| New Zealand at the 2018 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | NZL |
| NPC | Paralympics New Zealand |
| Website | paralympics |
| in PyeongChang | |
| Competitors | 3 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearers | Corey Peters (opening) Adam Hall (closing) |
| Medals Ranked =16th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
New Zealand competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with a team of three athletes competing in two sports. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Adam Hall | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom, standing | 17 March |
 Bronze | Corey Peters | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill, sitting | 10 March |
| Bronze | Adam Hall | Alpine skiing | Men's super combined, standing | 13 March |
Men's
| Athlete | Event | Int/Run 1 | Int/Run 2 | Int/Run 3 | Final/Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Adam Hall | Downhill standing | 15.78 | -0.01 | 4 | 38.98 | +0.61 | 3 | 51.84 | +0.85 | 5 | 1:27.52 | +2.07 | 5 |
| Super-G standing | 5.18 | -0.14 | 2 | 32.97 | +1.59 | 7 | 49.97 | +3.40 | 10 | 1:29.86 | +5.03 | 10 | |
| Super combined standing | 1:29.06 | +4.16 | 7 | 46.26 | +1.32 | 3 | N/A | 2:15.32 | +4.76 | | |||
| Slalom standing | 48.69 | +0.18 | =3 | 47.42 | 0.00 | 1 | N/A | 1:36.11 | 0.00 | | |||
| Corey Peters | Downhill sitting | 15.45 | +0.28 | 5 | 38.83 | +1.69 | 6 | 51.23 | +1.65 | 2 | 1:26.01 | +1.90 | |
| Super-G sitting | 5.57 | +0.14 | =28 | 33.35 | +0.92 | 18 | 50.26 | +1.63 | 17 | 1:28.80 | +2.97 | 11 | |
| Super combined sitting | Did not start | ||||||||||||
| Giant slalom sitting | 1:11.07 | +4.77 | 12 | 1:09.16 | +3.19 | 10 | N/A | 2:20.23 | +6.78 | 10 | |||
Men's
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final Rank | ||
| Carl Murphy | Snowboard banked slalom | 52.00 | 5 | 51.80 | 5 | 50.21 | 5 | 50.21 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Seeding | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Seed | |||||||||
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||||
| Carl Murphy | Snowboard cross | 1:00.08 | 5 | 1:06.15 | 13 | 1.00.08 | 7 Q | 1 Q | 2 | Did not advance | ||
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