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New Zealand at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOC New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website www.olympic.org.nz
in Los Angeles, USA
Competitors130 in 18 sports
Flag bearer John Walker
Officials59
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
8
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
Other related appearances
  Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 130 competitors, 98 men and 32 women, took part in 76 events in 18 sports. [1] The country recorded 11 medals, including eight golds, resulting in the nation ranking among the top ten in the medal table.

Medal tables

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mark Todd Equestrian Individual eventing 3 August
 Gold Shane O'Brien
Les O'Connell
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask
Rowing Men's coxless four 5 August
 Gold Rex Sellers
Chris Timms
Sailing Tornado 8 August
 Gold Russell Coutts Sailing Finn 8 August
 Gold Ian Ferguson Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 10 August
 Gold Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 10 August
 Gold Alan Thompson Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 11 August
 Gold Grant Bramwell
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Alan Thompson
Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 11 August
 Silver Kevin Barry Boxing Light heavyweight 11 August
 Bronze Kevin Lawton
Barrie Mabbott
Don Symon
Ross Tong
Brett Hollister (cox)
Rowing Men's coxed four 5 August
 Bronze Bruce Kendall Sailing Windglider 8 August
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Canoeing 4 0 0 4
Sailing 2 0 1 3
Rowing 1 0 1 2
Equestrian 1 0 0 1
Boxing 0 1 0 1
Total 8 1 2 11
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Male 5 1 2 8
Female 0 0 0 0
Mixed / open 3 0 0 3
Total 8 1 2 11

Archery

After a twelve-year hiatus from archery, New Zealand returned in 1984 with one man and two women. This included the first paraplegic Olympian, Neroli Fairhall.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
30 m 50 m 70 m 90 m Total Rank 30 m 50 m 70 m 90 m Total Rank
Neroli Fairhall Women's individual 326 284 289 268 1167 38 324 280 310 276 1190 32 2357 35
Dale Lightfoot Men's individual 335 303 292 261 1191 39 334 305 321 266 1226 26 2357 34
Ann Shurrock Women's individual 329 298 301 290 1218 23 322 304 290 288 1204 28 2422 24

Athletics

Track and road

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank [i] Result Rank Result Rank [ii] Result Rank
Anne Audain Women's marathon DNF
Rod Dixon Men's marathon 2:12:57 10
Derek Froude Men's marathon 2:19:44 34
Lyn Grime Women's 400 m hurdles 58.02 5 did not advance
Lorraine Moller Women's marathon 2:28:34 5
Mary O'Connor Women's marathon 2:41:22 27
Peter O'Donoghue Men's 1500 m 3:40.69 3 Q 3:38.71 8 did not advance
Peter Pearless Men's 800 m 1:49.95 5 did not advance
Peter Renner Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:22.95 2 Q 8:18.12 2 Q 8:29.81 11
Dianne Rodger Women's 3000 m 8.47.90 5 q 8.56.43 9
Tony Rogers Men's 1500 m 3:39.78 4 q 3:36.48 6 q 3:38.98 9
John Walker Men's 5000 m 13:44.75 2 Q 13:28.48 3 Q 13:24.46 8
  1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat
  2. ^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mike O'Rourke Men's javelin throw NM did not advance
Steve Walsh Men's long jump NM did not advance

Boxing

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kevin Barry Men's light heavyweight   Smith ( TRI)
W 5 – 0
  Kiriisa ( UGA)
W 3 – 2
  Nanga ( CMR)
W 4 – 1
  Holyfield ( USA)
W DSQ-2
  Josipović ( YUG)
L WO
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Michael Kenny Men's heavyweight Bye   Owiny ( UGA)
L RSC-2
did not advance =9

Canoeing

Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Grant Bramwell
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Alan Thompson
Men's K-4 1000 m 3:05.99 1 Q 3:05.67 1 Q 3:02.28 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ian Ferguson Men's K-1 500 m 1:49.32 2 Q 1:48.00 1 Q 1:47.84 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Men's K-2 500 m 1:36.82 1 Q 1:36.10 1 Q 1:34.21 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Robert Jenkinson
Edwin Richards
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:37.69 4 R 3:45.97 3 Q 3:38.80 5 did not advance
Alan Thompson Men's K-1 1000 m 3:53.41 1 Q 3:58.90 1 Q 3:45.73 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented New Zealand in 1984.

Road

Men's individual road race
Athlete Time Rank
Stephen Cox 5:15:27 37
Brian Fowler 5:06:45 18
Roger Sumich DNF

Track

Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Craig Adair 1:06.96 5
Men's points race
Athlete Qualifying Final
Points Laps behind Rank Points Laps behind Rank
Brian Fowler 24 0 2 Q 12 1 7
Graeme Miller 10 1 13 did not advance
Men's individual pursuit
Athlete Qualification Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Anthony Cuff 4:55.06 15   Robert ( FRA)
L 4:50.49
did not advance 11
Men's team pursuit
Athlete Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Craig Adair
Anthony Cuff
Brian Fowler
Graeme Miller
4:37.57 13 did not advance 13
Men's sprint
Athlete Round 1 Round 1
repechage heat
Round 1
repechage final
Round 2 Round 2
repechage
Round 3 Round 3
repechage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Murray Steele   Sella ( ITA)
  Lyn ( ANT)
3 R
  Asuncion ( PHI)
W 12.09 Q
  Scheller ( FRG)
L R
  Jamur ( BRA)
W 12.92 Q
  Vernet ( FRA)
  Orban ( BEL)
2 R
  Scheller ( FRG)
  Iannone ( ARG)
3
did not advance

Diving

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ann Fargher Women's 3 m springboard 421.65 13 did not advance
Mark Graham Men's 3 m springboard 497.55 18 did not advance
Gary Lamb Men's 3 m springboard 477.66 22 did not advance

Equestrian

Eventing

Rider Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Overall
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Andrew Bennie Jade Individual 69.40 33 126.40 37 5.00 23 200.80 37
Mary Hamilton Whist Individual 63.20 20 26.80 21 8.00 33 98.00 22
Andrew Nicholson Kahlua Individual 78.00 45 27.20 22 25.00 40 130.40 28
Mark Todd Charisma Individual 51.60 5 0.00 1 0.00 1 51.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Andrew Bennie
Mary Hamilton
Andrew Nicholson
Mark Todd
As above Team 184.20 5 54.00 6 13.00 8 280.00 6

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Overall
Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank
John Cottle Arturo Individual EL did not advance

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented New Zealand in 1984.

Athlete Event Round 1 pool Quarterfinal pool Semifinal pool Final pool Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Martin Brill Men's individual épée   Bergström ( SWE)
L 3 – 5
  Marx ( USA)
L 3 – 5
  Boisse ( FRA)
L 3 – 5
  Dessureault ( CAN)
L 4 – 10
15
  Giger ( SUI)
L 4 – 5
  Boisse ( FRA)
W 5 – 4
  Bellone ( ITA)
W 5 – 2
  Poffet ( SUI)
L 8 – 10
  Yun ( KOR)
T 5 – 5
  Zong ( CHN)
W 5 – 4
  Marx ( USA)
W 5 – 4
Eliminated
  Al-Rasheed ( KSA)
W 5 – 4
  Lee ( KOR)
W 5 – 4
  Cui ( CHN)
W 5 – 0
  Lembacher ( AUT)
L 3 – 5
  Fischer ( FRG)
L 3 – 5
David Cocker Men's individual épée   Nigon ( SUI)
L 2 – 5
did not advance 50
  Hasan ( KUW)
L 2 – 5
  Kim ( KOR)
L 4 – 5
  Cuomo ( ITA)
T 5 – 5
  Pedersen ( NOR)
W 5 – 4

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Team roster
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
Pool B
30 July 1984
15:30
New Zealand  3–3   Pakistan
Daji field hockey ball  5' 68' 70+' Report Sardar field hockey ball  15' 46' 51'
Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Richard Kentwell (USA)
1 August 1984
08:00
Netherlands  3–1   New Zealand
T. Kruize field hockey ball  17'
J. Kruize field hockey ball  40'
Van Grimbergen field hockey ball  42'
Report McLeod field hockey ball  52'
Umpires:
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)
Jack Marjanovic (USA)
3 August 1984
13:45
Great Britain  1–0   New Zealand
Cattrall field hockey ball  13' Report
Umpires:
Santiago Deo (ESP)
Obaidullah (IND)
5 August 1984
08:00
Kenya  1–4   New Zealand
Otambo field hockey ball  49' Report P. Miskimmin field hockey ball  14'
Parkin field hockey ball  58'
Daji field hockey ball  62'
Gallen field hockey ball  69'
Umpires:
Richard Kentwell (USA)
Obaidullah (IND)
7 August 1984
15:30
Canada  2–2   New Zealand
Cholakis field hockey ball  4'
Sandhu field hockey ball  66'
Report Grimshaw field hockey ball  32'
Gallen field hockey ball  35+'
Umpires:
Richard Kentwell (USA)
Alexander Stelter (FRG)
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Qualification
  Great Britain 5 4 1 0 10 5 9 Advance to semi-finals
  Pakistan 5 2 3 0 16 7 7 Advance to semi-finals
  Netherlands 5 3 1 1 16 9 7 5th–8th place classification
  New Zealand 5 1 2 2 10 10 4 5th–8th place classification
  Kenya 5 1 0 4 5 14 2 9th–12th place classification
  Canada 5 0 1 4 7 19 1 9th–12th place classification
5th–8th Classification round
9 August 1984
08:00
India  1–0   New Zealand
Sharma field hockey ball  54' Report
Umpires:
Dennis Meredith (AUS)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)
7th / 8th Place play-off
10 August 1984
15:00
Spain  0–1   New Zealand
Report Parkin field hockey ball  37'
Umpires:
Rob Lathouwers (NED)
Richard Kentwell (USA)

New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.

Women's tournament

Team roster
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
Round robin
31 July 1984
14:30
Netherlands  2–1   New Zealand
First Half:
Boekhorst field hockey ball  PC'
Second Half:
von Weiler field hockey ball  FG'
Report Second Half:
McDonald field hockey ball  FG'
Stadium:
Weingart Stadium
2 August 1984
14:30
Australia  3–0   New Zealand
First Half:
Sunderland field hockey ball  FG'
Heberle field hockey ball  PC'
Second Half:
Buchanan field hockey ball  FG'
Report
Stadium:
Weingart Stadium
4 August 1984
16:15
New Zealand  0–2   United States
Report Anders field hockey ball  23' 42'
Stadium:
Weingart Stadium
6 August 1984
16:45
West Germany  1–0   New Zealand
Ott field hockey ball  39' Report
Stadium:
Weingart Stadium
10 August 1984
09:45
Canada  4–1   New Zealand
Forshaw field hockey ball  1'
Stoyka field hockey ball  19'
Wheatley field hockey ball  21'
Branchaud field hockey ball  68'
Report Clinton field hockey ball  65'
Stadium:
Weingart Stadium
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Rank
  Netherlands 5 4 1 0 14 6 9 1
  West Germany 5 2 2 1 9 9 6 2
  United States 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 3
  Australia 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 4
  Canada 5 2 1 2 9 11 5 5
  New Zealand 5 0 0 5 2 12 0 6

New Zealand finished the women's field hockey tournament in sixth place.

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Women's individual all-around
Athlete Qualifying Final Total Rank
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total
Tania Moss 8.750 8.850 9.000 8.600 35.200 30 did not advance

Judo

Athlete Event Rank
Shaun O'Leary Men's lightweight =19
Graeme Spinks Men's half-middleweight =34
Bill Vincent Men's middleweight =12

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gary Reid Single sculls 7:27.10 2 R 7:26.12 2 SA/B 7:34.15 5 FB 7:22.63 7
Geoff Horan
Allan Horan
Coxless pair 7:05.44 2 SA/B Bye 7:02.89 4 FB 7:04.00 9
Les O'Connell
Shane O'Brien
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask
Coxless four 6:08.41 1 FA Bye 6:03.48 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kevin Lawton
Don Symon
Barrie Mabbott
Ross Tong
Brett Hollister
(cox)
Coxed four 6:27.18 3 SA/B ? 1 FA 6:23.68 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nigel Atherfold
Dave Rodger
Roger White-Parsons
George Keys
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Andrew Stevenson
Mike Stanley
Andy Hay (cox)
Eight 5:48.19 1 FA Bye 5:44.14 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stephanie Foster Single sculls 3:51.86 2 R 3:51.19 2 SA/B 4:02.29 4 FB 3:52.20 7

Sailing

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Luke Carter
David Mackay (helm)
Flying Dutchman 13.0 21.0 16.0 22.0 18.0 13.0 10.0 91.0 10
Russell Coutts Finn 0.0 13.0 3.0 3.0 27.0 5.7 10.0 34.7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Simon Daubney
Tom Dodson (helm)
Aran Hansen
Soling DNF
29.0
18.0 23.0 17.0 19.0 11.7 0.0 88.7 11
Peter Evans (helm)
Sean Reeves
470 14.0 21.0 16.0 DSQ
35.0
PMS
35.0
10.0 5.7 101.7 14
Bruce Kendall Windglider 3.0 5.7 DSQ
45.0
19.0 3.0 5.7 10.0 46.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rex Sellers (helm)
Chris Timms
Tornado 5.7 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 DNS
27.0
14.7 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Shooting

Men's 50 m rifle, prone
Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank
Stephen Petterson 99 97 100 100 98 98 592 =13
Men's 50 m running target
Athlete Slow run Fast run Total Rank
Tony Clarke 288 270 558 19
Mixed skeet
Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Total Rank
John Woolley 189 =26

Swimming

Athlete Event Heat Swim-off Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Brett Austin Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:04.83 NR 15 QB 1:05.49 15
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:27.25 28 did not advance
Carmel Clark Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.57 =8 QSO 1:04.33 NR 1 Q 1:04.47 8
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:00.63 28 did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:16.78 NR 8 Q 2:17.89 8
Mike Davidson Men's 200 m freestyle 1:56.20 35 did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:57.88 =16 QB 3:58.24 16
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:35.43 14 did not advance
Anna Doig Women's 100 m butterfly 1:03.15 14 QB 1:03.65 16
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:02.72 39 did not advance
Women's 200 m butterfly 2:20.81 20 did not advance
Gary Hurring Men's 100 m backstroke 57.42 4 Q 56.90 NR 4
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:03.29 3 Q 2:03.10 NR 5
Gail Jonson Women's 200 m butterfly 2:20.55 18 did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:25.00 19 did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 4:59.92 15 QB 4:58.40 15
Paul Kingsman Men's 100 m backstroke 58.33 13 QB 58.19 10
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:06.87 20 did not advance
Anthony Mosse Men's 100 m butterfly 55.19 NR 7 Q 54.93 NR 7
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:59.76 5 Q 1:58.75 NR 5
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:54.12 NR 24 did not advance
Paul Kingsman
Brett Austin
Anthony Mosse
Gary Hurring
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:50.56 NR 9 did not advance

Synchronised swimming

Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Technical Free Total Rank Technical Free Total Rank
Katie Sadleir
Lynette Sadleir
Women's duet 79.442 85.200 164.642 12 did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Michael Bernard Men's light heavyweight 137.5 12 175.0 =8 312.5 10
Kevin Blake Men's heavyweight 140.0 13 177.5 9 317.5 9
Allister Nalder Men's light heavyweight 142.5 =7 175.0 =8 317.5 8

Wrestling

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Final round Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Zane Coleman Men's welterweight   Sejdiu ( YUG)
L Fall
  D. Schultz ( USA)
L ST
Eliminated
Graeme Hawkins Men's bantamweight   García ( ESP)
W Fall
  Davis ( USA)
L ST
  Guan ( CHN)
L ST
Eliminated
Ken Reinsfield Men's middleweight   Agogo ( NGR)
W 5 – 1
  M. Schultz ( USA)
L 7 – 16
  El-Ashram ( EGY)
W PS
  Rinke ( CAN)
L 2 – 9
  Kim ( KOR)
L 3 – 10
6

Officials

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