New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. The country sent 182 competitors, making this its largest ever delegation to the Olympic Games. It was also one of the most successful, equalling New Zealand's combined medal tally from the previous two games. 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. New Zealand also gained its first Olympic track medal since 1976 when Nick Willis
Nick Willis
Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM is a New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:34.16 minutes. He was a gold medallist in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medallist at the 2010...

 won the silver medal in the Men's 1500 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres
-Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...

, becoming the sixth New Zealander to win an Olympic medal in that event. The success at the Olympics has boosted Athletics participation since then.

Sports

New Zealand sent 182 representatives competing in 17 sports as follows (men/women/total) :

  • Athletics
    Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...

     (4/6/10)
  • Badminton
    Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.-Qualification:The qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics began from May 2007 until April 2008...

     (2/1/3)
  • Basketball
    Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Basketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China...

     (0/12/12)
  • Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....

     (3/2/5)
  • Cycling
    Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome , Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course...

     (12/5/17)
  • Equestrian
    Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Equestrian competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 21 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute and Sheung Yue River in Hong Kong. It was the second time the equestrian events were hosted by a member of the IOC other than the member hosting the main games...

     (5/4/9)

  • Field hockey
    Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen day period beginning on August 10, and culminating with the medal finals on August 22 and August 23...

     (16/16/32)
  • Football/Soccer
    Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...

     (18/18/36)
  • Rowing
    Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:*Single sculls men*Pairs men...

     (11/5/16)
  • Sailing
    Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to 21. The competition took place in Qingdao, at Qingdao International Marina....

     (7/2/9)
  • Shooting
    Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

     (3/1/4)
  • Swimming
    Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21...

     (9/6/15)

  • Synchronized swimming
    Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 18 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.-Medalists:- Schedule :All times are China Standard Time - Team :- Duet :...

     (0/2/2)
  • Taekwondo
    Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Taekwondo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 20 to August 23 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. 128 Taekwondo practitioners, 64 men and 64 women, competed in 8 events...

     (2/1/3)
  • Tennis
    Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....

     (0/1/1)
  • Triathlon
    Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

     (3/3/6)
  • Weightlifting
    Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium.-Events:15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:...

     (2/0/2)


Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event

Rowing
Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:*Single sculls men*Pairs men...

 
Women's Double Sculls
Athletics
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...

 
Women's Shot Put
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put
The Women's Shot Put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were and .The event was won by Valerie Vili of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres....

Sailing
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to 21. The competition took place in Qingdao, at Qingdao International Marina....

 
Men's Sailboard
Cycling
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome , Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course...

 
Men's individual pursuit
Athletics
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...

 
Men's 1500 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres
-Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...

Rowing
Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:*Single sculls men*Pairs men...

 
Men's Single Sculls

Rowing
Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:*Single sculls men*Pairs men...

 
Men's coxless pair




Cycling
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome , Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course...

 
Men's team pursuit
Triathlon
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

 
Men's Triathlon
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's
The men's triathlon was part of the triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 2000. The race was held over the "international distance" and consisted of swimming, , road bicycling, and road running...


Athletics

Men's track events
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
James Dolphin
James Dolphin
James Dolphin A.K.A Fish, JD is a New Zealand sprinter. Coached by Marlon Gevaert. In 2006 he won the national championships over both 100 metres and 200 metres and he reached the 200 metres final at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, finishing eighth. His personal bests are 10.41 seconds for the 100...

200 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres
The following new world and Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time...

20.98 6 Did not advance
Nick Willis
Nick Willis
Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM is a New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:34.16 minutes. He was a gold medallist in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medallist at the 2010...

800 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres
-Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...

Did not start
1500 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres
-Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...

3:36.01 2 3:37.54 5 3:34.16
Adrian Blincoe
Adrian Blincoe
Adrian Blincoe is a New Zealand middle distance runner who specializes mainly in the 5000 metres. He also competes in the 1500 metres and in the 3000 metres. In July 2008, Adrian set the New Zealand record in the 5000m, running 13:10.19...

5000 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:- Heat 1 :Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final....

13:55.27 7 Did not advance


Men's field events
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Stuart Farquhar
Stuart Farquhar
Stuart Farquhar is a male javelin thrower from New Zealand. He was the silver medallist in the men's javelin at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Farquhar has been New Zealand Javelin Champion for the last eight years...

