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New Zealand at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Beijing
Competitors182 in 17 sports
Flag bearers Mahé Drysdale (opening)
Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell (closing)
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908–1912)
The bronze medal winning New Zealand men's team pursuit cyclists on the podium

New Zealand took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 182 competitors, making this its largest ever delegation to the Olympic Games.[1] It was also one of the most successful, equalling New Zealand's combined medal tally from the previous two Summer games.[2] On 16 August – dubbed "Super Saturday" by journalists – New Zealand had its greatest single day at any Olympics, winning 5 medals: two gold, one silver and two bronze.[3] New Zealand also gained its first Olympic track medal since 1976 when Nick Willis won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres, becoming the sixth New Zealander to win an Olympic medal in that event.[4] The success at the Olympics has boosted Athletics participation since then.[5]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Georgina Evers-Swindell
Caroline Evers-Swindell
Rowing Women's double sculls
 Gold Valerie Vili Athletics Women's shot put
 Gold Tom Ashley Sailing Men's sailboard
 Silver Hayden Roulston Cycling Men's individual pursuit
 Silver Nick Willis Athletics Men's 1500 m
 Bronze Mahé Drysdale Rowing Men's single sculls
 Bronze Nathan Twaddle
George Bridgewater
Rowing Men's coxless pair
 Bronze Hayden Roulston
Jesse Sergent
Marc Ryan
Sam Bewley
Cycling Men's team pursuit
 Bronze Bevan Docherty Triathlon Men's triathlon

Delegation

New Zealand sent 182 representatives competing in 17 sports.[6] Seventeen-year-old footballer Merissa Smith (born 11 November 1990) was New Zealand's youngest competitor, while 52-year-old equestrian eventer Mark Todd (born 1 March 1956) was the oldest competitor.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Adrian Blincoe 5000 m 13:55.27 7 Did not advance
James Dolphin 200 m 20.98 6 Did not advance
Nick Willis 800 m DNS Did not advance
1500 m 3:36.01 2 Q 3:37.54 5 Q 3:34.16 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Stuart Farquhar Javelin throw 76.14 20 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Liza Hunter-Galvan Marathon 2:34:51 35
Nina Rillstone 2:31:16 16
Kimberley Smith 10000 m 30:51.00 9
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Beatrice Faumuina Discus throw 57.15 28 Did not advance
Valerie Vili Shot put 19.73 1 Q 20.56 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Rebecca Wardell Result 14.07 1.71 14.28 24.64 5.84 42.14 2:13.65 5989 22*
Points 968 867 813 920 801 708 912

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[7] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Wardell moved up a position.

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
John Moody Men's singles Bye  Chen J (CHN)
L 9–21, 11–21
Did not advance
Craig Cooper
Renee Flavell
Mixed doubles  Lee H-j /
Lee Y-d (KOR)
L 12–21, 11–21
Did not advance

Basketball

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics New Zealand women's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game B15

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Luuka Jones Women's K-1 162.35 20 110.01 16 272.36 21 Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ben Fouhy Men's K-1 1000 m 3:33.037 3 QS 3:33.542 2 Q 3:29.193 4
Steven Ferguson Men's K-1 500 m 1:37.538 4 QS 1:42.238 1 Q 1:38.512 8
Steven Ferguson
Mike Walker
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:19.167 4 QS 3:23.511 2 Q 3:15.329 5
Erin Taylor Women's K-1 500 m 1:52.517 6 QS 1:54.300 5 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Glen Chadwick Men's road race 6:39:42 91
Julian Dean 6:34:06 54
Timothy Gudsell Did not finish
Catherine Cheatley Women's road race 3:41:08 53
Jo Kiesanowski 3:33:17 28

