New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 134 athletes and 70 officials. 134 competitors, 92 men and 42 women, took part in 87 events in 17 sports.[1] Ralph Roberts was the team's Chef de Mission.[2]

New Zealand at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Barcelona
Competitors134 (92 men, 42 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Mark Todd
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
1
Silver
4
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908–1912)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Barbara Kendall Sailing Women's Lechner A-390 4 August
  Silver Vicky Latta
Andrew Nicholson
Blyth Tait
Mark Todd
Equestrian Team eventing 30 July
  Silver Danyon Loader Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly 30 July
  Silver Don Cowie
Rod Davis
Sailing Star 4 August
  Silver Leslie Egnot
Jan Shearer
Sailing Women's 470 4 August
  Bronze Gary Anderson Cycling Men's individual pursuit 29 July
  Bronze Blyth Tait Equestrian Individual eventing 30 July
  Bronze Lorraine Moller Athletics Women's marathon 1 August
  Bronze Craig Monk Sailing Men's Finn 4 August
  Bronze David Tua Boxing Men's heavyweight 8 August
Medals by sport
Sport       Total
Sailing 1 2 1 4
Equestrian 0 1 1 2
Swimming 0 1 0 1
Athletics 0 0 1 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Cycling 0 0 1 1
Total 1 4 5 10
Medals by gender
Gender       Total
Male 0 1 3 4
Female 1 1 1 3
Mixed / open 0 2 1 3
Total 1 4 5 10

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 7 6 13
Badminton 2 2 4
Boxing 3 3
Canoeing 8 0 8
Cycling 11 3 14
Diving 0 1 1
Equestrian 5 1 6
Fencing 1 0 1
Field hockey 16 15 31
Judo 2 2 4
Rowing 10 2 12
Sailing 13 4 17
Shooting 2 1 3
Swimming 8 3 11
Table tennis 2 1 3
Wrestling 2 2
Total 92 42 134

Archery

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New Zealand sent one archer to Barcelona. She did not advance to the elimination rounds.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
30 m 50 m 60 m 70 m Total Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Faye Johnstone Women's individual 341 295 323 302 1261 37 did not advance 37

Athletics

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Track and road

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Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank[i] Result Rank[ii] Result Rank Result Rank
Marguerite Buist Women's marathon DNF
Derek Froude Men's marathon 2:19.37 35
Robbie Johnston Men's 5000 m 13:57.87 9 did not advance
Anne Judkins Women's 10 km walk 45:28 9
Lorraine Moller Women's marathon 2:33.59  
Lesley Morton Women's 10,000 m 33:51.06 17 did not advance
Cameron Taylor Men's 200 m 20.91 2 Q 20.83 5 did not advance
Rex Wilson Men's marathon 2:15.51 16
  1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat
  2. ^ Ranks given are within the quarterfinal

Field

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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Paul Gibbons Men's pole vault NM did not advance
Gavin Lovegrove Men's javelin throw 81.04 m 4 77.08 m 9
Kirsten Smith Women's javelin throw 59.34 m 17 did not advance

Combined

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Athlete Event 100 m hurdles High jump Shot put 200 m Long jump Javelin throw 800 m Overall points Rank
Joanne Henry Women's heptathlon 14.55
902 pts
NH
0 pts
Withdrew DNF
Athlete Event 100 m Long jump Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 m Overall points Rank
Simon Poelman Men's decathlon 12.22
608 pts
NM
0 pts
Withdrew DNF

Badminton

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Dean Galt Men's singles   Jogis (USA)
L 1–15 3–15
did not advance =33
Kerrin Harrison Men's singles   Antropov (EUN)
L 3–15 10–15
did not advance =33
Rhona Robertson Women's singles   Dimbour (FRA)
W 12–10 12–9
  Plungwech (THA)
L 9–12 11–2 9–12
did not advance =17
Dean Galt
Kerrin Harrison
Men's doubles   Holst-Christensen / Lund (DEN)
L 0–15 2–15
did not advance =17
Tammy Jenkins
Rhona Robertson
Women's doubles   Gil / Shim (KOR)
L 4–15 2–15
did not advance =17

