New Zealand sent a team of 200 competitors and 102 officials to the 2002 Commonwealth Games, which were held at Manchester, England. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Sarah Ulmer, and at the closing ceremony was Nigel Avery.
New Zealand has competed in every Games, starting with the first British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.
Medal tables
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Women's discus throw Cycling – track Men's points race Cycling – track Women's 3000 m individual pursuit Sharon Sims Lawn bowls Women's pairs New Zealand rugby sevens team Rugby sevens Men's tournament Nadine Stanton Shooting Women's double trap pairs Carol Owens Squash Women's doubles Glen Wilson Squash Mixed doubles Table tennis Women's singles Weightlifting Men's +105 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Men's +105 kg total Athletics Men's 50 km walk Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Women's shot put Tammy Jenkins Badminton Women's doubles Cycling – mountain biking Women's cross country New Zealand men's hockey team Hockey Men's tournament New Zealand netball team Netball Women's tournament Shooting Women's double trap singles Squash Women's singles Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley Karen Li Table tennis Women's doubles Weightlifting Men's +105 kg snatch Weightlifting Women's +75 kg snatch Daniel Shirley Badminton Mixed doubles Chris BlairJohn GordonNicole GordonRebecca GordonTammy JenkinsRhona RobertsonSara PetersenDaniel Shirley Badminton Mixed team Boxing Men's welterweight Boxing Men's heavyweight Matthew RandallHayden RoulstonLee Vertongen Cycling – track Men's team pursuit Boxing Men's half-middleweight Lawn bowls Men's singles Lawn bowls Women's singles Patsy JorgensenJan KhanAnne Lomas Lawn bowls Women's fours Shooting Open fullbore rifle singles Jocelyn Lees Shooting Women's 25 m pistol pairs Shooting Women's 50 m prone rifle singles Shooting Women's 25 m pistol singles Swimming Women's 50 m freestyley Chunli Li Table tennis Mixed doubles Karen LiTracey McLauchlanLaura-Lee Smith Table tennis Women's team Triathlon Men's individual Weightlifting Men's 62 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Men's 62 kg total Weightlifting Women's +75 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Women's +75 kg total |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSportTotal Weightlifting 2248 Cycling 2114 Squash 2103 Athletics 1304 Shooting 1146 Table tennis 1124 Lawn bowls 1034 Rugby sevens 1001 Badminton 0123 Swimming 0112 Hockey 0101 Netball 0101 Boxing 0033 Triathlon 0011 Total11132145
Medals by genderGenderTotal Male 4 4 816 Female 6 9 924 Mixed / open 1 0 45 Total 11 13 21 45
New Zealand's team at the Games
Athletics
Men's competition Michael Aish Craig Barrett Phil Costley John Henwood Philip Jensen Craig Kirkwood Dallas Roberts Tony Sargisson Jonathan Wyatt
Women's competition Valerie Adams Jane Arnott Chantal Brunner Beatrice Faumuina Gabrielle Gorst Melina Hamilton Tasha Williams
Field hockey
Men's team competition Ryan Archibald Michael Bevin Phil Burrows Dean Couzins Dion Gosling Bevan Hari Blair Hopping David Kosoof Wayne McIndoe Umesh Parag Mitesh Patel Hayden Shaw Darren Smith Peter Stafford Simon Towns Paul Woolford
Women's team competition Sandy Bennett Helen Clarke Tara Drysdale Paula Enoka Amanda Christie Anne-Marie Irving Caryn Paewai Suzie Pearce Jaimee Provan Niniwa Roberts Rachel Robertson Moira Senior Colleen Gubb-Suddaby Rachel Sutherland Michelle Turner Diana Weavers
Judo
Men's competition Gareth Knight Andrew Ross Timothy Slyfield
Women's competition Mellissa Jones Elinore Stallworthy Rochelle Stormont
Netball With a team captained by Julie Seymour and coached by Ruth Aitken, New Zealand were silver medallists in the netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. They lost to Australia 57–55 in the gold medal match. The match was tied at 46–46 at the end of normal time, and 14 minutes of extra-time saw the sides still level at 55–55. In sudden death extra-time, Sharelle McMahon scored the vital point to give Australia the necessary two-goal gap to win the gold medal.
Pool A
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Major semi-finals
Gold Medal Match
Squad
Shooting (incomplete)
Men's competition Mike Collings Greg Yelavich
Women's competition Teresa Borrell Diane Collings Tania Corrigan, Juliet Etherington Jocelyn Lees Nadine Stanton
Swimming
Men's competition Moss Burmester Cameron Gibson Dean Kent Nicholas Sheeran Jonathan Winter
Women's competition Charlotte Glynan Melissa Ingram Toni Jeffs Hannah Mclean Vivienne Rignall Anna Thomas Elizabeth Van Welie
References
External links NZOC website on the 2002 games Commonwealth Games Federation website