Track

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results
Rank Opponent
Results
Rank
Hayden Roulston Men's individual pursuit 4:18.997 2 Q  Phinney (USA)
4:19:232
2 Q  Wiggins (GBR)
4:19:611
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alison Shanks Women's individual pursuit 3:34.312 4 Q  Hammer (USA)
3:32.478
4 Q  Kalytovska (UKR)
3:34.156
4
Sam Bewley
Westley Gough
Hayden Roulston
Marc Ryan
Jesse Sergent
Men's team pursuit 3:59.277 2 Q  Spain (ESP)
3:57.536
3 Q  Australia (AUS)
3:57.776
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Greg Henderson Men's points race 13 0 10
Catherine Cheatley Women's points race 0 0 17
Greg Henderson
Hayden Roulston
Men's madison 5 −1 10

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Kashi Leuchs Men's cross-country 2:06:30 24
Rosara Joseph Women's cross-country 1:51:07 9

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Marc Willers Men's BMX 36.519 17 9 2 Q 23 8 Did not advance
Sarah Walker Women's BMX 37.187 4 6 2 Q 38.805 4

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Joe Meyer Snip Individual 43.90 19 21.20 65.10 19 25.00 90.10 28 Q 12.00 102.10 24 102.10 24
Andrew Nicholson Lord Killinghurst 44.60 21 Eliminated Did not advance
Caroline Powell Lenamore 48.00 26 21.20 69.20 26 4.00 73.20 19 Q 0.00 73.20 14 73.20 14
Mark Todd Gandalf 49.40 # 30 27.20 76.60 29 1.00 77.60 21 Q 0.00 77.60 17 77.60 17
Heelan Tompkins Sugoi 55.60 # 49 75.20 130.80 # 56 8.00 138.80 # =48 Did not advance 138.80 50
Joe Meyer
Andrew Nicholson
Caroline Powell
Mark Todd
Heelan Tompkins
See above Team 136.50 6 94.40 230.90 6 10.00 240.90 5 240.90 5

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Bruce Goodin Yamato Individual 14 66 12 26 54 Did not advance 26 54
Katie McVean Forest 72 77 45 117 71 Did not advance 117 71
Kirk Webby Sitah 4 30 8 12 30 Q 12 24 33 Q 24 34 Did not advance 24 34
Sharn Wordley Rockville 47 75 25 72 70 Did not advance 72 70
Bruce Goodin
Katie McVean
Kirk Webby
Sharn Wordley
See above Team 45 14 Did not advance 45 13

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Team roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics New Zealand men's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A11 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A13

Classification match for 7th/8th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game C3

Women's tournament

Team roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics New Zealand women's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B15

Classification match for 11th/12th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game C1

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics New Zealand men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football group C standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game C2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game C3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game C6

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics New Zealand women's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football group G standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game C1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game C4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game C6

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mahé Drysdale Single sculls 7:28.80 1 QF 6:50.18 1 SA/B 7:05.57 3 FA 7:01.56 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
George Bridgewater
Nathan Twaddle
Pair 6:41.65 1 SA/B Bye 6:36.05 2 FA 6:44.19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nathan Cohen
Rob Waddell
Double sculls 6:24.32 1 SA/B Bye 6:24.16 3 FA 6:30.79 4
Peter Taylor
Storm Uru
Lightweight double sculls 6:16.78 1 SA/B Bye 6:30.53 4 FB 6:27.14 7
Hamish Bond
James Dallinger
Carl Meyer
Eric Murray
Four 6:00.73 2 SA/B Bye 5:57.31 4 FB 6:06.30 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emma Twigg Single sculls 7:45.12 1 QF 7:34.24 3 SA/B 7:38.09 4 FB 7:51.63 9
Nicky Coles
Juliette Haigh
Pair 7:31.45 2 R 7:32.64 1 FA 7:28.80 5
Caroline Evers-Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell
Double sculls 7:03.92 1 FA Bye 7:07.32 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

