New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Appearance
New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | NZL |
NOC | New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association |
Website | www |
in Los Angeles, USA | |
Competitors | 130 in 18 sports |
Flag bearer | John Walker |
Officials | 59 |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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New Zealand competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 130 competitors, 98 men and 32 women, took part in 76 events in 18 sports.[1] The country recorded 11 medals, including eight golds, resulting in the nation ranking among the top ten in the medal table.
Medal tables
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Mark Todd | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 3 August |
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Shane O'Brien Les O'Connell Conrad Robertson Keith Trask |
Rowing | Men's coxless four | 5 August |
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Rex Sellers Chris Timms |
Sailing | Tornado | 8 August |
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Russell Coutts | Sailing | Finn | 8 August |
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Ian Ferguson | Canoeing | Men's K-1 500 metres | 10 August |
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Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald |
Canoeing | Men's K-2 500 metres | 10 August |
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Alan Thompson | Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 metres | 11 August |
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Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson |
Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 metres | 11 August |
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Kevin Barry | Boxing | Light heavyweight | 11 August |
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Kevin Lawton Barrie Mabbott Don Symon Ross Tong Brett Hollister (cox) |
Rowing | Men's coxed four | 5 August |
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Bruce Kendall | Sailing | Windglider | 8 August |
Medals by sport | ||||||
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Total | ||
Canoeing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Sailing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Boxing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Medals by gender | ||||||
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Gender | ![]() |
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Total | ||
Male | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mixed / open | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Archery
After a twelve-year hiatus from archery, New Zealand returned in 1984 with one man and two women. This included the first paraplegic Olympian, Neroli Fairhall.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Rank | ||||||||||
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30 m | 50 m | 70 m | 90 m | Total | Rank | 30 m | 50 m | 70 m | 90 m | Total | Rank | ||||
Neroli Fairhall | Women's individual | 326 | 284 | 289 | 268 | 1167 | 38 | 324 | 280 | 310 | 276 | 1190 | 32 | 2357 | 35 |
Dale Lightfoot | Men's individual | 335 | 303 | 292 | 261 | 1191 | 39 | 334 | 305 | 321 | 266 | 1226 | 26 | 2357 | 34 |
Ann Shurrock | Women's individual | 329 | 298 | 301 | 290 | 1218 | 23 | 322 | 304 | 290 | 288 | 1204 | 28 | 2422 | 24 |
Athletics
Track and road
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank[i] | Result | Rank | Result | Rank[ii] | Result | Rank | ||
Anne Audain | Women's marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
Rod Dixon | Men's marathon | — | 2:12:57 | 10 | |||||
Derek Froude | Men's marathon | — | 2:19:44 | 34 | |||||
Lyn Grime | Women's 400 m hurdles | 58.02 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Lorraine Moller | Women's marathon | — | 2:28:34 | 5 | |||||
Mary O'Connor | Women's marathon | — | 2:41:22 | 27 | |||||
Peter O'Donoghue | Men's 1500 m | 3:40.69 | 3 Q | — | 3:38.71 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
Peter Pearless | Men's 800 m | 1:49.95 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
Peter Renner | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 8:22.95 | 2 Q | — | 8:18.12 | 2 Q | 8:29.81 | 11 | |
Dianne Rodger | Women's 3000 m | 8.47.90 | 5 q | — | 8.56.43 | 9 | |||
Tony Rogers | Men's 1500 m | 3:39.78 | 4 q | — | 3:36.48 | 6 q | 3:38.98 | 9 | |
John Walker | Men's 5000 m | 13:44.75 | 2 Q | — | 13:28.48 | 3 Q | 13:24.46 | 8 |
Field
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Mike O'Rourke | Men's javelin throw | NM | Did not advance | ||
Steve Walsh | Men's long jump | NM | Did not advance |
Boxing
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result |
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Kevin Barry | Men's light heavyweight | ![]() W 5 – 0 |
![]() W 3 – 2 |
![]() W 4 – 1 |
![]() W DSQ-2 |
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Michael Kenny | Men's heavyweight | Bye | ![]() L RSC-2 |
Did not advance | =9 |
Canoeing
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson |
Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:05.99 | 1 Q | — | 3:05.67 | 1 Q | 3:02.28 | ![]() | |
Ian Ferguson | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:49.32 | 2 Q | — | 1:48.00 | 1 Q | 1:47.84 | ![]() | |
Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald |
Men's K-2 500 m | 1:36.82 | 1 Q | — | 1:36.10 | 1 Q | 1:34.21 | ![]() | |
Robert Jenkinson Edwin Richards |
Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:37.69 | 4 R | 3:45.97 | 3 Q | 3:38.80 | 5 | Did not advance | |
Alan Thompson | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:53.41 | 1 Q | — | 3:58.90 | 1 Q | 3:45.73 | ![]() |
Cycling
Seven cyclists represented New Zealand in 1984.