Javelin
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 21 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualification mark was set at 82.50 metres....

76.14m 20 Did not advance


Women's track events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kimberley Smith 5000 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 5000 metres
-Round 1:Qualification: First 6 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final.-Final:-Splits:...

Did not start
10000 metres
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10000 metres
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.Both Tirunesh Dibaba and Elvan Abeylegesse completed the race in a time under the old Olympic record, recording the second and third fastest ever women's 10,000 metre times, making Dibaba the new Olympic record holder.-Results:-Splits:...

N/A 30:51.00 9
Liza Hunter-Galvan
Liza Hunter-Galvan
Liza Marie Hunter-Galvan is a long-distance runner from New Zealand. She qualified to run the Women's Marathon in both the 2004 Athens Olympic Games as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics...

Marathon
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...

N/A 2:34:51 35
Nina Rillstone Marathon
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...

N/A 2:31:16 16


Women's field events
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Distance/points Rank Distance/points Rank
Valerie Vili
Valerie Vili
Valerie Kasanita Adams , ONZM is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion...

Shot put
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put
The Women's Shot Put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were and .The event was won by Valerie Vili of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres....

19.73m 1 20.56m
Beatrice Faumuina
Beatrice Faumuina
Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in three Summer Olympics...

Discus
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's discus throw
The Women's Discus Throw event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.The qualifying standards were 61.00 m and 59.00 m .-Medalists:...

57.15m 28 Did not advance
Rebecca Wardell Heptathlon
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon
-Results:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Group A:-Group B:-Group A:...

N/A 5989 points 22

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
John Moody
John Moody (badminton)
John Moody is a male badminton player from New Zealand.In 2002 and 2004 he won the Fiji International, in 2005 the Ballarat Eureka International and the Waikato International, and in 2006 the North Harbour International and the Waikato International....

Men's singles
Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles
These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...

Bye
 L 9-21 11-21
Did not advance
Craig Cooper
Craig Cooper (badminton)
Craig Cooper is a New Zealand badminton player who competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...


Renee Flavell
Renee Flavell
Renee Kimberly Flavell is a female badminton player from New Zealand.-Career:Renee Flavell took part at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached rank 9 in the mixed doubles. At the 2006 Oceania championships she won two bronze medals and one silver medal. Two years later Flavell won two silver medals...

Mixed doubles
Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Mixed doubles
These are the results of the mixed doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...

N/A
 L 12-21 11-21
Did not advance

Basketball

Women

Roster
Suzie Bates, Claire Bodensteiner, Micaela Cocks, Jillian Harmon, Aneka Kerr, Angela Marino
Angela Marino
Angela Marino is a New Zealand professional women's basketball player currently playing for the Adelaide Lightning in the Women's National Basketball League...

, Jessica McCormack, Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe, Charmian Purcell, Natalie Purcell, Lisa Wallbutton, Noni Wharemate

Preliminary round Group B

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Team Pld W L PF PA Avg Pts
5 5 0 491 276 2 10
5 4 1 358 346 0.986 9
5 3 2 350 354 1.009 8
5 2 3 353 326 1.174 7
5 1 4 320 423 0.795 6
5 0 5 255 402 0.644 5
Qualified for quarterfinals


All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...

)

2008-08-09
72 – 76
2008-08-11
62 – 85
2008-08-13
80 – 63
2008-08-15
90 – 59
2008-08-17
60 – 96

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Steven Ferguson
Steven Ferguson
Steven Sean Ferguson is a sprint canoeist, surf lifesaver and former swimmer from New Zealand.Ferguson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of four-times Olympic gold medal winning canoeist Ian Ferguson....

K-1 500 m 1:37.538 4 1:42.238 1 1:38.512 8
Ben Fouhy
Ben Fouhy
Ben Fouhy is a New Zealand flatwater canoer who has been competing since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the silver in the K-1 1000 m event at Athens in 2004....

K-1 1000 m 3:33.037 3 3:33.542 2 3:29.193 4
Steven Ferguson
Steven Ferguson
Steven Sean Ferguson is a sprint canoeist, surf lifesaver and former swimmer from New Zealand.Ferguson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of four-times Olympic gold medal winning canoeist Ian Ferguson....


Mike Walker
Mike Walker (New Zealand kayaker)
Mike Walker is a New Zealand sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. He finished fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:*...