New Zealand qualified 1 boat for each of the following events. Although Aaron McIntosh and Mark Kennedy qualified for the Tornado class, they did not compete at these Games.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Tom Ashley RS:X 4 7 7 1 5 5 3 6 8 32 6 52 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Andrew Murdoch Laser 2 5 40 20 24 5 5 17 1 CAN 2 81 5
Peter Burling
Carl Evans
470 7 10 14 12 BFD 10 22 12 1 7 EL 95 11
Hamish Pepper
Carl Williams
Star 4 9 2 11 1 12 11 13 5 11 14 80 9
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Barbara Kendall RS:X 12 7 12 4 2 4 3 6 13 21 12 75 6
Jo Aleh Laser Radial 22 4 2 2 2 14 14 14 20 CAN 18 90 7
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Dan Slater Finn 21 19 18 4 9 7 13 6 CAN CAN EL 76 12

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Robert Eastham 50 m rifle prone 594 14 Did not advance
Graeme Ede Trap 114 20 Did not advance
Double trap 113 18 Did not advance
Yang Wang 10 m air pistol 571 39 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Nadine Stanton Trap 63 10 Did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Moss Burmester 100 m butterfly 52.67 32 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:55.80 10 Q 1:55.26 7 Q 1:54.35 4
Dean Kent 200 m individual medley 2:01.12 21 Did not advance
Glenn Snyders 100 m breaststroke 1:00.98 20 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:11.19 16 Q 2:12.07 16 Did not advance
Corney Swanepoel 100 m butterfly 51.78 NR 9 Q 52.01 12 Did not advance
William Benson
Orinoco Faamausili-Banse
Cameron Gibson
Mark Herring
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:15.41 11 Did not advance
Daniel Bell
Cameron Gibson
Glenn Snyders
Corney Swanepoel
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:34.09 6 Q 3:33.39 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Elizabeth Coster 100 m backstroke 1:00.66 15 Q 1:01.45 16 Did not advance
Melissa Ingram 100 m backstroke 1:01.24 20 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:09.34 8 Q 2:09.70 11 Did not advance
Helen Norfolk 200 m individual medley 2:13.50 18 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:44.22 24 Did not advance
Lauren Boyle
Natasha Hind
Helen Norfolk
Hayley Palmer
4 × 200 m freestyle relay DSQ Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Lisa Daniels
Nina Daniels
Duet 40.750 23 40.417 81.167 23 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Logan Campbell Men's −68 kg  Sung Y-C (TPE)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Matthew Beach Men's +80 kg  Liu Xb (CHN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Robin Cheong Women's −57 kg  Bah (CIV)
W 1–0
 Lim S-J (KOR)
L 1–4
Did not advance  Su L-W (TPE)
L 0–1
Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Marina Erakovic Women's singles  Morita (JPN)
L 7–5, 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Bevan Docherty Men's 18:45 0:28 1:17:42 0:26 30:57 1:49:05.59 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kris Gemmell 19:06 0:25 1:17:40 0:27 35:42 1:53:49.47 39
Shane Reed 18:00 0:28 1:17:47 0:27 34:34 1:52:48.16 34
Andrea Hewitt Women's 19:54 0:29 1:24:38 0:29 35:38 2:00:45.99 8
Debbie Tanner 19:57 0:29 1:24:43 0:29 35:54 2:01:06.92 10
Samantha Warriner 19:58 0:30 1:24:43 0:35 36:55 2:02:13.60 16

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Mark Spooner Men's −69 kg 123 26 158 19 281 21
Richie Patterson Men's −77 kg 130 25 170 18 300 21

Officials

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand to send 182 athletes to Beijing Olympics", Associated Press, 21 July 2008
  2. ^ Millmow, Jonathan; McDonald, Greer (21 August 2008). "It's one of our best Olympics ever". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
  3. ^ Tony Smith (18 August 2008). "Saturday was super, but we can double that". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 August 2008..
  4. ^ "Willis wins 1500m bronze". Bring on Beijing 2008. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  5. ^ Northern Advocate
  6. ^ "Olympics: NZ team numbers finalised". NZPA. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  8. ^ NZPA (1 March 2008). "NZ get Olympics tornado spot: Aussies take out title". stuff.co.nz.