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 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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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 151 athletes and 100 officials.

Bronze

• Mark Todd
  Mark Todd (equestrian)
  Mark James Todd, CBE is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing, voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Mark James Todd, CBE (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the...
  
   — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
• Aaron McIntosh
  Aaron McIntosh
  Aaron McIntosh is a sailor from New Zealand who won a Bronze medal at 2000 in Sydney. He had previously just missed out on a medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta finishing a close fourth...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral)
• Barbara Kendall
  Barbara Kendall
  Barbara Kendall, MBE is a boardsailor from New Zealand. Kendall was raised at Bucklands Beach and attended Macleans College...
  
   — Sailing, Women's Sailboard (Mistral)

Archery

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

Men's Individual
	Ken Uprichard Ken Uprichard Kenneth Philip Uprichard is an athlete from New Zealand, who competes in archery.Uprichard competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. In 2000 he placed 48th, and in 2004 he was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 40th...			Peter Ebden
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Simon Needham  Great Britain	160-155	Lost to	Baljinima Tsyrempilov  Russia	168-147

Men's Competition

Men's 10000 m

• Michael Aish
• Round 1 — 29:31.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Ian Winchester
  Ian Winchester
  Ian Winchester is a discus thrower from New Zealand.He finished tenth at the 1992 World Junior Championships, eighth at the 1998 World Cup and fifth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games He also competed at two World Championships as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the final round.His...
  
  
• Qualifying — 58.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Glenn Howard
  Glenn Howard (athlete)
  Glenn Anthony Bruce Howard is a male high jumper from New Zealand. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics where he finished tied for 27th place.-Personal bests:-References:...
  
  
• Qualifying — 2.15 (→ did not advance)

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...
  
  
• Final — 3:55:53 (→ 18th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 800 m

• Toni Hodgkinson
  Toni Hodgkinson
  Toni Louise Hodgkinson is a former New Zealand middle distance runner, originally from Takaka. She currently holds the New Zealand woman's record in the 800 m....
  
  
• Round 1 — 01:59.37
• Semifinal — 01:59.84 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 m

• Toni Hodgkinson
  Toni Hodgkinson
  Toni Louise Hodgkinson is a former New Zealand middle distance runner, originally from Takaka. She currently holds the New Zealand woman's record in the 800 m....
  
  
• Round 1 — 04:12.59 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus

• 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...
  
  
• Qualifying — 61.33
• Final — 58.69 (→ 12th place)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Tasha Williams
  Tasha Williams (athlete)
  Tasha Aimee Williams is a retired female hammer thrower from New Zealand. Her personal best throw was 65.91 metres, achieved on 24 February 2001 in Hastings.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Qualifying — 61.18 (→ 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....
  
  
• Qualifying — 6.42 (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• Lost to France (50-76)
• Lost to China (60-75)
• Lost to Italy (66-78)
• Lost to United States (56-102)
• Lost to Lithuania (75-85)
• Classification Match
• 11th-12th place: Defeated Angola (70-60) → 11th place
• Team Roster
• Pero Cameron
  Pero Cameron
  Sean Pero MacPherson Cameron MNZM, known as "Pero", is a former New Zealand professional basketball player. Cameron captained the NZ National Team from 2000 - 2010...
  
  
• Mark Dickel
  Mark Dickel
  Mark Dickel is a New Zealand professional basketball player. He also holds Australian citizenship. He plays the point guard position, and played the 2011 NBL season for the Southland Sharks, which saw him play under his brother.-College career:Dickel played college basketball in the U.S...
  
  
• Paul Henare
  Paul Henare
  Paul Donald Henare is a former New Zealand professional basketball player who last played for the New Zealand Breakers in the Australasian National Basketball League....
  
  
• Robert Hickey
• Phill Jones
  Phill Jones
  Phillip Charles George 'Phill' Jones is a New Zealand professional basketball player. Jones who stands at 1.96 metres tall, is the highest New Zealand points scorer in NBL history....
  
  
• Ralph Lattimore
• Sean Marks
  Sean Marks
  Sean Andrew Marks is a New Zealand-American professional basketball player. He is the first native New Zealander to play in the NBA.-Basketball career:...
  
  
• Kirk Penney
  Kirk Penney
  Kirk Samuel Penney is a New Zealander professional basketball player.-University of Wisconsin :...
  
