New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL (NZE used at these Games)
NOC	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Rome
Competitors	37 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Les Mills
Officials	11
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
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New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 37 competitors, 33 men and four women, who took part in 28 events across nine sports. ^[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Rome, Italy, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Les Mills. Harold Austad was the team's Chef de Mission. ^[2] The New Zealand team finished 14th on the medal table, winning a total of three medals, two of which were gold.

Medal tables

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Peter Snell	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	2 September
Gold	Murray Halberg	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	2 September
Bronze	Barry Magee	Athletics	Men's marathon	10 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	0	1	3
Total	2	0	1	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	0	1	3
Female	0	0	0	0
Total	2	0	1	3

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank [i]	Result	Rank [ii]	Result	Rank [iii]	Result	Rank
Murray Halberg	Men's 5000 m	14:04.28	2 Q	—				13:43.76
	Men's 10,000 m	—						28:49.11	5
Jeff Julian	Men's marathon	—						2:24:50.6	18
Barry Magee	Men's 10,000 m	—						30:35.80	26
	Men's marathon	—						2:17:18.2
Valerie Morgan	Women's 100 m	12.61	3	12.66	7	did not advance
	Women's 200 m	25.39	5	—		did not advance
Ray Puckett	Men's marathon	—						2:37:36.0	51
Norman Read	Men's 20 km walk	—						1:36:59.0	5
	Men's 50 km walk	—						DNF
Barry Robinson	Men's 200 m	22.2	5	did not advance
	Men's 400 m	47.6	2 Q	48.3	6	did not advance
Donal Smith	Men's 800 m	1:51.86	1 Q	1:48.52	4	did not advance
Peter Snell	Men's 800 m	1:48.22	1 Q	1:48.84	2 Q	1:47.34	1 Q	1:46.48 OR

1. Ranks given are within the heat
2. Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
3. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dave Norris	Men's long jump	7.04	32	did not advance
	Men's triple jump	14.30	36	did not advance
Les Mills	Men's discus throw	50.76	28	did not advance
	Men's shot put	16.93	11 Q	17.06	11
Valerie Sloper	Women's discus throw	46.91	12 q	48.81	10
	Women's shot put	16.07	2 Q	16.39	4
Jennifer Thompson	Women's discus throw	46.74	14	did not advance
Beverly Weigel	Women's long jump	6.12	5 Q	5.98	10

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

One male cyclist represented New Zealand in 1960.

Track

Men's 1000 m time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Warwick Dalton	1:10.68	11

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Overall
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
Adrian White	Telebrae	Individual	33.25	35	12	=4	45.25	23

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

One fencer represented New Zealand in 1960.

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool						Round 2 pool						Quarterfinal pool	Semifinal pool	Final pool	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Brian Pickworth	Men's individual épée	Gonsior  (POL) L 1 – 5	El-Gressy  (MAR) W 5 – 1	Barouch  (TUN) W 5 – 3	Echeverry  (COL) W 5 – 2	Guittet  (FRA) W 5 – 3	4	Balestrini  (ARG) L 1 – 5	Achten  (BEL) L 3 – 5	Glos  (POL) L 3 – 5	Pellegrino  (ITA) L 1 – 5	Sákovics  (HUN) L 1 – 5	0	did not advance
	Men's individual foil	Paladino  (URU) W 5 – 4	Debeur  (BEL) L 1 – 5	González  (ESP) L 1 – 5	Csipler  (ROU) L 4 – 5	Zhdanovich  (URS) L 2 – 5	1	Did not advance
	Men's individual sabre	Amberg  (GBR) W 5 – 4	Haschja  (INA) L 4 – 5	Chicca  (ITA) L 4 – 5	Paladino  (URU) L 3 – 5	Zabłocki  (POL) L 0 – 5	1	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Team roster

John Abrams James Barclay Phillip Bygrave John Cullen Ross Gillespie Anthony Hayde Noel Hobson	Ian Kerr Murray Mathieson Guy McGregor Mervyn McKinnon Kevin Percy Bill Schaefer Bruce Turner

