New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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New Zealand at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Flag of New Zealand.svg
IOC code NZL
NOC Olympic Council of New Zealand
Website www.olympic.org.nz
in Amsterdam
Competitors10 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Arthur Porritt
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a team of ten competitors: four athletes, four swimmers and two boxers. [1] Seven men and three women represented their country, accompanied by four others. The athletes were led by Arthur Porritt, who was the only New Zealand competitor who had attended the previous Summer Olympics in 1924; Porritt would four decades later become New Zealand's 11th Governor-General. The team won one medal; boxer Ted Morgan won gold in the men's welterweight. Excluding Malcolm Champion's gold as part of a combined Australasia team in 1912, this was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medal.

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Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ted Morgan Boxing Men's welterweight 11 August

Delegation

The New Zealand team in 1928 including supporters;
front (l-r): Annie Miller (chaperone), Mrs Amos (chaperone), Harry Amos (Chef de Mission), Ena Stockley, Kathleen Miller, Norma Wilson
middle: Ted Morgan, C. Dickinson (masseur), Arthur Porritt, David Lindsay, Alf Cleverley
back: Len Moorhouse, Stan Lay 1928-Amsterdam-Full-NZ-Team crop.jpg
The New Zealand team in 1928 including supporters;
front (l–r): Annie Miller (chaperone), Mrs Amos (chaperone), Harry Amos (Chef de Mission), Ena Stockley, Kathleen Miller, Norma Wilson
middle: Ted Morgan, C. Dickinson (masseur), Arthur Porritt, David Lindsay, Alf Cleverley
back: Len Moorhouse, Stan Lay

Arthur Porritt was appointed captain by the New Zealand Olympic Council. Porritt was at the time based in England for tertiary study and was thus in a position to arrange some things in Europe. He also had the advantage that he had attended the previous Summer Olympics, winning the country's only medal. Porritt, a runner, was joined by eight other competitors: four swimmers, three track and field athletes, and two boxers. In total, there were seven men and three women competing for New Zealand. [2] [3] Both the boxer Alf Cleverley and the swimmer Len Moorhouse did not receive financial support by the Olympic Council for their journey to the Games, but had to pay for it themselves. [2] All athletes apart from Porritt (who was already in England) and Moorhouse travelled by the Remuera to England; [2] The main body of the team was farewelled in Wellington by the prime minister, Gordon Coates, and several cabinet ministers. [3]

Moorhouse followed over a month later on the Tamaroa. [4] A New Zealand rowing eight (including the future All Black Hubert McLean) was selected but was unable to travel to the games because of lack of funds. [5] [6]

Harry Amos was appointed Chef de Mission; [7] at the time he was referred to as chairman. [2] His wife acted as chaperon and travelled to the Olympics at their own expense. A masseur from Wellington, C. Dickinson, accompanied the team in an honorary capacity. [2] [8] Swimmer Kathleen Miller, 19 years old at the time, was accompanied by her mother Annie Miller as a chaperone. [9] Therefore, the ten athletes were accompanied by four others to the Olympics. [3]

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Wilfrid Kalaugher 110 m hurdles Unknown4did not advance
Men
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Wilfrid Kalaugher Triple Jump 12.9423did not advance
Stan Lay Javelin 62.897did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Norma Wilson 100 m 11.302 QUnknown5did not advance

Boxing

NameEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Ted Morgan Welterweight ByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Johansson  (SWE)
W KO2
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Caneva  (ITA)
W Points
Flag of France.svg  Galataud  (FRA)
W Points
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Landini  (ARG)
W Points
Gold medal icon.svg
Alf Cleverley Light heavyweight n/aFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Jackson  (GBR)
L Points
did not advance9T

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

SwimmerEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
David Lindsay 400 m freestyle 5:38.63did not advance
1500 m freestyle Unknown4did not advance
Len Moorhouse 100 m backstroke 1:20.43did not advance
Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

SwimmerEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ena Stockley 100 m backstroke 1:25.43 qn/a1:24.47
100 m freestyle 1:16.42 QUnknown5did not advance
Kathleen Miller 1:17.22 QUnknown6did not advance
400 m freestyle 6:16.82 QUnknown5did not advance

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