  
• Peter Pokai
• Tony Rampton
  Tony Rampton
  Tony Rampton is a former New Zealand professional basketball player.Rampton played an integral part in the Tall Blacks qualifying for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, however an ankle injury ruled him out of the competition...
  
  
• Brad Riley
• Nenad Vucinic
  Nenad Vucinic
  Nenad Vučinić , is the current head coach of the New Zealand national basketball team the Tall Blacks...
  
  

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• Lost to Poland (52-72)
• Lost to Korea (62-101)
• Lost to Cuba (55-74)
• Lost to United States (42-93)
• Lost to Russia (54-92)
• Classification Match
• 11th-12th place: Defeated Senegal (72-69) → 11th place
• Team Roster
• Tania Brunton
• Belinda Colling
  Belinda Colling
  Belinda Louise Colling is a New Zealand international netball and women's basketball representative.-Netball career:...
  
  
• Megan Compain
• Rebecca Cotton
  Rebecca Cotton
  Rebecca Cotton is a female basketball player for New Zealand. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she was part of the silver medal winning Tall Ferns side.-References:...
  
  
• Kirstin Daly
• Gina Farmer
• Sally Farmer
• Dianne L'Ami
• Donna Loffhagen
• Julie Ofsoski
• Leone Patterson
• Leanne Walker

Boxing

Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):

• Angus Shelford
  Angus Shelford
  Angus Whare Shelford is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There he was defeated in the first round of the Super Heavyweight division by Oleksil Mazikin of Ukraine.-References:*...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine (did not advance)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Kashi Leuchs
  Kashi Leuchs
  Kashi Leuchs from Dunedin, New Zealand is a former world class cross country mountain biker who represented New Zealand in mountain biking at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the 2004 games in Athens and the 2008 Games in Beijing...
  
  
• Final — 2:16:37.57 (→ 17th place)

Women's Mountain Bike

• Susy Pryde
  Susy Pryde
  Susannah Kate Pryde is a New Zealand cyclist, who won a silver medal for New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the women's road race. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she again won a silver medal in the cross country discipline.-References:...
  
  
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Competition

Men's Road Race

• Chris Jenner
• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 47th place)
• Julian Dean
  Julian Dean
  Julian Dean is a road racing cyclist who rides for . Dean rode in the 2008 Tour de France, 2007 Tour de France, 2006 Tour de France and the 2004 Tour de France, finishing all four times. In 2008, he finished 9th in the points classification...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 61st place)
• Scott Guyton
• Final — 5:43:21 (→ 85th place)
• Glen Mitchell
• Final — DNF

Women's Competition

Women's Road Race

• Jacinta Coleman
• Final — 3:06:31 (→ 18th place)
• Roz Reekie-May
• Final — 3:10:34 (→ 36th place)
• Susy Pryde
  Susy Pryde
  Susannah Kate Pryde is a New Zealand cyclist, who won a silver medal for New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the women's road race. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she again won a silver medal in the cross country discipline.-References:...
  
  
• Final — DNF

Men's Competition

Men's Sprint

• Anthony Peden
  • Qualifying — 10.649
  • First Round — DNS

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Gary Anderson
  Gary Anderson (cyclist)
  Gary John Anderson is a former track and road cyclist from New Zealand who won an Olympic Bronze Medal. He finished third in the men's 4000m individual pursuit at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Anderson also won a total of 8 medals at the Commonwealth Games...
  
  
  • Qualifying — 04:32.304 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Matt Sinton
  • Final — 01:05.706 (→ 11th place)

Men's Point Race

• Glen Thomson
  Glen Thomson
  Glen Thomson is a New Zealand racing cyclist. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the men's points race, previously at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada he won a bronze medal as part of the men's team pursuit riding alongside Brendon Cameron, Julian Dean and Lee...
  
  
  • Points — 6
  • Laps Down — 1 (→ 7th place)

Men's Keirin

• Anthony Peden
  • First Round — Heat — 2; Place — DNF
  • Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 3 (→ did not advance)
• Matt Sinton
  • First Round — Heat — 3; Place — 5
  • Repechage — Heat — 1; Place — 4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Pursuit

• Tim Carswell
  Tim Carswell
  Timothy "Tim" Christopher Carswell is a former New Zealand racing cyclist. He won two bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games; one in the twenty kilometre scratch race and one in the team pursuit alongside fellow riders Brendon Cameron, Greg Henderson and Lee Vertongen.-References:...
  
