New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NZL
Nocname:	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	182
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Mahé Drysdale (opening) Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell (closing)
Rank:	25
Gold:	3
Silver:	2
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
See also:	(1908 · 1912)

New Zealand took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 182 competitors, making this its largest ever delegation to the Olympic Games.^[1] It was also one of the most successful, equalling New Zealand's combined medal tally from the previous two Summer games.^[2] On 16 August – dubbed "Super Saturday" by journalists – New Zealand had its greatest single day at any Olympics, winning 5 medals: two gold, one silver and two bronze.^[3] New Zealand also gained its first Olympic track medal since 1976 when Nick Willis won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres, becoming the sixth New Zealander to win an Olympic medal in that event.^[4] The success at the Olympics has boosted Athletics participation since then.^[5]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's double sculls
			Women's shot put
			Men's sailboard
			Men's individual pursuit
			Men's 1500 m
			Men's single sculls
			Men's coxless pair
			Men's team pursuit
			Men's triathlon

Delegation

New Zealand sent 182 representatives competing in 17 sports.^[6] Seventeen-year-old footballer Merissa Smith (born 11 November 1990) was New Zealand's youngest competitor, while 52-year-old equestrian eventer Mark Todd (born 1 March 1956) was the oldest competitor.

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	4	6	10
	2	1	3
	0	12	12
	3	2	5
	12	5	17
	5	4	9
	16	16	32
	18	18	36
	11	5	16
	7	2	9
	3	1	4
	9	6	15
	0	2	2
	2	1	3
	0	1	1
	3	3	6
	2	0	2
Total	97	85	182

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adrian Blincoe	5000 m	13:55.27	7	Did not advance
James Dolphin	200 m	20.98	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nick Willis	800 m			Did not advance
1500 m	3:36.01	2 Q	3:37.54	5 Q	3:34.16

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Liza Hunter-Galvan	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:34:51	35
Nina Rillstone	2:31:16	16
Kimberley Smith	10000 m	30:51.00	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Beatrice Faumuina	Discus throw	57.15	28	Did not advance
Valerie Vili	Shot put	19.73	1 Q	20.56

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Rebecca Wardell	Result	14.07	1.71	14.28	24.64	5.84	42.14	2:13.65	5989	22*
Points	968	867	813	920	801	708	912

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[7] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Wardell moved up a position.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
John Moody	Men's singles		L 9–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Craig Cooper Renee Flavell	Mixed doubles	L 12–21, 11–21	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ben Fouhy	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:33.037	3 QS	3:33.542	2 Q	3:29.193	4
Steven Ferguson	Men's K-1 500 m	1:37.538	4 QS	1:42.238	1 Q	1:38.512	8
Steven Ferguson Mike Walker	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:19.167	4 QS	3:23.511	2 Q	3:15.329	5
Erin Taylor	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.517	6 QS	1:54.300	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Glen Chadwick	align=left rowspan=3	Men's road race	6:39:42	91
Julian Dean	6:34:06	54
Timothy Gudsell	Did not finish
Catherine Cheatley	align=left rowspan=2	Women's road race	3:41:08	53
Jo Kiesanowski	3:33:17	28

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Hayden Roulston	Men's individual pursuit	4:18.997	2 Q	4:19:232	2 Q	4:19:611
Alison Shanks	Women's individual pursuit	3:34.312	4 Q	3:32.478	4 Q	3:34.156	4
Sam Bewley Westley Gough Hayden Roulston Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent	Men's team pursuit	3:59.277	2 Q	3:57.536	3 Q	3:57.776

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Greg Henderson	Men's points race	13	0	10
Catherine Cheatley	Women's points race	0	0	17
Greg Henderson Hayden Roulston	Men's madison	5	−1	10

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kashi Leuchs	Men's cross-country	2:06:30	24
Rosara Joseph	Women's cross-country	1:51:07	9

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Marc Willers	Men's BMX	36.519	17	9	2 Q	23	8	Did not advance
Sarah Walker	Women's BMX	37.187	4	6	2 Q	38.805	4

Equestrian

See main article: article.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Joe Meyer	Snip	align=left rowspan=5	Individual	43.90	19	21.20	65.10	19	25.00	90.10	28 Q	12.00	102.10	24	102.10	24
Andrew Nicholson	Lord Killinghurst	44.60	21	Eliminated			Did not advance
Caroline Powell	Lenamore	48.00	26	21.20	69.20	26	4.00	73.20	19 Q	0.00	73.20	14	73.20	14
Mark Todd	Gandalf	49.40 #	30	27.20	76.60	29	1.00	77.60	21 Q	0.00	77.60	17	77.60	17
Heelan Tompkins	Sugoi	55.60 #	49	75.20	130.80 #	56	8.00	138.80 #	=48	Did not advance			138.80	50
Joe Meyer Andrew Nicholson Caroline Powell Mark Todd Heelan Tompkins	See above	Team	136.50	6	94.40	230.90	6	10.00	240.90	5	240.90	5

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Bruce Goodin	Yamato	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	14	66	12	26	54	Did not advance								26	54
Katie McVean	Forest	72	77	45	117	71	Did not advance								117	71
Kirk Webby	Sitah	4	30	8	12	30 Q	12	24	33 Q	24	34	Did not advance			24	34
Sharn Wordley	Rockville	47	75	25	72	70	Did not advance								72	70
Bruce Goodin Katie McVean Kirk Webby Sharn Wordley	See above	Team	45	14	Did not advance			45	13

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

Classification match for 7th/8th place

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

Classification match for 11th/12th place

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics.

