New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	NZL
NPC	Paralympics New Zealand
Website	paralympics.org.nz
in London
Competitors	24 in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Michael Johnson (opening) Sophie Pascoe (closing)
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 6 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 17
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New Zealand competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The country won 17 medals in total, including six gold medals, and finished twenty-first on the medals table.

Team

New Zealand had 23 athletes, plus 1 cycling pilot, competing across 7 sports. It was the nation's smallest team since Barcelona in 1992, in part because it included no representatives in team events such as wheelchair rugby and boccia. ^{[1] [2]}

Michael Johnson, New Zealand's most successful Paralympic shooter, carried the flag at the opening ceremony. Sophie Pascoe, who won six swimming medals at the Games, carried the flag at the closing ceremony. Former Paralympic swimmer and gold medallist Duane Kale was the Chef de Mission. Paralympic cyclist Jayne Parsons withdrew from the team after failing her final pre-Games fitness test. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

At age 13 years and 8 months, swimmer Nikita Howarth was the youngest member of the team as well as New Zealand's youngest ever Paralympian. ^[5]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM10 30 August  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m butterfly S10 1 September  Gold Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's individual pursuit B 2 September  Gold Cameron Leslie Swimming Men's 150m individual medley SM4 2 September  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S10 6 September  Gold Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 200m individual medley SM11 8 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S10 31 August  Silver Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S11 31 August  Silver Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S11 2 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S10 4 September  Silver Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's road time trial B 5 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB9 8 September  Silver Daniel Sharp Swimming Men's 100m backstroke SB13 8 September  Bronze Fiona Southorn Cycling Women's individual pursuit C5 30 August  Bronze Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's 1 km time trial B 31 August  Bronze Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S11 1 September  Bronze Michael Johnson Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 2 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 5 6 1 12 Cycling 1 1 2 4 Shooting 0 0 1 1 Total 6 7 4 17

Events

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men—Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Prendergast	800m T13	1:58.21	3 Q	1:55.85	5
	1500m T13	3:57.39	6 q	3:53.60	6

Men—Field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Peter Martin	Shot Put F52-53	8.62 (726 pts)	5
	Javelin F52-53	15.26 (747 pts)	6

Women—Field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Holly Robinson	Javelin F46	32.58	7

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Classification	Time	Rank
Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot)	Women's road race	B	2:12:56	7
	Women's time trial	B	35:07.68
Susan Reid	Women's road race	H1-3	2:00:39	8
	Women's time trial	H3	36:00.46	4
Chris Ross	Men's road race	C4-5	2:01:32	18
	Men's time trial	C5	36:17.18	12
Nathan Smith	Men's road race	C1-3	did not finish
	Men's time trial	C-3	24:59.69	10
Fiona Southorn	Women's road race	C4-5	1:57:05	10
	Women's time trial	C-5	26:00.81	5

Track

Athlete	Event	Classification	Heats		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot)	Women's kilo	B	—		1:11.245
	Women's pursuit	B	3:31.530 WR	1 Q	3:32.243
Chris Ross	Men's kilo	C4-5	—		1:11.569	14
	Men's pursuit	C5	5:04.669	12	did not advance
Nathan Smith	Men's kilo	C1-3	—		1:16.159	23
	Men's pursuit	C3	3:48.555	8	did not advance
Fiona Southorn	Women's 500	C4-5	—		41.796	7
	Women's pursuit	C5	3:52.695	3 Q	3:55.867

Team Sprint

Athletes	Event	Classification	Qualification		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chris Ross Nathan Smith Fiona Southorn	Mixed team sprint	C1-5	57.449	10	did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Horse	Event	Classification	Final
				Result	Rank
Anthea Gunner	Huntington Incognito	Individual championship test	II	63.762	19
		Individual freestyle test		62.750	17
Rachel Stock	Rimini Park Emmerich	Individual championship test	III	65.733	9
		Individual freestyle test		66.850	9

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Classification	Heats		Repechage		Final B
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Danny McBride	Men's single sculls	AS	5:00.04	4	5:04.47	3 Final B	5:06.90	1

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Race											Points		Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Tot	Net
Jan Apel Tim Dempsey	Two Person Keelboat (SKUD 18)	9	9	5	7	8	(11)	10	10	9	10	RC	88	77	10
Paul Francis	One Person Keelboat (2.4mR)	14	10	14	12	(16)	3	11	12	14	9	RC	115	99	13

Shooting

Michael Johnson was New Zealand's flag bearer for the opening ceremonies. ^[6]

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Michael Johnson	Mixed R4–10 m air rifle standing SH2	600	1 Q	704.7
	Mixed R5–10 m air rifle prone SH2	600	5 Q	705.7	4

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Note: Qualifiers for the finals (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore ranks shown are overall ranks versus competitors in all heats. Also, ranks shown for those who did not advance are their final ranks.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Holt	50 m freestyle S13	25.89	13	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	55.23	10	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S13	4:17.63	3 Q	4:12.66	4
	100 m butterfly S13	1:02.77	10	did not advance
Cameron Leslie	200 m freestyle S5	2:56.74	5 Q	2:54.27	6
	50 m backstroke S5	42.88	7 Q	42.40	5
	150 m individual medley SM4	2:32.96 PR	1 Q	2:25.98 WR
Daniel Sharp	50 m freestyle S13	25.16	10	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	55.88	12	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:08.43	3 Q	1:06.72

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Dubber	50 m freestyle S7	37.20	11	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S7	1:18.30	9	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:27.79	5 Q	5:30.05	5
	100 m backstroke S7	1:26.26	4 Q	1:25.80	5
Mary Fisher	50 m freestyle S11	32.19	3 Q	31.67
	100 m freestyle S11	1:12.01	5 Q	1:09.83
	400 m freestyle S11	5:32.31	4 Q	5:22.09	4
	100 m backstroke S11	1:20.89 PR	1 Q	1:19.62
	200 m individual medley SM11	2:51.90	2 Q	2:46.91 WR
Nikita Howarth	50 m butterfly S7	40.94	11	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:33.48	9	did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM7	3:13.77	5 Q	3:10.48	6
Aine Kelly-Costello	50 m freestyle S11	36.85	17	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S11	1:23.10	15	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S11	6:27.02	10	did not advance
	100 m backstroke S11	1:26.57	6 Q	1:24.70	6
Sophie Pascoe	50 m freestyle S10	28.41	2 Q	28.24
	100 m freestyle S10	1:01.17 PR	1 Q	1:00.89 PR
	100 m backstroke S10	1:07.77 PR	1 Q	1:06.69
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:19.28	2 Q	1:18.38
	100 m butterfly S10	1:04.97 WR	1 Q	1:04.43 WR
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:28.73 WR	1 Q	2:25.65 WR

Key

• Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only, with the exception of swimming (see section)
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
• PR = Paralympic record
• WR = World record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

See also

• New Zealand at the Paralympics
• New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Notes

1. "Paralympics: Small team hopes for huge haul". The New Zealand Herald. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
2. "Back injury forces Parsons out of Paralympics". TVNZ. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
3. "Johnson to carry NZ flag at Paralympics". The New Zealand Herald. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
4. "Pascoe to carry NZ flag". Radio New Zealand. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
5. Goile, Aaron (29 August 2013). "Nikita Howarth returns with Rio in her mind". Waikato Times (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 30 September 2016.
6. "List of Opening Ceremony flag bearers". Paralympic.org. August 29, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2018.