Road
- Men's individual road race
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Stephen Cox | 5:15:27 | 37 |
Brian Fowler | 5:06:45 | 18 |
Roger Sumich | DNF |
Track
- Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Craig Adair | 1:06.96 | 5 |
- Men's points race
Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||||
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Points | Laps behind | Rank | Points | Laps behind | Rank | |
Brian Fowler | 24 | 0 | 2 Q | 12 | 1 | 7 |
Graeme Miller | 10 | 1 | 13 | Did not advance |
- Men's individual pursuit
Athlete | Qualification | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time | ||
Anthony Cuff | 4:55.06 | 15 | ![]() L 4:50.49 |
Did not advance | 11 |
- Men's team pursuit
Athlete | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time | ||
Craig Adair Anthony Cuff Brian Fowler Graeme Miller |
4:37.57 | 13 | Did not advance | 13 |
- Men's sprint
Athlete | Round 1 | Round 1 repechage heat |
Round 1 repechage final |
Round 2 | Round 2 repechage |
Round 3 | Round 3 repechage |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | ||
Murray Steele | ![]() ![]() 3 R |
![]() W 12.09 Q |
— | ![]() L R |
![]() W 12.92 Q |
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Did not advance |
Diving
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Ann Fargher | Women's 3 m springboard | 421.65 | 13 | Did not advance | |
Mark Graham | Men's 3 m springboard | 497.55 | 18 | Did not advance | |
Gary Lamb | Men's 3 m springboard | 477.66 | 22 | Did not advance |
Equestrian
Eventing
Rider | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Overall | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
Andrew Bennie | Jade | Individual | 69.40 | 33 | 126.40 | 37 | 5.00 | 23 | 200.80 | 37 |
Mary Hamilton | Whist | Individual | 63.20 | 20 | 26.80 | 21 | 8.00 | 33 | 98.00 | 22 |
Andrew Nicholson | Kahlua | Individual | 78.00 | 45 | 27.20 | 22 | 25.00 | 40 | 130.40 | 28 |
Mark Todd | Charisma | Individual | 51.60 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 51.60 | ![]() |
Andrew Bennie Mary Hamilton Andrew Nicholson Mark Todd |
As above | Team | 184.20 | 5 | 54.00 | 6 | 13.00 | 8 | 280.00 | 6 |
Jumping
Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Overall | |||
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Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | |||
John Cottle | Arturo | Individual | EL | Did not advance |
Fencing
Two fencers, both men, represented New Zealand in 1984.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 pool | Quarterfinal pool | Semifinal pool | Final pool | Rank |
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Opposition Result |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Martin Brill | Men's individual épée | ![]() L 3 – 5 |
![]() L 3 – 5 |
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![]() L 4 – 10 |
15 |
![]() L 4 – 5 |
![]() W 5 – 4 |
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![]() L 8 – 10 | |||
![]() T 5 – 5 |
![]() W 5 – 4 |
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Eliminated | |||
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— | ![]() L 3 – 5 |
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David Cocker | Men's individual épée | ![]() L 2 – 5 |
Did not advance | 50 | ||
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Field hockey
Men's tournament
- Team roster
- Pool B
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5th–8th place classification |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5th–8th place classification |
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 9th–12th place classification |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 9th–12th place classification |
- 5th–8th Classification round
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- 7th / 8th Place play-off
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New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.
Women's tournament
- Team roster
- Round robin
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Rank |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
New Zealand finished the women's field hockey tournament in sixth place.