Men

WomenQualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. New Zealand qualified 1 boat for each of the following events. Although Aaron McIntosh and Mark Kennedy qualified for the Tornado class, they did not compete at these Games.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Tom Ashley	RS:X	4	7	7	1	5	5	3	6	8	32	6	52
Andrew Murdoch	Laser	2	5	40	20	24	5	5	17	1	CAN	2	81	5
Peter Burling Carl Evans	470	7	10	14	12	BFD	10	22	12	1	7	EL	95	11
Hamish Pepper Carl Williams	Star	4	9	2	11	1	12	11	13	5	11	14	80	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Barbara Kendall	RS:X	12	7	12	4	2	4	3	6	13	21	12	75	6
Jo Aleh	Laser Radial	22	4	2	2	2	14	14	14	20	CAN	18	90	7

Open

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Robert Eastham	50 m rifle prone	594	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Graeme Ede	Trap	114	20	Did not advance
Double trap	113	18	Did not advance
Yang Wang	10 m air pistol	571	39	Did not advance

Women

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Moss Burmester	100 m butterfly	52.67	32	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:55.80	10 Q	1:55.26	7 Q	1:54.35	4
Dean Kent	200 m individual medley	2:01.12	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Glenn Snyders	100 m breaststroke	1:00.98	20	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:11.19	16 Q	2:12.07	16	Did not advance
Corney Swanepoel	100 m butterfly	51.78 NR	9 Q	52.01	12	Did not advance
William Benson Orinoco Faamausili-Banse Cameron Gibson Mark Herring	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.41	11	Did not advance
Daniel Bell Cameron Gibson Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.09	6 Q	3:33.39	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elizabeth Coster	100 m backstroke	1:00.66	15 Q	1:01.45	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Melissa Ingram	100 m backstroke	1:01.24	20	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:09.34	8 Q	2:09.70	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Helen Norfolk	200 m individual medley	2:13.50	18	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:44.22	24	Did not advance
Lauren Boyle Natasha Hind Helen Norfolk Hayley Palmer	4 × 200 m freestyle relay			Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Logan Campbell	Men's −68 kg	L 0–4	Did not advance
Matthew Beach	Men's +80 kg	L 1–4	Did not advance
Robin Cheong	Women's −57 kg	W 1–0	L 1–4	Did not advance	L 0–1	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Bevan Docherty	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	18:45	0:28	1:17:42	0:26	30:57	1:49:05.59
Kris Gemmell	19:06	0:25	1:17:40	0:27	35:42	1:53:49.47	39
Shane Reed	18:00	0:28	1:17:47	0:27	34:34	1:52:48.16	34
Andrea Hewitt	align=left rowspan=3	Women's	19:54	0:29	1:24:38	0:29	35:38	2:00:45.99	8
Debbie Tanner	19:57	0:29	1:24:43	0:29	35:54	2:01:06.92	10
Samantha Warriner	19:58	0:30	1:24:43	0:35	36:55	2:02:13.60	16

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mark Spooner	Men's −69 kg	123	26	158	19	281	21
Richie Patterson	Men's −77 kg	130	25	170	18	300	21

Officials

• Chef de Mission: Dave Currie

See also

• New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

• New Zealand Olympic Commtittee
• Team for 2008 Olympics

Notes and References

1. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/21/sports/AS-OLY-New-Zealand-Team.php "New Zealand to send 182 athletes to Beijing Olympics"
2. News: It's one of our best Olympics ever. Millmow. Jonathan. McDonald, Greer . 21 August 2008. The Dominion Post . 26 August 2008.
3. Web site: Saturday was super, but we can double that . Tony Smith . Fairfax Media . 18 August 2008. 18 August 2008. .
4. Web site: Willis wins 1500m bronze. Bring on Beijing 2008. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 19 August 2008.
5. http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3782897&thesection=localsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= Northern Advocate
6. News: Olympics: NZ team numbers finalised . . 21 July 2008 . 21 July 2008 . 22 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190822001824/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/ . dead .
7. News: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 21 August 2008 . . 21 August 2008 .
8. Web site: NZ get Olympics tornado spot: Aussies take out title . NZPA . 1 March 2008 . stuff.co.nz.