List of Olympic medallists for New Zealand

New Zealand at the
Olympics
New Zealand at the; Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
Medals	Gold 47 Silver 27 Bronze 46 Total 120
Summer appearances
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand Olympic medallists have achieved considerable sporting success for New Zealand, often considered to be notable due to the relatively small population of the country (5.22 million as of June 2023). Being located in the remote South Pacific, New Zealanders needed to endure long sea voyages to attend the early Olympics. It was not until the VII Olympiad in 1920 that New Zealand sent its first team. Prior to that, three New Zealanders won medals competing for Australasian teams in 1908 and 1912. On only two occasions since 1920 has New Zealand failed to win a medal at the Summer Olympics, in 1948 at London and in 1980 at Moscow, when only four competitors were sent as a result of the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.^[1]

New Zealand has had a much smaller participation in the Winter Olympics, due to the country's temperate climate, not generally experiencing the severe winters to lowland levels, common in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. The first New Zealand team to attend a Winter Olympics was in 1952. The nation has only won medals at two Winter games, in 1992 and in 2018.

The sporting rivalry between New Zealand and bigger neighbour Australia has been evident at many Olympic Games. In 1984, some Australian media outlets poked fun at the New Zealand gold medallists, saying they had been sitting down on the job at the Los Angeles Games, where they were successful in canoeing, equestrian, rowing and sailing. The New Zealand media pointed out that New Zealand had finished 8th on the final medals table, and Australia only 14th. New Zealand has finished higher than Australia on the medals table only in 1976, when Australia failed to win a gold medal, and Los Angeles in 1984.

