New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	97
Officials	60
Flag bearer	Barbara Kendall
Medals Rank: 26	Gold 3	Silver 2	Bronze 1	Total 6
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1908* 1912* 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 *with Australia as Australasia
Winter Games
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

New Zealand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials.

Medalists

Gold

• Danyon Loader — Swimming, men's 200 metres freestyle

• Danyon Loader — Swimming, men's 400 metres freestyle

• Blyth Tait — Equestrian, three-day event individual competition (mixed)

Silver

• Sally Clark — Equestrian, three-day event individual competition (mixed)

• Barbara Kendall — Sailing, women's Mistral individual competition

Bronze

• Vicki Latta, Andrew Nicholson, Blyth Tait and Vaughn Jefferis — Equestrian, three-day event team competition (mixed)

Results by event

Archery

New Zealand sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Andrew Lindsay Round of 64 → 46th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

• Martin Johns

• Qualification — 3:44.91 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Jonathan Wyatt

• Qualification — 13:52.56
• Semifinal — 13:47.81 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Doug Pirini

• Final Result — 7961 points (→ 24th place)

Men's Marathon

• Sean Wade — 2:30.35 (→ 83rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Craig Barrett — 4:15:15 (→ 33rd place)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Nyla Carroll

• Qualification — 32:50.64 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Beatrice Faumuina

• Qualification — 58.40m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Chantal Brunner

• Qualification — 6.62m
• Final — 6.49m (→ 10th place)

Women's Marathon

• Lorraine Moller — 2:42.21 (→ 46th place)

Boxing

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg):

• Garth da Silva

• First round — Beat Cathal O'Grady (Ireland) after referee stops contest in first round
• Second round — Lost to Seguei Dychkov (Belarus) on points 12-8

Cycling

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

• Susannah Pryde

• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 31st place)

• Rebecca Bailey

• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 33rd place)

• Jacqueline Nelson

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Jacqueline Nelson

• Final — 40:48 (→ 20th place)

• Rebecca Bailey

• Final — 41:45 (→ 22nd place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Glenn McLeay

• Final — 6 points (→ 8th place)

Men's Team Pursuit

• Tim Carswell, Greg Henderson, ...... and ...... (→ 8th place)

Mountain Bike

Women's Cross Country

• Kathy Lynch

• Final — 1:57.40 (→ 8th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Nicholas Tongue

• Heat — 23.73 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Trent Bray

• Heat — 51.18 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Danyon Loader

• Heat — 1:48.48
• Final — 1:47.63 (→ Gold Medal)

• Trent Bray

• Heat — 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Danyon Loader

• Heat — 3:51.54
• Final — 3:47.97 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Scott Cameron

• Heat — 15:56.60 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Jonathan Winter

• Heat — 56.92 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Paul Kent

• Heat — 1:02.76
• B-Final — 1:03.05 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Danyon Loader

• Heat — 55.39 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Danyon Loader

• Heat — 2:00.81 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• John Steel, Walter Tongue, Danyon Loader, and Trent Bray

• Heat — 3:21.65 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Trent Bray, Murray Burdan, Scott Cameron, and Danyon Loader

• Heat — 7:24.35 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Jonathan Winter, Paul Kent, Danyon Loader, and Trent Bray

• Heat — 3:45.80 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Alison Fitch

• Heat — 26.74 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Alison Fitch

• Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Dionne Bainbridge

• Heat — 2:02.69
• B-Final — 2:03.20 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Dionne Bainbridge

• Heat — 4:16.47
• B-Final — 4:16.79 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Lydia Lipscombe

• Heat — 1:03.61
• B-Final — 1:03.30 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Anna Simcic

• Heat — 2:13.74
• Final — 2:14.04 (→ 6th place)

• Lydia Lipscombe

• Heat — 2:19.54 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Anna Wilson

• Heat — 1:12.93 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Anna Wilson

• Heat — 2:19.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Anna Wilson

• Heat — 4:55.72 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Sarah Catherwood, Alison Fitch, Anna Wilson, and Dionne Bainbridge

• Heat — 8:14.98 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Lydia Lipscombe, Anna Wilson, Anna Simcic, and Alison Fitch

• Heat — 4:19.83 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition:

• Brett Steven

• First round — Lost to Arnaud Boetsch (France) in 2-6, 7-6, 2-6

Volleyball

Men's Beach Competition

• Glenn Hamilton and Reid Hamilton — 17th place overall

References

• sports-reference