New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | NZL |
NOC | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 182 in 17 sports |
Flag bearers | Mahé Drysdale (opening) Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell (closing) |
Medals Ranked 25th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Australasia (1908–1912) |
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 |
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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.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:
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Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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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 |
- 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 | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Beatrice Faumuina | Discus throw | 57.15 | 28 | Did not advance | |
Valerie Vili | Shot put | 19.73 | 1 Q | 20.56 |
- 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 | |
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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 | |||||||||
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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 | |||
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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 |
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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 | |||
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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 |
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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 |
- Omnium
Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | ||
George Bridgewater Nathan Twaddle |
Pair | 6:41.65 | 1 SA/B | Bye | — | 6:36.05 | 2 FA | 6:44.19 | |||
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 | |||||
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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 |
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 | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Tom Ashley | RS:X | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 52 | ||
Andrew Murdoch | Laser | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 1 | CAN | 2 | 81 | 5 | |
Peter Burling Carl Evans |
470 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 7 | EL | 95 | 11 | |
Hamish Pepper Carl Williams |
Star | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 80 | 9 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Barbara Kendall | RS:X | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 75 | 6 | |
Jo Aleh | Laser Radial | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | CAN | 18 | 90 | 7 |
- Open
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Dan Slater | Finn | 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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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) | |||||
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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Bevan Docherty | Men's | 18:45 | 0:28 | 1:17:42 | 0:26 | 30:57 | 1:49:05.59 | |
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 | ||
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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
- Chef de Mission: Dave Currie
See also
References
- ^ "New Zealand to send 182 athletes to Beijing Olympics", Associated Press, 21 July 2008
- ^ Millmow, Jonathan; McDonald, Greer (21 August 2008). "It's one of our best Olympics ever". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ Tony Smith (18 August 2008). "Saturday was super, but we can double that". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 August 2008..
- ^ "Willis wins 1500m bronze". Bring on Beijing 2008. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ^ Northern Advocate
- ^ "Olympics: NZ team numbers finalised". NZPA. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- ^ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ NZPA (1 March 2008). "NZ get Olympics tornado spot: Aussies take out title". stuff.co.nz.