| New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | NZL |
| NPC | Paralympics New Zealand |
| Website | paralympics |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 24 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearers | Michael Johnson (opening) Sophie Pascoe (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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.
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]
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| 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 | |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Martin | Shot Put F52-53 | 8.62 (726 pts) | 5 |
| Javelin F52-53 | 15.26 (747 pts) | 6 |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Robinson | Javelin F46 | 32.58 | 7 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
| 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 |
Michael Johnson was New Zealand's flag bearer for the opening ceremonies. [6]
| 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 | |
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.
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
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