Medallists

#	Medal	Games	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1	Bronze	1920 Antwerp	Darcy Hadfield	Rowing	Men's single sculls	29 August 1920
2	Bronze	1924 Paris	Arthur Porritt	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	7 July 1924
3	Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Ted Morgan	Boxing	Men's welterweight	11 August 1928
4	Silver	1932 Los Angeles	Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	13 August 1932
5	Gold	1936 Berlin	Jack Lovelock	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	6 August 1936
6	Bronze	1952 Helsinki	John Holland	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	21 July 1952
7	Gold	1952 Helsinki	Yvette Williams	Athletics	Women's long jump	23 July 1952
8	Bronze	1952 Helsinki	Jean Stewart	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	31 July 1952
9	Gold	1956 Melbourne	Norman Read	Athletics	Men's 50 kilometres walk	24 November 1956
10	Gold	1956 Melbourne	Jack Cropp Peter Mander	Sailing	12m² Sharpie	5 December 1956
11	Gold	1960 Rome	Peter Snell	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	2 September 1960
12	Gold	1960 Rome	Murray Halberg	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	2 September 1960
13	Bronze	1960 Rome	Barry Magee	Athletics	Men's marathon	10 September 1960
14	Gold	1964 Tokyo	Peter Snell	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	16 October 1964
15	Bronze	1964 Tokyo	Marise Chamberlain	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	20 October 1964
16	Gold	1964 Tokyo	Peter Snell	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	21 October 1964
17	Bronze	1964 Tokyo	John Davies	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	21 October 1964
18	Gold	1964 Tokyo	Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells	Sailing	Flying Dutchman
19	Gold	1968 Mexico City	Warren Cole Ross Collinge Dick Joyce Dudley Storey Simon Dickie (cox)	Rowing	Men's coxed four	19 October 1968
20	Bronze	1968 Mexico City	Ian Ballinger	Shooting	Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone	19 October 1968
21	Bronze	1968 Mexico City	Mike Ryan	Athletics	Men's marathon	20 October 1968
22	Silver	1972 Munich	Ross Collinge Noel Mills Dudley Storey Dick Tonks	Rowing	Men's coxless four	2 September 1972
23	Gold	1972 Munich	Trevor Coker Joe Earl John Hunter Tony Hurt Dick Joyce Gary Robertson Wybo Veldman Lindsay Wilson Simon Dickie (cox)	Rowing	Men's eight	2 September 1972
24	Bronze	1972 Munich	Rod Dixon	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	10 September 1972
25	Bronze	1976 Montreal	Trevor Coker Peter Dignan Joe Earl Tony Hurt Alec McLean Dave Rodger Ivan Sutherland Lindsay Wilson Simon Dickie (cox)	Rowing	Men's eight	25 July 1976
26	Gold	1976 Montreal	New Zealand men's national team Paul Ackerley Jeff Archibald Arthur Borren Alan Chesney John Christensen Greg Dayman Tony Ineson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Alan McIntyre Arthur Parkin Mohan Patel Ramesh Patel	Hockey	Men's tournament	30 July 1976
27	Silver	1976 Montreal	Dick Quax	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	30 July 1976
28	Gold	1976 Montreal	John Walker	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	31 July 1976
29	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Mark Todd	Equestrian	Individual eventing	3 August 1984
30	Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Kevin Lawton Barrie Mabbott Don Symon Ross Tong Brett Hollister (cox)	Rowing	Men's coxed four	5 August 1984
31	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Shane O'Brien Les O'Connell Conrad Robertson Keith Trask	Rowing	Men's coxless four	5 August 1984
32	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Rex Sellers Chris Timms	Sailing	Tornado	8 August 1984
33	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Russell Coutts	Sailing	Finn	8 August 1984
34	Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Bruce Kendall	Sailing	Windglider	8 August 1984
35	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Ian Ferguson	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres	10 August 1984
36	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 metres	10 August 1984
37	Silver	1984 Los Angeles	Kevin Barry	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	11 August 1984
38	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Alan Thompson	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	11 August 1984
39	Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres	11 August 1984
40	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Andrew Bennie Margaret Knighton Tinks Pottinger Mark Todd	Equestrian	Team eventing	22 September 1988
41	Gold	1988 Seoul	Mark Todd	Equestrian	Individual eventing	22 September 1988
42	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Paul Kingsman	Swimming	Men's 200 metre backstroke	22 September 1988
43	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Lynley Hannen Nikki Payne	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	24 September 1988
44	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Greg Johnston George Keys Ian Wright Chris White Andrew Bird (cox)	Rowing	Men's coxed four	24 September 1988
45	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Eric Verdonk	Rowing	Men's single sculls	24 September 1988
46	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Anthony Mosse	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	24 September 1988
47	Bronze	1988 Seoul	John Cutler	Sailing	Finn	27 September 1988
48	Silver	1988 Seoul	Rex Sellers Chris Timms	Sailing	Tornado	27 September 1988
49	Gold	1988 Seoul	Bruce Kendall	Sailing	Men's Division II	27 September 1988
50	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Paul MacDonald	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres	30 September 1988
51	Gold	1988 Seoul	Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 metres	30 September 1988
52	Bronze	1988 Seoul	Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 metres	1 October 1988
53	Silver	1992 Albertville	Annelise Coberger	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	20 February 1992
54	Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Gary Anderson	Cycling	Men’s individual pursuit	29 July 1992
55	Silver	1992 Barcelona	Vicki Latta Andrew Nicholson Blyth Tait	Equestrian	Team eventing	30 July 1992
56	Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Blyth Tait	Equestrian	Individual eventing	30 July 1992
57	Silver	1992 Barcelona	Danyon Loader	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	30 July 1992
