New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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The New Zealand Olympic Committee

New Zealand Olympic Committee

The New Zealand Olympic Committee is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic and the Commonwealth Games....

 was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials.

Gold

• Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , men's 200 metres freestyle

• Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , men's 400 metres freestyle

• Blyth Tait
  Blyth Tait
  Blyth Tait is a New Zealand equestrian. Tait has competed at four Olympics and has won four medals, one of only four New Zealanders to do so....
  
   — Equestrian
  Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Equestrian events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, United States, -Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
  
  , three-day event individual competition (mixed)

Silver

• Sally Clark
  Sally Clark (equestrian)
  Sally Clark is a New Zealand equestrian who won a Silver medal at the Olympic Games. She was born in Palmerston North....
  
   — Equestrian
  Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Equestrian events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, United States, -Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
  
  , three-day event individual competition (mixed)

• Barbara Kendall
  Barbara Kendall
  Barbara Kendall, MBE is a boardsailor from New Zealand. Kendall was raised at Bucklands Beach and attended Macleans College...
  
   — Sailing
  Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
  
  , women's Mistral individual competition

Bronze

• Vicki Latta
  Vicki Latta
  Victoria Latta is a New Zealand horsewoman who won two medals at the Olympic Games....
  
  , Andrew Nicholson
  Andrew Nicholson
  For the New Zealand ice speed skater with the same name see Andrew Nicholson Andrew Nicholson is a New Zealand horseman who was selected for six Olympic Games....
  
  , Blyth Tait
  Blyth Tait
  Blyth Tait is a New Zealand equestrian. Tait has competed at four Olympics and has won four medals, one of only four New Zealanders to do so....
  
   and Vaughn Jefferis
  Vaughn Jefferis
  Vaughn Jefferis, in Huntly, is a New Zealand horseman who won a Bronze medal at the Olympic Games.Initially competing in showjumping Jefferis switched to Eventing in 1990 and had immediate success, being part of the Gold medal team at the World Equestrian Games in Stockholm riding Enterprise...
  
   — Equestrian
  Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Equestrian events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, United States, -Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
  
  , three-day event team competition (mixed)

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

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

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 1,500 metres

• Martin Johns
  Martin Johns
  Martin Johns is a New Zealand athlete.He ran in the Men's 1,500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games with a time of 3:44.91, but did not advance.-References:...
  
  
• Qualification — 3:44.91 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Jonathan Wyatt
  Jonathan Wyatt
  Jonathan Craig Wyatt is a long-distance runner from Lower Hutt, New Zealand, who is a six-time world mountain running champion. He is also an 8 time winner of the world mountain running grand prix series. He competed in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, reaching the final, and...
  
  
• Qualification — 13:52.56
• Semifinal — 13:47.81 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Doug Pirini
  Doug Pirini
  Douglas Stuart Pirini is a retired decathlete from New Zealand, who represented his native country in the men's decathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Final Result — 7961 points (→ 24th place)

Men's Marathon

• Sean Wade
  Sean Wade
  Sean Patrick Wade is a long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia). There he finished in 83rd place...
  
   — 2:30.35 (→ 83rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Craig Barrett
  Craig Barrett (athlete)
  Craig Michael Barrett is a New Zealand athlete specializing in racewalking. He has been the dominant racewalker in New Zealand for many years and is the nation's record holder for the 3 km, 20 km, 30 km, 50 km and 2 hour disciplines. He attended the Olympic Games in Atlanta , Sydney and Athens...
  
   — 4:15:15 (→ 33rd place)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Jane Carroll is a retired long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented her native country in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Qualification — 32:50.64 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Beatrice Faumuina
  Beatrice Faumuina
  Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in three Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Qualification — 58.40m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Chantal Brunner
  Chantal Brunner
  Chantal Margarita Brunner is a New Zealand sprinter and long jumper. She was born in Wellington. Her personal best jump is 6.68 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Melbourne....
  
