1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)

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New Zealand participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with 52 athletes and 16 officials.

Medalist

gold

• Warren Cole , Ross Collinge , Simon Dickie , Dick Joyce , Dudley Storey - rowing, foursome with helmsman

bronze

• Mike Ryan - Marathon
• Ian Ballinger - shooting, small bore rifle

Participants by sport

athletics

Men

• Rex Maddaford

  5000 meters: 10th place

  10,000 meters: 12th place

• Evan Maguire

  10,000 meters: race not finished

• Roger Johnson

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Robert Welsh

  3000 meters obstacle course: preliminary round

• Mike Ryan

  Marathon: bronze

• Dave McKenzie

  Marathon: 37th place

• Les Mills

  Shot put: 11th place

• Robin Tait

  Discus throw: 12th place

Women

• Sylvia Potts

  800 meters: semi-finals

Cycling

• Ronald Thomson

  Road bike race, individual: 52nd place

  100 km team time trial: 23rd place

• Bryce Beeston

  Road bike race, individual

• John Dean

  Road bike race, individual

  100 km team time trial: 23rd place

• Richie Thomson

  Road bike race, individual

  100 km team time trial: 23rd place

• Neil Lyster

  100 km team time trial: 23rd place

rowing

• Warren Cole , Ross Collinge , Simon Dickie , Dick Joyce , Dudley Storey

  Foursome with helmsman gold

• Alan Webster , Gerard Veldman , Alistair Dryden , John Hunter , Mark Brownlee , John Gibbons , Thomas Just , Gilbert Cawood , Robert Page

  Eighth: 6th place

sailing

• Geoffrey Smale , Ralph Roberts

  Flying Dutchman: 8th place

• Jonathan Farmer

  Finn: 11th place

Weightlifting

• John Bolton

  Light heavyweight: 16th place

• Donald Oliver

  Heavyweight: 8th place

hockey

John Anslow , Jan Borren , Roger Capey , John Christensen , John Hicks , Bruce Judge , Barry Maister , Selwyn Maister , Alan McIntyre , Ross McPherson , Alan J. Patterson , Ted Salmon , Keith Thomson : 7th place

swim

Women

• Glenda Stirling

  100 m back: 8th place

  200 m back: preliminary round

  4 × 400 m relay: 6th place

• Prudence Chapman

  100 m back: preliminary round

  200 m individual medley: preliminary round

  400 m individual medley: preliminary round

  4 × 400 m relay: 6th place

• Sandra Whittleston

  100 m butterfly: semifinals

  200 m butterfly: preliminary round

  4 × 400 m relay: 6th place

• Tui Shipston

  200 m individual medley: preliminary round

  400 m individual medley: 7th place

  800 m freestyle: preliminary round

• Marion Lay

  4 × 400 m relay: 6th place

shoot

• Ian Ballinger

  Small bore rifle: bronze

• Stewart Nairn

  Small bore rifle: 12th place

Web links

• Official report of the 1968 Olympic Games (pdf)
• New Zealand Olympic Team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )