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New Zealand was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by a team of 151 competitors and 137 officials. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was discus thrower Beatrice Faumuina , and at the closing ceremony, Gold Medallist Sarah Ulmer . New Zealand competed in only 19 of the 32 sports at the games, not entering competitors in Baseball, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Modern Pentathlon, Softball, Synchronised Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, or Wrestling.

MEDALS

New Zealand finished in 24th position in the final medal rankings


Gold





Silver




Bronze

  • None



ATHLETICS

  • 800 metres, men

  • ---Heat 3, Jason Stewart, 1:46.24, did not qualify.

  • 1500 metres, men

  • ---Heat 2, Nicholas Willis, 3rd, 3:39.80.

  • ---Semi final, Nicholas Willis, 6th, 3:41.46 (slowest semi so did not qualify for final).

  • 5000 metres, men

  • ---Heat 2. Michael Aish, 13:50, 17th (32nd overall).

  • 5000 metres, women

  • ---Heat 1, Kimberly Smith, 15:31.80, 11th, did not qualify.

  • 10,000 metres, men

  • ---John Henwood, did not finish.

  • Marathon, men

  • ---Johnathon Wyatt, 21st, (the following weekend, Wyatt won the Mountain Running World Championship at Sauze d'Oulx, Italy).

  • ---Dale Warrender, 32nd

  • Marathon, women

  • ---Liza Hunter-Galvin, 2:50:23, 51st

  • 50 km walk

  • ---Craig Barrett, 29th, 6:48, 29th.

  • Discus, women

  • ---Heat 1 qualifying, Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand, 64.07 m, 5th best qualifier overall.

  • ---Final, Beatrice Faumuina, 7th with throw of 63.45 m.

  • Pole vault

  • ---Group A qualifying, Melina Hamilton, 4.15 m, 12th, (24th overall).

  • Shot put, women

  • ---Group A qualifying, Valerie Adams, 3rd with 18.79 m put (at that stage ahead of eventual silver and bronze medallists).

  • ---Final, Valerie Adams, 8th with 18.56 m put.

  • Javelin

  • ---Group B qualifying, Stuart Farquhar, 74.63 m, 13th (19th overall)



BADMINTON



BASKETBALL

  • ''Squad, men'': Pero Cameron , Ed Book, Dillon Boucher, Craig Bradshaw, Pero Cameron, Mark Dickel, Paul Henare, Phillip Jones, Aaron Olson, Kirk Penney, Tony Rampton, Sean Marks, Paul Winitana.

  • ---Group A, August 15, lost to Italy, 71-69.

  • ---Group A, August 17, lost to China 69-62.

  • ---Group A, August 19, defeated Serbia and Montenegro 90-87.

  • ---Group A, August 21, lost to Argentina 98-94.

  • ---Group A, August 23, lost to Spain 88-84, finished 6th in group.

  • ---Playoff for 9th-10th, August 24, lost to Australia 98-80.

  • ''Squad, women'': Megan Compain, Rebecca Cotton, Gina Farmer, Sally Farmer, Aneka Kerr, Donna Loffhagen, Angela Marino, Julie Ofsoski, Jody Tini, Tania Tupu, Leanne Walker, Kim Wielens.

  • ---Group B, August 14, lost to United States of America 99-47.

  • ---Group B, August 16, defeated Korea 81-73.

  • ---Group B, August 18, lost to Spain 91-57

  • ---Group B, August 20, defeated China 79-77.

  • ---Group B, August 22, lost to Czech Republic 74-57. NZ 4th in group.

  • ---Quarter-finals, August 25, lost to Australia 94-55.

  • ---Playoff for 7th-8th, lost to Greece 87-63, finished 8th overall.



BOXING


  • Light heavyweight (81 kg)

  • ---Soulan Pownceby lost to Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey). Referee stopped fight, round 3.



CANOEING

  • K1 500 m

  • ---Heat 4, Steven Ferguson, 2:6.937, 7th, did not qualify.

  • K1 1000 m?

  • ---Heat 1, Ben Fouhy, 3:26.064. 1st.

  • ---Final, Ben Fuohy, 3:27.413, 2nd, silver medal.

  • K2 1000 m

  • ---Heat 1, Fergusson and Fuohy, 3:10.388 2nd.

  • ---Final, Ferguson and Fuohy, 3:21.336, 8th.



CYCLING

  • Track 3000 m Individual Pursuit, women

  • ---Qualifying, Sarah Ulmer , 3:26.279 (new world record), 1st.

  • ---Semi-final, Sarah Ulmer, 3:27.444 defeated Olga Slioussareva (Russia) 3:36.263.

