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
- Heavyweight
fencing
- Epee: 15th place
- Epee: 50th place
Weightlifting
- Lightweight: 8th place
- Heavyweight (up to 100 kg): 9th place
- 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
- Middleweight: 2nd round
- Light Middleweight: Round 1
- Lightweight: Round 1
canoe
- Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals
- Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals
athletics
Men
- 5000 meters: 8th place
- 1500 meters: preliminary round
- 1500 meters: 9th place
- 3000 meter obstacle: 11th place
- Marathon: 10th place
- Marathon: 34th place
- Long jump: qualifying round, 31st place
- Javelin throw: preliminary round; 28th place
Women
- 3000 meters: 9th place
- Marathon: 5th place
- Marathon: 27th place
- Marathon: dnf
- 400 meter hurdles: preliminary round
Cycling
Men, track cycling
- Sprint: Hope lap
- 4000 meters individual pursuit: 11th place
- 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round
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Craig Adair
- 1000 m time trial: 5th place
- 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round
- Points race: preliminary round
- 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round
- Points race: 7th place
- 4000 meters team pursuit: preliminary round
- Road race: 18th place
- Road race: 37th place
- Road racing: AB
horse riding
- Versatility: Individual ranking 22nd place
- Versatility: team ranking 6th place
- Versatility: 28th place
- Versatility: team ranking 6th place
- Versatility: 37th place
- Versatility: team ranking 6th place
- Show jumping: 1st round
Rhythmic sports gymnastics
- Tania Moss : 30th place
Wrestling
- Freestyle, Bantamweight: Round 3
- Freestyle, middleweight: 6th place
- Freestyle, Welterweight: Round 2
rowing
Men
- One: 7th place
- 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
- One: 7th place
shoot
- Skeet: 26th place
- Small bore, lying: 13th place
-
Tony Clarke
- current target: 19th place
swim
Men
- 200 meters freestyle: 24th place
- 100 meter butterfly: 6th place
- 100 meter butterfly: 5th place
- 200 meters freestyle: 35th place
- 400 meters freestyle: B final, 16th place
- 1500 meters freestyle: 14th place
- 100 meters back: 4th place
- 200 meters back: 5th place
- 100 meters back: B final, 10th place
- 200 meters back: 20th place
- 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
- 100 meter freestyle: preliminary round, 28th place
- 100 meters back: 8th place
- 200 meters back: 8th place
- 100 meter freestyle: preliminary round, 39th place
- 200 meter butterfly preliminary round, 20th place
- 200 meter butterfly: preliminary round, 19th place
- 200 meters individual medley: preliminary round, 19th place
- 400 meter medley: B final, 15th place
sailing
- Soling: 11th place
- Flying Dutchman: 10th place
- 470: 14th place
Synchronized swimming
Women
- Duet: preliminary round
Diving
Men
- Art jumping: preliminary round, 18th place
- Art jumping: preliminary round, 22nd place
Women
- 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 )