New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the Olympic Games

Flag of New Zealand – Flag bearers
IOC code  NZL
NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.org.nz
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors 130 in 18 sports
Officials 59
Flag bearer John Walker
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
8		 Silver
1		 Bronze
2		 Total
11
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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, more than twice the number of golds New Zealand has ever received in any other Olympics, resulting in the nation ranking among the top ten in the medal table.

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Medalists

Gold medal.svg Gold

Silver medal.svg Silver

Bronze medal.svg Bronze

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

After a twelve-year hiatus from archery, New Zealand returned in 1980 with one man and two women. This included the first paraplegic Olympian, Neroli Fairhall.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Ann Shurrock - 2422 points (→ 24th place)
  • Neroli Fairhall - 2357 points (→ 35th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Dale Lightfoot - 2417 points (→ 34th place)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 5,000 metres

  • John Walker
  • Heat — 13:44.75
  • Semifinals — 13:28.48
  • Final — 13:24.46 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's Long Jump

  • Steve Walsh
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, 28th place)
  • Tony Rogers
  • Peter Renner
  • Peter O'Donoghue
  • Peter Pearless
Women's Competition

Women's 3.000 metres

  • Dianne Rodger
  • Heat — 8.47.90
  • Final — 8.56.43 (→ 9th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:28:54 (→ 5th place)
  • Final — 2:41:22 (→ 27th place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Lynnette Grime
  • Heat — 58.02 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight (81 kg):

  • Kevin Barry
    1. First round — Beat Don Smith (Trinidad) on points 5-0
    2. Second round — Beat Jonathan Kiriisa (Uganda) on points 3-2
    3. Quarter Final — Beat Jean-Paul Nanga (Cameroon) on points 4-1
    4. Semi Final — Beat Evander Holyfield (USA) after disqualification in round two
    5. Final — Lost to Anton Josipović (Yugoslavia) after concussion (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg):

  • Michael Kenny
    1. First round — Bye
    2. Second round — Lost to Dodovic Owini (Uganda) after standing count in round two

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Flatwater Competition

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Track Competition

  • Murray Steele
  • Anthony Cuff
  • Graeme Miller
  • Craig Adair

Men's Road Competition

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 497.55 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Gary Lamb
  • Preliminary Round — 477.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's Competition

  • Ann Fargher

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Eventing Competition

Jumping Competition

  • John Cottle

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Two fencers, both men, represented New Zealand in 1984.

Men's épée

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Pool B)
    Pakistan - New Zealand 3-3
    The Netherlands - New Zealand 3-1
    Great Britain - New Zealand 1-0
    New Zealand - Kenya 4-1
    New Zealand - Canada 2-2
  • Classification Matches
    5th-8th place: India - New Zealand 1-0
    7th-8th place: New Zealand - Spain 1-0 (→ Seventh Place)
  • Team Roster
Women's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • New Zealand – Netherlands 1-2
  • New Zealand – Australia 0-3
  • New Zealand – USA 0-2
  • New Zealand – West Germany 0-1
  • New Zealand – Canada 1-4 (→ 6th place)
  • Team Roster:

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

  • Bill Vincent
  • Graeme Spinks
  • Shaun O'Leary

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's Rhythmic Competition

  • Tania Moss

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

  • Stephanie Foster

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

  • John Woolley
  • Stephen Petterson
  • Tony Clarke

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:54.12 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
  • Heat — 1:56.20 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:57.88
  • B-Final — 3:58.24 (→ 16th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:35.43 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 57.42
  • Final — 56.90 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 58.33
  • B-Final — 58.19 (→ 10th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:04.46
  • Final — 2:03.10 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:06.87 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:04.83
  • B-Final — 1:05.49 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:27.25 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 55.19
  • Final — 54.93 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:59.76
  • Final — 1:58.75 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:50.56 (→ did not advance, 9th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:00.63 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
  • Heat — 1:02.72 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:04.57
  • Swimm-Off — 1:04.33
  • Final — 1:04.47 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:16.78
  • Final — 2:17.89 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:20.55 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Heat — 2:20.55 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:25.00 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:59.92
  • B-Final — 4:58.40 (did not advance → 15th place)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's Competition

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle Competition

  • Graeme Hawkins
  • Ken Reinsfield
  • Zane Coleman

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NZL/summer/1984/. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 

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