Editing Pat O'Callaghan (section)

===1928 Olympic Games===
In the summer of 1928, the three O’Callaghan brothers paid their own fares when travelling to the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Pat finished in sixth place in the preliminary round and started the final with a throw of {{cvt|47.49|m|ftin}}. This put him in third place behind [[Ossian Skiöld]] of [[Sweden]] but ahead of [[Malcolm Nokes]], the favourite from [[Great Britain]]. For his second throw, O’Callaghan used the Swede's own hammer and recorded a throw of {{cvt|51.39|m|ftin}}. This was {{cvt|10|cm|0}} more than Skiöld's throw and resulted in a first gold medal for O’Callaghan and for Ireland. The podium presentation was particularly emotional as it was the first time at an Olympic Games that the [[Flag of Ireland|Irish tricolour]] was raised and [[Amhrán na bhFiann]] was played.