New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1998 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Competitors	217
Flag bearers	Opening: Graeme Miller; Closing: Darren Liddel
Officials	80
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 8 Silver 6 Bronze 20 Total 34
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) sent a team of 217 competitors and 80 officials to the 1998 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Graeme Miller, and at the closing ceremony Darren Liddel.

New Zealand has competed in every edition of Commonwealth Games, starting with the first British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario. Selection is the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
New Zealand	8	6	20	34

New Zealand was sixth on the medal table in 1998 with 34 medals overall, including 8 gold medals.

Gold

Athletics:

Beatrice Faumuina — Women's Discus Throw

Cycling:

Glen Thomson — Men's Track Points Race

Sarah Ulmer — Women's Track Individual Pursuit (3000m)

Rugby sevens:

Christian Cullen, Rico Gear, Jonah Lomu, Caleb Ralph, Roger Randle, Amasio Valence, Bruce Reihana, Eric Rush, Dallas Seymour, and Joeli Vidiri — Men's Sevens Team Competition

Shooting:

Stephen Petterson — Men's 50m Rifle Prone

Weightlifting:

Darren Liddel — Men's + 105kg (Clean & Jerk)

Darren Liddel — Men's + 105kg (Snatch)

Darren Liddel — Men's + 105kg (Total)

Silver

Cycling:

Susy Pryde — Women's Individual Road Race

Sarah Ulmer — Women's Track Points Race

Netball:

Belinda Charteris, Belinda Colling, Julie Seymour, Sonya Hardcastle, Donna Loffhagen, Bernice Mene, Lesley Nicol, Anna Rowberry, Jo Steed, Lorna Suafoa, Noeline Taurua, and Linda Vagana — Women's Team Competition

Shooting:

Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees— Women's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs) - Women

Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees — Women's 25m Pistol (Pairs)

Alan Earle and Jason Wakeling — Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs)

Bronze

Athletics:

Joanne Henry — Women's Heptathlon

Badminton:

Rhona Robertson and Tammy Jenkins — Women's Doubles

Geoff Bellingham, Chris Blair, Dean Galt, Anton Gargiulo, Nick Hall, Jarrod King, and Daniel Shirley — Men's Team

Boxing:

Garth da Silva — Men's Heavyweight (- 91 kg)

Cricket:

Geoff Allott, Nathan Astle, Mark Bailey, Matthew Bell, Chris Drum, Stephen Fleming, Chris Harris, Matt Horne, Dion Nash, Shayne O'Connor, Adam Parore, Craig McMillan, Alex Tait, Daniel Vettori, and Paul Wiseman — Men's Team Competition

Cycling:

Tim Carswell — Men's Track 20km Scratch Race

Brendon Cameron, Tim Carswell, Greg Henderson, and Lee Vertongen — Men's Track Team Pursuit (4000m)

Greg Henderson — Men's Track Points Race

Gymnastics:

David Phillips — Men's Floor

Field Hockey:

Tina Bell-Kake, Helen Clarke, Jenny Duck, Emily Gillam, Sandy Hitchcock, Anna Lawrence, Robyn Toomey, Skippy Hamahona, Suzie Pearce, Moira Senior, Jenny Shepherd, Karen Smith, Mandy Smith, Kate Trolove, Lisa Walton, and Diana Weavers — Women's Team Competition

Lawn Bowls:

Millie Khan — Women's Singles

Shooting:

Des Coe — Men's Trap

Tania Corrigan — Women's 10m Air Pistol

Sally Johnston — Women's 50m Rifle Prone

Greg Yelavich — Men's 10m Air Pistol

Swimming:

Toni Jeffs — Women's 50m Freestyle

Trent Bray, Scott Cameron, John Davis, and Danyon Loader — Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Squash:

Sarah Cook and Glen Wilson — Mixed Doubles

Weightlifting:

Nigel Avery — Men's 105kg (Snatch)

Nigel Avery — Men's 105kg (Total)

Cricket

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
New Zealand	Men's List-A	Kenya W by 5 wickets	Scotland W by 177 runs	Pakistan W by 81 runs	1 Q	Australia L by 9 wickets	Sri Lanka W by 51 runs