K-2 1000 m 3:19.167 4 3:23.511 2 3:15.329 5


Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Erin Taylor
Erin Taylor
Erin Taylor is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event.-References:*...

K-1 500 m 1:52.517 6 1:54.300 5 Did not advance

Slalom

Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Total Rank
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Luuka Jones
Luuka Jones
Luuka Jones is a New Zealand slalom canoeist who started competing in 2003. She was the first female canoe slalom paddler to represent New Zealand at the Olympic Games. She competed in the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Current national champion and ranked number one in New...

K-1 162.35 20 110.01 16 272.36 21 Did not advance

Cycling

BMX

Men
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Points Rank Points Rank Time Rank
Marc Willers Individual 36.519 17 9 2 23 8 Did not advance


Women
Athlete Event Seeding Semifinals Final
Time Rank Points Rank Time Rank
Sarah Walker Individual 37.187 4 6 2 38.805 4

Mountain Biking

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Kashi Leuchs
Kashi Leuchs
Kashi Leuchs from Dunedin, New Zealand is a former world class cross country mountain biker who represented New Zealand in mountain biking at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the 2004 games in Athens and the 2008 Games in Beijing...

Cross-country 2:06:30 24


Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Rosara Joseph
Rosara Joseph
Rosara Joseph is a New Zealand cyclist who won a silver medal for New Zealand in the Women's mountain bike racing event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games...

Cross-country 1:51:07 9

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Glen Chadwick
Glen Chadwick
Glen Alan Chadwick is a cyclist with both New Zealand and Australian passports. Glen Chadwick began his career in 2001 at the Belgian cycling team Landbouwkrediet-Colnago. In his first year he came second in the general classification of the Tour de Liège. After two years he moved to Taiwan to...

Road race 6:39:42 (+15:53) 91
Julian Dean
Julian Dean
Julian Dean is a road racing cyclist who rides for . Dean rode in the 2008 Tour de France, 2007 Tour de France, 2006 Tour de France and the 2004 Tour de France, finishing all four times. In 2008, he finished 9th in the points classification...

Road race 6:34:06 (+10:15) 54
Timothy Gudsell
Timothy Gudsell
Timothy Gudsell is a New Zealand track and road racing cyclist who rides for Team PureBlack Racing. Gudsell turned professional in 2007...

Road race Did not finish
Time trial


Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Catherine Cheatley Road race 3:41:08 (+8:44) 53
Joanne Kiesanowski Road race 3:33:17 (+0:53) 28

Track

Pursuits
Athlete Event Qualifying 1st Round Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston, MNZM is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won the silver medal in the men's 4000 m individual pursuit and a bronze medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Roulston was a talented junior rider on both road and...

Men's individual pursuit 4:18.997 2 Q
4:19:232
2 Q
4:19:611
Alison Shanks
Alison Shanks
Alison Shanks is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in individual pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing.- Biography :Born in Dunedin, New Zealand...

Women's individual pursuit 3:34.312 4 Q
3:32.478
4 Q
3:34.156
4
From:
Sam Bewley
Sam Bewley
Sam Bewley is a New Zealand racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam .At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bewley won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, and Jesse Sergent...


Wesley Gough
Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston, MNZM is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won the silver medal in the men's 4000 m individual pursuit and a bronze medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Roulston was a talented junior rider on both road and...


Marc Ryan
Marc Ryan
Marc Ryan is a New Zealand racing cyclist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ryan won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Jesse Sergent....


Jesse Sergeant
Men's team pursuit 3:59.277 2 Q
3:57.536
3 Q
3:57:776


Points Races
Athlete Event Points (Laps) Rank
Greg Henderson
Greg Henderson
Gregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...

Men's points race 13 (0) 10
Catherine Cheatley Women's points race 0 (0) 17
Greg Henderson
Greg Henderson
Gregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...


Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston, MNZM is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won the silver medal in the men's 4000 m individual pursuit and a bronze medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Roulston was a talented junior rider on both road and...

Men's madison 5 (-1) 10

Equestrian

Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Joe Meyer Snip Individual 43.90 19 41.20 25.00 12.00 102.12 24
Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson
For the New Zealand ice speed skater with the same name see Andrew Nicholson Andrew Nicholson is a New Zealand horseman who was selected for six Olympic Games....

