New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | NZL |
NOC | New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association |
Website | www |
in Los Angeles, USA | |
Competitors | 130 in 18 sports |
Flag bearer | John Walker |
Officials | 59 |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Australasia (1908–1912) |
New Zealand competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 130 competitors, 98 men and 32 women, took part in 76 events in 18 sports. [1] The country recorded 11 medals, including eight golds, resulting in the nation ranking among the top ten in the medal table.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Mark Todd | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 3 August |
Gold | Shane O'Brien Les O'Connell Conrad Robertson Keith Trask | Rowing | Men's coxless four | 5 August |
Gold | Rex Sellers Chris Timms | Sailing | Tornado | 8 August |
Gold | Russell Coutts | Sailing | Finn | 8 August |
Gold | Ian Ferguson | Canoeing | Men's K-1 500 metres | 10 August |
Gold | Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Canoeing | Men's K-2 500 metres | 10 August |
Gold | Alan Thompson | Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 metres | 11 August |
Gold | Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson | Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 metres | 11 August |
Silver | Kevin Barry | Boxing | Light heavyweight | 11 August |
Bronze | Kevin Lawton Barrie Mabbott Don Symon Ross Tong Brett Hollister (cox) | Rowing | Men's coxed four | 5 August |
Bronze | Bruce Kendall | Sailing | Windglider | 8 August |
Medals by sport | ||||||
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Sport | Total | |||||
Canoeing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Sailing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Boxing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Medals by gender | ||||||
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Gender | Total | |||||
Male | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mixed / open | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
After a twelve-year hiatus from archery, New Zealand returned in 1984 with one man and two women. This included the first paraplegic Olympian, Neroli Fairhall.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Rank | ||||||||||
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30 m | 50 m | 70 m | 90 m | Total | Rank | 30 m | 50 m | 70 m | 90 m | Total | Rank | ||||
Neroli Fairhall | Women's individual | 326 | 284 | 289 | 268 | 1167 | 38 | 324 | 280 | 310 | 276 | 1190 | 32 | 2357 | 35 |
Dale Lightfoot | Men's individual | 335 | 303 | 292 | 261 | 1191 | 39 | 334 | 305 | 321 | 266 | 1226 | 26 | 2357 | 34 |
Ann Shurrock | Women's individual | 329 | 298 | 301 | 290 | 1218 | 23 | 322 | 304 | 290 | 288 | 1204 | 28 | 2422 | 24 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank [lower-roman 1] | Result | Rank | Result | Rank [lower-roman 2] | Result | Rank | ||
Anne Audain | Women's marathon | — | DNF | ||||||
Rod Dixon | Men's marathon | — | 2:12:57 | 10 | |||||
Derek Froude | Men's marathon | — | 2:19:44 | 34 | |||||
Lyn Grime | Women's 400 m hurdles | 58.02 | 5 | — | did not advance | ||||
Lorraine Moller | Women's marathon | — | 2:28:34 | 5 | |||||
Mary O'Connor | Women's marathon | — | 2:41:22 | 27 | |||||
Peter O'Donoghue | Men's 1500 m | 3:40.69 | 3 Q | — | 3:38.71 | 8 | did not advance | ||
Peter Pearless | Men's 800 m | 1:49.95 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
Peter Renner | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 8:22.95 | 2 Q | — | 8:18.12 | 2 Q | 8:29.81 | 11 | |
Dianne Rodger | Women's 3000 m | 8.47.90 | 5 q | — | 8.56.43 | 9 | |||
Tony Rogers | Men's 1500 m | 3:39.78 | 4 q | — | 3:36.48 | 6 q | 3:38.98 | 9 | |
John Walker | Men's 5000 m | 13:44.75 | 2 Q | — | 13:28.48 | 3 Q | 13:24.46 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Mike O'Rourke | Men's javelin throw | NM | did not advance | ||
Steve Walsh | Men's long jump | NM | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Kevin Barry | Men's light heavyweight | Smith (TRI) W 5 – 0 | Kiriisa (UGA) W 3 – 2 | Nanga (CMR) W 4 – 1 | Holyfield (USA) WDSQ-2 | Josipović (YUG) LWO | |
Michael Kenny | Men's heavyweight | Bye | Owiny (UGA) LRSC-2 | did not advance | =9 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson | Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:05.99 | 1 Q | — | 3:05.67 | 1 Q | 3:02.28 | ||
Ian Ferguson | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:49.32 | 2 Q | — | 1:48.00 | 1 Q | 1:47.84 | ||
Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:36.82 | 1 Q | — | 1:36.10 | 1 Q | 1:34.21 | ||
Robert Jenkinson Edwin Richards | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:37.69 | 4 R | 3:45.97 | 3 Q | 3:38.80 | 5 | did not advance | |
Alan Thompson | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:53.41 | 1 Q | — | 3:58.90 | 1 Q | 3:45.73 |
Seven cyclists represented New Zealand in 1984.
