- New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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New Zealand at the Olympic Games
Flag of New Zealand – Flag bearersIOC code NZL NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee Website www.olympic.org.nz At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Competitors 151 Flag bearer Blyth Tait Medals
Rank: 45Gold
1Silver
0Bronze
3Total
4Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 *with Australia as Australasia
Winter Games 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 New Zealand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 151 athletes and 100 officials.
Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Rob Waddell — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Bronze
- Mark Todd — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
- Aaron McIntosh — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral)
- Barbara Kendall — Sailing, Women's Sailboard (Mistral)
Results by event
Archery
Men's Individual Ken Uprichard Peter Ebden 1/32 eliminations Lost to Simon Needham
Great Britain160-155 Lost to Baljinima Tsyrempilov
Russia168-147 Athletics
Men's Competition
Men's 10000 m
- Michael Aish
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- Round 1 — 29:31.83 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus
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- Qualifying — 58.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Glenn Howard
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- Qualifying — 2.15 (→ did not advance)
Men's 50 km Walk
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- Final — 3:55:53 (→ 18th place)
Women's Competition
Women's 800 m
- Toni Hodgkinson
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- Round 1 — 01:59.37
- Semifinal — 01:59.84 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1500 m
- Toni Hodgkinson
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- Round 1 — 04:12.59 (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus
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- Qualifying — 61.33
- Final — 58.69 (→ 12th place)
Women's Hammer Throw
- Tasha Williams
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- Qualifying — 61.18 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
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- Qualifying — 6.42 (→ did not advance)
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- Lost to France (50-76)
- Lost to China (60-75)
- Lost to Italy (66-78)
- Lost to United States (56-102)
- Lost to Lithuania (75-85)
- Classification Match
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- 11th-12th place: Defeated Angola (70-60) → 11th place
- Team Roster
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- Pero Cameron
- Mark Dickel
- Paul Henare
- Robert Hickey
- Phill Jones
- Ralph Lattimore
- Sean Marks
- Kirk Penney
- Peter Pokai
- Tony Rampton
- Brad Riley
- Nenad Vucinic
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- Lost to Poland (52-72)
- Lost to Korea (62-101)
- Lost to Cuba (55-74)
- Lost to United States (42-93)
- Lost to Russia (54-92)
- Classification Match
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- 11th-12th place: Defeated Senegal (72-69) → 11th place
- Team Roster
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- Tania Brunton
- Belinda Colling
- Megan Compain
- Rebecca Cotton
- Kirstin Daly
- Gina Farmer
- Sally Farmer
- Dianne L'Ami
- Donna Loffhagen
- Julie Ofsoski
- Leone Patterson
- Leanne Walker
Boxing
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):
- Angus Shelford
- Round 1 — Bye
- Round 2 — Lost to Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine (did not advance)
Cycling
Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
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- Final — 2:16:37.57 (→ 17th place)
Women's Mountain Bike
- Susy Pryde
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Road Cycling
Men's Competition
Men's Road Race
- Chris Jenner
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- Final — 5:30:46 (→ 47th place)
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- Final — 5:30:46 (→ 61st place)
- Scott Guyton
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- Final — 5:43:21 (→ 85th place)
- Glen Mitchell
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- Final — DNF
Women's Competition
Women's Road Race
- Jacinta Coleman
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- Final — 3:06:31 (→ 18th place)
- Roz Reekie-May
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- Final — 3:10:34 (→ 36th place)
- Susy Pryde
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- Final — DNF
Track Cycling
Men's Competition
Men's Sprint
- Anthony Peden
- Qualifying — 10.649
- First Round — DNS
Men's Individual Pursuit
- Gary Anderson
- Qualifying — 04:32.304 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1 km Time Trial
- Matt Sinton
- Final — 01:05.706 (→ 11th place)
Men's Point Race
- Glen Thomson
- Points — 6
- Laps Down — 1 (→ 7th place)
Men's Keirin
- Anthony Peden
- First Round — Heat — 2; Place — DNF
- Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 3 (→ did not advance)
- Matt Sinton
- First Round — Heat — 3; Place — 5
- Repechage — Heat — 1; Place — 4 (→ did not advance)
Men's Team Pursuit
- Tim Carswell, Lee Vertongen, Gary Anderson, Greg Henderson
- Qualifying — 04:06.463
- Quarterfinal — 04:06.495 (→ did not advance)
Women's Competition
Women's Sprint
- Fiona Ramage
- Qualifying — 11.803
- 1/8 Finals — Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia
- 1/8 Finals Repechage — Heat 2; 3rd place
- Finals 9-12 — (→ 10th place)
Women's Individual Pursuit
- Sarah Ulmer
- Qualifying — 03:36.764
- Semifinal — Lost to Leontien Zijlaard of Netherlands
- Final — Lost to Yvonne McGregor of Great Britain (→ 4th place)
Women's 500 m Time Trial
- Fiona Ramage
- Final — 36.536 (→ 16th place)
Women's Point Race
- Sarah Ulmer
- Points — 9 (→ 8th place)
Hockey
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Pool B)
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- New Zealand — Germany 1-1
- New Zealand — China 0-2
- New Zealand — The Netherlands 3-4
- New Zealand — South Africa 1-0
- Medal Pool
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- New Zealand — Australia 0-3
- New Zealand — Spain 2-2
- New Zealand — Argentina 1-7 (→ Sixth Place)
- Team Roster
Sailing
Men's Mistral
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Clifton Webb
