1984 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)

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New Zealand took part in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with 135 athletes and 59 officials.

The athletes won eleven medals, including eight gold medals. This meant that New Zealand was able to rank among the top ten teams on the medal table for the first time .

The flag bearer was John Walker .

Medalist

gold

• Ian Ferguson - Kayak, 1500 Meter One
• Alan Thompson - Kayak, 1000 Meter One
• Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald - Kayak, 500 meter twos
• Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, Grant Bramwell , Paul MacDonald - Kayak, 1000 Meter Foursome
• Mark Todd - riding, eventing, individual classification
• Rex Sellers , Chris Timms - Sailing, Tornado Crew
• Shane O'Brien , Les O'Connell , Conrad Robertson , Keith Trask - rowing, foursome without a helmsman
• Russell Coutts - Sailing Finn

silver

• Kevin Barry - Boxing; Lightweight

bronze

• Brett Hollister , Kevin Lawton , Barrie Mabbott , Don Symon , Ross Tong - rowing, foursome with helmsman
• Bruce Kendall - sailing, wind glider

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• Dale Lightfoot - 2417 Rings, 34th Place

Women

• Ann Shurrock - 2422 Rings, 23rd Place
• Neroli Fairhall - 2357 rings, 35th place

Boxing

• Kevin Barry

• Lightweight: silver

• Michael Kenny

• Heavyweight

fencing

• Martin Brill

• Epee: 15th place

• David Cocker

• Epee: 50th place

Weightlifting

• Michael Bernard

• Lightweight: 8th place

• Kevin Blake

• Heavyweight (up to 100 kg): 9th place

• Allister Nalder

• Lightweight: 10th place

hockey

Men's

• Jeff Archibald , Husmukh Bhikha , Chris Brown , George Carnoutsos , Peter Daji , Laurie Gallen , Stuart Grimshaw , Trevor Laurence , Maurice Marquet , Grant McLeod , Brent Miskimmin , Peter Miskimmin , Arthur Parkin , Ramesh Patel , Graham Sligo , Robin Wilson : 7. space

Ladies

• Christine Arthur , Cathy Baker , Robyn Blackman , Mary Clinton , Lesley Elliott , Jane Goulding , Shirley Haig , Harina Kohere , Jan Martin , Jennifer McDonald , Sue McLeish , Sandra Mackie , Lesley Murdoch , Jillian Smith , Isobel Thomson , Barbara Tilden : 6. space

Judo

Men

• Bill Vincent

• Middleweight: 2nd round

• Graeme Spinks

• Light Middleweight: Round 1

• Shaun O'Leary

• Lightweight: Round 1

canoe

• Ian Ferguson

• Single kayak, 500 meters: gold
• Two-person kayak, 500 meters: gold
• Quad kayak, 1000 meters: gold

• Alan Thompson

• One kayak, 1000 meters: gold
• Quad kayak, 1000 meters: gold

• Paul MacDonald

• Two-person kayak, 500 meters: gold
• Quad kayak, 1000 meters: gold

• Grant Bramwell

• Quad kayak, 1000 meters: gold

• Robert Jenkinson

• Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Edwin Richards

• Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

Men

• John Walker

• 5000 meters: 8th place

• Tony Rogers

• 1500 meters: preliminary round

• Peter O'Donoghue

• 1500 meters: 9th place

• Peter Renner

• 3000 meter obstacle: 11th place

• Rod Dixon

• Marathon: 10th place

• Derek Froude

• Marathon: 34th place

• Stephen Walsh

• Long jump: qualifying round, 31st place

• Mike O'Rourke

• Javelin throw: preliminary round; 28th place

• Peter Pearless

Women

• Dianne Rodger

• 3000 meters: 9th place

• Lorraine Moller

• Marathon: 5th place

• Mary O'Connor

• Marathon: 27th place

• Anne Audain

• Marathon: dnf

• Lynnette Grime

• 400 meter hurdles: preliminary round

Cycling

Men, track cycling

• Murray Steele

• Sprint: Hope lap

• Anthony Cuff

• 4000 meters individual pursuit: 11th place
• 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round

