1939-05-27 Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Championship	T&F
Venue	Belfield
Date	1939-05-27
Host	UCD
Note	While it must be borne in mind that neither QUB nor TCD were competing, UCD gained the most emphatic win ever by any College in the Intervarsities between 1914 - 1939, being denied a maximum of 30 pts by UCG in the Discus by 9 ft 2 in [2.79 m].

Table of Contents:

• Points: Male
• Medal Tables: Male
• Male: 100y 120yH 220y 440y 880y Mile LJ HJ SP DT

Points

Male

Rank	College	1 0 0 y	1 2 0 y H	2 2 0 y	4 4 0 y	8 8 0 y	M i l e	L J	H J	S P	D T	Total
1	UCD	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	29
2	UCG										1	1
3	UCC

Medal Tables

Male

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UCD	10	9		19
2	UCG		1	7	8
3	UCC			2	2

Male

100y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note	Record
1	J.R. Thornton	UCD	10.10	2		UCD
2	J.C. Holohan	UCD	NT	1	inches
3	Brian O'Brien	UCG	NT
	John O'Mahony	UCC	NT		AC
	F. O'Connor	UCC	NT		AC
	William A.F. Sandys	UCG	NT		AC

120y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Tom Wall	UCD	16.80	2
2	Daniel P. "Dan" O'Brien	UCD	NT	1	2 yards
	N. Barrett	UCC	NT		AC
	Joseph Duggan	UCG	NT		AC
	A.J. Beckett	UCC	NT		AC
	James McDevitt	UCG	NT		AC

220y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note	Record
1	J.R. Thornton	UCD	22.60	2		UCD
2	J.C. Holohan	UCD	NT	1	2 yards
3	Brian O'Brien	UCG	NT
	John O'Mahony	UCC	NT		AC
	F. O'Connor	UCC	NT		AC
	P.J. Carroll	UCG	NT		AC

440y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Desmond "Des" Carney	UCD	53.70	2
2	P. Byrne	UCD	NT	1	2 yards
3	A.J. Beckett	UCC	NT
	J. Neville	UCC	NT		AC
	William A.F. Sandys	UCG	NT		AC
	Morris Sweeney	UCG	NT		AC

880y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	J. Bourke	UCD	2:03.80	2
2	M.A. Cassidy	UCD	NT	1	1 yard
3	Louis Renouf	UCC	NT
	A.J. Beckett	UCC	NT		AC
	Colm O'Riordan	UCG	NT		AC
	M. Carr	UCG	NT		AC

1 Mile

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note	Record
1	M.A. Cassidy	UCD	4:39.20	2		UCD
2	P.B. O'Meara	UCD	NT	1	15 yards
3	Colm O'Riordan	UCG	NT
	J. Healy	UCC	NT		AC
	M. Casey	UCC	NT		AC

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Kevin P. O'Flanagan	UCD	21′4½″	2
2	Alexander "Alec" Lyons	UCD	21′2½″	1
3	Brian O'Brien	UCG	19′3¾″
	F. O'Connor	UCC	NR		AC
	Sean Gill	UCG	NR		AC

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note	Record
1	Tom Wall	UCD	5′11″	2
2	C. Nolan	UCD	5′6″	1
3	Robert Reynolds	UCG	5′5″			UCG
	Joseph Duggan	UCG	NR		AC

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note	Record
1	Tommy A. Headon	UCD	42′6″	2		UCD
2	Daniel P. "Dan" O'Brien	UCD	38′11½″	1
3	Joseph Duggan	UCG	37′1½″			UCG
	Brian O'Brien	UCG			AC

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note	Record
1	Tommy A. Headon	UCD	120′0″	2		UCD
2	Joseph Duggan	UCG	119′6″	1		UCG
3	P. Conroy	UCG	110′4″
	A. O'Brien-Moran	UCD	NR		AC

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