Lord Killinghurst Individual 44.60 21 Eliminated
Caroline Powell Lenamore Individual 48.00 26 21.20 4.00 - 73.30 14
Mark Todd
Mark Todd (equestrian)
Mark James Todd, CBE is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing, voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Mark James Todd, CBE (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the...

Gandalf Individual 49.40 30 27.20 1.00 - 77.60 17
Heelan Tompkins Sugoi Individual 55.60 49 75.20 8.00 Did not advance 138.80
From:
Joe Meyer
Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson
For the New Zealand ice speed skater with the same name see Andrew Nicholson Andrew Nicholson is a New Zealand horseman who was selected for six Olympic Games....


Caroline Powell
Mark Todd
Mark Todd (equestrian)
Mark James Todd, CBE is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing, voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Mark James Todd, CBE (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the...


Heelan Tompkins
as above Team 136.50 6 230.90 6 240.90 5 N/A 240.90 5

Team eventing penalties and rankings are how they stood after each event

Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Ind. 1st Qualifier/
Team Qualifier
Ind. 2nd Qualifier/
Team Final Round 1
Ind. 3rd Qualifier/
Team Final Round 2
Individual Final Final Rank
Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total
Bruce Goodin Yamato Individual 14 66 12 26 54 Did not advance 54
Katie McVean Forest Individual 72# 77 45# 117 71 Did not advance 71
Kirk Webby Sitah Individual 4 30 8 12 30 Q 12 24 33 Q 24 34 Did not advance 34
Sharn Wordley Rockville Individual 47 75 25 72 70 Did not advance 70
Bruce Goodin
Katie McVean
Kirk Webby
Sharn Wordley
as above Team 65 16 45 - 14 Did not advance N/A 14

'#' denotes result that did not count toward team score

Field hockey

Men

Team Roster
  • Ryan Archibald, Gareth Brooks
    Gareth Brooks
    Gareth Brooks is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002...

    , Phillip Burrows, Simon Child
    Simon Child
    Simon Child is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2005 against Malaysia. At the age of sixteen he became the second youngest player to turn out for the New Zealand Men’s Hockey Team while still a student at King's...

    , Benjamin Collier, Dean Couzins, Steven Edwards, Casey Henwood, Blair Hopping, David Kosoof
    David Kosoof
    David William Kosoof is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

    , Shea McAleese, James Nation
    James Nation
    James Henry Nation is a field hockey player from New Zealand who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2001 against Malaysia. The midfielder provides support at centre and left half and is also an attacking penalty corner option...

    , Kyle Pontifex, Bradley Shaw, Hayden Shaw
    Hayden Shaw
    Hayden Jonathan Shaw is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002 against Australia. He has played for HC 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.Shaw is often involved in penalty corner set moves and can perform a drag...

    , Paul Woolford


Preliminary round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
12 5 4 0 1 9 5
4
11 5 3 2 0 12 6
6
7 5 2 1 2 13 11
2
7 5 2 1 2 10 9
1
4 5 1 1 3 9 13 −4
1 5 0 1 4 7 16 −9
Qualified for semifinals

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Seventh and eighth place match

Women

Team Roster
  • Stacey Carr, Jaimee Claxton, Tara Drysdale, Gemma Flynn, Krystal Forgesson, Joanne Galletly, Sheree Horvath, Lizzy Igasan
    Lizzy Igasan
    Elizabeth Jane "Lizzy" Igasan is a New Zealand field hockey player who was captain of the national team and a participant in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.-Early life:...

    , Beth Jurgeleit, Emily Naylor, Kimberley Noakes, Caryn Paewai
    Caryn Paewai
    Caryn Erena Paewai is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two years later she was a member of the side that finished fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth...

    , Niniwa Roberts, Kate Saunders, Kayla Sharland
    Kayla Sharland
    Kayla Marie Sharland is a field hockey striker. Sharland was a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team during its participation at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where it finished sixth.-International senior competitions:* 2003 – Champions Challenge,...

    , Anita Wawatai


Preliminary round
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
12 5 4 0 1 12 8
4
11 5 3 2 0 13 7
6
8 5 2 2 1 7 9 −2
6 5 1 3 1 9 8
1
4 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2
0 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7
Qualified for semifinals

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Eleventh and twelfth place match

Men

Roster
Michael Boxall
Michael Boxall
Michael Joseph Boxall is an New Zealander professional footballer who plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer....