58	Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Lorraine Moller	Athletics	Women's marathon	1 August 1992
59	Gold	1992 Barcelona	Barbara Kendall	Sailing	Women's Lechner	2 August 1992
60	Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Leslie Egnot Jan Shearer	Sailing	Women's 470	3 August 1992
61	Silver	1992 Barcelona	Don Cowie Rod Davis	Sailing	Star	3 August 1992
62	Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Craig Monk	Sailing	Finn	3 August 1992
63	Bronze	1992 Barcelona	David Tua	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	8 August 1992
64	Gold	1996 Atlanta	Danyon Loader	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle	20 July 1996
65	Gold	1996 Atlanta	Danyon Loader	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle	23 July 1996
66	Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Vaughn Jefferis Vicky Latta Andrew Nicholson Blyth Tait	Equestrian	Team eventing	26 July 1996
67	Gold	1996 Atlanta	Blyth Tait	Equestrian	Individual eventing	26 July 1996
68	Silver	1996 Atlanta	Sally Clark	Equestrian	Individual eventing	26 July 1996
69	Silver	1996 Atlanta	Barbara Kendall	Sailing	Women's Mistral	2 August 1996
70	Bronze	2000 Sydney	Mark Todd	Equestrian	Individual eventing	22 September 2000
71	Gold	2000 Sydney	Rob Waddell	Rowing	Men's single sculls	23 September 2000
72	Bronze	2000 Sydney	Barbara Kendall	Sailing	Women's Mistral	24 September 2000
73	Bronze	2000 Sydney	Aaron McIntosh	Sailing	Men's Mistral	24 September 2000
74	Gold	2004 Athens	Caroline Evers-Swindell Georgina Evers-Swindell	Rowing	Women's double sculls	21 August 2004
75	Gold	2004 Athens	Sarah Ulmer	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	22 August 2004
76	Gold	2004 Athens	Hamish Carter	Triathlon	Men's event	26 August 2004
77	Silver	2004 Athens	Bevan Docherty	Triathlon	Men's event	26 August 2004
78	Silver	2004 Athens	Ben Fouhy	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m	27 August 2004
79	Bronze	2008 Beijing	Mahé Drysdale	Rowing	Men's single sculls	16 August 2008
80	Bronze	2008 Beijing	Nathan Twaddle George Bridgewater	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	16 August 2008
81	Gold	2008 Beijing	Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell	Rowing	Women's double sculls	16 August 2008
82	Silver	2008 Beijing	Hayden Roulston	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit	16 August 2008
83	Gold	2008 Beijing	Valerie Vili	Athletics	Women's shot put	16 August 2008
84	Bronze	2008 Beijing	Hayden Roulston Jesse Sergent Marc Ryan Sam Bewley	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	18 August 2008
85	Bronze	2008 Beijing	Bevan Docherty	Triathlon	Men's triathlon	19 August 2008
86	Silver	2008 Beijing	Nick Willis	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	19 August 2008
87	Gold	2008 Beijing	Tom Ashley	Sailing	Men's RS:X	20 August 2008
88	Bronze	2012 London	Andrew Nicholson Jonathan Paget Caroline Powell Jonelle Richards Mark Todd	Equestrian	Team eventing	31 July 2012
89	Bronze	2012 London	Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown	Rowing	Women's pair	1 August 2012
90	Gold	2012 London	Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	Rowing	Men's double sculls	2 August 2012
91	Gold	2012 London	Hamish Bond Eric Murray	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	3 August 2012
92	Gold	2012 London	Mahé Drysdale	Rowing	Men's single sculls	3 August 2012
93	Bronze	2012 London	Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Westley Gough Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	3 August 2012
94	Bronze	2012 London	Peter Taylor Storm Uru	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	4 August 2012
95	Gold	2012 London	Valerie Adams	Athletics	Women's shot put	6 August 2012
96	Bronze	2012 London	Simon van Velthooven	Cycling	Men's keirin	7 August 2012
97	Silver	2012 London	Peter Burling Blair Tuke	Sailing	49er class	8 August 2012
98	Gold	2012 London	Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	Sailing	Women's 470	10 August 2012
99	Silver	2012 London	Sarah Walker	Cycling	Women's BMX	10 August 2012
100	Gold	2012 London	Lisa Carrington	Canoeing	Women's K-1 200 m	11 August 2012
101	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Natalie Rooney	Shooting	Women's trap	7 August 2016
102	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	New Zealand women's rugby sevens team Shakira Baker Kelly Brazier Gayle Broughton Theresa Fitzpatrick Sarah Goss Huriana Manuel Kayla McAlister Tyla Nathan-Wong Terina Te Tamaki Ruby Tui Niall Williams Portia Woodman	Rugby sevens	Women's tournament	8 August 2016
103	Gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Hamish Bond Eric Murray	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	11 August 2016
104	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Luuka Jones	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	11 August 2016
105	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	Cycling	Men's team sprint	11 August 2016
106	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	12 August 2016
107	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Valerie Adams	Athletics	Women's shot put	12 August 2016
108	Gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Mahé Drysdale	Rowing	Men's single sculls	13 August 2016
109	Gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Lisa Carrington	Canoeing	Women's K-1 200 m	16 August 2016
110	Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sam Meech	Sailing	Laser	16 August 2016
111	Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Lisa Carrington	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m	18 August 2016
112	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	Sailing	Women's 470	18 August 2016
113	Gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Peter Burling Blair Tuke	Sailing	Men's 49er	18 August 2016
114	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Alex Maloney Molly Meech	Sailing	Women's 49erFX	18 August 2016
115	Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Tomas Walsh	Athletics	Men's shot put	18 August 2016
116	Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Eliza McCartney	Athletics	Women's pole vault	19 August 2016
117	Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Lydia Ko	Golf	Women's individual	20 August 2016
118	Bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Nick Willis	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	20 August 2016
119	Bronze	2018 PyeongChang	Zoi Sadowski-Synnott	Snowboarding	Women's big air	22 February 2018
120	Bronze	2018 PyeongChang	Nico Porteous	Freestyle skiing	Men's halfpipe	22 February 2018

