Olympic Athletes Year City Athlete Event 1960 Rome John LawlorPaddy Lowry Hammer (4th place)100m & 200m 1964 Tokyo John LawlorNoel Carroll Hammer800m 1968 Mexico City Noel Carroll 400m 1972 Munich Dessie McGann Marathon 1984 Los Angeles Declan Hegarty Hammer *Kingston Mills represented Ireland at European Championship, and still holds the club record for the marathon – 2:13:55