New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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New Zealand at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  NZL
NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors 151
Flag bearer Blyth Tait
Medals Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
3		 Total
4
Olympic history (summary)
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*with Australia as Australasia
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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] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_3.png 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

Men's discus

Men's high jump

  • Glenn Howard
    1. Qualifying - 2.15 (did not advance)

Men's 50 km walk

[edit] Women's competition

Women's 800 m

  • Toni Hodgkinson
    1. Round 1 - 01:59.37
    2. Semifinal - 01:59.84 (did not advance)

Women's 1500 m

  • Toni Hodgkinson
    1. Round 1 - 04:12.59 (did not advance)

Women's discus

Women's hammer throw

Women's long jump

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
    1. Lost to France (50-76)
    2. Lost to China (60-75)
    3. Lost to Italy (66-78)
    4. Lost to United States (56-102)
    5. Lost to Lithuania (75-85)
  • Classification Match
    1. 11th-12th place: Defeated Angola (70-60) → 11th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
    1. Lost to Poland (52-72)
    2. Lost to Korea (62-101)
    3. Lost to Cuba (55-74)
    4. Lost to United States (42-93)
    5. Lost to Russia (54-92)
  • Classification Match
    1. 11th-12th place: Defeated Senegal (72-69) → 11th place
  • Team Roster
  • 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

Women's Mountain Bike

  • Susy Pryde
    1. Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Road Cycling

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Road Race

  • Chris Jenner
    1. Final - 5:30:46 (47th place)
  • Julian Dean
    1. Final - 5:30:46 (61st place)
  • Scott Guyton
    1. Final - 5:43:21 (85th place)
  • Glen Mitchell
    1. Final - DNF

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Road Race

  • Jacinta Coleman
    1. Final - 3:06:31 (18th place)
  • Roz Reekie-May
    1. Final - 3:10:34 (36th place)
  • Susy Pryde
    1. Final - DNF

[edit] Track Cycling

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Sprint

  • Anthony Peden
    • Qualifying - 10.649
    • First Round - DNS

Men's Individual Pursuit

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

[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

Women's 500 m Time Trial

  • Fiona Ramage
    • Final - 36.536 (16th place)

Women's Point Race

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Pool B)
  • Medal Pool

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
    1. Race 1 - (37) OCS
    2. Race 2 - 9
    3. Race 3 - 4
    4. Race 4 - 10
    5. Race 5 - 9
    6. Race 6 - 3
    7. Race 7 - 1
    8. Race 8 - 5
    9. Race 9 - (12)
    10. Race 10 - 3
    11. Race 11 - 4
    12. Final - 48 (Bronze medal)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Clifton Webb
    1. Race 1 - 15
    2. Race 2 - 9
    3. Race 3 - 15
    4. Race 4 - 10
    5. Race 5 - 12
    6. Race 6 - 11
    7. Race 7 - 16
    8. Race 8 - 4
    9. Race 9 - 16
    10. Race 10 - (18)
    11. Race 11 - (26) OCS
    12. Final - 109 (16th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Simon Cooke and Peter Nicholas
    1. Race 2 - (15)
    2. Race 3 - 9
    3. Race 4 - 12
    4. Race 5 - 10
    5. Race 6 - 12
    6. Race 7 - (15)
    7. Race 8 - 3
    8. Race 9 - 3
    9. Race 10 - 13
    10. Race 11 - 8
    11. Final - 76 (7th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Barbara Kendall
    1. Race 1 - 2
    2. Race 2 - 3
    3. Race 3 - 2
    4. Race 4 - 3
    5. Race 5 - (7)
    6. Race 6 - 1
    7. Race 7 - 3
    8. Race 8 - 1
    9. Race 9 - (5)
    10. Race 10 - 1
    11. Race 11 - 3
    12. Final - 19 (Bronze medal)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Sarah Macky
    1. Race 1 - 12
    2. Race 2 - 1
    3. Race 3 - 14
    4. Race 4 - (16)
    5. Race 5 - 12
    6. Race 6 - 11
    7. Race 7 - 5
    8. Race 8 - (15)
    9. Race 9 - 6
    10. Race 10 - 3
    11. Race 11 - 15
    12. Final - 79 (9th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Melinda Henshaw and Jenny Egnot
    1. Race 1 - 13
    2. Race 2 - 3
    3. Race 3 - 6
    4. Race 4 - 1
    5. Race 5 - 7
    6. Race 6 - 10
    7. Race 7 - 6
    8. Race 8 - (19)
    9. Race 9 - (20) OCS
    10. Race 10 - 16
    11. Race 11 - 10
    12. Final - 72 (11th place)