Group A

27 August 1960 (1960-08-27) 16:30 New Zealand   1–1 (1–1)   Netherlands Hobson 25' Van Erven Dorens 23' Stadio dei Marmi Umpires: Franck (BEL), Massart (BEL)

31 August 1960 (1960-08-31) 16:30 New Zealand   4–1 (3–1)   Denmark Hobson 4' Turner 24', 41' Bygrave 35' Christiansen 16' Olympic Velodrome Umpires: McDowell (AUS), Glichitch (FRA)

2 September 1960 (1960-09-02) 16:30 India   3–0 (1–0)   New Zealand Bhola 8' Peter 57' Ja. Singh 70' Olympic Velodrome Umpires: McIldowie (SAF), Whitelaw (GBR)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
India	3	3	0	0	17	1	6	Advance to quarter-finals
New Zealand	3	1	1	1	5	5	3	Tie-breaker to determine second place in group
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	7	3
Denmark	3	0	1	2	0	5	1	13th–16th classification round

Group A tie-breaker

4 September 1960 (1960-09-04) 15:30 New Zealand   2–1 (1–1)   Netherlands Bygrave 31', 58' De Beer 14' Campo Tre Fontane Umpires: Schinner (GER), Lichtenfeld (GER)

By winning the Group A tie-breaker match, New Zealand advanced to the quarter-finals, while the Netherlands continued to the classification matches for 9th to 12th places.

Quarter-final

5 September 1960 (1960-09-05) 16:00 Spain   1–0 (0–0)   New Zealand Murua 83' Olympic Velodrome Umpires: Elgershuizen (NED), Van Ballgoijen de Jong (NED)

After losing its quarter-final, New Zealand moved into the classification matches for 5th to 8th places.

5th–8th Classification matches

8 September 1960 (1960-09-08) 15:00 New Zealand   1–0 (1–0)   Germany McGregor 11' Campo Tre Fontane Umpires: Van Ballgoijen de Jong (NED), H. Singh (IND)

New Zealand moved into the playoff for 5th and 6th places by defeating Germany.

9 September 1960 (1960-09-09) 08:30 Australia   2–1 (0–1)   New Zealand Crossman 50' Evans 68' Cullen 27' Campo Tre Fontane Umpires: Burgess (GBR), Asselman (BEL)

The match to decide 5th and 6th positions between Australia and New Zealand was declared null and void after Australia's previous match against Kenya was declared drawn on appeal. Australia subsequently defeated Kenya in a replay, and then a replay was required between New Zealand and Australia to decide 5th place.

5th–6th Classification replay

11 September 1960 (1960-09-11) 09:00 New Zealand   1–0 (0–0)   Australia Bygrave 2' Campo Tre Fontane Umpires: Burgess (GBR), van Ballgoijen de Jong (NED)

New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in 5th place.

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics

In 1960, seven rowing competitions were held, and New Zealand entered a single rower: James Hill competing in single sculls. ^[3] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics. ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
James Hill	Single sculls	7:19.64	1 FA	Bye		7:23.98	4

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ralph Roberts	Finn	441	0 DSQ	867	742	800	946	1344	5140	6
Murray Rae (helm) Ron Watson	Flying Dutchman	638	1115	446	990	638	101 DNF	814	4641	8

Helmer Pedersen was a reserve but did not compete.

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Don Oliver	Men's heavyweight	132.5	=16	122.5	=14	170.0	=8	425.0	13

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Fred Thomas	Men's freestyle middleweight	Mehdizadeh  (IRI) W Fall	Graffigna  (ARG) W 3–0	Gardzhev  (BUL) L Fall	Antonsson  (SWE) L Fall	Eliminated	10

Officials

• Chef de Mission – Harold Austad
• Assistant team manager – George Thorn ^[5]
• Physiotherapist and masseur – Stanley Paris ^[6]
• Athletics section manager – Joe McManemin ^[7]
• Field hockey section manager – Jack Squire ^[8]
• Rowing section manager – Charles Saunders ^[9]
• Sailing section manager – Hugh Poole ^[10]
• Weightlifting section manager – John Cullen ^[11]
• Wrestling section manager – Jack Prestney ^[12]

References

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