  • ---Final, Sarah Ulmer, 3:24.537, gold medal, (new world record) defeated Katie Mactier (Australia) 3:27.65.

  • Points Race, men

  • ---Greg Henderson, 4th.

  • Points race, women

  • ---Sarah Ulmer, 5th.

  • Madison, men

  • ---Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston, 7th.

  • Road Time Trial, men.

  • ---Heath Blackgrove, 1:3:20.11, 32nd.

  • Team Pursuit, men.

  • ---Hayden Godfrey, Tim Gudsell, Peter Latham, Matthew Randall and Marc Ryan, 4:10.82, 10th.

  • Road Race, 224.4 km, men.

  • ---Julian Dean, 5:41:56, 15th, 12 s behind the gold medallist. Jeremy Yates, Heath Blackgrove and Robin Reid DNF.

  • Road Race,118.8 km, women

  • ---Joanne Kiesanowski, 3:25:42, 17th,

  • ---Michelle Hyland, 3:40:43, 54th,

  • ---Melissa Holt, did not finish,

  • Mountain bike, 43.3 km cross country, men

  • ---Kashi Leuchs, 2:28:20, 28th,

  • Mountain bike, 31.3 km cross country, women

  • ---Robyn Wong, 2:10:59, 16th,

  • 4000 m Team Pursuit

  • ---Hayden Godfrey, Peter Latham, Matthew Randall amd March Ryan, 4:10.82, 10th. (Tim Gudsell did not start).

  • Track 4000 m Individual Pursuit

  • ---Hayden Godfrey, did not start.

  • Keirin

  • ---Anthony Peden, withdrew from games.

    • EQUESTRIAN

  • Showjumping


  • ---Round 1, Daniel Meech, riding ''Diagonal'', 13 faults.

  • ---Round 2, Meech and ''Diagonal'', 6 faults.

  • ---Round 3, Meech and ''Diagonal'', 1 fault.

  • ---Round A jumpoff, Meech and ''Diagonal'', 1 fault.

  • ---Round B jumpoff, Meech and ''Diagonal'', 13 faults. 13th overall


  • ---Round 1, Grant Cashmore, riding ''Franklins Flyte'', no faults.

  • ---Round 2, Cashmore and ''Franklins Flyte'', 12 faults.

  • ---Round 3, Cashmore and ''Franklins Flyte'', 20 faults, 41st overall.


  • ---Round 1, Guy Thomas, riding ''NZ Madison'', 16 faults.

  • ---Round 2, Thomas and ''NZ Madison'', 13 faults.

  • ---Round 3, Thomas and ''NZ Madison'', 29 faults, 59th overall.


  • ---Round 1, Bruce Goodin, riding ''Braveheart'', 28 faults.

  • ---Round 2, Bruce Goodin and ''Braveheart'', 28 faults.

  • ---Round 3, Bruce Goodin and ''Braveheart'', withdrawn, 67th overall.


  • Three day eventing, individuals

  • ---Helen Tompkins, riding ''Glengarrick'', 52 penalties, 7th.

  • ---Matthew Grayling, riding ''Revo'', 63.2 penalties, 15th .

  • --- Blyth Tait , riding ''Reddy Teddy'', 73 penalties, 18th.

  • ---Dan Jocelyn, riding ''Silence'', 29th.

  • ---Andrew Nicholson, riding ''Finicio'', 61st.


  • Showjumping

  • ---Teams, Cashmore, Goodin, Meech and Thomas, 31 faults, 12th.


  • Three day eventing, teams

  • ---Grayling, Tait and Tompkins, 176.2 faults, 5th overall


  • Dressage

  • ---Louisa Hill, riding ''Gabana'', 62.708 points, 49th.



FENCING

  • Women's individual epee eliminations

  • ---Jessica Beer lost to Dimitra Magkanoudaki (Greece), 15-8.




HOCKEY




JUDO

  • 52 kg eliminations

  • ---Rochelle Stormont lost to Ioana Maria Aluas (Romania) who secured an ippon 30 s into the bout.



ROWING

  • Double sculls, women

  • ---Heat 1, Caroline Evers-Swindell and Georgina Evers-Swindell , 1st, 7:25.57.

  • ---Final, Evers-Swindell and Evers-Swindell, '''gold medal''', 7:1.79.

  • Coxless Pairs, men

  • ---Heat 3, Nathan Twaddle and George Bridgewater, 1st, 6:54.75.

  • ---Semi final, Twaddle and Bridgewater, 3rd, 6:24.49.

