He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and won multiple British Finn class championships.

[3] McIntyre competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing seventh in the Finn class.

[2][4] McIntyre competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a gold medal in the Star class, together with Bryn Vaile.

[4] The pair won the event after the American pair of Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel had to retire in the final race due to a broken mast;[2][3] the Canadian team who were ahead of the Britons also retired from the race, due to a damaged backstay.

[4] It was the first Olympic Star class medal by a British team since 1932,[4] when Colin Ratsey and Peter Jaffe finished second in the event.