New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NZL
Nocname:	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	151
Flagbearer:	Blyth Tait
Rank:	46
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
See also:	(1908 · 1912)

New Zealand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 151 athletes and 100 officials at these Summer Olympics.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				23 September
				22 September
				24 September
				24 September

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	1	0	0	1
Sailing	0	0	2	2
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	3	4

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Male	1	0	1	2
Female	0	0	1	1
Mixed / open	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	3	4

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Peter Ebden	Men's individual	607	48	L 147–168	did not advance					58
Ken Uprichard	Men's individual	596	56	L 155–160	did not advance					48

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michael Aish	Men's 10,000 m	29:31.83	17	did not advance
Craig Barrett	Men's 50 km walk	3:55:53	18
Toni Hodgkinson	Women's 800 m	1:59.37	4 q	1:59.84	6	did not advance
Women's 1500 m	4:12.59	9	did not advance

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chantal Brunner	Women's long jump	6.42	22	did not advance
Beatrice Faumuina	Women's discus throw	61.33	9 q	58.69	12
Glenn Howard	Men's igh jump	2.15	27	did not advance
Tasha Williams	Women's hammer throw	61.18	17	did not advance
Ian Winchester	Men's discus throw	58.64	31	did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's

• Preliminary round

• Lost to France (50–76)

• Lost to China (60–75)

• Lost to Italy (66–78)

• Lost to United States (56–102)

• Lost to Lithuania (75–85)
• Classification match

• 11th-12th place: Defeated Angola (70–60) → 11th place
• Team roster

• Pero Cameron

• Mark Dickel

• Paul Henare

• Robert Hickey

• Phill Jones

• Ralph Lattimore

• Sean Marks

• Kirk Penney

• Peter Pokai

• Tony Rampton

• Brad Riley

• Nenad Vučinić

Women's

• Preliminary round

• Lost to Poland (52–72)

• Lost to Korea (62–101)

• Lost to Cuba (55–74)

• Lost to United States (42–93)

• Lost to Russia (54–92)
• Classification match

• 11th-12th place: Defeated Senegal (72–69) → 11th place
• Team roster

• Tania Brunton

• Belinda Colling

• Megan Compain

• Rebecca Cotton

• Kirstin Daly

• Gina Farmer

• Sally Farmer

• Dianne L'Ami

• Donna Loffhagen

• Julie Ofsoski

• Leone Patterson

• Leanne Walker

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kashi Leuchs	Men's cross-country	2:16:37.57	17
Susy Pryde	Women's cross-country

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christopher Jenner	align=left rowspan=4	Road race	5:30:46	47
Julian Dean	5:30:46	61
Scott Guyton	5:43:21	85
Glen Mitchell

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jacinta Coleman	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	3:06:31	18
Rosalind Reekie-May	3:10:34	36
Susy Pryde

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matt Sinton	Men's time trial	1:05.706	11
Fiona Ramage	Women's time trial	36.536	16

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals	1/16 repechage	1/8 finals	1/8 repechage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / /
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Anthony Peden	Men's sprint	10.649	15 Q	DNS	colspan=7
Fiona Ramage	Women's sprint	11.803	11	L	L	Classification 9-12 L 2	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	First round	Repechage	Second round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Anthony Peden	align=left rowspan=2	Men's keirin	DNF	3	colspan=2
Matt Sinton	5	4

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Glen Thomson	Men's points race	6	7
Sarah Ulmer	Women's points race	9	8

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final /
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Gary Anderson	Men's individual	4:32.304	14	colspan=4
Tim Carswell Lee Vertongen Gary Anderson Greg Henderson	Men's team pursuit	4:08.463	6	L 4:06.495	6	colspan=4
Sarah Ulmer	Women's individual	3:36.764	4	Overtaken L	4	3:38.930 L	4

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Rider	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Overall
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Blyth Tait	Welton Envoy	Individual	40.80	7			Retired
Mark Todd	Eyespy II	Individual	39.00	4	0.00	=1	3.00	6	42.00
Vaughn Jefferis Paul O'Brien Blyth Tait Mark Todd	Bounce Enzed Ready Teddy Diamond Hall Re	Team	40.60 51.00 52.00 58.60	5	0.00 59.60 0.00 0.00	1	Withdrawn Withdrawn Eliminated 7.00	8	2065.60	8

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying					Final				Total	Rank
			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total points	Rank	Round 1	Rank	Round 2	Rank
Peter Breakwell	Leonson	Individual	20.75	12.00	16.00	48.75	55	did not advance
Bruce Goodin	Lenaro	Individual	0.50	8.00	12.00	20.50	20 Q	16.00	=33	did not advance

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (Pool B)

• New Zealand – Germany 1–1

• New Zealand – China 0–2

• New Zealand – The Netherlands 3–4

• New Zealand – South Africa 1–0
• Medal pool

• New Zealand – Australia 0–3

• New Zealand – Spain 2–2

• New Zealand – Argentina 1–7 (→ Sixth Place)
• Team roster

• Anne-Marie Irving (gk)

• Helen Clarke (gk)

• Sandy Bennett

• Diana Weavers

• Rachel Petrie

• Jenny Duck

• Caryn Paewai

• Skippy Hamahona

• Anna Lawrence

• Suzie Muirhead

• Tina Bell-Kake

• Moira Senior

• Kylie Foy

• Kate Trolove

• Michelle Turner

• Mandy Smith

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

David Phillips and Laura Robertson represented New Zealand in the sport of artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Women

