New Zealand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials. Former Olympic swimmer Dave Gerrard was the team's chef de mission.
Medal tables
MedalNameSportEventDate Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle 20 July Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 23 July Equestrian Individual eventing 26 July Equestrian Individual eventing 26 July Sailing Women's Mistral 2 August Vicky LattaAndrew NicholsonBlyth Tait Equestrian Team eventing 24 July
Medals by sportSportTotal Swimming 2002 Equestrian 1113 Sailing 0101 Total3216
Medals by genderGenderTotal Male 2 0 02 Female 0 1 01 Mixed / open 1 1 13 Total3216
Archery
New Zealand sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankPointsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAndrew LindsayMen's individual 650 33 L 156–160 did not advance 46
Athletics
Track and road
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResult RankResult RankResult RankResult Rank Craig Barrett Men's 50 km walk colspan=6 4:15:15 33 Nyla Carroll Women's 10,000 m 32:50.64 10 colspan=4 did not advance Matthew Coad Men's 200 m 21.25 5 did not advance Chris Donaldson Men's 100 m 10.39 6 did not advance Men's 200 m 20.96 6 did not advance Anne Hare Women's 5000 m 15:22.31 6 Q colspan=4 15:29.11 13 Martin Johns Men's 1500 m 3:44.91 11 colspan=2 did not advance Robbie Johnston Men's 10,000 m 28:40.60 12 colspan=4 did not advance Mark Keddell Men's 200 m 20.93 4 did not advance Lorraine Moller Women's marathon colspan=6 2:42:21 46 Scott Nelson Men's 20 km walk colspan=6 1:25:50 32 Gus Nketia Men's 100 m 10.34 4 q 10.35 8 did not advance Sean Wade Men's marathon colspan=6 2:30:35 83 Jonathan Wyatt Men's 5000 m 13:52.56 8 Q colspan=2 13:47.81 10 did not advance
Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRank Chantal Brunner Women's long jump 6.62 10 q 6.49 10 Beatrice Faumuina Women's discus throw 58.40 23 did not advance Gavin Lovegrove Men's javelin throw 77.12 23 did not advance
Combined AthleteEvent 100 mLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 m110 m hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1500 mTotal pointsRank Doug Pirini Men's decathlon 10.89885 pts 7.33893 pts 14.75774 pts 1.89705 pts 48.56882 pts 14.88864 pts 45.34774 pts 4.60790 pts 58.02708 pts 4:39.09686 pts 7961 24
Badminton
New Zealand sent two women to compete in two competitions of the Olympic Badminton tournament.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRhona RobertsonWomen's singlesL 2–11 2–11 did not advance =17Tammy JenkinsRhona RobertsonWomen's doublesW 15–7 15–4L 9–15 2–15 did not advance =9
Boxing
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultGarth da SilvaMen's heavyweightW L 8–12 did not advance=9
Canoeing
New Zealand sent one man to compete in one canoeing event.
Slalom AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Best totalRankTimePointsTotalTimePointsTotalOwen HughesMen's K-12:34.79 10 164.79 2:35.25 5 160.25 160.25 31
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankRebecca Bailey Women's individual road race 2:37:06 33 Women's individual time trial 41:45 22Brian Fowler Men's individual road race Scott Guyton Men's individual road race Glen Mitchell Men's individual road race Jacqui Nelson Women's individual road race Women's individual time trial 40:58 20Susy Pryde Women's individual road race 2:37:06 31Rosalind Reekie Women's individual road race 2:23:52 49Ric Reid Men's individual road race 4:56:47 66
Track
1 km time trial AthleteEventTimeRankDarren McKenzie-PotterMen's 1 km trime trial 1:06.311 14
Points race AthleteEventPointsLaps behindRankGlenn McLeayMen's points race 8 1 9Jacqui NelsonWomen's points race 8 0 8
Sprint AthleteEventQualifyingRound 1Round 1repechageRound 2Round 2repechageEighth finalsEighth finalrepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankTimeRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultDarren McKenzie-PotterMen's sprint11.211 23 QL RL did not advanceDonna WyndWomen's sprint11.961 12 QL R3 colspan=4 did not advance
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeGary AndersonMen's individual pursuit4:36.918 13 did not advance 13Sarah UlmerWomen's individual pursuit3:43.176 6 QL 3:45.761 did not advance 7Brendon CameronTim CarswellJulian DeanGreg HendersonMen's team pursuit4:14.990 8 QL 4:08.965 did not advance 8
Mountain bike Mountain biking was introduced as an Olympic discipline for the 1996 Games. The two strongest women, Kathy Lynch and Mary Grigson, gained New Zealand two qualifying positions for the Olympics; no New Zealand men qualified. Grigson accepted an offer to race for Australia—she competed for them at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000—and left New Zealand, so the New Zealand Mountain Bike Association decided to nominate just one competitor for the New Zealand Olympic team.
