New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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New Zealand at the Olympic Games | ||||
Flag of New Zealand |
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IOC code: | NZL | |||
NOC: | New Zealand Olympic Committee external link |
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2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney | ||||
Competitors | 151 | |||
Flag Bearer | Blyth Tait | |||
Medals | Gold 1 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 3 |
Total 4 |
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 *with Australia as Australasia |
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Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 |
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 |
[edit] Medals
New Zealand finished in 45th position in the final medal rankings, with one gold medal and three bronze medals.
[edit] Gold
- Rob Waddell — Rowing, Men's single sculls
[edit] Bronze
- Mark Todd — Equestrian, three-day event individual competition
- Aaron McIntosh — Sailing, Men's sailboard (mistral)
- Barbara Kendall — Sailing, Women's sailboard (mistral)
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
New Zealand sent two archers to Sydney. They were both defeated in the first round.
Men's individual | ||||||
Ken Uprichard | Peter Ebden | |||||
1/32 eliminations | Lost to | Simon Needham Great Britain |
160-155 | Lost to | Baljinima Tsyrempilov Russia |
168-147 |
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Men's competition
Men's 10000 m
- Michael Aish
- Round 1 - 29:31.83 (did not advance)
Men's discus
- Ian Winchester
- Qualifying - 58.64 (did not advance)
Men's high jump
- Glenn Howard
- Qualifying - 2.15 (did not advance)
Men's 50 km walk
- Craig Barrett
- Final - 3:55:53 (18th place)
[edit] Women's competition
Women's 800 m
- Toni Hodgkinson
- Round 1 - 01:59.37
- Semifinal - 01:59.84 (did not advance)
Women's 1500 m
- Toni Hodgkinson
- Round 1 - 04:12.59 (did not advance)
Women's discus
- Beatrice Faumuina
- Qualifying - 61.33
- Final - 58.69 (12th place)
Women's hammer throw
- Tasha Williams
- Qualifying - 61.18 (did not advance)
Women's long jump
- Chantal Brunner
- Qualifying - 6.42 (did not advance)
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Men's team competition
- Preliminaries (0-5)
- 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 11-12
- 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
[edit] Women's team competition
- Preliminaries (0-5)
- 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 11-12
- 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
[edit] Boxing
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):
- Angus Shelford
- Round 1 - Bye
- Round 2 - Lost to Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine (did not advance)
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
- Kashi Leuchs
- Final - 2:16:37.57 (17th place)
Women's Mountain Bike'
- Susy Pryde
- Final - DNF
[edit] Road Cycling
[edit] Men's competition
Men's Road Race
- Chris Jenner
- Final - 5:30:46 (47th place)
- Julian Dean
- Final - 5:30:46 (61st place)
- Scott Guyton
- Final - 5:43:21 (85th place)
- Glen Mitchell
- Final - DNF
[edit] Women's competition
Women's Road Race
- Jacinta Coleman
- Final - 3:06:31 (18th place)
- Roz Reekie-May
- Final - 3:10:34 (36th place)
- Susy Pryde
- Final - DNF
[edit] Track Cycling
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Hockey
[edit] 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)
The women's field hockey team, coached by former international Jan Borren, eventually finished sixth at the State Hockey Centre in Sydney. The squad, nicknamed The Black Sticks, was formed by the following players:
[edit] Sailing
New Zealand competed in all eleven of the Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics. They won two bronze medals and had five other top 10 finishes.
Men's Mistral
- Aaron McIntosh
- Race 1 - (37) OCS
- Race 2 - 9
- Race 3 - 4
- Race 4 - 10
- Race 5 - 9
- Race 6 - 3
- Race 7 - 1
- Race 8 - 5
- Race 9 - (12)
- Race 10 - 3
- Race 11 - 4
- Final - 48 (Bronze medal)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Clifton Webb
- 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
- 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
- Barbara Kendall
- Race 1 - 2
- Race 2 - 3
- Race 3 - 2
- Race 4 - 3
- Race 5 - (7)
- Race 6 - 1
- Race 7 - 3
- Race 8 - 1
- Race 9 - (5)
- Race 10 - 1
- Race 11 - 3
- Final - 19 (Bronze medal)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
- Sarah Macky
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Quarterfinals - (2-3) 2 points - Did not advance
Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
- Daniel Slater and Nathan Handley
- 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)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Jonathan Duncan
- Preliminary Heat - 1:53.27 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Jonathan Duncan
- Preliminary Heat - 03:58.52 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Jonathan Duncan
- Preliminary Heat - 16:03.41 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Steven Ferguson
- Preliminary Heat - 01:03.06 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Steven Ferguson
- Preliminary Heat - 02:19.31 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Scott Talbot-Cameron
- Preliminary Heat - 57.86 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Scott Talbot-Cameron
- Preliminary Heat - 02:01.53 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Dean Kent
- Preliminary Heat - 02:04.07 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Dean Kent
- Preliminary Heat - 04:21.81 (did not advance)
Women's 50 m freestyle
- Vivienne Rignall
- Preliminary Heat - 25.52
- Semi-final - 25.61 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m freestyle
- Monique Robins
- Preliminary Heat - 57.85 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Elizabeth van Welie
- Preliminary Heat - 02:11.62 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Monique Robins
- Preliminary Heat - 01:04.52 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Helen Norfolk
- Preliminary Heat - 02:16.22 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Helen Norfolk
- Preliminary Heat - 02:18.90 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Helen Norfolk
- Preliminary Heat - 04:46.42 (did not advance)
[edit] 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.
Women's:
- Evelyn Williamson - 2:05:38.30 (22nd place)
Men's:
- Craig Watson - 1:50:01.85 (16th place)
- Hamish Carter - 1:50:57.17 (26th place)
- Ben Bright - 1:52:17.26 (38th place)
[edit] References
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- 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.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site