, Jeremy Brockie
Jeremy Brockie
Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand football player who was recently signed by the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League...

, Daniel Ellensohn
Daniel Ellensohn
Daniel Ellensohn is an association football striker from New Zealand who currently plays for London, England, based Saturday League side Kiwi, in the Wimbledon and District League. This is amatuer football played in parks around South London.-Club career:His previous teams include Team Wellington...

, Simon Elliott
Simon Elliott
Simon John Elliott is a New Zealand International footballer who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Semi-Professional & College career:...

, Craig Henderson
Craig Henderson
Craig Henderson is a New Zealander football player who plays for Mjällby AIF. His hometown is Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt. He attended Taita College, Lower Hutt where he was Head Boy, Dux and Sportsman of the Year in 2004.-Dartmouth College:...

, Ian Hogg
Ian Hogg (footballer)
Ian Campbell Hogg is a New Zealander Professional footballer, who currently plays for ASB Premiership side Auckland City and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games.-Club career:...

, Samuel Jenkins
Sam Jenkins (footballer)
Samuel David Jenkins is a soccer player from New Zealand who currently plays for Team Wellington in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:Jenkins started off his club career for Napier City Rovers in the year 2001...

, Chris Killen
Chris Killen
Christopher John "Chris" Killen is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a striker for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Ruby. Killen grew up in Wellington and played his club football for Miramar Rangers. After a trial with Manchester City, he joined City's youth academy...

, Liam Little, Samuel Messam, Ryan Nelsen
Ryan Nelsen
Ryan William Nelsen, ONZM is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a defender, and is captain of Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Nelsen captains the New Zealand national team, the All Whites. He joined Blackburn back in 2005 on a free transfer from D.C. United...

, Steven Old
Steven Old
Steven David Old is a New Zealand football player who plays as a defender. He is currently a free agent after being released from Kilmarnock in May 2011.-Club career:...

, Jack Pelter
Jack Pelter
Jack Anthony Pelter is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as Centre back for Metro F.C. in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier...

, Cole Peverley
Cole Peverley
Cole Peverley is a New Zealander professional footballer who currently plays for Charleston Battery in USL Professional Division.He has earned national representation honours at Under-20, Under-23 and All Whites level.-Club:...

, Aaron Scott
Aaron Scott (footballer)
Aaron James Scott is a New Zealand footballer who plays for NZFC side Waitakere United and has represented New Zealand under 23 at the Olympics and played for the senior side, the All Whites.-International career:...

, Jacob Spoonley
Jacob Spoonley
Jacob Spoonley is a New Zealand association football goalkeeper who now plays for Auckland City in the New Zealand Football Championship.-International career:...

, Cole Tinkler
Cole Tinkler
Cole Allen Wilson Tinkler is a New Zealand professional footballer, who last played for Sengkang-Punggol Football Club in the S-League and is currently contracted to Sydney club APIA Leichhardt Tigers who play in the New South Wales Premier League.-Career:Tinkler played as a right full back for...

, Shaun van Rooyen
Shaun van Rooyen
Shaun Stephen van Rooyen is a New Zealand football who plays for New Zealand Football Championship side Waikato FC and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games....



Group C
Team
3 3 0 0 9 0
9
9
3 2 0 1 3 1
2
6
3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Qualified for quarterfinals


Results

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Women

Roster
Jenny Bindon
Jenny Bindon
Jenny Bindon is an association football goalkeeper who represents New Zealand at the international level.-High school:...

, Abby Erceg
Abby Erceg
Abby Erceg is a professional New Zealander footballer who is a member of the New Zealand women's national team. Erceg is currently the Captain for Adelaide United FC W-League in the W-League and has previously played for Espanyol in the Superliga Femenina.-Career:Erceg signed a 1 year...

, Anna Green, Amber Hearn
Amber Hearn
Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn , is a association football player who represented New Zealand at international level, making her senior international debut in a 0-2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004.-Club career:...

, Kristy Hill
Kristy Hill
Kristy Hiria Hill is an association football player who represented New Zealand.Hill made her Football Ferns debut in a 1-0 win over Argentina on 16 June 2008 and was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games, playing in one group game; a 0-4 loss to the United...

, Rachel Howard, Katie Hoyle
Katie Hoyle
Katie Cherie Hoyle is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Hoyle represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals, and again represented the young ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile...