AthleteEventTimeRankKathy LynchWomen's cross-country1:57:408
Equestrian
Eventing New Zealand entered three competitors in the mixed individual eventing event; two men and one woman. New Zealand also competed in team eventing.
RiderHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingOverallPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankSally ClarkSquirrel HillIndividual51.2 14 9.20 2 0.00 =1 60.40 Andrew NicholsonBuckley ProvinceIndividual48.4 11 RetiredBlyth TaitReady TeddyIndividual51.60 =15 5.20 1 0.00 =1 56.80 Vaughn JefferisVicky LattaAndrew NicholsonBlyth TaitBounceBroadcast NewsJägermeister IIChesterfieldTeam135.60 3 120.20 3 12.75 1 268.55
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualifyingFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Total pointsRankDaniel MeechFuture VisionIndividual40.25 12.00 8.00 60.25 69 did not advance
Judo
AthleteEventElimination poolRepechage poolFinal / RankOpponentResultOpponentResultOpponentResultOpponentResultOpponentResultOpponentResultOpponentResultOpponentResult Steve Corkin Men's lightweightWWL Did not advanceL did not advance =9 Daniel Gowing Men's lightweightWL did not advanceWL did not advance =9
Rowing
New Zealand qualified five boats for the 1996 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls, men's pair, men's coxless four, men's lightweight double sculls, and women's double sculls.
Men
Women
Sailing
Aaron McIntosh – Men's Mistral One Design Barbara Kendall – Women's Mistral One Design – silver medal Craig Monk – Finn Sharon Ferris – Europe Rohan Cooke & Andrew Stone – Men's 470 Leslie Egnot & Jan Shearer – Women's 470 Hamish Pepper – Laser Rod Davis & Don Cowie – Star Rex Sellers & Brian Jones – Tornado Kelvin Harrap & Sean Clarkson & Jamie Gale – Soling
Shooting
AthleteEventQualification roundsFinal roundTotalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6TotalRankStephen PettersonMen's 50 m rifle prone 99 98 98 100 97 99 591 =36 did not advance =36Brant WoodwardMen's trap 24 25 22 24 21 116 =42 did not advance =42
Swimming
AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRank Dionne Bainbridge Women's 200 m freestyle 2:02.69 13 QB 2:03.20 15 Women's 400 m freestyle 4:16.47 13 QB 4:16.79 14 Trent Bray Men's 100 m freestyle 51.18 31 did not advance Men's 200 m freestyle 1:51.59 =20 did not advance Scott Cameron Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:56.60 27 did not advance Alison Fitch Women's 50 m freestyle 26.74 35 did not advance Women's 100 m freestyle 57.71 29 did not advance Paul Kent Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:02.76 15 QB 1:03.05 14 Lydia Lipscombe Women's 100 m backstroke 1:03.61 13 QB 1:03.30 11 Women's 200 m backstroke 2:19.54 24 did not advance Danyon Loader Men's 200 m freestyle 1:48.48 2 Q 1:47.63 NR Men's 400 m freestyle 3:51.54 4 Q 3:47.97 NR Men's 100 m butterfly 55.39 34 did not advance Men's 200 m butterfly 2:00.81 19 did not advance Anna Simcic Women's 200 m backstroke 2:13.74 8 Q 2:14.04 6 Nicholas Tongue Men's 50 m freestyle 23.73 =40 did not advance Anna Wilson Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:12.93 31 did not advance Women's 200 m individual medley 2:19.97 25 did not advance Women's 400 m individual medley 4:55.72 24 did not advance Jonathan Winter Men's 100 m backstroke 56.92 23 did not advance John SteelNicholas TongueDanyon LoaderTrent Bray Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:21.65 9 did not advance Trent BrayMurray BurdanScott CameronDanyon Loader Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:24.35 9 did not advance Jonathan WinterPaul KentDanyon LoaderTrent Bray Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:45.80 14 did not advance Sarah CatherwoodAlison FitchAnna WilsonDionne Bainbridge Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:14.98 11 did not advance Lydia LipscombeAnna WilsonAnna SimcicAlison Fitch Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:19.83 19 did not advance
Table tennis
AthleteEvent Pool stageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultWLRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultChunli LiWomen's singlesW 2–0W 2–0L 0–2 2 1 2 did not advance =17
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultBrett StevenMen's singlesL 2–6 7–6 2–6 did not advance =33
Volleyball
Beach volleyball AthleteEventWinners' bracketLosers' bracketSemifinalsFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultGlenn HamiltonReid HamiltonMen's tournamentL 8–15 Relegated to losers' bracketL 8–15 did not advance =17
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