  , Lee Vertongen
  Lee Vertongen
  Lee Vertongen is a New Zealand racing cyclist. He has won three bronze medals in the team pursuit event at the Commonwealth Games. He won his third bronze medal riding with Greg Henderson, Hayden Roulston and Matthew Randall at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He was educated at Russell Street...
  
  , Gary Anderson
  Gary Anderson (cyclist)
  Gary John Anderson is a former track and road cyclist from New Zealand who won an Olympic Bronze Medal. He finished third in the men's 4000m individual pursuit at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Anderson also won a total of 8 medals at the Commonwealth Games...
  
  , Greg Henderson
  Greg Henderson
  Gregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...
  
  
  • Qualifying — 04:06.463
  • Quarterfinal — 04:06.495 (→ did not advance)

Women's Competition

Women's Sprint

• Fiona Ramage
  • Qualifying — 11.803
  • 1/8 Finals — Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage — Heat 2; 3rd place
  • Finals 9-12 — (→ 10th place)

Women's Individual Pursuit

• Sarah Ulmer
  Sarah Ulmer
  Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, ONZM is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold. She won a gold medal and set world records at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens,....
  
  
  • Qualifying — 03:36.764
  • Semifinal — Lost to Leontien Zijlaard of Netherlands
  • Final — Lost to Yvonne McGregor
    Yvonne McGregor
    Yvonne McGregor MBE is an English former professional cyclist from Wibsey. She was made an MBE for services to cycling in the new year's honours list in January 2002.-Palmarès:1994...
    
     of Great Britain (→ 4th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

• Fiona Ramage
  • Final — 36.536 (→ 16th place)

Women's Point Race

• Sarah Ulmer
  Sarah Ulmer
  Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, ONZM is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold. She won a gold medal and set world records at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens,....
  
  
  • Points — 9 (→ 8th place)

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Pool B)
• New Zealand — Germany 1-1
• New Zealand — China 0-2
• New Zealand — The Netherlands 3-4
• New Zealand — South Africa 1-0
• Medal Pool
• New Zealand — Australia 0-3
• New Zealand — Spain 2-2
• New Zealand — Argentina 1-7 (→ Sixth Place)
• Team Roster
• Anne-Marie Irving
  Anne-Marie Irving
  Anne-Marie Irving is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed with The Black Sticks at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.-References:*...
  
   (gk)
• Helen Clarke
  Helen Clarke
  Helen Margaret Clarke ONZM is a former field hockey goalkeeper for New Zealand, who competed in three Summer Olympics: 1992, 2000 and 2004....
  
   (gk)
• Sandy Bennett
• Diana Weavers
  Diana Weavers
  Diana Elizabeth Weavers is a field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
  
  
• Rachel Petrie
  Rachel Petrie
  Rachel Jane Petrie is a former field hockey defender from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:*...
  
  
• Jenny Duck
• Caryn Paewai
  Caryn Paewai
  Caryn Erena Paewai is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two years later she was a member of the side that finished fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth...
  
  
• Skippy Hamahona
• Anna Lawrence
• Suzie Muirhead
• Tina Bell-Kake
• Moira Senior
• Kylie Foy
  Kylie Foy
  Kylie Anne Foy is a former field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Foy also competed with The Black Sticks at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-References:*...
  
  
• Kate Trolove
• Michelle Turner
  Michelle Turner
  Michelle Kay Hollands is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who was born under her maiden name Turner. She finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Hollands returned to top level hockey in late 2005...
  
  
• Mandy Smith

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 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....

Men's Mistral

• Aaron McIntosh
  Aaron McIntosh
  Aaron McIntosh is a sailor from New Zealand who won a Bronze medal at 2000 in Sydney. He had previously just missed out on a medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta finishing a close fourth...
  
  
• Race 1 — (37) OCS
• Race 2 — 9
• Race 3 — 4
• Race 4 — 10
• Race 5 — 9
• Race 6 — 3
• Race 7 — 1
• Race 8 — 5
• Race 9 — (12)
• Race 10 — 3
• Race 11 — 4
• Final — 48 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Clifton Webb
• Race 1 — 15
• Race 2 — 9
• Race 3 — 15
• Race 4 — 10
• Race 5 — 12
• Race 6 — 11
• Race 7 — 16
• Race 8 — 4
• Race 9 — 16
• Race 10 — (18)
• Race 11 — (26) OCS
• Final — 109 (→ 16th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Simon Cooke and Peter Nicholas
• Race 2 — (15)
• Race 3 — 9
• Race 4 — 12
• Race 5 — 10
• Race 6 — 12
• Race 7 — (15)
• Race 8 — 3
• Race 9 — 3
• Race 10 — 13
• Race 11 — 8
• Final — 76 (→ 7th place)

Women's Mistral

• Barbara Kendall
  Barbara Kendall
  Barbara Kendall, MBE is a boardsailor from New Zealand. Kendall was raised at Bucklands Beach and attended Macleans College...
  