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Stephen Cox | 5:15:27 | 37 |
Brian Fowler | 5:06:45 | 18 |
Roger Sumich | DNF |
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Craig Adair | 1:06.96 | 5 |
Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||||
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Points | Laps behind | Rank | Points | Laps behind | Rank | |
Brian Fowler | 24 | 0 | 2 Q | 12 | 1 | 7 |
Graeme Miller | 10 | 1 | 13 | did not advance |
Athlete | Qualification | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | ||
Anthony Cuff | 4:55.06 | 15 | Robert (FRA) L 4:50.49 | did not advance | 11 |
Athlete | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | ||
Craig Adair Anthony Cuff Brian Fowler Graeme Miller | 4:37.57 | 13 | did not advance | 13 |
Athlete | Round 1 | Round 1 repechage heat | Round 1 repechage final | Round 2 | Round 2 repechage | Round 3 | Round 3 repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
Murray Steele | Sella (ITA) Lyn (ANT) 3 R | Asuncion (PHI) W 12.09 Q | — | Scheller (FRG) LR | Jamur (BRA) W 12.92 Q | Vernet (FRA) Orban (BEL) 2 R | Scheller (FRG) Iannone (ARG) 3 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Ann Fargher | Women's 3 m springboard | 421.65 | 13 | did not advance | |
Mark Graham | Men's 3 m springboard | 497.55 | 18 | did not advance | |
Gary Lamb | Men's 3 m springboard | 477.66 | 22 | did not advance |
Rider | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Overall | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
Andrew Bennie | Jade | Individual | 69.40 | 33 | 126.40 | 37 | 5.00 | 23 | 200.80 | 37 |
Mary Hamilton | Whist | Individual | 63.20 | 20 | 26.80 | 21 | 8.00 | 33 | 98.00 | 22 |
Andrew Nicholson | Kahlua | Individual | 78.00 | 45 | 27.20 | 22 | 25.00 | 40 | 130.40 | 28 |
Mark Todd | Charisma | Individual | 51.60 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 51.60 | |
Andrew Bennie Mary Hamilton Andrew Nicholson Mark Todd | As above | Team | 184.20 | 5 | 54.00 | 6 | 13.00 | 8 | 280.00 | 6 |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Overall | |||
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Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | |||
John Cottle | Arturo | Individual | EL | did not advance |
Two fencers, both men, represented New Zealand in 1984.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 pool | Quarterfinal pool | Semifinal pool | Final pool | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Martin Brill | Men's individual épée | Bergström (SWE) L 3 – 5 | Marx (USA) L 3 – 5 | Boisse (FRA) L 3 – 5 | Dessureault (CAN) L 4 – 10 | 15 |
Giger (SUI) L 4 – 5 | Boisse (FRA) W 5 – 4 | Bellone (ITA) W 5 – 2 | Poffet (SUI) L 8 – 10 | |||
Yun (KOR) T 5 – 5 | Zong (CHN) W 5 – 4 | Marx (USA) W 5 – 4 | Eliminated | |||
Al-Rasheed (KSA) W 5 – 4 | Lee (KOR) W 5 – 4 | Cui (CHN) W 5 – 0 | ||||
— | Lembacher (AUT) L 3 – 5 | Fischer (FRG) L 3 – 5 | ||||
David Cocker | Men's individual épée | Nigon (SUI) L 2 – 5 | did not advance | 50 | ||
Hasan (KUW) L 2 – 5 | ||||||
Kim (KOR) L 4 – 5 | ||||||
Cuomo (ITA) T 5 – 5 | ||||||
Pedersen (NOR) W 5 – 4 |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification |
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Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals |
Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5th–8th place classification |
New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5th–8th place classification |
Kenya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 9th–12th place classification |
Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 9th–12th place classification |
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New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Rank |
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Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
West Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
New Zealand finished the women's field hockey tournament in sixth place.