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendon Crooks	–60 kg	L 0001–1012	colspan=10
Timothy Slyfield	–81 kg	W 1000–0020	L 0010–0011	colspan=9
Daniel Gowing	–100 kg		W 1101–0000	L 0000–1000

Women

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics. New Zealand qualified three boats for the 2000 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls,^[2] men's coxless four,^[3] and women's single sculls.^[4]

Men

Women

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Aaron McIntosh	Mistral	37	9	4	10	9	3	1	5	12	3	4	48
Clifton Webb	Finn	15	9	15	10	2	11	16	4	16	18	26	109	16
Simon Cooke Peter Nicholas	470	6	15	9	12	10	12	15	3	3	13	8	76	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Barbara Kendall	Mistral	2	3	2	3	7	1	3	1	5	1	3	19
Sarah Macky	Europe	12	1	14	16	12	11	5	15	6	3	15	79	9
Melinda Henshaw Jenny Egnot	470	13	3	6	1	7	10	6	19	20	16	10	72	11

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Peter Fox	Laser	14	19	13	44	22	20	7	18	23	8	24	144	21
Chris Dickson Glen Sowry	Tornado	5	2	7	15	10	1	5	7	12	3	6	46	5
Gavin Brady Jamie Gale	Star	16	1	5	9	5	15	6	5	2	16	9	57	9
Daniel Slater Nathan Handley	49er	14	9	18	5	12	7	5	12	4	2	3	8	2	7	13	10	99	8

Mixed racing

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics. New Zealand was represented in shooting with five men and two women.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Victor Shaw	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	102	38	colspan=4
Brant Woodward	105	37	colspan=4
Des Coe	Double trap	118	25	colspan=4
Geoffrey Jukes	align=left rowspan=2	Skeet	120	19	colspan=4
Brian Thomson	11	47

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Tania Corrigan	10 m air pistol	366	39	colspan=4
25 m pistol	563	37	colspan=4
Teresa Borrell	10 m trap	58	15

Softball

See main article: article and Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round robin

• Lost to Australia (2:3)

• Defeated Canada (3:2)

• Lost to PR China (0:10)

• Defeated Cuba (6:2)

• Lost to Italy (0:1)

• Lost to United States (0:2)

• Lost to Japan (1:2)
• Semifinals

• Did not advance → Sixth place
• Team roster

• Zavana Aranga

• Jaye Bailey

• Kim Dermott

• Rhonda Hira

• Melanie Hulme

• Lisa Kersten

• Ruta Lealamanu

• Cindy Potae

• Char Pouaka

• Kiri Shaw

• Jackie Smith

• Fiona Timu

• Helen Townsend

• Melisa Upu

• Gina Weber

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Jonathan Duncan	align=left	200 m freestyle	1:53.27	32	did not advance
align=left	400 m freestyle	3:58.52	29	did not advance
align=left	1500 m freestyle	16:03.41	37	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Steven Ferguson	align=left	100 m breaststroke	1:03.06	27	did not advance
align=left	200 m breaststroke	2:19.31	31	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Dean Kent	align=left	200 m individual medley	2:04.07	23	did not advance
align=left	400 m individual medley	4:21.81	16	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Scott Talbot-Cameron	align=left	100 m backstroke	57.86	37	did not advance
align=left	200 m backstroke	2:01.53	22	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Helen Norfolk	align=left	200 m backstroke	2:16.22	20	did not advance
align=left	200 m individual medley	2:18.90	20	did not advance
align=left	400 m individual medley	4:46.42 NR	13	did not advance
align=left	Vivienne Rignall	align=left	50 m freestyle	25.52 NR	=7 Q	25.61	=9	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Monique Robins	align=left	100 m freestyle	57.85	33	did not advance
align=left	100 m backstroke	1:04.52	26	did not advance
align=left	Elizabeth Van Welie	align=left	200 m butterfly	2:11.62 NR	16 Q	2:11.68	15	did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand's heavily touted triathletes were unable to perform up to expectations in the inaugural Olympic triathlon. In particular, Hamish Carter, who had been considered likely to win the event, placed twenty-sixth.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Ben Bright	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	17:51.60	23.39	58:49.90	21.90	34:50.47	1:52:17.26	38
Hamish Carter	17:24.19	24.00	59:16.30	20.80	33:31.88	1:50:57.17	26
Craig Watson	17:41.99	23.10	58:58.40	20.10	32:38.26	1:50:01.85	16
Evelyn Williamson	Women's	20:01.88	26.20	1:06:38.40	23.40	38:08.42	2:05:38.30	22

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Nigel Avery	Men's + 105 kg	162.5	167.5	172.5	200.0	205.0	210.0	382.5	17
Olivia Baker	Women's + 75 kg	100.0	105.0	105.0	125.0	130.0	130.0	235.0	8

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laura Robertson. Olympedia.
2. Web site: (M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final . . 9 September 2016.
3. Web site: (M4-) Men's Four – Final . . 9 September 2016.
4. Web site: (W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final . . 9 September 2016.
5. Book: Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Shooting . 16 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080911143840/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sh/SHresults.pdf . 11 September 2008 . dead .