New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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New Zealand at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Los Angeles, USA
Competitors130 in 18 sports
Flag bearer John Walker
Officials59
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
8
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908–1912)

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 for the first time.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldMark ToddEquestrianIndividual eventing3 August
 GoldShane O'Brien
Les O'Connell
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask
RowingMen's coxless four5 August
 GoldRex Sellers
Chris Timms
SailingTornado8 August
 GoldRussell CouttsSailingFinn8 August
 GoldIan FergusonCanoeingMen's K-1 500 metres10 August
 GoldIan Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
CanoeingMen's K-2 500 metres10 August
 GoldAlan ThompsonCanoeingMen's K-1 1000 metres11 August
 GoldGrant Bramwell
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Alan Thompson
CanoeingMen's K-4 1000 metres11 August
 SilverKevin BarryBoxingLight heavyweight11 August
 BronzeKevin Lawton
Barrie Mabbott
Don Symon
Ross Tong
Brett Hollister (cox)
RowingMen's coxed four5 August
 BronzeBruce KendallSailingWindglider8 August
Medals by sport
Sport 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
Gender 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
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 326284289268116738324280310276119032235735
Dale Lightfoot Men's individual 335303292261119139334305321266122626235734
Ann Shurrock Women's individual 329298301290121823322304290288120428242224

Athletics

Boxing

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kevin Barry Men's light heavyweight  Smith (TRI)
W 5 – 0
 Kiriisa (UGA)
W 3 – 2
 Nanga (CMR)
W 4 – 1
 Holyfield (USA)
W DSQ-2
 Josipović (YUG)
L WO
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Michael Kenny Men's heavyweight Bye  Owiny (UGA)
L RSC-2
did not advance =9

Canoeing

Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Grant Bramwell
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Alan Thompson
Men's K-4 1000 m 3:05.991 Q N/a 3:05.671 Q 3:02.281st place, gold medalist(s)
Ian Ferguson Men's K-1 500 m 1:49.322 Q N/a 1:48.001 Q 1:47.841st place, gold medalist(s)
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Men's K-2 500 m 1:36.821 Q N/a 1:36.101 Q 1:34.211st place, gold medalist(s)
Robert Jenkinson
Edwin Richards
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:37.694 R 3:45.973 Q 3:38.805 did not advance
Alan Thompson Men's K-1 1000 m 3:53.411 Q N/a 3:58.901 Q 3:45.731st place, gold medalist(s)

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented New Zealand in 1984.

Road

Men's individual road race
Athlete Time Rank
Stephen Cox 5:15:2737
Brian Fowler 5:06:4518
Roger Sumich DNF

Track

Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Craig Adair 1:06.965
Men's points race
Athlete Qualifying Final
Points Laps behind Rank Points Laps behind Rank
Brian Fowler 2402 Q 1217
Graeme Miller 10113 did not advance
Men's individual pursuit
Athlete Qualification Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Anthony Cuff 4:55.06 15  Robert (FRA)
L 4:50.49
did not advance11
Men's team pursuit
Athlete Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Craig Adair
Anthony Cuff
Brian Fowler
Graeme Miller
4:37.57 13 did not advance13
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
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Murray Steele  Sella (ITA)
 Lyn (ANT)
3 R
 Asuncion (PHI)
W 12.09 Q
N/a  Scheller (FRG)
L R
 Jamur (BRA)
W 12.92 Q
 Vernet (FRA)
 Orban (BEL)
2 R
 Scheller (FRG)
 Iannone (ARG)
3
did not advance

Diving

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ann Fargher Women's 3 m springboard 421.6513 did not advance
Mark Graham Men's 3 m springboard 497.5518 did not advance
Gary Lamb Men's 3 m springboard 477.6622 did not advance

Equestrian

Eventing

Rider Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Overall
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Andrew Bennie Jade Individual 69.4033126.40375.0023200.8037
Mary Hamilton Whist Individual 63.202026.80218.003398.0022
Andrew Nicholson Kahlua Individual 78.004527.202225.0040130.4028
Mark Todd Charisma Individual 51.6050.0010.00151.601st place, gold medalist(s)
Andrew Bennie
Mary Hamilton
Andrew Nicholson
Mark Todd
As above Team 184.20554.00613.008280.006

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Overall
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
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Martin Brill Men's individual épée  Bergström (SWE)
L 3 – 5
 Marx (USA)
L 3 – 5
 Boisse (FRA)
L 3 – 5
 Dessureault (CAN)
L 4 – 10
15
 Giger (SUI)
L 4 – 5
 Boisse (FRA)
W 5 – 4
 Bellone (ITA)
W 5 – 2
 Poffet (SUI)
L 8 – 10
 Yun (KOR)
T 5 – 5
 Zong (CHN)
W 5 – 4
 Marx (USA)
W 5 – 4
Eliminated
 Al-Rasheed (KSA)
W 5 – 4
 Lee (KOR)
W 5 – 4
 Cui (CHN)
W 5 – 0
N/a  Lembacher (AUT)
L 3 – 5
 Fischer (FRG)
L 3 – 5
David Cocker Men's individual épée  Nigon (SUI)
L 2 – 5
did not advance 50
 Hasan (KUW)
L 2 – 5
 Kim (KOR)
L 4 – 5
 Cuomo (ITA)
T 5 – 5
 Pedersen (NOR)
W 5 – 4