  
• Race 1 — 2
• Race 2 — 3
• Race 3 — 2
• Race 4 — 3
• Race 5 — (7)
• Race 6 — 1
• Race 7 — 3
• Race 8 — 1
• Race 9 — (5)
• Race 10 — 1
• Race 11 — 3
• Final — 19 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Sarah Macky
• Race 1 — 12
• Race 2 — 1
• Race 3 — 14
• Race 4 — (16)
• Race 5 — 12
• Race 6 — 11
• Race 7 — 5
• Race 8 — (15)
• Race 9 — 6
• Race 10 — 3
• Race 11 — 15
• Final — 79 (→ 9th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Melinda Henshaw
  Melinda Henshaw
  Melinda Henshaw is a New Zealand yachtswoman.She competed for New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, with Jenny Egnot in the Women's Double Handed Dinghy class. They finished in 11th place.- References :**...
  
   and Jenny Egnot
  Jenny Egnot
  Jenny Egnot is a New Zealand yachtswoman.She competed for New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, with Melinda Henshaw in the Women's Double Handed Dinghy class....
  
  
• Race 1 — 13
• Race 2 — 3
• Race 3 — 6
• Race 4 — 1
• Race 5 — 7
• Race 6 — 10
• Race 7 — 6
• Race 8 — (19)
• Race 9 — (20) OCS
• Race 10 — 16
• Race 11 — 10
• Final — 72 (→ 11th place)

Open Laser

• Peter Fox
• Race 1 — 14
• Race 2 — 19
• Race 3 — 13
• Race 4 — (44) OCS
• Race 5 — 22
• Race 6 — 20
• Race 7 — 7
• Race 8 — 18
• Race 9 — 23
• Race 10 — 8
• Race 11 — (24)
• Final — 144 (→ 21st place)

Open Tornado

• Chris Dickson
  Chris Dickson (sailor)
  Christopher Stuart Dickson, born 3 November 1961 in Auckland, is an internationally known sailor from New Zealand. He was world youth champion three years in succession and later became world match race champion three times...
  
   and Glen Sowry
• Race 1 — 5
• Race 2 — 2
• Race 3 — 7
• Race 4 — (15)
• Race 5 — 10
• Race 6 — 1
• Race 7 — 5
• Race 8 — 7
• Race 9 — (12)
• Race 10 — 3
• Race 11 — 6
• Final — 46 (→ 5th place)

Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

• Gavin Brady and Jamie Gale
• Race 1 — (16)
• Race 2 — 1
• Race 3 — 5
• Race 4 — 9
• Race 5 — 5
• Race 6 — 15
• Race 7 — 6
• Race 8 — 5
• Race 9 — 2
• Race 10 — (16)
• Race 11 — 9
• Final — 57 (→ 9th place)

Open Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

• Don Cowie
  Don Cowie (yachting)
  Don Cowie, born 5 January 1962 in Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a former competitive sailor who won a Silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  , Rod Davis and Alan Smith
• Quarterfinals — (2-3) 2 points → did not advance

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

• Daniel Slater
  Daniel Slater
  - Biography :Slater was born in London and educated at Bristol University and Cambridge University.- External links :* * *...
  
   and Nathan Handley
• Race 1 — (14)
• Race 2 — 9
• Race 3 — (18) OCS
• Race 4 — 5
• Race 5 — 12
• Race 6 — 7
• Race 7 — 5
• Race 8 — 12
• Race 9 — 4
• Race 10 — 2
• Race 11 — 3
• Race 12 — 8
• Race 13 — 2
• Race 14 — 7
• Race 15 — 13
• Race 16 — 10
• Final — 99 (→ 8th place)

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
• Lost to Australia (2:3)
• Defeated Canada (3:2)
• Lost to PR China (0:10)
• Defeated Cuba (6:2)
• Lost to Italy (0:1)
• Lost to United States (0:2)
• Lost to Japan (1:2)
• Semifinals
• Did not advance → Sixth place
• Team Roster
• Zavana Aranga
• Jaye Bailey
• Kim Dermott
  Kim Dermott
  Kim Dermott is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Dermott made her Football Ferns début in a 0-3 loss to United States on 8 August 1993, and finished her international career with 11 caps and two goals to her credit.-External links:...
  
