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
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Rex Maddaford
- 5000 meters: 10th place
- 10,000 meters: 12th place
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Evan Maguire
- 10,000 meters: race not finished
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Roger Johnson
- 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals
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Robert Welsh
- 3000 meters obstacle course: preliminary round
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Dave McKenzie
- Marathon: 37th place
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Les Mills
- Shot put: 11th place
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Robin Tait
- Discus throw: 12th place
Women
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Sylvia Potts
- 800 meters: semi-finals
Cycling
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Ronald Thomson
- Road bike race, individual: 52nd place
- 100 km team time trial: 23rd place
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Bryce Beeston
- Road bike race, individual
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John Dean
- Road bike race, individual
- 100 km team time trial: 23rd place
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Richie Thomson
- Road bike race, individual
- 100 km team time trial: 23rd place
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Neil Lyster
- 100 km team time trial: 23rd place
rowing
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Alan Webster , Gerard Veldman , Alistair Dryden , John Hunter , Mark Brownlee , John Gibbons , Thomas Just , Gilbert Cawood , Robert Page
- Eighth: 6th place
sailing
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Geoffrey Smale , Ralph Roberts
- Flying Dutchman: 8th place
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Jonathan Farmer
- Finn: 11th place
Weightlifting
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John Bolton
- Light heavyweight: 16th place
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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
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Glenda Stirling
- 100 m back: 8th place
- 200 m back: preliminary round
- 4 × 400 m relay: 6th place
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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
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Sandra Whittleston
- 100 m butterfly: semifinals
- 200 m butterfly: preliminary round
- 4 × 400 m relay: 6th place
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Tui Shipston
- 200 m individual medley: preliminary round
- 400 m individual medley: 7th place
- 800 m freestyle: preliminary round
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Marion Lay
- 4 × 400 m relay: 6th place
shoot
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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 )