New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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New Zealand will be taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The country will send 182 competitors, making this its largest ever delegation to the Olympic Games.

Sports

New Zealand will send 182 representatives competing in 17 sports as follows (men/women/total) : Template:Col-begin Template:Col-1-of-3

• Athletics (4/6/10)
• Badminton (2/1/3)
• Basketball (0/12/12)
• Canoeing (3/2/5)
• Cycling (12/5/17)
• Equestrian (5/4/9)

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• Field hockey (16/16/32)
• Football/Soccer (18/18/36)
• Rowing (11/5/16)
• Sailing (7/2/9)
• Shooting (3/1/4)
• Swimming (9/6/15)

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• Synchronized swimming (0/2/2)
• Taekwondo (2/1/3)
• Tennis (0/1/1)
• Triathlon (3/3/6)
• Weightlifting (2/0/2)

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File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics

Main article: Wikipedia:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• 200 metres, men
  • James Dolphin
• 1500 metres, men
  • Nick Willis
• 5000 metres, men
  • Adrian Blincoe
• Javelin, men
  • Stuart Farquhar
• 5000 metres, women
  • Kimberley Smith
• 10000 metres, women
  • Kimberley Smith
• Marathon, women
  • Liza Hunter-Galvan
  • Nina Rillstone
• Shot put, women
  • Valerie Vili
• Discus, women
  • Beatrice Faumuina
• Heptathlon, women
  • Rebecca Wardell

File:Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton

Main article: Wikipedia:Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
John Moody	Singles		Template:FlagIOCathlete

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Craig Cooper<br\>Renee Flavell	Doubles			Template:FlagIOCathlete

File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball

Main article: Wikipedia:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's Competition

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Head coach

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Assistant coach(es)

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Legend

• (C) Team captain
• nat field describes country
  of last club
  before the tournament
• Age field is age on August 9, 2008

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Canoeing

Main article: Wikipedia:Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

File:Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steven Ferguson	K-1 500 m
Ben Fouhy	K-1 1000 m
Steven Ferguson<br\>Mike Walker	K-2 1000 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erin Taylor	K-1 500 m

File:Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg Slalom

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luuka Jones	K-1

Cycling

Main article: Wikipedia:Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

File:Cycling (BMX) pictogram.svg BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marc Willers	Individual

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Walker	Individual

File:Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg Mountain Biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kashi Leuchs	Cross-country

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rosara Joseph	Cross-country

File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svgRoad

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Glen Chadwick	Road race
Julian Dean	Road race
Timothy Gudsell	Road race
	Road time trial

One of these three men will also compete in the time trial

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Catherine Cheatley	Road race
Joanne Kiesanowski	Road race

File:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Track

• 3000 m Individual Pursuit, women
  • Alison Shanks

• Points race 25km, women
  • Catherine Cheatley

• Points Race 40km, men
  • Greg Henderson

• Madison, men
  • Hayden Roulston, Greg Henderson

• 4000 m Individual Pursuit, men
  • Hayden Roulston

• 4000 m Team Pursuit, men
  • Sam Bewley, Wesley Gough, Peter Latham, Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, and Jesse Sergeant

File:Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian

Main article: Wikipedia:Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Eventing Squad: Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson, Joe Meyer, Caroline Powell and Heelan Tompkins. 4 riders to compete in team event, the other as an individual. To be determined at a later date.

• Three day eventing, individual

• Three day eventing, teams

• Showjumping
  • Bruce Goodin
  • Katie McVean
  • Daniel Meech
  • Sharn Wordley

File:Field hockey pictogram.svgField Hockey

Main article: Wikipedia:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Team Roster

• • Ryan Archibald, Gareth Brooks, Phillip Burrows, Simon Child, Benjamin Collier, Dean Couzins, Steven Edwards, Casey Henwood, Blair Hopping, David Kosoof, Shea McAleese, James Nation, Kyle Pontifex, Bradley Shaw, Hayden Shaw, Paul Woolford; Reserves: Richard Petherick and Nicholas Wilson

Women's competition

Team Roster

• Stacey Carr, Jaimee Claxton, Tara Drysdale, Gemma Flynn, Krystal Forgesson, Joanne Galletly, Sheree Horvath, Lizzy Igasan, Beth Jurgeleit, Emily Naylor, Kimberley Noakes, Caryn Paewai, Niniwa Roberts, Kate Saunders, Kayla Sharland, Anita Wawatai

File:Football pictogram.svgFootball

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Team Roster

• • Michael Boxall, Jeremy Brockie, Daniel Ellensohn, Simon Elliott, Craig Henderson, Ian Hogg, Samuel Jenkins, Chris Killen, Liam Little, Samuel Messam, Ryan Nelsen, Steven Old, Jack Pelter, Cole Peverley, Aaron Scott, Jacob Spoonley, Cole Tinkler, Shaun Van Rooyen

Women's competition

Team Roster

• • Jenny Bindon, Abby Erceg, Anna Green, Amber Hearn, Kristy Hill, Rachel Howard, Katie Hoyle, Emma Kete, Renee Leota, Emily McColl, Hayley Moorwood, Marlies Oostdam, Ria Percival, Alexandra Riley, Merissa Smith, Rebecca Smith, Rebecca Tegg, Kirsty Yallop

File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mahe Drysdale	Single sculls
George Bridgewater Nathan Twaddle	Pairs
Nathan Cohen Rob Waddell	Double sculls
Peter Taylor Storm Uru	Lightweight <br\>double sculls
Hamish Bond James Dallinger Igor Salov Eric Murray	Fours

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Twigg	Single sculls
Nicky Coles Juliette Haigh	Pairs
Caroline Evers-Swindell Georgina Evers-Swindell	Double sculls

File:Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Tom Ashley	Sailboard
Andrew Murdoch	Laser
Peter Burling Carl Evans	470
Hamish Pepper Carl Williams	Star

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Barbara Kendall	Sailboard
Jo Aleh	Laser Radial

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Dan Slater	Finn

File:Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Robbie Eastham	50 m rifle prone
Yang Wang	10 m air pistol
Graeme Ede	Trap
	Double trap

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Nadine Stanton	Trap

File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• 100 m breaststroke, men
  • Glenn Snyders

• 100 m butterfly, men
  • Moss Burmester
  • Corney Swanepoel

• 100 m backstroke, women
  • Elizabeth Coster
  • Melissa Ingram

• 200 m butterfly, men
  • Moss Burmester

• 200 m backstroke, women
  • Melissa Ingram

• 200 m individual medley, men
  • Dean Kent

• 200 m individual medley, women
  • Helen Norfolk

• 400 m individual medley, women
  • Helen Norfolk

• 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, men
  • William Benson, Orinoco Faamausili-Banse, Cameron Gibson and Mark Herring

• 4 × 100 m medley relay, men
  • Daniel Bell, Dean Snyders, Corney Swanepoel (or Moss Burmester) and Cameron Gibson

• 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, women
  • Helen Norfolk, Lauren Boyle, Hayley Palmer and Natasha Hind

N.B. Swimmers may be permitted to compete in additional individual events.

File:Synchronized swimming pictogram.svgSynchronised Swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Lisa Daniels Nina Daniels	Duet

File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Logan Campbell	-68 kg
Matthew Beach	+80 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Robyn Cheong	-57 kg

File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marina Erakovic	Singles

File:Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Bevan Docherty	Individual
Kris Gemmell	Individual
Shane Reed	Individual

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Andrea Hewitt	Individual
Debbie Tanner	Individual
Samantha Warriner	Individual

File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mark Spooner	-69 kg
Richie Patterson	-77 kg

Officials

• Chef de Mission: Dave Currie

See also

• New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

• New Zealand Olympic Commtittee
• Team for 2008 Olympics

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