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Team roster
Jeff Archibald
Husmukh Bhikha
Chris Brown
George Carnoutsos
Peter Daji
Laurie Gallen
Stuart Grimshaw
Trevor Laurence
Maurice Marquet
Grant McLeod
Brent Miskimmin
Peter Miskimmin
Arthur Parkin
Ramesh Patel
Graham Sligo
Robin Wilson
Pool B
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Qualification
 Great Britain54101059Advance to semi-finals
 Pakistan52301677Advance to semi-finals
 Netherlands531116975th–8th place classification
 New Zealand5122101045th–8th place classification
 Kenya510451429th–12th place classification
 Canada501471919th–12th place classification
5th–8th Classification round
7th / 8th Place play-off

New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.

Women's tournament

Team roster
Christine Arthur
Cathy Baker
Robyn Blackman
Mary Clinton
Lesley Elliott
Jane Goulding
Shirley Haig
Harina Kohere
Jan Martin
Jennifer McDonald
Sue McLeish
Sandra Mackie
Lesley Murdoch
Jillian Smith
Isobel Thomson
Barbara Tilden
Round robin
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Rank
 Netherlands541014691
 West Germany52219962
 United States52129753
 Australia52129754
 Canada521291155
 New Zealand500521206

New Zealand finished the women's field hockey tournament in sixth place.

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Women's individual all-around
Athlete Qualifying Final Total Rank
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total
Tania Moss 8.7508.8509.0008.60035.20030 did not advance

Judo

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
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 N/a 6:03.48 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kevin Lawton
Don Symon
Barrie Mabbott
Ross Tong
Brett Hollister
(cox)
Coxed four 6:27.18 3 SA/B ? 1 FA N/a 6:23.68 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 N/a 5:44.14 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-final Final
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Luke Carter
David Mackay (helm)
Flying Dutchman 13.021.016.022.018.013.010.091.010
Russell Coutts Finn 0.013.03.03.027.05.710.034.71st place, gold medalist(s)
Simon Daubney
Tom Dodson (helm)
Aran Hansen
Soling DNF
29.0
18.023.017.019.011.70.088.711
Peter Evans (helm)
Sean Reeves
470 14.021.016.0DSQ
35.0
PMS
35.0
10.05.7101.714
Bruce Kendall Windglider 3.05.7DSQ
45.0
19.03.05.710.046.43rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rex Sellers (helm)
Chris Timms
Tornado 5.73.00.03.00.03.0DNS
27.0
14.71st place, gold medalist(s)

Shooting

Men's 50 m rifle, prone
Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank
Stephen Petterson 99971001009898592=13
Men's 50 m running target
Athlete Slow run Fast run Total Rank
Tony Clarke 28827055819
Mixed skeet
Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Total Rank
John Woolley 189=26

Swimming

Athlete Event Heat Swim-off Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Brett Austin Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:04.83 NR15 QB N/a 1:05.4915
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:27.2528 N/a did not advance
Carmel Clark Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.57=8 QSO 1:04.33 NR1 Q 1:04.478
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:00.6328 N/a did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:16.78 NR8 Q N/a 2:17.898
Mike Davidson Men's 200 m freestyle 1:56.2035 N/a did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:57.88=16 QB N/a 3:58.2416
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:35.4314 N/a did not advance
Anna Doig Women's 100 m butterfly 1:03.1514 QB N/a 1:03.6516
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:02.7239 N/a did not advance
Women's 200 m butterfly 2:20.8120 N/a did not advance
Gary Hurring Men's 100 m backstroke 57.424 Q N/a 56.90 NR4
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:03.293 Q N/a 2:03.10 NR5
Gail Jonson Women's 200 m butterfly 2:20.5518 N/a did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:25.0019 N/a did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 4:59.9215 QB N/a 4:58.4015
Paul Kingsman Men's 100 m backstroke 58.3313 QB N/a 58.1910
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:06.8720 N/a did not advance
Anthony Mosse Men's 100 m butterfly 55.19 NR7 Q N/a 54.93 NR7
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:59.765 Q N/a 1:58.75 NR5
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:54.12 NR24 N/a did not advance
Paul Kingsman
Brett Austin
Anthony Mosse
Gary Hurring
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:50.56 NR9 N/a did not advance

Synchronised swimming

Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Technical Free Total Rank Technical Free Total Rank
Katie Sadleir
Lynette Sadleir
Women's duet 79.44285.200164.64212 did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Michael Bernard Men's light heavyweight 137.512 175.0=8 312.510
Kevin Blake Men's heavyweight 140.013 177.59 317.59
Allister Nalder Men's light heavyweight 142.5=7 175.0=8 317.58

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