Liam Horner competed in the men's road race at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, retiring after 60 miles on a punishing course in intense heat that reduced the field dramatically - of 144 starters, 80 abandoned. Horner was among the 64 who completed the course or retired honourably at various stages of a race conducted at 2,134 metres altitude in conditions that would eventually place Joop Zoetemelk - who won the Tour de France in 1980 - among the retirees. Ireland's three cyclists had undertaken warm-up races in Mexico City before the event.
He went on to compete at the Munich 1972 Olympics where he finished 38th in the road race.
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