  • ---Final, Twaddle and Bridgewater, 4th, 6:34.24.

  • Coxless Fours, men

  • ---Heat 3, Donald Leach, Mahe Drysdale, Carl Meyer and Eric Murray, 2nd, 6:22.91.

  • ---Semi final, Leach, Drysdale, Meyer and Murray, 2nd 5:52.95.

  • ---Final, Leach, Drysdale, Meyer and Murray, 4th, 6:15.47.

  • Coxless Pairs, women

  • ---Heat 2, Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles, 6th, 9:37.53 (both fell from boat after catching crab).

  • ---Repechage, Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles, 2nd.

  • ---Final, Juliette Haigh and Nicky Coles, 6th, 7:23.52.

  • Single sculls, women

  • ---Heat 2, Sonia (Scown) Waddell, 2nd, 7:36.15.

  • ---Semi final, Sonia (Scown) Waddell, 3rd, 7:42.

  • ---Final, Sonia (Scown) Waddell, 6th, 7:31.66.



SAILING


  • Finn , men

  • ---Dean Barker, 9th overall. Race 1 5th, Race 2 10th, Race 3 7th, Race 4 11th, Race 5 7th, Race 6 16th, Race 7 DNF, Race 8 12th, Race 9 19th, Race 10 20th, Race 11 10th.


  • Europe , women

  • ---Sarah Macky, 8th overall. Race 1 14th, Race 2 4th, Race 3 8th, Race 4 19th, Race 5 4th, Race 6 20th, Race 7 6th, Race 8 4th, Race 9 10th, Race 10 5th, Race 11 17th.


  • Laser , mixed

  • ---Hamish Pepper, 7th overall. Race 1 24th, Race 2 9th, Race 3 26th, Race 4 11th, Race 5 9th, Race 5 8th, Race 7 13th, Race 8 3rd, Race 9 11th, Race 10 2nd, Race 11 21st.


  • Windsurfer, Mistral , men

  • ---Tom Ashley, 10th overall. Race 1 17th, Race 2 7th, Race 3 3rd, Race 4 18th, Race 5 14th, Race 6 8th, Race 7 14th, Race 8 18th, Race 9, 3rd, Race 10 3rd, Race 11 11th.


  • Windsurfer, Mistral , women

  • ---Barbara Kendall, 5th overall. Race 1 1st, Race 2 9th, Race 3 disqualified for early start, Race 4 2nd, Race 5 disqualified for early start, Race 6 5th, Race 7 5th, Race 8 3rd, Race 9 1st, Race 10 1st, Race 11 4th.


  • Yngling , women

  • ---Sharon Ferris, Joanna White and Kylie Jameson, seventh overall. Race 1 15th, Race 2 16th, Race 3 3rd, Race 4 2nd, Race 5 2nd, Race 6 9th, Race 7 11th, Race 8 7th, Race 9 12th, Race 10 7th, Race 11 9th.


  • 470 , men

  • ---Andrew Brown and Jamie Hunt, 26th overall. Race 1 27th, Race 2 24th, Race 3 23rd, Race 4 23rd, Race 5 22nd, Race 6 13th, Race 7 14th, Race 8 10th, Race 9 26th, Race 10 25th, Race 11 20th.


  • 470 , women.

  • ---Shelley Hesson and Linda Dickson, 16th overall. Race 1 6th, Race 2 8th, Race 3 10th, Race 4 5th, Race 5 17th, Race 6 18th, Race 7 15th, Race 8 13th, Race 9 4th, Race 10 17th, Race 11 13th.



SHOOTING

  • Double trap, women

  • ---Nadine Stanton, 137 pts, 6th

  • Smallbore rifle, prone, men

  • ---Qualifying, 50 m, Ryan Taylor, 589 pts, 36th



SWIMMING


  • 50 m freestyle, women

  • ---Heat 5, Alison Fitch, 26.56, 2nd, 34th overall


  • 100 m freestyle, men

  • ---Heat 5, Cameron Gibson, 51.56, 7th, 43rd overall


  • 100 m backstroke, men

  • ---Heat 4, Cameron Gibson, 56.4, 6th, 34th overall


  • 100 m butterfly, men

  • ---Heat 7, Corney Swanepoel, 53.07, 7th

  • ---2nd semifinal, Corney Swanepoel, 52.99 s. 8th, 13th overall.


  • 100 m breastroke, men

  • ---Heat 3, Ben Labowitch, 1:3.99, 3rd, 36th overall.


  • 100 m backstroke, women

  • ---Heat 5, Hannah McLean, 1:3.09, 7th, 22nd overall.


