New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

| || || Swimming || Men's 200 m freestyle || 20 July

| || || Swimming || Men's 400 m freestyle || 23 July

| || || Equestrian || Individual eventing || 26 July

| || || Sailing || Women's Mistral || 2 August

| || Vicky Latta Andrew Nicholson Blyth Tait || Equestrian || Team eventing || 24 July

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"

!colspan=7|Medals by sport

|Sport

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

| style="text-align:left;"| Swimming

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

| style="text-align:left;"| Equestrian

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

| style="text-align:left;"| Sailing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

! style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" |3

! style="background:silver;" |2

! style="background:#c96;" |1

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"

!colspan=7|Medals by gender

|Gender

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

| style="text-align:left;"| Male

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0

| style="text-align:left;"| Female

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0

| style="text-align:left;"| Mixed / open

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

! style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" |3

! style="background:silver;" |2

! style="background:#c96;" |1

Archery

New Zealand sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Opposition Result

|align=left|Andrew Lindsay

|align=left|Men's individual

| 650 || 33

| L 156–160

|colspan=5 | did not advance || 46

Athletics

Track and road

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left| Craig Barrett

|align=left| Men's 50 km walk

| colspan=6

| 4:15:15 || 33

|-align=center

|align=left| Nyla Carroll

|align=left| Women's 10,000 m

| 32:50.64 || 10

| colspan=4

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Matthew Coad

|align=left| Men's 200 m

| 21.25 || 5

| colspan=6 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2| Chris Donaldson

|align=left| Men's 100 m

| 10.39 || 6

| colspan=6 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Men's 200 m

| 20.96 || 6

| colspan=6 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Anne Hare

|align=left| Women's 5000 m

| 15:22.31 || 6 Q

| colspan=4

| 15:29.11 || 13

|-align=center

|align=left| Martin Johns

|align=left| Men's 1500 m

| 3:44.91 || 11

| colspan=2

| colspan=4 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Robbie Johnston

|align=left| Men's 10,000 m

| 28:40.60 || 12

| colspan=4

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Mark Keddell

|align=left| Men's 200 m

| 20.93 || 4

| colspan=6 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Lorraine Moller

|align=left| Women's marathon

| colspan=6

| 2:42:21 || 46

|-align=center

|align=left| Scott Nelson

|align=left| Men's 20 km walk

| colspan=6

| 1:25:50 || 32

|-align=center

|align=left| Gus Nketia

|align=left| Men's 100 m

| 10.34 || 4 q

| 10.35 || 8

| colspan=4 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Sean Wade

|align=left| Men's marathon

| colspan=6

| 2:30:35 || 83

|-align=center

|align=left| Jonathan Wyatt

|align=left| Men's 5000 m

| 13:52.56 || 8 Q

| colspan=2

| 13:47.81 || 10

| colspan=2 | did not advance

Field

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left| Chantal Brunner

|align=left| Women's long jump

| 6.62 || 10 q

| 6.49 || 10

|-align=center

|align=left| Beatrice Faumuina

|align=left| Women's discus throw

| 58.40 || 23

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left| Gavin Lovegrove

|align=left| Men's javelin throw

| 77.12 || 23

| colspan=2 | did not advance

Combined

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

! 100 m

!Long jump

!Shot put

!High jump

!400 m

!110 m hurdles

!Discus throw

!Pole vault

!Javelin throw

!1500 m

!Total points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left| Doug Pirini

|align=left| Men's decathlon

| 10.89 885 pts

| 7.33 893 pts

| 14.75 774 pts

| 1.89 705 pts

| 48.56 882 pts

| 14.88 864 pts

| 45.34 774 pts

| 4.60 790 pts

| 58.02 708 pts

| 4:39.09 686 pts

| 7961

| 24

Badminton

New Zealand sent two women to compete in two competitions of the Olympic Badminton tournament.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

|align=left|Rhona Robertson

|align=left|Women's singles

| L 2–11 2–11

|colspan=4 | did not advance

| =17

|align=left|Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson

|align=left|Women's doubles

| W 15–7 15–4

| L 9–15 2–15

|colspan=3 | did not advance

| =9

Boxing

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

|align=left|Garth da Silva

|align=left|Men's heavyweight

| W

| L 8–12

|colspan=3 | did not advance

|=9

Canoeing

New Zealand sent one man to compete in one canoeing event.

Slalom

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=3|Run 1

!colspan=3|Run 2

!rowspan=2|Best total

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Points

!Total

!Time

!Points

!Total

|align=left|Owen Hughes

|align=left|Men's K-1

|2:34.79 || 10 || 164.79 || 2:35.25 || 5 || 160.25 || 160.25 || 31

Cycling

Road

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Rebecca Bailey

|align=left | Women's individual road race

| 2:37:06 || 33

|- align=center

|align=left | Women's individual time trial

| 41:45 || 22

|- align=center

|align=left|Brian Fowler

|align=left | Men's individual road race

| colspan=2 |

|- align=center

|align=left|Scott Guyton

|align=left | Men's individual road race

| colspan=2 |

|- align=center

|align=left|Glen Mitchell

|align=left | Men's individual road race

| colspan=2 |

|- align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Jacqui Nelson

|align=left | Women's individual road race

| colspan=2 |

|- align=center

|align=left | Women's individual time trial

| 40:58 || 20

|- align=center

|align=left|Susy Pryde

|align=left | Women's individual road race

| 2:37:06 || 31

|- align=center

|align=left|Rosalind Reekie

|align=left | Women's individual road race

| 2:23:52 || 49

|- align=center

|align=left|Ric Reid

|align=left | Men's individual road race

| 4:56:47 || 66

Track

;1 km time trial

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Darren McKenzie-Potter

|align=left|Men's 1 km trime trial

| 1:06.311 || 14

;Points race

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"

!Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Laps behind

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Glenn McLeay

|align=left|Men's points race

| 8 || 1 || 9

|- align=center

|align=left|Jacqui Nelson

|align=left|Women's points race

| 8 || 0 || 8

;Sprint

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2 |Qualifying

!Round 1

!Round 1 repechage

!Round 2

!Round 2 repechage

!Eighth finals

!Eighth final repechage

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Opposition Result

|align=left|Darren McKenzie-Potter

|align=left|Men's sprint

|11.211 || 23 Q

| L R

| L

| colspan=8 | did not advance

|align=left|Donna Wynd

|align=left|Women's sprint

|11.961 || 12 Q

| L R

| 3

| colspan=4

| colspan=4 | did not advance

;Pursuit

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Opposition Time

|align=left|Gary Anderson

|align=left|Men's individual pursuit

|4:36.918 || 13

|colspan=3 | did not advance || 13

|align=left|Sarah Ulmer

|align=left|Women's individual pursuit

|3:43.176 || 6 Q

| L 3:45.761

|colspan=2 | did not advance || 7

|align=left|Brendon Cameron Tim Carswell Julian Dean Greg Henderson

|align=left|Men's team pursuit

|4:14.990 || 8 Q

| L 4:08.965

|colspan=2 | 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.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Kathy Lynch

|align=left|Women's cross-country

|1:57:40

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. men's pair, men's coxless four, men's lightweight 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

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2 |Athlete

!rowspan=2 |Event

!colspan=8 |Qualification rounds

!rowspan=2 |Final round

!rowspan=2 |Total

!rowspan=2 |Rank

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round 5

!Round 6

!Total

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Stephen Petterson

|align=left|Men's 50 m rifle prone

| 99 || 98 || 98 || 100 || 97 || 99 || 591 || =36

| colspan=2 | did not advance || =36

|- align=center

|align=left|Brant Woodward

|align=left|Men's trap

| 24 || 25 || 22 || 24 || 21 || || 116 || =42

| colspan=2 | did not advance || =42

Swimming

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Dionne Bainbridge

| align=left | Women's 200 m freestyle

| 2:02.69 || 13 QB

| 2:03.20 || 15

|-align=center

| align=left | Women's 400 m freestyle

| 4:16.47 || 13 QB

| 4:16.79 || 14

|-align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Trent Bray

| align=left | Men's 100 m freestyle

| 51.18 || 31

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m freestyle

| 1:51.59 || =20

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Scott Cameron

| align=left | Men's 1500 m freestyle

| 15:56.60 || 27

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Alison Fitch

| align=left | Women's 50 m freestyle

| 26.74 || 35

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Women's 100 m freestyle

| 57.71 || 29

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Paul Kent

| align=left | Men's 100 m breaststroke

| 1:02.76 || 15 QB

| 1:03.05 || 14

|-align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Lydia Lipscombe

| align=left | Women's 100 m backstroke

| 1:03.61 || 13 QB

| 1:03.30 || 11

|-align=center

| align=left | Women's 200 m backstroke

| 2:19.54 || 24

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left rowspan=4 | Danyon Loader

| align=left | Men's 200 m freestyle

| 1:48.48 || 2 Q

| 1:47.63 NR||

|-align=center

| align=left | Men's 400 m freestyle

| 3:51.54 || 4 Q

| 3:47.97 NR||

|-align=center

| align=left | Men's 100 m butterfly

| 55.39 || 34

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m butterfly

| 2:00.81 || 19

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Anna Simcic

| align=left | Women's 200 m backstroke

| 2:13.74 || 8 Q

| 2:14.04 || 6

|-align=center

| align=left | Nicholas Tongue

| align=left | Men's 50 m freestyle

| 23.73 || =40

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left rowspan=3 | Anna Wilson

| align=left | Women's 100 m breaststroke

| 1:12.93 || 31

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Women's 200 m individual medley

| 2:19.97 || 25

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Women's 400 m individual medley

| 4:55.72 || 24

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Jonathan Winter

| align=left | Men's 100 m backstroke

| 56.92 || 23

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | John Steel Nicholas Tongue Danyon Loader Trent Bray

| align=left | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

| 3:21.65 || 9

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Trent Bray Murray Burdan Scott Cameron Danyon Loader

| align=left | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

| 7:24.35 || 9

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Jonathan Winter Paul Kent Danyon Loader Trent Bray

| align=left | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

| 3:45.80 || 14

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Sarah Catherwood Alison Fitch Anna Wilson Dionne Bainbridge

| align=left | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

| 8:14.98 || 11

| colspan=2 | did not advance

|-align=center

| align=left | Lydia Lipscombe Anna Wilson Anna Simcic Alison Fitch

| align=left | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

| 4:19.83 || 19

| colspan=2 | did not advance

Table tennis

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6 | Pool stage

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

!Opposition Result

|align=left|Chunli Li

|align=left|Women's singles

| W 2–0

| L 0–2

| 2 || 1 || 2

|colspan=4 | did not advance || =17

Tennis

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

|align=left|Brett Steven

|align=left|Men's singles

| L 2–6 7–6 2–6

|colspan=5 | did not advance

| =33

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=4|Winners' bracket

!colspan=5|Losers' bracket

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!rowspan=2|Final

!rowspan=3|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round 5

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

|align=left|Glenn Hamilton Reid Hamilton

|align=left|Men's tournament

| L 8–15

|colspan=3 | Relegated to losers' bracket

| L 8–15

|colspan=6 | did not advance || =17

References

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