Athletes from 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 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

.

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...

 was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 by a team of 151 competitors and 137 officials. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was discus thrower 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...

, and at the closing ceremony, gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

list 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,....

. New Zealand competed in only 19 of the 32 sports at the games, not entering competitors in Baseball, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Modern Pentathlon, Softball, Synchronised Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, or Wrestling.

Gold

• Georgina Evers-Swindell
  Georgina Evers-Swindell
  Georgina Earl, formerly known as Georgina Evers-Swindell is a former New Zealand rower. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline Meyer, and is a double Olympic gold medalist, having won at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008...
  
   and Caroline Evers-Swindell
  Caroline Evers-Swindell
  Caroline Meyer formerly known as Caroline Evers-Swindell is a former New Zealand rower. She is 179 cm tall and 80kg. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Georgina Earl...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....
  
  , Women's Double Sculls

• 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,....
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....
  
  , Women's 3,000 Individual Pursuit

• 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...
  
   — Triathlon
  Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the triathlon events were held at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre. Fifty triathletes contested the female event on August 25, and the same number contested the male event on August 26, making up a total of 100 competitors....
  
  , Men's Competition

Silver

• Bevan Docherty
  Bevan Docherty
  Bevan John Docherty is a triathlete from New Zealand who twice won medals at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupo....
  
   — Triathlon
  Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the triathlon events were held at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre. Fifty triathletes contested the female event on August 25, and the same number contested the male event on August 26, making up a total of 100 competitors....
  
  , Men's Competition

• Ben Fouhy
  Ben Fouhy
  Ben Fouhy is a New Zealand flatwater canoer who has been competing since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the silver in the K-1 1000 m event at Athens in 2004....
  
   — Canoeing
  Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....
  
  , Men's K1 1000 m Flatwater

Athletics

• 800 metres, men
  • Heat 3, Jason Stewart, 1:46.24, did not qualify.
• 1500 metres, men
  • Heat 2, Nicholas Willis, 3rd, 3:39.80.
  • Semi final, Nicholas Willis, 6th, 3:41.46 (slowest semi so did not qualify for final).
• 5000 metres, men
  • Heat 2. Michael Aish, 13:50, 17th (32nd overall).
• 5000 metres, women
  • Heat 1, Kimberly Smith, 15:31.80, 11th, did not qualify.
• 10,000 metres, men
  • John Henwood, did not finish.
• Marathon, men
  • Johnathon Wyatt, 21st, (the following weekend, Wyatt won the Mountain Running World Championship at Sauze d'Oulx, Italy).
  • Dale Warrender, 32nd
• Marathon, women
  • Liza Hunter-Galvin, 2:50:23, 51st
• 50 km walk
  • Craig Barrett, 29th, 6:48, 29th.
• Discus, women
  • Heat 1 qualifying, Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand, 64.07 m, 5th best qualifier overall.
  • Final, Beatrice Faumuina, 7th with throw of 63.45 m.
• Pole vault
  • Group A qualifying, Melina Hamilton, 4.15 m, 12th, (24th overall).
• Shot put, women
  • Group A qualifying, Valerie Adams, 3rd with 18.79 m put (at that stage ahead of eventual silver and bronze medallists).
  • Final, Valerie Adams, 8th with 18.56 m put.
• Javelin
  • Group B qualifying, Stuart Farquhar, 74.63 m, 13th (19th overall)

Badminton

• Mixed doubles
  • Round 1, Sara Runesten Petersen
    Sara Petersen
    Sara Runesten Petersen is a female badminton player from New Zealand.-Career:Petersen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Daniel Shirley...
    
     and Daniel Shirley
    Daniel Shirley
    Daniel A. Shirley is a male badminton player from New Zealand.-Career:Shirley competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Sara Petersen...
    
     defeated Philippe Bourret
    Philippe Bourret
    Philippe Bourret is a male badminton player from Canada.Bourret competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Denyse Julien. They lost to Daniel Shirley and Sara Petersen of New Zealand in the round of 32.-References:**...
    
     and Denyse Julien
    Denyse Julien
    Denyse Julien is a female badminton player from Canada notable for her versatility and longevity.-Career:...
    