  
• Rhonda Hira
• Melanie Hulme
• Lisa Kersten
• Ruta Lealamanu
• Cindy Potae
• Char Pouaka
• Kiri Shaw
• Jackie Smith
• Fiona Timu
• Helen Townsend
• Melisa Upu
• Gina Weber

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Jonathan Duncan
• Preliminary Heat — 1:53.27 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Jonathan Duncan
• Preliminary Heat — 03:58.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Jonathan Duncan
• Preliminary Heat — 16:03.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Steven Ferguson
  Steven Ferguson
  Steven Sean Ferguson is a sprint canoeist, surf lifesaver and former swimmer from New Zealand.Ferguson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of four-times Olympic gold medal winning canoeist Ian Ferguson....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:03.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Steven Ferguson
  Steven Ferguson
  Steven Sean Ferguson is a sprint canoeist, surf lifesaver and former swimmer from New Zealand.Ferguson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of four-times Olympic gold medal winning canoeist Ian Ferguson....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:19.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Scott Talbot-Cameron
  Scott Talbot-Cameron
  Scott Talbot-Cameron is a 2-time Olympic and National Record holding backstroke swimmer from New Zealand...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 57.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Scott Talbot-Cameron
  Scott Talbot-Cameron
  Scott Talbot-Cameron is a 2-time Olympic and National Record holding backstroke swimmer from New Zealand...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:01.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Dean Kent
  Dean Kent
  Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:04.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Dean Kent
  Dean Kent
  Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:21.81 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Vivienne Rignall
• Preliminary Heat — 25.52
• Semi-final — 25.61 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m freestyle

• Monique Robins
• Preliminary Heat — 57.85 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Elizabeth Van Welie
  Elizabeth Van Welie
  Elizabeth Jelaine Van Welie is a former swimmer from New Zealand. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal in the women's 400m individual medley....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:11.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Monique Robins
• Preliminary Heat — 01:04.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Helen Norfolk
  Helen Norfolk
  Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:16.22 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Helen Norfolk
  Helen Norfolk
  Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:18.90 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Helen Norfolk
  Helen Norfolk
  Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:46.42 (→ did not advance)

Triathlon

Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...

New Zealand's heavily touted triathletes were unable to perform up to expectations in the inaugural Olympic triathlon. In particular, Hamish Carter

Hamish Carter

Hamish Clive Carter ONZM is a New Zealand triathlete. He won the gold medal in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, his second Olympic games. Carter also competed on the International Triathlon Union World Cup circuit as a professional for many years, culminating in a silver medal in 2006 before...

, who had been considered likely to win the event, placed twenty-sixth.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Craig Watson — 1:50:01.85 (→ 16th place)
• Hamish Carter
  Hamish Carter
  Hamish Clive Carter ONZM is a New Zealand triathlete. He won the gold medal in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, his second Olympic games. Carter also competed on the International Triathlon Union World Cup circuit as a professional for many years, culminating in a silver medal in 2006 before...
  
   — 1:50:57.17 (→ 26th place)
• Ben Bright
  Ben Bright
  Benjamin "Ben" Clifford Bright is an athlete from New Zealand, who competes in triathlon.Bright competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He took thirty-eighth place with a total time of 1:52:17.26.Later on he took up the job of coaching Mantas, a local swim...
  
   — 1:52:17.26 (→ 38th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

• Evelyn Williamson
  Evelyn Williamson
  Evelyn Catherine Laura Williamson is an athlete from New Zealand, who competes in triathlon.Williamson competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
   — 2:05:38.30 (→ 22nd place)

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Nigel Avery Nigel Avery Nigel Seton Avery is a former weightlifting competitor for New Zealand. He was born in Auckland.At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won a bronze medal in the 105+ kg snatch and the 105+ kg combined total....	+ 105 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, for lifters over 105 kilograms of body mass...	162.5	167.5	172.5	200.0	205.0	210.0	382.5	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Olivia Baker Olivia Baker Olivia Eileen Baker is a former weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester she won a silver medal in the 75+ kg snatch, and two bronze medals in the 75+ kg clean and jerk and combined total.-References:...	+ 75 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg The Women's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest weight class in women's weightlifting competition, for competitors more than 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-22 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...	100.0	105.0	105.0	125.0	130.0	130.0	235.0	8