Gymnastics
Rhythmic
- Women's individual all-around
Athlete | Qualifying | Final | Total | Rank | |||||||||
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Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | |||
Tania Moss | 8.750 | 8.850 | 9.000 | 8.600 | 35.200 | 30 | Did not advance |
Judo
Athlete | Event | Rank |
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Shaun O'Leary | Men's lightweight | =19 |
Graeme Spinks | Men's half-middleweight | =34 |
Bill Vincent | Men's middleweight | =12 |
Rowing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Gary Reid | Single sculls | 7:27.10 | 2 R | 7:26.12 | 2 SA/B | 7:34.15 | 5 FB | 7:22.63 | 7 |
Geoff Horan Allan Horan |
Coxless pair | 7:05.44 | 2 SA/B | Bye | 7:02.89 | 4 FB | 7:04.00 | 9 | |
Les O'Connell Shane O'Brien Conrad Robertson Keith Trask |
Coxless four | 6:08.41 | 1 FA | Bye | — | 6:03.48 | ![]() | ||
Kevin Lawton Don Symon Barrie Mabbott Ross Tong Brett Hollister (cox) |
Coxed four | 6:27.18 | 3 SA/B | ? | 1 FA | — | 6:23.68 | ![]() | |
Nigel Atherfold Dave Rodger Roger White-Parsons George Keys Greg Johnston Chris White Andrew Stevenson Mike Stanley Andy Hay (cox) |
Eight | 5:48.19 | 1 FA | Bye | — | 5:44.14 | 4 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semi-final | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Stephanie Foster | Single sculls | 3:51.86 | 2 R | 3:51.19 | 2 SA/B | 4:02.29 | 4 FB | 3:52.20 | 7 |
Sailing
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Luke Carter David Mackay (helm) |
Flying Dutchman | 13.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 91.0 | 10 | |
Russell Coutts | Finn | 0.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 34.7 | ![]() | |
Simon Daubney Tom Dodson (helm) Aran Hansen |
Soling | 29.0 |
18.0 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 88.7 | 11 |
Peter Evans (helm) Sean Reeves |
470 | 14.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 35.0 |
PMS 35.0 |
10.0 | 5.7 | 101.7 | 14 |
Bruce Kendall | Windglider | 3.0 | 5.7 | 45.0 |
19.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 46.4 | ![]() |
Rex Sellers (helm) Chris Timms |
Tornado | 5.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 27.0 |
14.7 | ![]() |
Shooting
- Men's 50 m rifle, prone
Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank |
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Stephen Petterson | 99 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 592 | =13 |
- Men's 50 m running target
Athlete | Slow run | Fast run | Total | Rank |
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Tony Clarke | 288 | 270 | 558 | 19 |
- Mixed skeet
Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Total | Rank |
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John Woolley | 189 | =26 |
Swimming
Athlete | Event | Heat | Swim-off | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Brett Austin | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.83 NR | 15 QB | — | 1:05.49 | 15 | |
Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.25 | 28 | — | Did not advance | |||
Carmel Clark | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:04.57 | =8 QSO | 1:04.33 NR | 1 Q | 1:04.47 | 8 |
Women's 100 m freestyle | 1:00.63 | 28 | — | Did not advance | |||
Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:16.78 NR | 8 Q | — | 2:17.89 | 8 | ||
Mike Davidson | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:56.20 | 35 | — | Did not advance | ||
Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:57.88 | =16 QB | — | 3:58.24 | 16 | ||
Men's 1500 m freestyle | 15:35.43 | 14 | — | Did not advance | |||
Anna Doig | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:03.15 | 14 QB | — | 1:03.65 | 16 | |
Women's 100 m freestyle | 1:02.72 | 39 | — | Did not advance | |||
Women's 200 m butterfly | 2:20.81 | 20 | — | Did not advance | |||
Gary Hurring | Men's 100 m backstroke | 57.42 | 4 Q | — | 56.90 NR | 4 | |
Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:03.29 | 3 Q | — | 2:03.10 NR | 5 | ||
Gail Jonson | Women's 200 m butterfly | 2:20.55 | 18 | — | Did not advance | ||
Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:25.00 | 19 | — | Did not advance | |||
Women's 400 m individual medley | 4:59.92 | 15 QB | — | 4:58.40 | 15 | ||
Paul Kingsman | Men's 100 m backstroke | 58.33 | 13 QB | — | 58.19 | 10 | |
Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:06.87 | 20 | — | Did not advance | |||
Anthony Mosse | Men's 100 m butterfly | 55.19 NR | 7 Q | — | 54.93 NR | 7 | |
Men's 200 m butterfly | 1:59.76 | 5 Q | — | 1:58.75 NR | 5 | ||
Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:54.12 NR | 24 | — | Did not advance | |||
Paul Kingsman Brett Austin Anthony Mosse Gary Hurring |
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:50.56 NR | 9 | — | Did not advance |
Synchronised swimming
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||||||
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Technical | Free | Total | Rank | Technical | Free | Total | Rank | ||
Katie Sadleir Lynette Sadleir |
Women's duet | 79.442 | 85.200 | 164.642 | 12 | Did not advance |
Weightlifting
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Michael Bernard | Men's light heavyweight | 137.5 | 12 | 175.0 | =8 | 312.5 | 10 |
Kevin Blake | Men's heavyweight | 140.0 | 13 | 177.5 | 9 | 317.5 | 9 |
Allister Nalder | Men's light heavyweight | 142.5 | =7 | 175.0 | =8 | 317.5 | 8 |
Wrestling
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Final round | Rank | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | ||||
Zane Coleman | Men's welterweight | ![]() L Fall |
![]() L ST |
Eliminated | ||||
Graeme Hawkins | Men's bantamweight | ![]() W Fall |
![]() L ST |
![]() L ST |
Eliminated | |||
Ken Reinsfield | Men's middleweight | ![]() W 5 – 1 |
![]() L 7 – 16 |
![]() W PS |
![]() L 2 – 9 |
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Officials
- Chef de Mission: Ron Scott
References
- ^ "New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2011.