michael Carruth (Drimnagh) – Gold
Beat Maselino Tuifao (Western Samoa) 11-2
Beat Andreas Otto (Germany) 35-22
Beat Arkom Chenglai (Thailand) 11-4
Final
Beat Juan Hernandez (Cuba) 13-10
Bantamweight: Wayne McCullough (Albert Foundry) – Silver
Beat Frederick Muteweta (Uganda) 28-7
Beat Ahmed Ghmim Abbood (Iraq) 10-2
Beat Mohammed Sabo (Nigeria) 31-13
Beat Gwang-Sik (North Korea) 21-16
Final
Lost to Joel Casamayor (Cuba) 8-16
Beijing 2008
Light-heavyweight: Ken Egan (Neilstown) – Silver
Beat Julius Jackson (Virgin Islands) 22-2
Beat Muzafer Bahram (Turkey) 10-2
Beat Washington Silva (Brazil) 8-0
BeatTony Jefferies (Great Britain) 10-3
Final
Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 7-11
Middleweight: Darren Sutherland (St Saviours) – Bronze
Beat Nabil Kassel (Algeria) RSC4
Beat Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 11-1
S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist James DeGale (Britain) 10-3
Light-flyweight: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family) – Bronze
Beat Jose Luis Meza (Ecuador) 14-8
Beat Lukasz Maszczyk (Poland) 11-5
S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist Zou Shiming (China) 0-15
London 2012
Lightweight; Katie Taylor (Bray) – Gold
Beat Natasha Jonas (England) 26-15
Beat Mavzuna Chorayeva (Tajikistan) 17-9
Final
Beat Sofya Ochigava (Russia) 10-8
Bantamweight: John Joe Nevin (Cavan) – Silver
Beat Denis Ceylan (Denmark) 21-6
Beat Kanat Abutalipov (Kazakhstan) 15-10
Beat Oscar Valdez (Mexico) 19-13
Beat Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba) 19-14
Final
Lost to Luke Campbell (England) 14-11
Flyweight Michael Conlan (St John Bosco) – Bronze
Beat Micah Duke (Ghana) 19-8
Beat Nordine Oubaali(France) 22-18
S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez (Cuba) 20-10
Light-flyweight: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family) – Bronze
Beat Thomas Essomba (Cameroon) 15-10
Beat Laishram Devender Singh (India) 23-18
S/Final
Lost to eventual gold medallist, Zou Shiming (China) + 15-15 (countback)