New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 151 athletes and 100 officials at these Summer Olympics.

New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Sydney
Competitors	151
Flag bearer	Blyth Tait
Medals Ranked 46th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Australasia (1908–1912)

Medalists

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Rob Waddell Rowing Men's single sculls 23 September  Bronze Mark Todd Equestrian Individual eventing 22 September  Bronze Aaron McIntosh Sailing Men's Mistral 24 September  Bronze Barbara Kendall Sailing Women's Mistral 24 September Medals by sport Sport Total Rowing 1 0 0 1 Sailing 0 0 2 2 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Total 1 0 3 4 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 0 1 2 Female 0 0 1 1 Mixed / open 0 0 1 1 Total 1 0 3 4

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Peter Ebden	Men's individual	607	48	Tsyrempilov (RUS) L 147–168	did not advance					58
Ken Uprichard	Men's individual	596	56	Needham (GBR) L 155–160	did not advance					48

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michael Aish	Men's 10,000 m	29:31.83	17	—		did not advance
Craig Barrett	Men's 50 km walk	—				3:55:53	18
Toni Hodgkinson	Women's 800 m	1:59.37	4 q	1:59.84	6	did not advance
	Women's 1500 m	4:12.59	9	did not advance

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chantal Brunner	Women's long jump	6.42	22	did not advance
Beatrice Faumuina	Women's discus throw	61.33	9 q	58.69	12
Glenn Howard	Men's igh jump	2.15	27	did not advance
Tasha Williams	Women's hammer throw	61.18	17	did not advance
Ian Winchester	Men's discus throw	58.64	31	did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's

• Preliminary round

• Lost to France (50–76)
• Lost to China (60–75)
• Lost to Italy (66–78)
• Lost to United States (56–102)
• Lost to Lithuania (75–85)

• Classification match

• 11th-12th place: Defeated Angola (70–60) → 11th place

• Team roster

• Pero Cameron
• Mark Dickel
• Paul Henare
• Robert Hickey
• Phill Jones
• Ralph Lattimore
• Sean Marks
• Kirk Penney
• Peter Pokai
• Tony Rampton
• Brad Riley
• Nenad Vučinić

Women's

• Preliminary round

• Lost to Poland (52–72)
• Lost to Korea (62–101)
• Lost to Cuba (55–74)
• Lost to United States (42–93)
• Lost to Russia (54–92)

• Classification match

• 11th-12th place: Defeated Senegal (72–69) → 11th place

• Team roster

• Tania Brunton
• Belinda Colling
• Megan Compain
• Rebecca Cotton
• Kirstin Daly
• Gina Farmer
• Sally Farmer
• Dianne L'Ami
• Donna Loffhagen
• Julie Ofsoski
• Leone Patterson
• Leanne Walker

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Angus Shelford	Men's super heavyweight	Mazikin (UKR) L 5–19	did not advance			=9

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kashi Leuchs	Men's cross-country	2:16:37.57	17
Susy Pryde	Women's cross-country	DNF

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christopher Jenner	Road race	5:30:46	47
Julian Dean		5:30:46	61
Scott Guyton		5:43:21	85
Glen Mitchell		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jacinta Coleman	Road race	3:06:31	18
Rosalind Reekie-May		3:10:34	36
Susy Pryde		DNF

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matt Sinton	Men's time trial	1:05.706	11
Fiona Ramage	Women's time trial	36.536	16

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals	1/16 repechage	1/8 finals	1/8 repechage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Anthony Peden	Men's sprint	10.649	15 Q	DNS	Did not advance
Fiona Ramage	Women's sprint	11.803	11	—		Grichina (RUS) L	Lindenmuth (USA)  Freitag (GER) L	Did not advance		Classification 9-12  Freitag (GER)  Kasslin (FIN)  Freitag (CHN) L 2	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	First round	Repechage	Second round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Anthony Peden	Men's keirin	DNF	3	Did not advance
Matt Sinton		5	4	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Glen Thomson	Men's points race	6	7
Sarah Ulmer	Women's points race	9	8

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Gary Anderson	Men's individual	4:32.304	14	—		Did not advance
Tim Carswell Lee Vertongen Gary Anderson Greg Henderson	Men's team pursuit	4:08.463	6	France (FRA) L 4:06.495	6	Did not advance
Sarah Ulmer	Women's individual	3:36.764	4	—		Zijlaard (NED) Overtaken L	4	McGregor (GBR) 3:38.930 L	4

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		After 2 rounds		Round 3		Total score	Rank
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Kallista Field	Waikare	Individual	66.44	21 Q	68.04	18	134.48	18	did not advance

Eventing

Rider	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Overall
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Blyth Tait	Welton Envoy	Individual	40.80	7	DNF		Retired
Mark Todd	Eyespy II	Individual	39.00	4	0.00	=1	3.00	6	42.00
Vaughn Jefferis Paul O'Brien Blyth Tait Mark Todd	Bounce Enzed Ready Teddy Diamond Hall Re	Team	40.60 51.00 52.00 58.60	5	0.00 59.60 0.00 0.00	1	Withdrawn Withdrawn Eliminated 7.00	8	2065.60	8

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying					Final				Total	Rank
			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total points	Rank	Round 1	Rank	Round 2	Rank
Peter Breakwell	Leonson	Individual	20.75	12.00	16.00	48.75	55	did not advance
Bruce Goodin	Lenaro	Individual	0.50	8.00	12.00	20.50	20 Q	16.00	=33	did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (Pool B)

• New Zealand – Germany 1–1
• New Zealand – China 0–2
• New Zealand – The Netherlands 3–4
• New Zealand – South Africa 1–0

• Medal pool

• New Zealand – Australia 0–3
• New Zealand – Spain 2–2
• New Zealand – Argentina 1–7 (→ Sixth Place)

• Team roster

• Anne-Marie Irving (gk)
• Helen Clarke (gk)
• Sandy Bennett
• Diana Weavers
• Rachel Petrie
• Jenny Duck
• Caryn Paewai
• Skippy Hamahona
• Anna Lawrence
• Suzie Muirhead
• Tina Bell-Kake
• Moira Senior
• Kylie Foy
• Kate Trolove
• Michelle Turner
• Mandy Smith

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Artistic

David Phillips and Laura Robertson represented New Zealand in the sport of artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Laura Robertson	All-around	8.899	8.600	8.837	9.012	35.348	57	did not advance

Judo

Further information: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendon Crooks	–60 kg	Ismayilov (AZE) L 0001–1012	Did not advance
Timothy Slyfield	–81 kg	Omagbaluwaje (NGR) W 1000–0020	Tölgyesi (HUN) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Daniel Gowing	–100 kg	Bye	López (VEN) W 1101–0000	Inoue (JPN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendon Crooks	+78 kg	—	Riley (PAN) W	Yuan (CHN) L	Did not advance		Bye	Marques (BRA) L	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics

New Zealand qualified three boats for the 2000 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls,^[2] men's coxless four,^[3] and women's single sculls.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rob Waddell	Single sculls	6:54.20	1 SA/B	Bye		6:58.01	1 FA	6:48.90
Scott Brownlee Toni Dunlop Rob Hellstrom Dave Schaper	Four	6:13.60	2 SA/B	Bye		6:05.33	3 FA	6:09.13	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sonia Waddell	Single sculls	7:40.18	1 SA/B	Bye		7:35.24	3 FA	7:43.71	6

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Aaron McIntosh	Mistral	37 OCS	9	4	10	9	3	1	5	12	3	4	48
Clifton Webb	Finn	15	9	15	10	2	11	16	4	16	18	26 OCS	109	16
Simon Cooke Peter Nicholas	470	6	15	9	12	10	12	15	3	3	13	8	76	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Barbara Kendall	Mistral	2	3	2	3	7	1	3	1	5	1	3	19
Sarah Macky	Europe	12	1	14	16	12	11	5	15	6	3	15	79	9
Melinda Henshaw Jenny Egnot	470	13	3	6	1	7	10	6	19	20 OCS	16	10	72	11

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Peter Fox	Laser	14	19	13	44 OCS	22	20	7	18	23	8	24	—					144	21
Chris Dickson Glen Sowry	Tornado	5	2	7	15	10	1	5	7	12	3	6	—					46	5
Gavin Brady Jamie Gale	Star	16	1	5	9	5	15	6	5	2	16	9	—					57	9
Daniel Slater Nathan Handley	49er	14	9	18 OCS	5	12	7	5	12	4	2	3	8	2	7	13	10	99	8

Mixed racing

Athlete	Event	Fleet racing								Match racing
		Race						Points	Rank	Round robin						Quarterfinal						Semifinal	Final / BM
		1	2	3	4	5	6			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Don Cowie Rod Davis Alan Smith	Soling	3	3	10	2	7	3	18	4 Q	Bye						DEN L	GER L	NED L	NOR W	RUS W	5	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

New Zealand was represented in shooting with five men and two women.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Victor Shaw	Trap	102	38	Did not advance
Brant Woodward		105	37	Did not advance
Des Coe	Double trap	118	25	Did not advance
Geoffrey Jukes	Skeet	120	19	Did not advance
Brian Thomson		11	47	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Corrigan	10 m air pistol	366	39	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	563	37	Did not advance
Teresa Borrell	10 m trap	58	15	Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round robin

• Lost to Australia (2:3)
• Defeated Canada (3:2)
• Lost to PR China (0:10)
• Defeated Cuba (6:2)
• Lost to Italy (0:1)
• Lost to United States (0:2)
• Lost to Japan (1:2)

• Semifinals

• Did not advance → Sixth place

• Team roster

• Zavana Aranga
• Jaye Bailey
• Kim Dermott
• Rhonda Hira
• Melanie Hulme
• Lisa Kersten
• Ruta Lealamanu
• Cindy Potae
• Char Pouaka
• Kiri Shaw
• Jackie Smith
• Fiona Timu
• Helen Townsend
• Melisa Upu
• Gina Weber

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jonathan Duncan	200 m freestyle	1:53.27	32	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:58.52	29	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:03.41	37	—		did not advance
Steven Ferguson	100 m breaststroke	1:03.06	27	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:19.31	31	did not advance
Dean Kent	200 m individual medley	2:04.07	23	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:21.81	16	—		did not advance
Scott Talbot-Cameron	100 m backstroke	57.86	37	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:01.53	22	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Helen Norfolk	200 m backstroke	2:16.22	20	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:18.90	20	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:46.42 NR	13	—		did not advance
Vivienne Rignall	50 m freestyle	25.52 NR	=7 Q	25.61	=9	did not advance
Monique Robins	100 m freestyle	57.85	33	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:04.52	26	did not advance
Elizabeth Van Welie	200 m butterfly	2:11.62 NR	16 Q	2:11.68	15	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

New Zealand's heavily touted triathletes were unable to perform up to expectations in the inaugural Olympic triathlon.^{[citation needed]} In particular, Hamish Carter, who had been considered likely to win the event, placed twenty-sixth.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Ben Bright	Men's	17:51.60	23.39	58:49.90	21.90	34:50.47	1:52:17.26	38
Hamish Carter		17:24.19	24.00	59:16.30	20.80	33:31.88	1:50:57.17	26
Craig Watson		17:41.99	23.10	58:58.40	20.10	32:38.26	1:50:01.85	16
Evelyn Williamson	Women's	20:01.88	26.20	1:06:38.40	23.40	38:08.42	2:05:38.30	22

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Nigel Avery	Men's + 105 kg	162.5	167.5	172.5	200.0	205.0	210.0	382.5	17
Olivia Baker	Women's + 75 kg	100.0	105.0	105.0	125.0	130.0	130.0	235.0	8