    , Canada, 15-4, 15-6.
  • Round 2, Runesten Petersen and Shirley lost to Jonas Rasmussen
    Jonas Rasmussen
    Jonas Rasmussen is a male badminton player from Denmark.With his men's double partner Lars Paaske he won the 2003 IBF World Championships defeating Indonesian couple Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto in the gold medal match and the All England Super Series 2010 defeating compatriots Mathias Boe and...
    
     and Rikke Olsen
    Rikke Olsen
    -2004 Summer Olympics:Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second...
    
    , Denmark, 15-14, 15-9.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• 15 August – Lost to Italy (69-71)
• 17 August – Lost to China (62-69)
• 19 August – Defeated Serbia and Montenegro (90-87)
• 21 August – Lost to Argentina (94-98)
• 23 August – Lost to Spain (84-88) → finished 5th in group
• Classification Match
• 24 August – 9th-10th place: Lost to Australia (80-98) → 10th 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...
  
  
• Ed Book
  Ed Book
  Ed Book is a retired American-New Zealand professional basketball player. Book who stands at 2.10 metres tall, came from America to New Zealand in 1994 to play in the New Zealand National Basketball League.At the 2002 FIBA World Championship Book was a stand out player for the Tall Blacks,...
  
  
• Dillon Boucher
  Dillon Boucher
  Dillon Boucher is a New Zealand professional basketball player.Boucher plays for the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian National Basketball League from their inception in 2003 until 2005 when he signed for the Perth Wildcats for whom he played in the 2005/06 Australian NBL season...
  
  
• Craig Bradshaw
  Craig Bradshaw
  Craig Bradshaw is a New Zealand professional basketball player who last played with the NZL NBL team Otago Nuggets....
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Phillip Jones
• Aaron Olson
  Aaron Olson
  Aaron Duane Olson is a former professional basketball player who played for the New Zealand Breakers in the Australasian National Basketball League...
  
  
• Kirk Penney
  Kirk Penney
  Kirk Samuel Penney is a New Zealander professional basketball player.-University of Wisconsin :...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Paul Winitana
• Head Coach: Tab Baldwin
  Tab Baldwin
  Thomas Anthony "Tab" Baldwin ONZM is an American-New Zealand basketball coach,-History:Baldwin was born in Florida and came from Jacksonville Beach to New Zealand in 1988 to coach the Otago Nuggets....
  
  

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• 14 August – Lost to United States (47-99)
• 16 August – Defeated South Korea (81-73)
• 18 August – Lost to Spain (57-91)
• 20 August – Defeated PR China (79-77)
• 22 August – Lost to Czech Republic (57-74) → finished 4th in group
• Quarterfinals
• 25 August – Lost to Australia (55-94)
• Classification Match
• 27 August – 7th-8th place: Lost to Greece (63-87) → 8th place
• Team Roster
• 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:...
  
  
• Gina Farmer
• Sally Farmer
• Aneka Kerr
  Aneka Kerr
  Aneka Kerr is a female basketball player for New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team...
  
  
• Donna Loffhagen
• Angela Marino
  Angela Marino
  Angela Marino is a New Zealand professional women's basketball player currently playing for the Adelaide Lightning in the Women's National Basketball League...
  
  
• Julie Ofsoski
• Jody Tini
  Jody Tini
  Jody Tini is a female basketball player for New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team....
  
  
• Tania Tupu
• Leanne Walker
• Kim Wielens
• Head Coach: Tom Maher
  Tom Maher
  Tom Maher is a basketball coach from Australia, who is the most successful coach in the WNBL history, having won seven WNBL titles...
  
  

Boxing

• Light heavyweight (81 kg)
  • Soulan Pownceby
    Soulan Pownceby
    Soulan James Pownceby is a New Zealand boxer, rated by TVNZ in 2004 as one of New Zealand's most exciting talents since David Tua...
    
     lost to Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey). Referee stopped fight, round 3.

--Lost the fight by out classed in round 3, Beaten by ihsan yildirim tarhan(turkey)

Canoeing

• K1 500 m
  • Heat 4, Steven Ferguson, 2:6.937, 7th, did not qualify.
• K1 1000 m
  • Heat 1, Ben Fouhy, 3:26.064. 1st.
  • Final, Ben Fouhy, 3:27.413, 2nd, silver medal.
• K2 1000 m
  • Heat 1, Ferguson and Fouhy, 3:10.388 2nd.
  • Final, Ferguson and Fouhy, 3:21.336, 8th.

lost the fight by out classed in round 3

Cycling

• Track 3000 m Individual Pursuit, women
  • Qualifying, 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,....
    