  
• Qualification — 6.62m
• Final — 6.49m (→ 10th place)

Women's Marathon

• Lorraine Moller
  Lorraine Moller
  Lorraine Mary Moller is a former athlete from New Zealand who competed in track athletics and later specialised in the marathon. Moller's international career lasted over 20 years and included three Commonwealth and four Olympic Games...
  
   — 2:42.21 (→ 46th place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg):

• Garth da Silva
  Garth da Silva
  Garth John da Silva is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won his first round in the Heavyweight division against Cathel O'Grady of Ireland, before losing to Serguei Dychkov of Belarus...
  
  
• 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

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)

Mountain Bike

Women's Cross Country

• Kathy Lynch
• Final — 1:57.40 (→ 8th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Nicholas Tongue
  Nicholas Tongue
  Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States for his native country....
  
  
• Heat — 23.73 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Trent Bray
  Trent Bray
  Trent Bray is a former freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships...
  
  
• Heat — 51.18 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
  
• Heat — 1:48.48
• Final — 1:47.63 (→ Gold Medal)

• Trent Bray
  Trent Bray
  Trent Bray is a former freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships...
  
  
• Heat — 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
  
• Heat — 3:51.54
• Final — 3:47.97 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Scott Cameron
  Scott Cameron
  Scott Cameron is an Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 1996 Olympics.Alongside Trent Bray, John Davis and Danyon Loader he was part of the bronze medal winning 4x200m freestyle relay team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:...
  
  
• Heat — 15:56.60 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Jonathan Winter
  Jonathan Winter
  Jonathan Winter is a member of the Ngai Tahu Maori tribe and a former backstroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for his native country...
  
  
• Heat — 56.92 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Paul Kent
  Paul Kent (swimmer)
  Paul Kent is a former breaststroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, U.S.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.76
• B-Final — 1:03.05 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
  
• Heat — 55.39 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.81 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• John Steel
  John Steel (swimmer)
  For other persons named John Steel, see John Steel .John Meredith Steel is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.Steel won two silver medals at the 1994 Commonwealth...
  
  , Walter Tongue, Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
  , and Trent Bray
  Trent Bray
  Trent Bray is a former freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships...
  
  
• Heat — 3:21.65 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Trent Bray
  Trent Bray
  Trent Bray is a former freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships...
  
  , Murray Burdan
  Murray Burdan
  Murray William Burdan is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for his native country...
  
  , Scott Cameron
  Scott Cameron
  Scott Cameron is an Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 1996 Olympics.Alongside Trent Bray, John Davis and Danyon Loader he was part of the bronze medal winning 4x200m freestyle relay team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:...
  
  , and Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
  
• Heat — 7:24.35 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Jonathan Winter
  Jonathan Winter
  Jonathan Winter is a member of the Ngai Tahu Maori tribe and a former backstroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for his native country...
  
  , Paul Kent
  Paul Kent (swimmer)
  Paul Kent is a former breaststroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, U.S.-References:* *...
  
  , Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader
  Danyon Loader ONZM is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from New Zealand, based in Dunedin...
  
  , and Trent Bray
  Trent Bray
  Trent Bray is a former freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships...
  
  
• Heat — 3:45.80 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Alison Fitch
  Alison Fitch
  Alison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• Heat — 26.74 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Alison Fitch
  Alison Fitch
  Alison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• 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 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Sarah Catherwood, Alison Fitch
  Alison Fitch
  Alison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  , Anna Wilson, and Dionne Bainbridge
• Heat — 8:14.98 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Lydia Lipscombe, Anna Wilson, Anna Simcic, and Alison Fitch
  Alison Fitch
  Alison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• Heat — 4:19.83 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Singles Competition:

• Brett Steven
  Brett Steven
  Brett Andrew Steven is a tennis player from New Zealand.Steven turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour doubles title in 1991 at Newport, Rhode Island....
  
  
• First round — Lost to Arnaud Boetsch
  Arnaud Boetsch
  Arnaud Boetsch is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987.Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera...
  
  (France) in 2-6, 7-6, 2-6