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Trevor Shailer Men's light welterweight   Szűcs (HUN)
L 0 – 7
did not advance =17
Sililo Figota Men's light welterweight   Beyer (GER)
L 2 – 16
did not advance =17
David Tua Men's heavyweight Bye   Ortega (ESP)
W RSC-2
  Rückschloss (TCH)
W RSC-3
  Izonritei (NGR)
L 7 – 12
Did not advance  

Canoeing

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Slalom

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best total Rank
Time Points Total Time Points Total
Donald Johnstone Men's K-1 1:50.71 10 120.71 1:52.73 5 117.73 117.73 25

Sprint

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Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
John MacDonald Men's K-1 500 m 1:44.37 5 R 1:43.24 2 Q 1:43.41 6 did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m 3:43.17 3 R 3:35.07 3 Q 3:38.95 6 did not advance
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Men's K-2 500 m 1:36.43 5 R 1:32.28 4 q 1:31.02 6 did not advance
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:18.47 2 Q Bye 3:19.29 5 q 3:26.84 8
Richard Boyle
Finn O'Connor
Stephen Richards
Mark Scheib
Men's K-4 1000 m 3:03.58 6 Q 3:00.66 8 did not advance

Cycling

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Fourteen cyclists, eleven men and three women, represented New Zealand in 1992. Gary Anderson won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit.

Road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Tom Bamford Men's individual road race 4:36:31 73
Joann Burke Women's individual road race 2:05:03 30
Brian Fowler Men's individual road race 4:35:56 59
Graeme Miller Men's individual road race 4:35:56 51
Rosalind Reekie Women's individual road race 2:23:52 49
Brian Fowler
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller
Chris Nicholson
Men's team time trial 2:08:10 10

Track

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Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Jon Andrews 1:05.240 7
Men's points race
Athlete Qualifying Final
Points Laps behind Rank Points Laps behind Rank
Glenn McLeay 15 0 2 Q 30 0 4
Men's sprint
Athlete Qualifying Round 1 Round 1
repechage heat
Round 1
repechage final
Round 2 Round 2
repechage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Jon Andrews 11.102 16   Fiedler (GER)
L R
  van Hameren (NED)
W 11.251 Q
  Furrer (SUI)
W 11.701 Q
  Harnett (CAN)
  Carpenter (USA)
2 R
  Chiappa (ITA)
L
did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Gary Anderson Men's individual pursuit 4:32.253 4 Q   Ermenault (FRA)
W 4:27.954
  Lehmann (GER)
L 4:31.061
Did not advance  
Jacqui Nelson Women's individual pursuit 3:51.259 10 did not advance
Gary Anderson
Nigel Donnelly
Carlos Marryatt
Stuart Williams
Glenn McLeay
Men's team pursuit 4:21.145 7 Q   Germany
L ovtk
did not advance

Diving

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Tania Paterson Women's 10 m platform 254.04 24 did not advance

Equestrian

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Eventing

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Rider Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Overall
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Vicky Latta Chief Individual 58.00 =19 24.40 6 5.00 =9 87.80 4
Andrew Nicholson Spinning Rhombus Individual 61.20 =27 9.20 3 45.00 62 115.40 16
Blyth Tait Messiah Individual 78.80 70 8.80 2 0.00 =1 87.60  
Mark Todd Welton Greylag Individual 47.40 5 DNF DNS DNF
Vicky Latta
Andrew Nicholson
Blyth Tait
Mark Todd
As above Team 166.60 4 42.80 1 50.00 =13 290.80  

Jumping

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Individual

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Athlete Horse Qualifying Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total points Rank Round 1 Round 2 Total faults
Bruce Goodin Reservation 22.50 29.00 45.00 96.50 59 did not advance
Mark Todd Double Take 70.50 72.50 143.00 =37 Q 20.00 did not advance
Harvey Wilson Mayday 36.00 45.50 48.00 129.50 48 did not advance

Team

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Athlete Horse Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
Faults Rank Faults Rank
Bruce Goodin
Mark Todd
Harvey Wilson
Reservation
Double Take
Mayday
38.25 16 28.75 11 67.00 15

Fencing

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One male fencer represented New Zealand in 1992.

