2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)
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New Zealand took part in the Summer Olympics forthe 23rd timein the Chinese capital Beijing in 2008 .
The delegation comprised a total of 182 athletes who competed in the following sports (men / women / total):
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On November 18, 2009, Rashid Ramzi , the winner of the 1500-meter race, was stripped of his gold medal due to a doping offense. Nick Willis was subsequently awarded the silver medal.
Participants by sport
badminton
Men:
- Craig Cooper (Mixed)
- John Moody (singles)
Women:
- Renee Flavell (Mixed)
basketball
Women:
- Suzie Bates
- Claire Bodensteiner
- Micaela Cocks
- Jillian Harmon
- Aneka Kerr
- Angela Marino
- Jessica McCormack
- Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe
- Charmian Purcell
- Natalie Purcell
- Lisa Wallbutton
- Noni Wharemate
Soccer
Men
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Women
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Weightlifting
Men:
- Richie Patterson (up to 77 kg)
- Mark Spooner (up to 69 kg)
hockey
Women: |
Men: |
canoe
Canoe race
Women:
- Erin Taylor (single kayak)
Men:
- Steven Ferguson (single kayak, two-person kayak)
- Ben Fouhy (single kayak)
- Mike Walker (two-person kayak)
Canoe slalom
- Luuka Jones (single kayak)
athletics
Men:
- Adrian Blincoe (5000 m)
- James Dolphin (200 m)
- Stuart Farquhar (javelin throwing)
- Nick Willis (1500 m - silver )
Women:
- Beatrice Faumuina (discus throwing)
- Liza Hunter-Galvan (Marathon)
- Nina Rillstone (marathon)
- Kimberley Smith (5000 m, 10,000 m)
- Valerie Vili (Shot Put - Gold )
- Rebecca Wardell (Heptathlon)
Cycling
train
Women:
- Catherine Cheatley (points race)
- Alison Shanks (Individual Pursuit)
Men:
- Sam Bewley (Team Pursuit - Bronze )
- Wesley Gough (Team Pursuit - Bronze )
- Greg Henderson (points race, Madison)
- Peter Latham (Team Pursuit)
- Hayden Roulston (Individual Pursuit - Silver , Team Pursuit - Bronze , Madison)
- Marc Ryan (Team Pursuit - Bronze )
- Jesse Sergeant (Team Pursuit)
BMX
Women:
Men:
Mountain bike
Women:
Men:
Street
Women:
- Catherine Cheatley (street racing)
- Joanne Kiesanowski (road race)
Men:
- Glen Chadwick (road race)
- Julian Dean (road racing)
- Timothy Gudsell (road racing, time trial)
horse riding
Show jumping:
- Bruce Goodin (individual, team)
- Katie McVean (Individual, Team)
- Daniel Meech (individual, team)
- Sharn Wordley (individual, team)
Versatility:
- Joe Meyer (individual, team)
- Andrew Nicholson (individual, team)
- Caroline Powell (individual, team)
- Mark Todd (individual, team)
- Heelan Tompkins (individual, team)
rowing
Women:
- Nicola Coles (no two)
- Caroline Evers-Swindell (double scull)
- Georgina Evers-Swindell (double scull)
- Juliette Haigh (no two)
- Emma Twigg (One)
Men:
- Hamish Bond (foursome without)
- George Bridgewater (no two)
- Nathan Cohen (double scull)
- James Dallinger (foursome without)
- Mahé Drysdale (One)
- Eric Murray (foursome without)
- Carl Meyer (foursome without)
- Peter Taylor (Easy Double Scull)
- Nathan Twaddle (no two)
- Storm Uru (easy double scull)
- Rob Waddell (double scull)
sailing
Women:
- Jo Aleh (Laser Radial)
- Barbara Kendall (windsurfing)
Men:
- Tom Ashley (Windsurfing - Gold )
- Peter Burling (470s)
- Carl Evans (470s)
- Andrew Murdoch (laser)
- Hamish Pepper (Star)
- Carl Williams (Star)
shoot
Women:
Men:
swim
Women:
- Lauren Boyle (4 × 200 m freestyle)
- Elizabeth Coster (100m back)
- Natasha Hind (4 × 200 m freestyle)
- Melissa Ingram (100 and 200 m back)
- Helen Norfolk (200 and 400 m medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
- Hayley Palmer (4 × 200 m freestyle)
Men:
- Daniel Bell (4 × 100 m layers)
- William Benson (4 × 100 m freestyle)
- Moss Burmester (100 and 200 m butterfly)
- Cameron Gibson (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
- Mark Herring (4 × 100 m freestyle)
- Dean Kent (200 m individual medley)
- Orinoco Faamausili-Banse (4 × 100 m freestyle)
- Glenn Snyders (100 m chest, 4 × 100 m medley)
- Corney Swanepoel (100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m medley)
Synchronized swimming
- Lisa Daniels (duet)
- Nina Daniels (duet)
Taekwondo
Women:
- Robin Cheong (up to 57 kg)
Men:
- Matthew Beach (up to 80 kg)
- Logan Campbell (up to 68 kg)
tennis
Women:
Triathlon
Women:
Men:
- Bevan Docherty - bronze
- Kris Gemmell
- Shane Reed
Individual evidence
- ↑ NZZ : Ramzi the most prominent doping offender, November 18, 2009 (accessed November 27, 2009)
Web links
- New Zealand Olympic Team 2008 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )