| Noc: | NZL |
| Nocname: | New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Location: | London |
| Competitors: | 7 (6 men, 1 woman) |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer: | Harold Nelson (athlete) |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Officials: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1920 |
| See also: | (1908 · 1912) |
New Zealand competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Seven competitors, six men and one woman, took part in eight events in five sports.[1] New Zealand was one of 22 nations that did not win any medals.
The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors who participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics according to gender and sport. The last surviving member of the 1948 Olympic team, swimmer Ngaire Lane, died on 9 July 2021.[2] [3]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 7 |
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| align=left | Doug Harris | align=left | Men's 800 m | 1:56.6 | 2 Q | did not advance | |||
| align=left | John Holland | align=left | Men's 400 m hurdles | 54.6 | 1 Q | 53.9 | 6 | did not advance | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Harold Nelson | align=left | Men's 5000 m | 15:34.4 | 6 | did not advance | |||
| align=left | Men's 10,000 m | ||||||||
See main article: article and Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.