Athlete | Qualifying | Final | Total | Rank | |||||||||
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Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | |||
Tania Moss | 8.750 | 8.850 | 9.000 | 8.600 | 35.200 | 30 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Rank |
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Shaun O'Leary | Men's lightweight | =19 |
Graeme Spinks | Men's half-middleweight | =34 |
Bill Vincent | Men's middleweight | =12 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Gary Reid | Single sculls | 7:27.10 | 2 R | 7:26.12 | 2 SA/B | 7:34.15 | 5 FB | 7:22.63 | 7 |
Geoff Horan Allan Horan | Coxless pair | 7:05.44 | 2 SA/B | Bye | 7:02.89 | 4 FB | 7:04.00 | 9 | |
Les O'Connell Shane O'Brien Conrad Robertson Keith Trask | Coxless four | 6:08.41 | 1 FA | Bye | — | 6:03.48 | |||
Kevin Lawton Don Symon Barrie Mabbott Ross Tong Brett Hollister (cox) | Coxed four | 6:27.18 | 3 SA/B | ? | 1 FA | — | 6:23.68 | ||
Nigel Atherfold Dave Rodger Roger White-Parsons George Keys Greg Johnston Chris White Andrew Stevenson Mike Stanley Andy Hay (cox) | Eight | 5:48.19 | 1 FA | Bye | — | 5:44.14 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semi-final | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Stephanie Foster | Single sculls | 3:51.86 | 2 R | 3:51.19 | 2 SA/B | 4:02.29 | 4 FB | 3:52.20 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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Luke Carter David Mackay (helm) | Flying Dutchman | 13.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 91.0 | 10 | |
Russell Coutts | Finn | 0.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 34.7 | ||
Simon Daubney Tom Dodson (helm) Aran Hansen | Soling | 29.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 88.7 | 11 |
Peter Evans (helm) Sean Reeves | 470 | 14.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 35.0 | PMS 35.0 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 101.7 | 14 |
Bruce Kendall | Windglider | 3.0 | 5.7 | 45.0 | 19.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 46.4 | |
Rex Sellers (helm) Chris Timms | Tornado | 5.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 14.7 |
Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank |
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Stephen Petterson | 99 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 592 | =13 |
Athlete | Slow run | Fast run | Total | Rank |
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Tony Clarke | 288 | 270 | 558 | 19 |
Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Total | Rank |
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John Woolley | 189 | =26 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||||||
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Technical | Free | Total | Rank | Technical | Free | Total | Rank | ||
Katie Sadleir Lynette Sadleir | Women's duet | 79.442 | 85.200 | 164.642 | 12 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Michael Bernard | Men's light heavyweight | 137.5 | 12 | 175.0 | =8 | 312.5 | 10 |
Kevin Blake | Men's heavyweight | 140.0 | 13 | 177.5 | 9 | 317.5 | 9 |
Allister Nalder | Men's light heavyweight | 142.5 | =7 | 175.0 | =8 | 317.5 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Final round | Rank | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
Zane Coleman | Men's welterweight | Sejdiu (YUG) L Fall | D. Schultz (USA) LST | Eliminated | ||||
Graeme Hawkins | Men's bantamweight | García (ESP) W Fall | Davis (USA) LST | Guan (CHN) LST | Eliminated | |||
Ken Reinsfield | Men's middleweight | Agogo (NGR) W 5 – 1 | M. Schultz (USA) L 7 – 16 | El-Ashram (EGY) WPS | Rinke (CAN) L 2 – 9 | Kim (KOR) L 3 – 10 | 6 |
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