    , 3:26.279 (new world record), 1st.
  • Semi-final, Sarah Ulmer, 3:27.444 defeated Olga Slioussareva (Russia) 3:36.263.
  • Final, Sarah Ulmer, 3:24.537, gold medal, (new world record) defeated Katie Mactier (Australia) 3:27.65.
• Points Race, men
  • Greg Henderson, 4th.
• Points race, women
  • Sarah Ulmer, 5th.
• Madison, men
  • Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston, 7th.
• Road Time Trial, men.
  • Heath Blackgrove, 1:3:20.11, 32nd.
• Team Pursuit, men.
  • Hayden Godfrey, Tim Gudsell, Peter Latham, Matthew Randall and Marc Ryan, 4:10.82, 10th.
• Road Race, 224.4 km, men.
  • Julian Dean, 5:41:56, 15th, 12 s behind the gold medallist. Jeremy Yates, Heath Blackgrove and Robin Reid DNF.
• Road Race,118.8 km, women
  • Joanne Kiesanowski, 3:25:42, 17th,
  • Michelle Hyland, 3:40:43, 54th,
  • Melissa Holt, did not finish,
• Mountain bike, 43.3 km cross country, men
  • Kashi Leuchs, 2:28:20, 28th,
• Mountain bike, 31.3 km cross country, women
  • Robyn Wong, 2:10:59, 16th,
• 4000 m Team Pursuit
  • Hayden Godfrey, Peter Latham, Matthew Randall and March Ryan, 4:10.82, 10th. (Tim Gudsell did not start).
• Track 4000 m Individual Pursuit
  • Hayden Godfrey, did not start.
• Keirin
  • Anthony Peden, withdrew from games.

Equestrian

• Showjumping

• • Round 1, Daniel Meech, riding Diagonal, 13 faults.
  • Round 2, Meech and Diagonal, 6 faults.
  • Round 3, Meech and Diagonal, 1 fault.
  • Round A jumpoff, Meech and Diagonal, 1 fault.
  • Round B jumpoff, Meech and Diagonal, 13 faults. 13th overall

• • Round 1, Grant Cashmore, riding Franklins Flyte, no faults.
  • Round 2, Cashmore and Franklins Flyte, 12 faults.
  • Round 3, Cashmore and Franklins Flyte, 20 faults, 41st overall.

• • Round 1, Guy Thomas, riding NZ Madison, 16 faults.
  • Round 2, Thomas and NZ Madison, 13 faults.
  • Round 3, Thomas and NZ Madison, 29 faults, 59th overall.

• • Round 1, Bruce Goodin, riding Braveheart, 28 faults.
  • Round 2, Bruce Goodin and Braveheart, 28 faults.
  • Round 3, Bruce Goodin and Braveheart, withdrawn, 67th overall.

• Three day eventing, individuals
  • Helen Tompkins, riding Glengarrick, 52 penalties, 7th.
  • Matthew Grayling, riding Revo, 63.2 penalties, 15th .
  • 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....
    
    , riding Reddy Teddy, 73 penalties, 18th.
  • Dan Jocelyn, riding Silence, 29th.
  • Andrew Nicholson, riding Finicio, 61st.

• Showjumping
  • Teams, Cashmore, Goodin, Meech and Thomas, 31 faults, 12th.

• Three day eventing, teams
  • Grayling, Tait and Tompkins, 176.2 faults, 5th overall

• Dressage
  • Louisa Hill, riding Gabana, 62.708 points, 49th.

Fencing

• Women's individual épée eliminations
  • Jessica Beer lost to Dimitra Magkanoudaki (Greece), 15-8.

Hockey

• Squad, men: Gareth Brooks
  Gareth Brooks
  Gareth Brooks is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002...
  
  , Phillip Burrows, Dean Couzins, Dion Gosling
  Dion Gosling
  Dion Gosling is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's team competition. He earned a total number of 169 caps during his career.-References:*...
  
  , Bevan Hari, Blair Hopping, David Kosoof
  David Kosoof
  David William Kosoof is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  , Wayne McIndoe, James Nation
  James Nation
  James Henry Nation is a field hockey player from New Zealand who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2001 against Malaysia. The midfielder provides support at centre and left half and is also an attacking penalty corner option...
  
  , Umesh Parag
  Umesh Parag
  Umesh Vasan Parag is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver medal with the team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester...
  
  , Mitesh Patel, Kyle Pontifex (gk), Hayden Shaw
  Hayden Shaw
  Hayden Jonathan Shaw is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002 against Australia. He has played for HC 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.Shaw is often involved in penalty corner set moves and can perform a drag...
  
  , Darren Smith
  Darren Smith (field hockey)
  Darren Campbell Smith is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1995 against Spain....
  
  , Peter Stafford
  Peter Stafford (field hockey)
  Peter Stafford is a field hockey player from New Zealand. He won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's team competition.-References:...
  
  , Lloyd Stephenson
  Lloyd Stephenson
  Lloyd Stephenson is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in April 2001. Originally from Thames Valley, the striker/midfielder was based in Perth for 2005, but played in New Zealand most recently for North Harbour...
  
  , Simon Towns
  Simon Towns
  Simon James Towns is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1992 against Kenya....
  
   (captain), and Paul Woolford (gk).
  • Pool A prelim, 15 August, lost 4-1 to Australia, goal by Darren Smith.
  • Pool A prelim, 17 August, lost 4-3 to Netherlands, goals by Haden Shaw (2) and Phillip Burrows.
  • Pool A prelim, 19 August, won 3-1 against Argentina, goals by Haden Shaw, Bevan Hari and Phillip Burrows.
  • Pool A prelim, 21 August, won 2-1 against India, goals by Phillip Burrows and Hayden Shaw.
  • Pool A prelim, 23 August, won 4-1 against South Africa, goals by Hayden Shaw (2), Dave Kosoof and Phillip Burrows. NZ finished 3rd in Pool A.
  • Ranking prelim, 25 August, won 4-3 against Korea, goals by Phillip Burrows (3) and Wayne McIndoe
  • Ranking play-off, 27 August, lost 4-3 to Pakistan, finished 6th overall

• Squad, women: Stacey Carr, 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....
  
  , Tara Drysdale, Lizzy Igasan
  Lizzy Igasan
  Elizabeth Jane "Lizzy" Igasan is a New Zealand field hockey player who was captain of the national team and a participant in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.-Early life:...
  
  , Leisen Jobe
  Leisen Jobe
  Leisen Michelle Jobe is a retired female field hockey player from New Zealand.She was born in Whangarei, Northland. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and with The Black Sticks team she finished in sixth place. She also competed in other tournaments.-References:...
  
  , Beth Jurgeleit, Suzie Muirhead (captain), Emily Naylor
  Emily Naylor
  Emily Naylor is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who was selected to attend an Olympic Qualifying training camp in late 2003 after performing well for the New Zealand Under 18 Team...
  
  , Meredith Orr
  Meredith Orr
  Meredith Dawn Orr is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in sixth place with the Women's National Team...
  
  , Jaimee Provan, Niniwa Roberts
  Niniwa Roberts
  Niniwa Kiri Rata Roberts-Lang is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who was a member of the squad that finished sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and twelfth at the 2008 Summer Olympics ....
  
  , Rachel Robertson, Kayla Sharland
  Kayla Sharland
  Kayla Marie Sharland is a field hockey striker. Sharland was a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team during its participation at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where it finished sixth.-International senior competitions:* 2003 – Champions Challenge,...
  
  , Rachel Sutherland
  Rachel Sutherland
  Rachel Anne Sutherland is a female field hockey player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in sixth place with the Women's National Team, wearing the number five jersey. Sutherland was affiliated with Emeralds,...
  
  , Lisa Walton, and 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...
  
  .
  • Pool B prelim, 16 August, lost 2-0 to China.
  • Pool B prelim, 18 August, lost 2-0 to Japan.
  • Pool B prelim, 20 August, lost 3-0 to Argentina.
  • Pool B prelim, 22 August, won 3-2 against Spain. Goals by Jaimee Provan, Niniwa Roberts-Lang and Lizzy Igasan. NZ finished 4th in pool.
  • Ranking playoff, 25 August, won 3-2 against Korea. Goals by Niniwa Roberts-Lang, Suzie Muirhead and Lisa Walton.
  • Ranking play-off, 27 August, lost 3-0 to Australia, finished 6th overall.

Judo

• 52 kg eliminations
  • Rochelle Stormont lost to Ioana Maria Aluas (Romania) who secured an ippon 30 s into the bout.

Rowing

• Double sculls, women
  • Heat 1, Caroline Evers-Swindell
    Caroline Evers-Swindell
    Caroline Meyer formerly known as Caroline Evers-Swindell is a former New Zealand rower. She is 179 cm tall and 80kg. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Georgina Earl...
    
     and Georgina Evers-Swindell
    Georgina Evers-Swindell
    Georgina Earl, formerly known as Georgina Evers-Swindell is a former New Zealand rower. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline Meyer, and is a double Olympic gold medalist, having won at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008...
    
    , 1st, 7:25.57.
  • Final, Evers-Swindell and Evers-Swindell, gold medal, 7:1.79.
• Coxless Pairs, men
  • Heat 3, Nathan Twaddle
    Nathan Twaddle
    Nathan Twaddle, MNZM is a rower from New Zealand and Olympic medallist. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in the coxless pair rowing with his partner George Bridgewater and came out with a bronze medal....
    
     and George Bridgewater
    George Bridgewater
    George Bridgewater, MNZM, is a New Zealand rower who currently competes in the pair at international level with Nathan Twaddle. The pair won bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
    
    , 1st, 6:54.75.
  • Semi final, Twaddle and Bridgewater, 3rd, 6:24.49.
  • Final, Twaddle and Bridgewater, 4th, 6:34.24.
• Coxless Fours, men
  • Heat 3, Donald Leach, Mahé Drysdale
    Mahe Drysdale
    Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale, MNZM ) is a New Zealand rower and five-time World Champion single sculler. The name Mahé came from the largest island in the Seychelles....
    
    , Carl Meyer
    Carl Meyer (rower)
    Carl Meyer is a New Zealand rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
    
     and Eric Murray, 2nd, 6:22.91.
  • Semi final, Leach, Drysdale, Meyer and Murray, 2nd 5:52.95.
  • Final, Leach, Drysdale, Meyer and Murray, 4th, 6:15.47.
• Coxless Pairs, women
  • Heat 2, Juliette Haigh
    Juliette Haigh
    Juliette Haigh is a professional rower. Haigh was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 returned to the event and partnered Rebecca Scown in the boat....
    
     and Nicky Coles, 5th, 9:37.53 (both fell from boat after catching crab).
  • Repechage, Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles, 2nd.
  • Final, Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles, 6th, 7:23.52.
• Single sculls, women
  • Heat 2, Sonia (Scown) Waddell, 2nd, 7:36.15.
  • Semi final, Sonia (Scown) Waddell, 3rd, 7:42.
  • Final, Sonia (Scown) Waddell, 6th, 7:31.66.

Sailing

• Finn
  Finn (dinghy)
  The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. It was designed by Swedish canoe designer, Rickard Sarby, in 1949 for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki...
  
  , men
  • Dean Barker, 9th overall. Race 1 5th, Race 2 10th, Race 3 7th, Race 4 11th, Race 5 7th, Race 6 16th, Race 7 DNF, Race 8 12th, Race 9 19th, Race 10 20th, Race 11 10th.

• Europe
  Europe (dinghy)
  The Europe is a one-person dinghy designed in Belgium in 1960 by Alois Roland as a class legal Moth dinghy. The design later changed into its own one-design class....
  
  , women
  • Sarah Macky, 8th overall. Race 1 14th, Race 2 4th, Race 3 8th, Race 4 19th, Race 5 4th, Race 6 20th, Race 7 6th, Race 8 4th, Race 9 10th, Race 10 5th, Race 11 17th.

• Laser
  Laser (dinghy)
  The International Laser Class sailboat, also called Laser Standard and the Laser One is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy. According the Laser Class Rules the boat may be sailed by either one or two people, though it is rarely sailed by two. The design, by Bruce Kirby, emphasizes...
  
  , mixed
  • Hamish Pepper, 7th overall. Race 1 24th, Race 2 9th, Race 3 26th, Race 4 11th, Race 5 9th, Race 5 8th, Race 7 13th, Race 8 3rd, Race 9 11th, Race 10 2nd, Race 11 21st.

• Windsurfer, Mistral
  Windsurfing
  Windsurfing or sailboarding is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four metres long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a...
  
  , men
  • Tom Ashley, 10th overall. Race 1 17th, Race 2 7th, Race 3 3rd, Race 4 18th, Race 5 14th, Race 6 8th, Race 7 14th, Race 8 18th, Race 9, 3rd, Race 10 3rd, Race 11 11th.

• Windsurfer, Mistral
  Windsurfing
  Windsurfing or sailboarding is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually two to four metres long, powered by the orthogonal effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a...
  
  , women
  • Barbara Kendall, 5th overall. Race 1 1st, Race 2 9th, Race 3 disqualified for early start, Race 4 2nd, Race 5 disqualified for early start, Race 6 5th, Race 7 5th, Race 8 3rd, Race 9 1st, Race 10 1st, Race 11 4th.

• Yngling
  Yngling (keelboat)
  thumbA Yngling is a sailing boat which the International Yngling Association call an "agreeable cross between a planing dinghy and a keelboat." It can be regarded as a smaller version of the Soling although there are differences in sailing characteristics, proportion, and tuning requirements,...
  
  , women
  • Sharon Ferris, Joanna White and Kylie Jameson, seventh overall. Race 1 15th, Race 2 16th, Race 3 3rd, Race 4 2nd, Race 5 2nd, Race 6 9th, Race 7 11th, Race 8 7th, Race 9 12th, Race 10 7th, Race 11 9th.

• 470
  470 (dinghy)
  The 470 is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. The name is the overall length of the boat in centimetres . The hull is fibreglass with integral buoyancy tanks. The 470 is equipped with spinnaker and trapeze, making teamwork necessary to...
  
  , men
  • Andrew Brown and Jamie Hunt, 26th overall. Race 1 27th, Race 2 24th, Race 3 23rd, Race 4 23rd, Race 5 22nd, Race 6 13th, Race 7 14th, Race 8 10th, Race 9 26th, Race 10 25th, Race 11 20th.

• 470
  470 (dinghy)
  The 470 is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. The name is the overall length of the boat in centimetres . The hull is fibreglass with integral buoyancy tanks. The 470 is equipped with spinnaker and trapeze, making teamwork necessary to...
  
  , women.
  • Shelley Hesson and Linda Dickson, 16th overall. Race 1 6th, Race 2 8th, Race 3 10th, Race 4 5th, Race 5 17th, Race 6 18th, Race 7 15th, Race 8 13th, Race 9 4th, Race 10 17th, Race 11 13th.

Shooting

• Double trap, women
  • Nadine Stanton, 137 pts, 6th
• Smallbore rifle, prone, men
  • Qualifying, 50 m, Ryan Taylor, 589 pts, 36th

Swimming

• 50 m freestyle, women
  • Heat 5, 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....
    
    , 26.56, 2nd, 34th overall

• 100 m freestyle, men
  • Heat 5, Cameron Gibson
    Cameron Gibson
    Cameron Gibson is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes....
    
    , 51.56, 7th, 43rd overall

• 100 m backstroke, men
  • Heat 4, Cameron Gibson, 56.4, 6th, 34th overall

• 100 m butterfly, men
  • Heat 7, Corney Swanepoel
    Corney Swanepoel
    Corney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
    
    , 53.07, 7th
  • 2nd semifinal, Corney Swanepoel, 52.99 s. 8th, 13th overall.

• 100 m breaststroke, men
  • Heat 3, Ben Labowitch, 1:3.99, 3rd, 36th overall.

• 100 m backstroke, women
  • Heat 5, Hannah McLean
    Hannah McLean
    Hannah McLean is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games.-References:...
    
    , 1:3.09, 7th, 22nd overall.

• 100 m freestyle, women
  • Heat 4, Alison Fitch, 56.29, 3rd, 21st overall

• 100 m butterfly, women
  • Heat 2, Elizabeth Coster, 1:0.61, 23rd

• 100 m breaststroke, women
  • Heat 3, Annabelle Carey, 1:13.13, 8th

• 200 m butterfly, men
  • Heat 5, Moss Burmester
    Moss Burmester
    Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
    
    , 1:58.13, 5th
  • 1st semi-final, Moss Burmester, 1:58.09, 6th, 12th overall

• 200 m backstroke, men
  • Heat 4, Cameron Gibson, 2:2.65, 7th, 20th overall

• 200 m freestyle, women
  • Heat 3, Alison Fitch, 2:3.58, 5th, 29th overall

• 200 m backstroke, women
  • Heat 4, Hannah McLean, 2:13.33, 3rd
  • 2nd semifinal, Hannah McLean, 2:12.87, 7th, 10th overall

• 200 m breaststroke, men
  • Heat 2, Ben Labowitch, 2:19.25, 7th, 39th overall.

• 200 m individual medley, women
  • Heat 4, 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....
    
    , 2:27.27, 7th,
  • First semifinal, Helen Norfolk, 2:17.41, 8th, 17th overall

• 200 m individual medley, men
  • Heat 6, 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...
    
    , 2:1.31 (NZ Record), 3rd
  • 2nd semifinal, Dean Kent, 2:1.94, 7th, 14th overall.

• 400 m freestyle, women
  • Heat 2, Rebecca Linton, 4:21.58, 6th, 31st overall.

• 400 m individual medley, men
  • Heat 1, Dean Kent, 4:18.55, 1st, 13th overall.

• 400 m individual medley, women
  • Heat 2, Helen Norfolk, 4:45.21, 4th, 9th overall.

• 400 m freestyle, men
  • Heat 2, Moss Burmester, 3:57.29, 2nd, 28th overall.

• 800 m freestyle, women
  • Heat 3, Rebecca Linton, 9:2.41, 7th, 24th overall.

• 1500 m freestyle, men
  • Heat 2, Moss Burmester, 15:56.42, 4th, 28th overall

• 4 X 100 m medley relay, men
  • Heat 2, Scott Talbot-Cameron
    Scott Talbot-Cameron
    Scott Talbot-Cameron is a 2-time Olympic and National Record holding backstroke swimmer from New Zealand...
    
    , Labowitch, Swanepoel and Gibson, 3:42.74, 7th, 12th overall.

• 4 X 100 m medley relay, women
  • Heat 1, McLean, Coster, Carey and Fitch, 4:10.37, 6th, 13th overall.

• 4 X 200 m freestyle relay, women
  • Heat 1, Natalie Bernard, Norfolk, Linton and Fitch, 8:14.76, 7th, 13th overall.

Table tennis

• women's singles.
  • Round 1, Li Chunli, bye.
  • Round 2, Li Chunli defeated Tawny Bank (USA) 4-1, ( 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9).
  • Round 3, Li Chunli lost to Yining Zhang (China), the gold medallist, (8-11, 10-12, 5-11, 7-11).
• women's doubles.
  • Round 1, Li Chunli and Karen Li, bye.
  • Round 2, Li Chunli and Karen Li defeated Jian Fang Lay and Miao Miao (Australia), 4-2, (12-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-15, 11-2, 14-12).
  • Round 3, Li Chunli and Karen Li defeated Nicole Struse and Elke Wosch (Germany) 4-1, (11-6, 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6).
  • Round 4, Li Chunli and Karen Li lost to Hyang Mi Kim and Hyon Hui Kim (North Korea) 4-2, (8-11, 13-11, 6-11, 13-11, 5-11, 4-11).

Taekwondo

• Under 67 kg, women
  • Round 1, Verina Wihongi lost 4-0 to Elisavet Mystakidou of Greece.
  • Repechage, lost 4-1 to Heidy Juarez of Guatemala.

Triathlon

• Men's 1500 m swim, 40 km cycling, 10 km run
  • 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...
    
    , gold medal with time of 1:51:7.73. Sector times were swim 18:19, cycling 1:44 and run 51:7.73
  • Bevan Docherty
    Bevan Docherty
    Bevan John Docherty is a triathlete from New Zealand who twice won medals at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupo....
    
    , silver medal, 1:51:56. Sector times were swim 18:13, cycling 1:51, and run 51:15.6.
• Women's 1500 m swim, 40 km cycling, 10 km run
  • Samantha Warriner, 18th with time of 2:08.42.