• Craig Adair

  1000 m time trial: 5th place

• 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round

• Graeme Miller

• Points race: preliminary round
• 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round

• Brian Fowler

• Points race: 7th place
• 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round
• Road race: 18th place

• Stephen Cox

• Road race: 37th place

• Roger Sumich

• Road racing: AB

horse riding

• Mark Todd

• Versatility: individual ranking gold
• Versatility: team ranking 6th place

• Mary Hamilton

• Versatility: Individual ranking 22nd place
• Versatility: team ranking 6th place

• Andrew Nicholson

• Versatility: 28th place
• Versatility: team ranking 6th place

• Andrew Bennie

• Versatility: 37th place
• Versatility: team ranking 6th place

• John Cottle

• Show jumping: 1st round

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Tania Moss : 30th place

Wrestling

• Graeme Hawkins

• Freestyle, Bantamweight: Round 3

• Ken Reinsfield

• Freestyle, middleweight: 6th place

• Zane Coleman

• Freestyle, Welterweight: Round 2

rowing

Men

• Gary Reid

• One: 7th place

• Allan Horan , Geoff Horan

• Two without a helmsman: 9th place

• Shane O'Brien , Les O'Connell , Conrad Robertson , Keith Trask - rowing, four without a helmsman: gold

• Brett Hollister , Kevin Lawton , Barrie Mabbott , Don Symon , Ross Tong - rowing, foursome with helmsman: bronze

• Nigel Atherfold , David Rodger , Roger White-Parsons , George Keys , Gregory Johnston , Christopher White , Andrew Stevenson , Mike Stanley , Andrew Hay - eighth with helmsman: 4th place

Women

• Stephanie Foster

• One: 7th place

shoot

• John Woolley

• Skeet: 26th place

• Stephen Petterson

• Small bore, lying: 13th place

• Tony Clarke

  current target: 19th place

swim

Men

• Anthony Mosse

• 200 meters freestyle: 24th place
• 100 meter butterfly: 6th place
• 100 meter butterfly: 5th place

• Mike Davidson

• 200 meters freestyle: 35th place
• 400 meters freestyle: B final, 16th place
• 1500 meters freestyle: 14th place

• Gary Hurring

• 100 meters back: 4th place
• 200 meters back: 5th place

• Paul Kingsman

• 100 meters back: B final, 10th place
• 200 meters back: 20th place

• Brett Austin

• 100 meter breaststroke: B final, 15th place
• 200 meter breaststroke: 28th place

• Paul Kingsman, Brett Austin, Anthony Mosse, Gary Hurring

• 400 meter layer relay: 9th place

Women

• Carmel Clark

• 100 meter freestyle: preliminary round, 28th place
• 100 meters back: 8th place
• 200 meters back: 8th place

• Anna Doig

• 100 meter freestyle: preliminary round, 39th place
• 200 meter butterfly preliminary round, 20th place

• Gail Jonson

• 200 meter butterfly: preliminary round, 19th place
• 200 meters individual medley: preliminary round, 19th place
• 400 meter medley: B final, 15th place

sailing

• Bruce Kendall

• Windsurfing bronze

• Tom Dodson , Aran Hansen , Simon Daubney

• Soling: 11th place

• David MacKay , Luke Carter

• Flying Dutchman: 10th place

• Russell Coutts

• Finn: Gold

• Rex Sellers , Chris Timms

• Tornado: gold

• Peter Evans , Bean Reeves

• 470: 14th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Katie Sadleir , Lynette Sadleir

• Duet: preliminary round

Diving

Men

• Mark Graham

• Art jumping: preliminary round, 18th place

• Gary Lamb

• Art jumping: preliminary round, 22nd place

Women

• Ann Fargher

• Art jumping: 13th place

Web links

• Official report of the 1984 Summer Olympics (pdf)
• New Zealand Olympic team from 1984 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )