New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NZL
Nocname:	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Location:	London
Competitors:	184
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Nick Willis (opening) Mahé Drysdale (closing)
Rank:	15
Gold:	6
Silver:	2
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1920
See also:	(1908 · 1912)

New Zealand competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Olympics. The New Zealand Olympic Committee sent 184 athletes, 97 men, and 87 women to the Games to compete in 16 sports, the nation's largest ever delegation.

New Zealand left London with a total of thirteen medals (six gold, two silver, and five bronze), finishing fifteenth in the overall medal standings. This was considered one of the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the second-largest number of gold medals behind eight at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and tying with the 1988 Summer Olympics for the largest number of medals. Five of these medals were awarded to the team in rowing, three in cycling, two in sailing, and one each in athletics, canoeing, and equestrian. Among the nation's medallists were rower Mahé Drysdale, who won gold in the men's single sculls, and track cyclists Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, and Jesse Sergent, who managed to repeat the bronze from Beijing in men's team pursuit. New Zealand also ranked highly in medal tables adjusted for country populations, placing fourth for total medals per capita, gold medals per capita and weighted medals per capita.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

During the Games, New Zealand achieved its one hundredth overall Olympic medal. The gold medal was won by kayaker Lisa Carrington in the women's K-1 200 metres. However, if the three medals won by New Zealand athletes in 1908 and in 1912 as part of Australasia were included, the one hundredth medal would be the silver claimed by sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke from the open skiff class.^[5]

Originally, New Zealand won five gold medals: three in rowing, one in sailing, and the last canoeing. On 13 August 2012, however, the International Olympic Committee stripped Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk of her gold medal after testing positive for anabolic steroid metenolone.^[6] On 19 September 2012, silver medallist Valerie Adams was subsequently awarded and received her gold medal at a public ceremony in Auckland.^[7]

Medal tables

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Rowing	3	0	2	5
Sailing	1	1	0	2
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Canoeing	1	0	0	1
Cycling	0	1	2	3
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Total	6	2	5	13

Medals by date
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
28 July	0	0	0	0
29 July	0	0	0	0
30 July	0	0	0	0
31 July	0	0	1	1
1 August	0	0	1	1
2 August	1	0	0	1
3 August	2	0	1	3
4 August	0	0	1	1
5 August	0	0	0	0
6 August	1	0	0	1
7 August	0	0	1	1
8 August	0	1	0	1
9 August	0	0	0	0
10 August	1	1	0	2
11 August	1	0	0	1
12 August	0	0	0	0
Total	6	2	5	13

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Male	3	1	3.6	7.6
Female	3	1	1.4	5.4
Total	6	2	5	13

Delegation

The New Zealand Olympic Committee selected a team of 184 athletes, 97 men and 87 women, to compete in sixteen sports. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics, surpassing the 182 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Field hockey and football were the only team-based sports in which New Zealand had representatives at the Games. For the first time in Olympic history, New Zealand did not qualify teams in basketball since its official debut in 2000. There was only a single competitor in judo, shooting, tennis, and weightlifting.

The New Zealand team featured past Olympic medallists, including the defending champion Valerie Adams in the women's shot put event. Equestrian eventing rider Mark Todd, at age 56, the oldest member of the team, became the first New Zealand athlete to compete in eight Olympic games. Todd's compatriot Andrew Nicholson was at his seventh appearance, having participated in the Olympics since 1984 (except the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was not selected). Meanwhile, football player Cameron Howieson, at age 17, was the youngest member of the team. Other notable New Zealand athletes featured rower and five-time world champion Mahé Drysdale in men's singles sculls, triathlete and double Olympic medallist Bevan Docherty, BMX rider Sarah Walker, who missed out of the medal standings in Beijing, and sailors Hamish Pepper and Peter Burling. Middle-distance runner Nick Willis, who won New Zealand's first Olympic track medal in Beijing since 1976, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Originally, New Zealand officiated a total of 185 athletes to compete at the Olympics.^[8] On 20 July, middle-distance runner Adrian Blincoe, however, withdrew from the games because of an ankle injury.^[9]

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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	4	8
	0	2	2
	4	4	8
	13	9	22
	3	3	6
	16	16	32
	18	18	36
	0	1	1
	15	11	26
	9	6	15
	1	0	1
	8	8	16
	2	1	3
	0	1	1
	3	3	6
	1	0	1
Total	97	87	184

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Quentin Rew	50 km walk	3:55:03	30
Nick Willis	1500 m	3:40.92	1 Q	3:34.70	3 Q	3:36.94	9