  • 100 m freestyle, women

  • ---Heat 4, Alison Fitch, 56.29, 3rd, 21st overall


  • 100 m butterfly, women

  • ---Heat 2, Elizabeth Coster, 1:0.61, 23rd


  • 100 m breastroke, women

  • ---Heat 3, Annabelle Carey, 1:13.13, 8th


  • 200 m butterfly, men

  • ---Heat 5, Moss Burmester, 1:58.13, 5th

  • ---1st semi-final, Moss Burmester, 1:58.09, 6th, 12th overall


  • 200 m backstroke, men

  • ---Heat 4, Cameron Gibson, 2:2.65, 7th, 20th overall


  • 200 m freestyle, women

  • ---Heat 3, Alison Fitch, 2:3.58, 5th, 29th overall


  • 200 m backstroke, women

  • ---Heat 4, Hannah McLean, 2:13.33, 3rd

  • ---2nd semifinal, Hannah McLean, 2:12.87, 7th, 10th overall


  • 200 m breastroke, men

  • ---Heat 2, Ben Labowitch, 2:19.25, 7th, 39th overall.


  • 200 m individual medley, women

  • ---Heat 4, Helen Norfolk, 2:27.27, 7th,

  • ---First semifinal, Helen Norfolk, 2:17.41, 8th, 17th overall


  • 200 m individual medley, men

  • ---Heat 6, Dean Kent , 2:1.31 (NZ Record), 3rd

  • ---2nd semifinal, Dean Kent, 2:1.94, 7th, 14th overall.


  • 400 m freestyle, women

  • ---Heat 2, Rebecca Linton, 4:21.58, 6th, 31st overall.


  • 400 m individual medley, men

  • ---Heat 1, Dean Kent, 4:18.55, 1st, 13th overall.


  • 400 m individual medley, women

  • ---Heat 2, Helen Norfolk, 4:45.21, 4th, 9th overall.


  • 400 m freestyle, men

  • ---Heat 2, Moss Burmester, 3:57.29, 2nd, 28th overall.


  • 800 m freestyle, women

  • ---Heat 3, Rebecca Linton, 9:2.41, 7th, 24th overall.


  • 1500 m freestyle, men

  • ---Heat 2, Moss Burmester, 15:56.42, 4th, 28th overall


  • 4 X 100 m medley relay, men

  • ---Heat 2, Scott Talbot-Cameron, Labowitch, Swanepoel and Gibson, 3:42.74, 7th, 12th overall.


  • 4 X 100 m medley relay, women

  • ---Heat 1, McLean, Coster, Carey and Fitch, 4:10.37, 6th, 13th overall.


  • 4 X 200 m freestyle relay, women

  • ---Heat 1, Natalie Bernard, Norfolk, Linton and Fitch, 8:14.76, 7th, 13th overall.



TABLE TENNIS

  • Women's singles.

  • ---Round 1, Li Chunli, bye.

  • ---Round 2, Li Chunli defeated Tawny Bank (USA) 4-1, ( 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9).

  • ---Round 3, Li Chunli lost to Yining Zhang (China), the gold medallist, (8-11, 10-12, 5-11, 7-11).

  • Women's doubles.

  • ---Round 1, Li Chunli and Karen Li, bye.

  • ---Round 2, Li Chunli and Karen Li defeated Jian Fang Lay and Miao Miao (Australia), 4-2, (12-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-15, 11-2, 14-12).

  • ---Round 3, Li Chunli and Karen Li defeated Nicole Struse and Elke Wosch (Germany) 4-1, (11-6, 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6).

  • ---Round 4, Li Chunli and Karen Li lost to Hyang Mi Kim and Hyon Hui Kim (North Korea) 4-2, (8-11, 13-11, 6-11, 13-11, 5-11, 4-11).



TAEKWONDO

  • Under 67kg, women

  • ---Round 1, Verina Wihongi lost 4-0 to Elisavet Mystakidou of Greece.

  • ---Repechage, lost 4-1 to Heidy Juarez of Guatemala.



TRIATHLON

  • Men's 1500 m swim, 40 km cycling, 10 km run

  • --- Hamish Carter , gold medal with time of 1:51:7.73. Sector times were swim 18:19, cycling 1:44 and run 51:7.73

  • --- Bevan Docherty , silver medal, 1:51:56. Sector times were swim 18:13, cycling 1:51, and run 51:15.6.

  • Women's 1500 m swim, 40 km cycling, 10 km run

  • ---Samantha Warriner, 18th with time of 2:08.42.



OFFICIALS

  • President: Eion Edgar

  • Secretary General: Barry Maister