Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Athletics

800 metres, Men Ronnie Delany DNS
1,500 metres, Men Ronnie Delany 1 Gold
110 metres Hurdles, Men Eamonn Kinsella 4 h1 r1/3
High Jump, Men Brendan O'Reilly DNS
100 metres, Women Maeve Kyle 6 h4 r1/3
200 metres, Women Maeve Kyle 5 h1 r1/3

Boxing

Flyweight, Men Johnny Caldwell =3 Bronze
Bantamweight, Men Freddie Gilroy =3 Bronze
Featherweight, Men Martin Smyth =17
Lightweight, Men Tony Byrne =3 Bronze
Light-Welterweight, Men Harry Perry =9
Welterweight, Men Fred Tiedt 2 Silver
Heavyweight, Men Pa Sharkey =9

Sailing

One Person Dinghy, Open Somers Payne 16

Wrestling

Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Gerry Martina 4