, Emma Kete
Emma Kete
Emma Jillian Kete , is a member of the Football Ferns, the New Zealand women's association football team.-Club career:Kete joined Ottawa Fury Women in July 2009, playing alongside fellow Kiwis Amber Hearn, Hayley Moorwood and Ria Percival at the Canadian W-League club.She signed for FA WSL club...

, Renee Leota
Renee Leota
Renee Leota , is a female association football player who represents New Zealand at international level.-Career:Leota made her senior international debut as a substitute in a 0-3 loss to China PR on 14 November 2006....

, Emily McColl
Emily McColl
Emily McColl is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.McColl made her Football Ferns début as a substitute in an 8-0 win over Solomon Islands on 11 April 2007 at the Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament held in Papua New Guinea, although was herself...

, Hayley Moorwood
Hayley Moorwood
Hayley Rose Moorwood is a Women's association footballer who represented New Zealand at international level and is contracted to Chelsea Ladies for the 2011 season.-Club career:...

, Marlies Oostdam
Marlies Oostdam
Marlies Oostdam is a female football player who represented New Zealand at international level...

, Ria Percival
Ria Percival
Ria Dawn Percival is a New Zealand professional footballer, who is a member of the New Zealand national woman's team and currently plays for FFC Frankfurt of the Frauen Bundesliga.-Biography:...

, Ali Riley, Merissa Smith
Merissa Smith
Merissa Smith is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Smith made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0-3 loss to China on 14 November 2006, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0-5,...

, Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith (footballer)
Rebecca Smith is a New Zealand soccer player who has represented her country at international level.- Career :...

, Rebecca Tegg
Rebecca Tegg
Rebecca Tegg is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Tegg made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0-3 loss to Australia on 19 July 2007, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0-5,...

, Kirsty Yallop
Kirsty Yallop
Kirsty Lee Yallop , is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level, making her senior international debut in a 0-6 loss to United States on 10 October 2004....



Group G
Team
3 2 0 1 5 2
3
6
3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3 1 1 1 7 4
3
4
3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Qualified for quarterfinals


Results

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UTC+8
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Rowing

Men
Athlete(s) Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mahé Drysdale
Mahe Drysdale
Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale, MNZM ) is a New Zealand rower and five-time World Champion single sculler. The name Mahé came from the largest island in the Seychelles....

Single sculls 7:28.80 1 6:50.18 1 7:05.57 3 7:01.56
George Bridgewater
George Bridgewater
George Bridgewater, MNZM, is a New Zealand rower who currently competes in the pair at international level with Nathan Twaddle. The pair won bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...


Nathan Twaddle
Nathan Twaddle
Nathan Twaddle, MNZM is a rower from New Zealand and Olympic medallist. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in the coxless pair rowing with his partner George Bridgewater and came out with a bronze medal....

Pairs 6:41.65 1 6:36.05 2 6:44.19
Nathan Cohen
Rob Waddell
Rob Waddell
Robert "Rob" Norman Waddell, ONZM, is a New Zealand rower, yachtsman and rugby union player. Waddell has one of the highest VO2 max intake levels of any athlete ever tested. He holds the fastest 2000 metre indoor rowing machine time in the world, clocking a time of 5 mins 36.6 secs...

Double sculls 6:24.32 1 6:24.16 3 6:30.79 4
Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor (rower)
Peter Taylor is a New Zealand rower.In 2006 along with Graham Oberlin-Brown he became the Under 23 World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls, and in doing so set a new world under 23 best time....


Storm Uru
Storm Uru
Storm Uru is a New Zealand rower.Uru competed for New Zealand in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics. Along with Peter Taylor he finished 7th in the Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

Lightweight
double sculls
6:16.78 1 6:30.53 4 6:27.14 7
(1st Final B)
Hamish Bond
Hamish Bond
Hamish Bond is a New Zealand Olympic rower.Bond was a member of the gold medal-winning coxless fours at the 2007 World Rowing Championships. Prior to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Bond was officially named as New Zealand's 1000th Olympian but later corrected to 1002 after a miscount...


James Dallinger
James Dallinger
James William Dallinger, is a New Zealand rower.He was a member of the World Champion under-23 coxed four in 2006, and the world champion senior coxless four in 2007...


