ATHLETICS / REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Champions return from Olympics

Record ID: 332441

  • Title: ATHLETICS / REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Champions return from Olympics
  • Date: 1st January 1932
  • Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: Olympic Champions Home - Tidsall and O'Callaghan welcomed in Dublin after their triumphs in Los Angeles REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Dublin: EXT Steamship arriving in harbour on River Liffey. Athletes standing on deck then disembarking. Members of Irish National Athletics Team including Bob Tisdall (400 Metres Hurdles Olympic Champion) and Pat O'Callaghan (Hammer Throw Gold Medallist) through cheering crowds, then making speech from podium as athletes march through streets in victory parade
  • Embargoed: 16th January 1932 12:00
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  • Location: Irish Republic
  • Country: Ireland
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVACV6KL9DBNG4DY7ISXFOERJN2V
  • Story Text: Victory parade for the Irish Athletic team, returning home from the Los Angeles Olympic Games where gold medals were won by hurdler Bob Tisdall and hammer-thrower Patrick O'Callaghan.
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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