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Bruce Biddle originally finished fourth in the cycling road race. When the original Bronze medallist was subsequently disqualified for drug usage, Biddle should have been placed third. However he was not awarded the Bronze medal as he had not been asked to take a drugs test. Despite the continued efforts of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee refused to overturn its decision.

Pre-NZOC medals

Gold

1912 Stockholm
- Malcolm Champion, swimming, member of Australasian 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team
1900 Paris
- Victor Lindberg, water polo, member of Great Britain's Osborne Swimming Club

Bronze

1912 Stockholm
- Anthony Wilding, tennis, singles, member of Australasian team
1908 London
- Harry Kerr, athletics, 3500 m walk, member of Australasian team

Milestones

First medal (by a New Zealander): Victor Lindberg (1900, for Great Britain)^[2]
First Gold medal (by a New Zealander): Victor Lindberg (1900, for Great Britain)
First medal (for New Zealand): Clarence Hadfield D'Arcy (1920)
First Gold medal (for New Zealand): Ted Morgan (1928)
First female medallist: Yvette Williams (1952)
First female Gold medallist: Yvette Williams (1952)
First double medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
First double Gold medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
First double Gold medallist at a single Games: Peter Snell (1964)
First triple medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
First triple Gold medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
First triple medallist at a single Games: Ian Ferguson (1984)
First triple Gold medallist at a single Games: Ian Ferguson (1984)
First quadruple medallists: Ian Ferguson & Paul McDonald (1984, 1988)
First quadruple Gold medallist: Ian Ferguson (1984, 1988)
First quintuple medallist: Ian Ferguson & Paul McDonald (1984, 1988)
First Winter medallist: Annelise Coberger (1992)
First female double medallist: Vicky Latta (1992, 1996)
First female triple medallist: Barbara Kendall (1992, 1996, 2000)
First female double Gold medallists: Caroline & Georgina Evers-Swindell (2004, 2008)
First female double medallist at a single Games: Lisa Carrington (2016)
First male Winter medallist: Nico Porteous (2018)