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Brent Newdick	Result	11.10	7.36	15.09	1.96	50.22	15.02	46.15	4.70	59.82	4:38.20	7988	12
Points	838	900	795	767	804	847	791	819	735	692

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lucy van Dalen	1500 m	4:07.04	8 q	4:06.97	11	Did not advance
Kim Smith	Marathon	2:26:59	15

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Sarah Cowley	Result	13.95	1.80	12.37	25.60	6.00	41.90	2:19.01	5873	26
Points	985	978	686	833	850	704	837

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

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Siona Fernandes	Flyweight	L 11–23	Did not advance
Alexis Pritchard	Lightweight	W 15–10	L 4–22	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

New Zealand has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Dawson	Men's K-1	90.12	8	88.58	6	88.58	8 Q	207.63	15	Did not advance
Luuka Jones	Women's K-1	109.23	10	258.69	20	109.23	15 Q	121.41	14	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ben Fouhy	K-1 1000 m	3:35.610	2 Q	3:32.572	6 FB	3:34.710	14
Steven Ferguson Darryl Fitzgerald	K-2 1000 m	3:16.608	4 Q	3:15.307	3 FA	3:12.117	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lisa Carrington	K-1 200 m	41.401	2 Q	40.528 OB	1 FA	44.638
Teneale Hatton	K-1 500 m	1:56.741	6 Q	1:54.504	5 FB	1:56.103	15
Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor	K-2 500 m	1:44.870	3 Q	1:42.764	4 FA	1:46.290	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A; FB=Final B; OB=Olympic best

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jack Bauer	Men's road race	5:46:05	10
Men's time trial	54:54.16	19
Greg Henderson	Men's road race	Did not finish
Linda Villumsen	Women's road race	3:35:56	18
Women's time trial	37:59.18	4

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Eddie Dawkins	Men's sprint	10.201 70.581	9	L	L	Did not advance
Natasha Hansen	Women's sprint	11.241 64.051	9	L	W 11.882 60.595	L	W 11.443 62.920	Did not advance		9th place final L	12

Team sprint

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Westley Gough Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent	Men's team pursuit	3:57.607	3 Q	3:56.442	3	3:55.952
Rushlee Buchanan Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks	Women's team pursuit	3:20.421	5 Q	3:18.514	5	3:19.351	5

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Simon van Velthooven	Men's keirin	2 Q		2 Q
Natasha Hansen	Women's keirin	3 R	2 Q	5	11

R=Repechage

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Shane Archbold	Men's omnium	13.112	2	3	15	6	4:26.581	6	13	1:03.290	6	48	7
Jo Kiesanowski	Women's omnium	14.924	16	22	7	7	3:44.971	11	7	36.360	7	55	7

Mountain biking

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Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sam Bewley	Men's cross-country
Karen Hanlen	Women's cross-country	1:37:54	18

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Kurt Pickard	align=left rowspan=2	Men's BMX	39.057	16	31	7	Did not advance
Marc Willers	38.687	10	4	1 Q	26	8	Did not advance
Sarah Walker	Women's BMX	38.644	2	12	4 Q	38.133

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

^[12]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Andrew Nicholson	Nereo	align=left rowspan=5	Individual	45.00	21	0.00	45.00	9	0.00	45.00	6 Q	4.00	49.00	4	49.00	4
Jock Paget	Clifton Promise	44.10	=17	4.80	48.90	14	4.00	52.90	13 Q	1.00	53.90	10	53.90	10
Caroline Powell	Lenamore	52.20 #	=43	1.60	53.80 #	=24	4.00	57.80 #	23	Did not advance			57.80	23
Jonelle Richards	Flintstar	56.70 #	55	6.00	62.70 #	31	9.00	71.70 #	=30	Did not advance			71.70	=30
Mark Todd	Campino	39.10	3	0.40	39.50	3	7.00	46.50	7 Q	8.00	54.50	12	54.50	12
Andrew Nicholson Jock Paget Caroline Powell Jonelle Richards Mark Todd	See above	Team	128.20	4	5.20	133.40	4	11.00	144.40	3	144.40

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics. As per regulations, each team was made up of 16 players, plus an additional two reserves travelling with the team but not participating.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

9th/10th place game

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Semi-final

Bronze final

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Group play--------

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play--------

Quarter-final

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 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 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
JP Tobin	RS:X	15	4	3	7	8	8	12	6	17	17	16	96	7
Andrew Murdoch	Laser	12	8	17	18	1	7	13	15	3	3	8	87	5
Dan Slater	Finn	7	11	1	6	17	11	6	15	8	14	4	83	7
Paul Snow-Hansen Jason Saunders	470	28 DSQ	3	5	4	16	3	7	9	13	12	14	86	5
Hamish Pepper Jim Turner	Star	15	7	1	13	6	5	9	8	8	9	4	70	5

Women

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Sara Winther	Laser Radial	31	23	21	15	35	31	9	11	42 BFD	9	EL	185	20
Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	470	2	6	2	5	10	4	1	1	2	18	2	35

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
														valign=middle	Q-final	valign=middle		S-final	valign=middle	Final
Jenna Hansen Steph Hazard Susannah Pyatt	Elliott 6m	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	9	Did not advance

Open

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. New Zealand has qualified 1 quota place.

Men

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Daniel Bell	100 m backstroke	55.53	37	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	53.76	37	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Gareth Kean	100 m backstroke	54.26	14 Q	54.00	13	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:00.54	29	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Glenn Snyders	100 m breaststroke	59.78 NR	5 Q	1:00.15	15	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:10.55 NR	10 Q	2:11.14	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Matthew Stanley	200 m freestyle	1:48.19	18	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:49.44	15	Did not advance
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett Steven Kent Andrew McMillan Matthew Stanley	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:17.18	15	Did not advance
Daniel Bell Gareth Kean Andrew McMillan Carl O'Donnell Glenn Snyders Matthew Stanley	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.52	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Lauren Boyle	400 m freestyle	4:03.63 NR	4 Q	4:06.25	8
800 m freestyle	8:25.91 NR	5 Q	8:22.72 NR	4
align=left rowspan=2	Melissa Ingram	100 m backstroke	1:01.94	30	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:10.63	17	Did not advance
Hayley Palmer	50 m freestyle	25.47	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Natalie Wiegersma	200 m individual medley	2:16.24	26	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:44.78	19	Did not advance
Amaka Gessler Natasha Hind Penelope Marshall Hayley Palmer	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.55	14	Did not advance
Lauren Boyle Amaka Gessler Natasha Hind Melissa Ingram Samantha Lucie-Smith Penelope Marshall	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.92	11	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 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 6–10	Did not advance
Vaughn Scott	Men's −80 kg	L 5–9	Did not advance		L 6–11	Did not advance
Robin Cheong	Women's −57 kg	L 6–17	Did not advance

Triathlon

New Zealand has a total of 6 quota places – 3 each for both the men's and women's triathlon.

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	17:26	0:37	58:51	0:29	31:12	1:48:35	12
Kris Gemmell	17:26	0:37	58:48	0:30	31:31	1:48:52	15
Ryan Sissons	18:05	0:37	59:45	0:29	31:31	1:50:27	33
Andrea Hewitt	align=left rowspan=3	Women's	19:28	0:42	1:05:26	0:30	34:30	2:00:36	6
Kate McIlroy	19:31	0:41	1:05:26	0:36	35:14	2:01:28	10
Nicky Samuels	19:46	0:40	1:07:00	0:32	36:50	2:04:48	35

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Officials

• Dave Currie – Chef De Mission
• Gary Hurring – Swim team coach

See also

• New Zealand at the Olympics
• New Zealand Olympic medallists
• New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: London 2012 Olympic Games: Medal strike rate – Final count (revised) . . 14 August 2012 . 15 August 2012.
2. Web site: Neville-Manning. Craig. Medals per capita – Olympic glory in proportion: Total medals per capita. 12 August 2012.
3. Web site: Neville-Manning. Craig. Medals per capita – Olympic glory in proportion: Gold medals per capita. 12 August 2012.
4. Web site: Neville-Manning. Craig. Medals per capita – Olympic glory in proportion: Weighted medals per capita. 12 August 2012.
5. News: Yachties win NZ's 100th Olympic medal . Fred . Woodcock . Fairfax Media NZ (via Stuff.co.nz) . 9 August 2012 . 9 August 2012.
6. Web site: IOC withdraws gold medal from shot put athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk. IOC. 13 August 2012.
7. Web site: Valerie Adams 'excited' to get gold medal . Television New Zealand . 18 September 2012 . 19 September 2012.
8. News: Olympics: Getting the NZ team to London. Otago Daily Times. 14 July 2012. 9 September 2012.
9. News: Athletics: Blincoe pulls out of Olympics. Otago Daily Times. 20 July 2012. 9 September 2012.
10. Web site: Men Elite Oceania Continental Championships (AUS/CC) Cross Country. UCI. 26 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007114925/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19383&EditionID=641640&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011.
11. Web site: Women Elite Oceania Continental Championships (AUS/CC) Cross Country. UCI. 26 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007115111/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=304&CompetitionID=19383&EditionID=641640&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=2&EventID=9549&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 7 October 2011.
12. Web site: London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Equestrian. BBC. 3 February 2011. 2 January 2011.