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- Race 1 — 15
- Race 2 — 9
- Race 3 — 15
- Race 4 — 10
- Race 5 — 12
- Race 6 — 11
- Race 7 — 16
- Race 8 — 4
- Race 9 — 16
- Race 10 — (18)
- Race 11 — (26) OCS
- Final — 109 (→ 16th place)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Simon Cooke and Peter Nicholas
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- Race 2 — (15)
- Race 3 — 9
- Race 4 — 12
- Race 5 — 10
- Race 6 — 12
- Race 7 — (15)
- Race 8 — 3
- Race 9 — 3
- Race 10 — 13
- Race 11 — 8
- Final — 76 (→ 7th place)
Women's Mistral
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
- Sarah Macky
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- Race 1 — 12
- Race 2 — 1
- Race 3 — 14
- Race 4 — (16)
- Race 5 — 12
- Race 6 — 11
- Race 7 — 5
- Race 8 — (15)
- Race 9 — 6
- Race 10 — 3
- Race 11 — 15
- Final — 79 (→ 9th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Melinda Henshaw and Jenny Egnot
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- Race 1 — 13
- Race 2 — 3
- Race 3 — 6
- Race 4 — 1
- Race 5 — 7
- Race 6 — 10
- Race 7 — 6
- Race 8 — (19)
- Race 9 — (20) OCS
- Race 10 — 16
- Race 11 — 10
- Final — 72 (→ 11th place)
Open Laser
- Peter Fox
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- Race 1 — 14
- Race 2 — 19
- Race 3 — 13
- Race 4 — (44) OCS
- Race 5 — 22
- Race 6 — 20
- Race 7 — 7
- Race 8 — 18
- Race 9 — 23
- Race 10 — 8
- Race 11 — (24)
- Final — 144 (→ 21st place)
Open Tornado
- Chris Dickson and Glen Sowry
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- Race 1 — 5
- Race 2 — 2
- Race 3 — 7
- Race 4 — (15)
- Race 5 — 10
- Race 6 — 1
- Race 7 — 5
- Race 8 — 7
- Race 9 — (12)
- Race 10 — 3
- Race 11 — 6
- Final — 46 (→ 5th place)
Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
- Gavin Brady and Jamie Gale
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- Race 1 — (16)
- Race 2 — 1
- Race 3 — 5
- Race 4 — 9
- Race 5 — 5
- Race 6 — 15
- Race 7 — 6
- Race 8 — 5
- Race 9 — 2
- Race 10 — (16)
- Race 11 — 9
- Final — 57 (→ 9th place)
Open Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
- Don Cowie, Rod Davis and Alan Smith
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- Quarterfinals — (2-3) 2 points → did not advance
Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
- Daniel Slater and Nathan Handley
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- Race 1 — (14)
- Race 2 — 9
- Race 3 — (18) OCS
- Race 4 — 5
- Race 5 — 12
- Race 6 — 7
- Race 7 — 5
- Race 8 — 12
- Race 9 — 4
- Race 10 — 2
- Race 11 — 3
- Race 12 — 8
- Race 13 — 2
- Race 14 — 7
- Race 15 — 13
- Race 16 — 10
- Final — 99 (→ 8th place)
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
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- Lost to Australia (2:3)
- Defeated Canada (3:2)
- Lost to PR China (0:10)
- Defeated Cuba (6:2)
- Lost to Italy (0:1)
- Lost to United States (0:2)
- Lost to Japan (1:2)
- Semifinals
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- Did not advance → Sixth place
- Team Roster
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- Zavana Aranga
- Jaye Bailey
- Kim Dermott
- Rhonda Hira
- Melanie Hulme
- Lisa Kersten
- Ruta Lealamanu
- Cindy Potae
- Char Pouaka
- Kiri Shaw
- Jackie Smith
- Fiona Timu
- Helen Townsend
- Melisa Upu
- Gina Weber
Swimming
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Jonathan Duncan
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- Preliminary Heat — 1:53.27 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Jonathan Duncan
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- Preliminary Heat — 03:58.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Jonathan Duncan
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- Preliminary Heat — 16:03.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
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- Preliminary Heat — 01:03.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
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- Preliminary Heat — 02:19.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
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- Preliminary Heat — 57.86 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
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- Preliminary Heat — 02:01.53 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
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- Preliminary Heat — 02:04.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Preliminary Heat — 04:21.81 (→ did not advance)
Women's 50 m freestyle
- Vivienne Rignall
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- Preliminary Heat — 25.52
- Semi-final — 25.61 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m freestyle
- Monique Robins
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- Preliminary Heat — 57.85 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Elizabeth Van Welie
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- Preliminary Heat — 02:11.62 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Monique Robins
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- Preliminary Heat — 01:04.52 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
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- Preliminary Heat — 02:16.22 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
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- Preliminary Heat — 02:18.90 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Preliminary Heat — 04:46.42 (→ did not advance)
Triathlon
New Zealand's heavily touted triathletes were unable to perform up to expectations in the inaugural Olympic triathlon. In particular, Hamish Carter, who had been considered likely to win the event, placed twenty-sixth.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Craig Watson — 1:50:01.85 (→ 16th place)
- Hamish Carter — 1:50:57.17 (→ 26th place)
- Ben Bright — 1:52:17.26 (→ 38th place)
Women's Individual Competition:
- Evelyn Williamson — 2:05:38.30 (→ 22nd place)
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank 1 2 3 1 2 3 Nigel Avery + 105 kg 162.5 167.5 172.5 200.0 205.0 210.0 382.5 17
WomenAthlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank 1 2 3 1 2 3 Olivia Baker + 75 kg 100.0 105.0105.0 125.0 130.0130.0 235.0 8 References
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- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
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- International Olympic Committee Web Site
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