Youngest medallists

Youngest medallists
Name	Age	Date of birth	Medal date	Note
Nico Porteous	16 years, 91 days	23 November 2001	22 February 2018
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott	16 years, 353 days	6 March 2001	22 February 2018	Youngest female medallist
Danyon Loader	17 years, 100 days	21 April 1975	30 July 1992	Youngest Summer medallist
Terina Te Tamaki	19 years, 79 days	1 May 1997	8 August 2016	Youngest female Summer medallist
Lydia Ko	19 years, 118 days	24 April 1997	20 August 2016
Eliza McCartney	19 years, 252 days	11 December 1996	19 August 2016
Bruce Kendall	20 years, 42 days	27 June 1964	8 August 1984
Annelise Coberger	20 years, 157 days	16 September 1971	20 February 1992
Paul Kingsman	21 years, 99 days	15 June 1967	22 September 1988
Danyon Loader	21 years, 100 days	21 April 1975	30 July 1996	Youngest gold medallist

Most successful Olympians

New Zealanders who have won two or more gold medals, or three or more medals:

Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ian Ferguson	4	1	-	5
Paul MacDonald	3	1	1	5
Peter Snell	3	-	-	3
Danyon Loader	2	1	-	3
Valerie Adams	2	1	-	3
Mark Todd	2	-	3	5
Simon Dickie	2	-	1	3
Mahé Drysdale	2	-	1	3
Lisa Carrington	2	-	1	3
Dick Joyce	2	-	-	2
Alan Thompson	2	-	-	2
Caroline Evers-Swindell	2	-	-	2
Georgina Evers-Swindell	2	-	-	2
Hamish Bond^[3]^[4]	2	-	-	2
Eric Murray^[4]^[3]	2	-	-	2
Blyth Tait	1	1	2	4
Barbara Kendall	1	1	1	3
Andrew Nicholson	-	1	2	3

References

^ "1980 Moscow". Archive.is. 2 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
^ "Original NZ Olympian celebrated". The Northland Age. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Rowing | New Zealand Olympic Team". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "coxless pair (2-) men - Olympic Rowing". Olympic.org. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[1] "1980 Moscow". Archive.is. 2 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[2] "Original NZ Olympian celebrated". The Northland Age. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[olympic1-3] "Rowing | New Zealand Olympic Team". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[olympic2-4] "coxless pair (2-) men - Olympic Rowing". Olympic.org. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

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v t e Summer Olympics multiple gold medallists from New Zealand
Five	Lisa Carrington Canoeing: 2012 – K-1 200 m 2016 – K-1 200 m 2020 – K-1 200 m 2020 – K-2 500 m 2020 – K-1 500 m
Four	Ian Ferguson Canoeing: 1984 – K-1 500 m 1984 – K-2 500 m 1984 – K-4 1000 m 1988 – K-2 500 m
Three	Peter Snell Athletics: 1960 – 800 m 1964 – 800 m 1964 – 1500 m Paul MacDonald Canoeing: 1984 – K-2 500 m 1984 – K-4 1000 m 1988 – K-2 500 m Hamish Bond Rowing: 2012 – Coxless pair 2016 – Coxless pair 2020 – Eight
Two	Simon Dickie Rowing: 1968 – Coxed four 1972 – Eight Dick Joyce Rowing: 1968 – Coxed four 1972 – Eight Alan Thompson Canoeing: 1984 – K-1 1000 m 1984 – K-4 1000 m Mark Todd Equestrian: 1984 – Individual eventing 1988 – Individual eventing Danyon Loader Swimming: 1996 – 200 m freestyle 1996 – 400 m freestyle Caroline Evers-Swindell Rowing: 2004 – Double sculls 2008 – Double sculls Georgina Evers-Swindell Rowing: 2004 – Double sculls 2008 – Double sculls Valerie Adams Athletics: 2008 – Shot put 2012 – Shot put Mahé Drysdale Rowing: 2012 – Single sculls 2016 – Single sculls Eric Murray Rowing: 2012 – Coxless pair 2016 – Coxless pair

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