Open Laser

  • Peter Fox
    1. Race 1 - 14
    2. Race 2 - 19
    3. Race 3 - 13
    4. Race 4 - (44) OCS
    5. Race 5 - 22
    6. Race 6 - 20
    7. Race 7 - 7
    8. Race 8 - 18
    9. Race 9 - 23
    10. Race 10 - 8
    11. Race 11 - (24)
    12. Final - 144 (21st place)

Open Tornado

  • Chris Dickson and Glen Sowry
    1. Race 1 - 5
    2. Race 2 - 2
    3. Race 3 - 7
    4. Race 4 - (15)
    5. Race 5 - 10
    6. Race 6 - 1
    7. Race 7 - 5
    8. Race 8 - 7
    9. Race 9 - (12)
    10. Race 10 - 3
    11. Race 11 - 6
    12. Final - 46 (5th place)

Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

  • Gavin Brady and Jamie Gale
    1. Race 1 - (16)
    2. Race 2 - 1
    3. Race 3 - 5
    4. Race 4 - 9
    5. Race 5 - 5
    6. Race 6 - 15
    7. Race 7 - 6
    8. Race 8 - 5
    9. Race 9 - 2
    10. Race 10 - (16)
    11. Race 11 - 9
    12. Final - 57 (9th place)

Open Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

  • Don Cowie, Rod Davis and Alan Smith
    1. Quarterfinals - (2-3) 2 points - Did not advance

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

  • Daniel Slater and Nathan Handley
    1. Race 1 - (14)
    2. Race 2 - 9
    3. Race 3 - (18) OCS
    4. Race 4 - 5
    5. Race 5 - 12
    6. Race 6 - 7
    7. Race 7 - 5
    8. Race 8 - 12
    9. Race 9 - 4
    10. Race 10 - 2
    11. Race 11 - 3
    12. Race 12 - 8
    13. Race 13 - 2
    14. Race 14 - 7
    15. Race 15 - 13
    16. Race 16 - 10
    17. Final - 99 (8th place)

[edit] Softball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Lost to Australia (2:3)
  • Defeated Canada (3:2)
  • Lost to PR China (0:10)
  • Defeated Cuba (6:2)
  • Lost to Italy (0:1)
  • Lost to United States (0:2)
  • Lost to Japan (1:2)
  • Semifinals
  • Did not advance → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
  • Zavana Aranga
  • Jaye Bailey
  • Kim Dermott
  • Rhonda Hira
  • Melanie Hulme
  • Lisa Kersten
  • Ruta Lealamanu
  • Cindy Potae
  • Char Pouaka
  • Kiri Shaw
  • Jackie Smith
  • Fiona Timu
  • Helen Townsend
  • Melisa Upu
  • Gina Weber

[edit] Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Dean Kent
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:04.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Dean Kent
    1. Preliminary Heat - 04:21.81 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m freestyle

  • Vivienne Rignall
    1. Preliminary Heat - 25.52
    2. Semi-final - 25.61 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m freestyle

  • Monique Robins
    1. Preliminary Heat - 57.85 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Elizabeth van Welie
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:11.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Monique Robins
    1. Preliminary Heat - 01:04.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Helen Norfolk
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:16.22 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Helen Norfolk
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:18.90 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Helen Norfolk
    1. 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.

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

[edit] References