Men's individual épée
Athlete Round 1 pool Final pool Final pool barrage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Gavin McLean   da Ponte (PAR)
W 5–1
  Youssef (LIB)
W 5–2
  Jacquet (SUI)
W 5–5
  Randazzo (ITA)
L 0–5
  Pop (ROU)
L 4–5
  Rivas (COL)
L 2–5
  Nowosielski (CAN)
L 1–2
Did not advance

Field hockey

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Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (Pool B)
  • New Zealand – Spain 0–3
  • New Zealand – Pakistan 0–1
  • New Zealand – The Netherlands 3–4
  • New Zealand – Malaysia 2–3
  • New Zealand – Unified Team 2–1
  • Classification matches
  • 5th–8th place: New Zealand – Great Britain 2–3
  • 7th–8th place: New Zealand – India 2–3 → 8th place
  • Team roster

Women's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (Pool B)
  • Classification matches
  • Team roster

Judo

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Athlete Event Elimination pool Repechage pool Final Rank
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Steve Corkin Men's lightweight Bye   Chung (KOR)
L
did not advance   Seck (SEN)
L
did not advance 17
Donna Hilton Women's extra lightweight   Souakri (ALG)
L
did not advance   Villapol (VEN)
L
did not advance =13
Nicola Morris Women's half middleweight   Gu (KOR)
L
did not advance   Zhang (CHN)
L
did not advance =13
Graeme Spinks Men's half middleweight   Haanpää (FIN)
W
  Varayev (EUN)
L
did not advance =22

Rowing

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New Zealand qualified four boats for the 1992 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls, men's coxless four, men's coxed four, and women's double sculls.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eric Verdonk Single sculls 6:58.35 2 R 7:02.40 1 SA/B 6:56.79 3 FA 6:57.45 4
Scott Brownlee
Chris White
Pat Peoples
Campbell Clayton-Greene
Coxless four 6:03.10 2 SA/B Bye 6:01.19 3 FA 6:02.13 6
Bill Coventry
Guy Melville
Toni Dunlop
Ian Wright
Carl Sheehan (cox)
Coxed four 6:32.61 5 R 6:25.32 4 FB 6:15.66 11
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Philippa Baker
Brenda Lawson
Double sculls 7:20.49 2 SA/B Bye 7:01.07 2 FA 6:56.81 4

Sailing

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New Zealand had 17 competitors in Barcelona; 13 men and 4 women.[5]

Athlete Event Race Net points Matchracing Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 Wins Rank Semifinal Final
Jenny Armstrong Women's Europe 17.0 10.0 3.0 14.0 26.0 18.0 3.0 65.0 4
Jon Bilger
Craig Greenwood (helm)
Men's 470 24.0 15.0 5.7 16.0 5.7 44.0 14.0 80.4 7
Russell Coutts (helm)
Simon Daubney
Graham Fleury
Soling 17.0 15.0 18.0 3.0 18.0 11.7 64.7 did not advance 8
Don Cowie
Rod Davis
(helm)
Star 8.0 5.7 10.0 18.0 11.7 13.0 10.0 58.4  
Leslie Egnot (helm)
Jan Shearer
Women's 470 24.0 10.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 11.7 0.0 36.7  
Brian Jones
Rex Sellers (helm)
Tornado 19.0 18.0 22.0 0.0 11.7 3.0 0.0 51.7 4
Murray Jones (helm)
Greg Knowles
Flying Dutchman 25.0 25.0 18.0 3.0 18.0 13.0 0.0 77.0 4
Barbara Kendall Women's Lechner A-390 0.0 16.0 5.7 3.0 0.0 3.0 11.7 13.0 5.7 5.7 47.8  
Bruce Kendall Men's Lechner A-390 18.0 24.0 51.0 5.7 16.0 0.0 0.0 19.0 20.0 3.0 107.7 4
Craig Monk Men's Finn 29.0 17.0 0.0 13.0 23.0 11.7 0.0 64.7  

Shooting

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Athlete Event Qualification rounds Final round Total Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank
Jocelyn Lees Women's 10 m air pistol 92 92 94 91 369 =42 did not advance =42
Stephen Petterson Men's 50 m rifle prone 98 100 100 99 95 97 589 42 did not advance 42
Greg Yelavich Men's 50 m pistol 89 92 91 84 92 95 543 =37 did not advance =37
Men's 10 m air pistol 97 94 96 96 95 97 575 =22 did not advance =22

Swimming

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Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Trent Bray Men's 200 m freestyle 1:52.49 26 did not advance
Guy Callaghan Men's 100 m butterfly 55.49 28 did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:02.12 27 did not advance
Toni Jeffs Women's 50 m freestyle 26.90 27 did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 58.80 29 did not advance
Phillippa Langrell Women's 400 m freestyle 4:14.00 NR 9 QB 4:12.96 NR 9
Women's 800 m freestyle 8:38.43 NR 5 Q 8:35.57 NR 4
Women's 400 m individual medley 4:53.62 NR 17 did not advance
Danyon Loader Men's 400 m freestyle 3:50.05 NR 5 Q 3:49.97 NR 8
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:58.15 2 Q 1:57.93  
Simon Percy Men's 100 m backstroke 57.96 33 did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:05.53 28 did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley 2:06.76 28 did not advance
Nicholas Sanders Men's 50 m freestyle 23.79 34 did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 51.77 36 did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 55.44 25 did not advance
Anna Simcic Women's 100 m backstroke 1:03.12 11 QB 1:03.30 11
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:12.99 6 Q 2:11.99 NR 5
John Steel Men's 100 m freestyle 50.59 =14 QB 50.69 13
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:50.56 18 QB 1:51.12 16
Richard Tapper Men's 400 m freestyle 3:59.71 29 did not advance
Mark Weldon Men's 50 m freestyle 23.87 37 did not advance
John Steel
Nicholas Sanders
Trent Bray
Mark Weldon
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:23.09 NR 9 did not advance
Trent Bray
Richard Tapper
John Steel
Danyon Loader
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 7:26.36 11 did not advance

Table tennis

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Athlete Event Pool stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
W L Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Hagen Bower Men's singles   Gatien (FRA)
L 0–2
  Kalinić (IOP)
L 0–2
  Musa (NGR)
L 0–2
0 3 4 did not advance =49
Peter Jackson Men's singles   Shibutani (JPN)
L 0–2
  Ding (AUT)
L 0–2
  Arado (CUB)
W 2–0
1 2 3 did not advance =33
Chunli Li Women's singles   Hugh-Yip (USA)
W 2–0
  Amankwaa (GHA)
W 2–0
  Yu (PRK)
L 0–2
2 1 2 did not advance =17
Hagen Bower
Peter Jackson
Men's doubles   France
L 0–2
  Poland
L 0–2
  Nigeria
L 0–2
0 3 4 did not advance =25

Wrestling

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Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final round Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Shane Stannett Men's freestyle flyweight   Torkan (IRI)
L 0–12
  Toguzov (EUN)
L 0–1
Eliminated
Grant Parker Men's freestyle light heavyweight   Ōta (JPN)
L 0–3
  Campbell (USA)
L 0–15
Eliminated

Officials

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References

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  1. ^ "New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Ralph Roberts". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  4. ^ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Sailing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Remembering Ralph Roberts". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.