Carl Meyer
Carl Meyer (rower)
Carl Meyer is a New Zealand rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...


Eric Murray
Eric Murray (rower)
Eric Murray is a New Zealand rower. He has won four World Rowing Championships gold medals. The first was as a member of the New Zealand coxless four at 2007 World Rowing Championships. Murray then went on to become a member of the double gold medal-winning coxless pair with fellow coxless four...

Fours 6:00.73 2 5:57.31 4 6:06.30 7
(1st Final B)


Women
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emma Twigg
Emma Twigg
Emma Twigg is a New Zealand rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

Single sculls 7:45.12 1 7:34.24 3 7:38.09 4 7:51.63 9
(3rd Final B)
Nicky Coles
Juliette Haigh
Juliette Haigh
Juliette Haigh is a professional rower. Haigh was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 returned to the event and partnered Rebecca Scown in the boat....

Pairs 7:31.45 2 7:32.64 1 7:28.80 5
Caroline Evers-Swindell
Caroline Evers-Swindell
Caroline Meyer formerly known as Caroline Evers-Swindell is a former New Zealand rower. She is 179 cm tall and 80kg. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Georgina Earl...


Georgina Evers-Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell
Georgina Earl, formerly known as Georgina Evers-Swindell is a former New Zealand rower. She competed in the double sculls with her identical twin sister Caroline Meyer, and is a double Olympic gold medalist, having won at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008...

Double sculls 7:03.92 1 7:07.32


Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Tom Ashley
Tom Ashley
Thomas John Mitchell Ashley, ONZM is a sailor from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's sailboard event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he also won the 2008 RS:X World Championships. He is the Olympic champion and the 2008 World champion...

Sailboard 52.0
Andrew Murdoch Laser 5
Peter Burling
Peter Burling (sailor)
Pete Burling is a New Zealand Olympic sailor who, along with his partner Carl Evans, was the youngest sailor to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games.- References :*http://www.zeus-sport.com/Olympic/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=28330...

 
Carl Evans
470 11
Hamish Pepper 
Carl Williams
Star 9

Although Aaron McIntosh
Aaron McIntosh
Aaron McIntosh is a sailor from New Zealand who won a Bronze medal at 2000 in Sydney. He had previously just missed out on a medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta finishing a close fourth...

 and Mark Kennedy did qualify for the Tornado class
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado class
Tornado class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place between August 15 and August 21 in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 15 teams of two sailors each competed in this Tornado sailboat competition....

, New Zealand did not send them to the games.

Women
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Barbara Kendall
Barbara Kendall
Barbara Kendall, MBE is a boardsailor from New Zealand. Kendall was raised at Bucklands Beach and attended Macleans College...

Sailboard 6
Jo Aleh Laser Radial 7


Open
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Dan Slater Finn 12

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank
Robbie Eastham 50 m rifle prone 594 14 Did not advance 14
Yan Wang 10 m air pistol 571 39 Did not advance 39
Graeme Ede
Graeme Ede
Graeme Ede is a shooting competitor for New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won a gold medal in the Shooting - Trap event...

Trap 114 20 Did not advance 20
Double trap 113 18 Did not advance 18


Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank
Nadine Stanton
Nadine Stanton
Nadine Stanton is a shooting competitor for New Zealand. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal in the Double Trap event partnering Teresa Borrell, and a silver medal in the Double Trap.She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and 2008 Olympic Games.-References:...

Trap 63 10 Did not advance 10

Men

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Moss Burmester
Moss Burmester
Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

100 m butterfly 52.67 6 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:55.80 3 1:55.26 7 1:54.35 4
Dean Kent
Dean Kent
Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...

200 m individual medley 2:01.12 21 Did not advance
Glenn Snyders 100 m breaststroke 1:00.98 20 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:11.19 16 2:12.07 16 Did not advance
Corney Swanepoel
Corney Swanepoel
Corney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....

100 m butterfly 51.78 2 52.01 6 Did not advance
From:
William Benson
Orinoco Faamausili-Banse
Cameron Gibson
Cameron Gibson
Cameron Gibson is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes....


Mark Herring
Mark Herring (swimmer)
Mark Herring was a swimmer who represented New Zealand in the Olympic Games. He also competed in the 2007 World Aquatics Championship in 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle.-References:...

4×100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.In the heats, the teams with the Top 6 times all swam past the previous Olympic Record; three of which swam faster than the pre-Olympic World Record....

3:15.41
Herring 49.73
Gibson 48.07
Benson 48.65
F-Banse 48.96
11 Did not advance
From:
Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell (swimmer)
Daniel Bell is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts event.-References:...


Cameron Gibson
Glenn Snyders
Corney Swanepoel
4×100 m medley
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification summary:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Final:* Q = Qualified, DSQ = Disqualified* WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record...

3:34.09
Bell 54.52
Snyders 59.46
Swanepoel 52.12
Gibson 47.99
3 3:33.39
Bell 54.74
Snyders 59.87
Swanepoel 51.78
Gibson 47.00
5

Women

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Elizabeth Coster Women's 100 m backstroke 1:00.66 4 Q 1:01.45 8 Did not advance
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram
Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

100 m backstroke 1:01.24 2 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:09.34 3 Q 2:09.70 6 Did not advance
Helen Norfolk
Helen Norfolk
Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

200 m individual medley 2:13.50 6 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:44.22 8 Did not advance
From:
Helen Norfolk
Helen Norfolk
Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....


Lauren Boyle
Lauren Boyle
Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....


Hayley Palmer
Hayley Palmer
Hayley Gloria Palmer is an Olympian and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.-Early life:Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England...


Natasha Hind
4 × 200 m freestyle relay, women
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification summary:-Heats:-Final:...

Disqualified Did not advance

Synchronized Swimming

Athlete Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Preliminary) Free Routine (Final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank
Lisa Daniels
Lisa Daniels (synchronized swimmer)
Lisa Daniels is a New Zealand synchronized swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with her sister Nina Daniels in the Duet at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games....


Nina Daniels
Nina Daniels
Nina Daniels is a New Zealand synchronized swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with her sister Lisa Daniels in the Duet at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games....

Duet 40.750 23 40.417 23 23 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Repechage Bronze Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Logan Campbell
Logan Campbell
Logan Campbell is a New Zealand taekwondo practitioner who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Campbell was first attracted to taekwondo as a child after watching The Karate Kid but initially struggled at the sport. He kept at it and won his first international tournament at the age of 13...

-68 kg
Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 68 kg
The men's 68 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place in the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on August 21. A total of 16 men competed in the event, limited to fighters whose body weight is less than 68 kilograms...


L 0-4
Did not advance
Matthew Beach +80 kg
L 1-4
Did not advance


Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Repechage Bronze Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Robyn Cheong -57 kg
W 1-0

L 1-4
Did not advance
L 0-1
Did not advance

Tennis

Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
Marina Erakovic
Marina Erakovic
Marina Erakovic is a New Zealand professional tennis player of Croatian background. Her career high in Women's Tennis Association doubles ranking is World No. 43, achieved on 27 October 2008, and in singles it is No. 49, achieved on 7 July 2008. As of 21 November 2011, she is World No...

Singles L 5-7 7-6 6-4 Did not advance

Triathlon

Men
Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank
Bevan Docherty
Bevan Docherty
Bevan John Docherty is a triathlete from New Zealand who twice won medals at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupo....

Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

18:45 1:17:42 30:57 1:49:05.59
Kris Gemmell
Kris Gemmell
Kris Gemmell is a New Zealand triathlete, and aquathon World Champion winning the title in Cancún Mexico 2002...

Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

19:06 1:17:40 35:42 1:53:49.47 39
Shane Reed Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

18:00 1:17:47 34:34 1:52:48.16 34


Women
Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank
Andrea Hewitt
Andrea Hewitt
Andrea Hewitt , is a professional triathlete, she placed third in the World Championship Series of 2009 and took part in the Olympic Games of 2008.- Biography :...

Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

19:54 1:24:38 35:38 2:00:45.99 8
Debbie Tanner Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

19:57 1:24:43 35:54 2:01:06.92 10
Samantha Warriner
Samantha Warriner
Samantha Warriner is a triathlete who represents New Zealand in triathlons ranging from sprint distance up to the Half Ironman distance. She was born in Alton, Hampshire, England...

Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

19:58 1:24:43 36:55 2:02:13.60 16

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Mark Spooner -69 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 69 kg
The men's 69 kg weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large amount of competitors...

123 26 158 19 281 21
Richie Patterson -77 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 77 kg
The men's 77 kg weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...

130 25 170 18 300 21
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