New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

New Zealand competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 36 athletes, 28 men and 8 women.^[1] Competitors from New Zealand won ten medals, including 6 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze to finish 36th in the medal table.^[2]

New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	NZL
NPC	Paralympics New Zealand
Website	paralympics.org.nz
in Athens
Competitors	35 in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 6 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Peter Martin	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52
Gold	Peter Martin	Athletics	Men's shot put F52
Gold	Tim Prendergast	Athletics	Men's 800 metres T13
Gold	Matt Slade	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52
Gold	Michael Johnson	Shooting	Mixed air rifle standing SH2
Gold	New Zealand national wheelchair rugby team	Wheelchair rugby	Men's team
Silver	Ross Flood Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice Toon	Boccia	Mixed team BC1/BC2
Bronze	Peter Martin	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
Bronze	Paul Jesson	Cycling	Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC3
Bronze	Daniel Sharp	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB13

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tim Prendergast	T13	800m	N/A				1:56.23
		1500m	4:03.65	4 Q	N/A		3:56.03	4
Matt Slade	T37	100m	12.22	2 Q	N/A		12.57	5
		200m	25.18	3 Q	N/A		24.85

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Willie Beattie	F56	Discus	28.34	-	8
		Shot put	9.56	-	12
Terry Falevaai	F33-34	Shot put	9.37	887	8
Peter Martin	F52	Discus	15.96	-
		Shot put	9.34 WR	-
	F52-53	Javelin	16.70	1045 WR
David MacCalman	F52	Shot put	6.97	-	9
	F52-53	Javelin	14.01	877	12

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kate Horan	T46	100m	14.40	10	did not advance
		800m	1:07.37	8 q	N/A		1:05.79	7

Boccia

Individuals

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Liam Sanders	Mixed individual BC1	Fernandez (POR)	W 3–2	1 Q	Grossmayer (AUT) L 4–5	did not advance
		Prossegger (AUT)	W 13–4
		Robinson (GBR)	W 6–3
		Vanhoek (CAN)	W 6–2
		Cid (ESP)	W/O
Ross Flood	Mixed individual BC2	Goncalves (POR)	W 4–3	1 Q	Hayes (IRL) W 9–0	Curto (ESP) L 2–5	did not advance
		Woffinden (GBR)	W 4–3
		Morriss (NZL)	W 4–2
Jeremy Morriss		Flood (NZL)	L 2–4	4	did not advance
		Goncalves (POR)	L 2–10
		Woffinden (GBR)	L 1–9
Maurice Toon		Cordero (ESP)	W 5–3	1 Q	Siddiqi (DEN) W 6–5	Ferreira (POR) L 0–6	did not advance
		Lorenzen (DEN)	W 8–1
		Wong (HKG)	W 7–1
Henk Dijkstra	Mixed individual BC3	Costa (POR)	L 3–7	3	did not advance
		An (KOR)	L 2–11
		Martin (ESP)	W 7–1
		Williams (USA)	W 6–1
Greig Jackson		Gauthier (CAN)	L 3–5	3	did not advance
		Rodriguez (ESP)	L 3–4
		Park (KOR)	W 6–3

Mixed pairs/teams

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semi-finals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Henk Dijkstra Greig Jackson	Mixed pairs BC3	Rodriguez (ESP) /  Pesquera (ESP)	L 4–5	2 Q	An (KOR) /  Park (KOR) L 0–13	Gauthier (CAN) /  Kabush (CAN) L 3–4	4
		Cronin (IRL) /  O'Grady (IRL)	W 10–0
		Bidlas (CZE) /  Krenek (CZE)	W 10–4
Ross Flood Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice Toon	Mixed team BC1-2	Portugal (POR)	L 4–5	2 Q	Spain (ESP) W 6–4	Portugal (POR) L 4–5
		Hong Kong (HKG)	W 10–5
		Ireland (IRL)	W 9–3
		Thailand (THA)	W 7–0
		Denmark (DEN)	W 12–0

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Paul Jesson	Men's road race / time trial LC3	-

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Paul Jesson	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				DNS
	Men's individual pursuit LC3	4:16.26	6	Macchi (ITA) L 4:12.89	7	did not advance

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fiona Southorn	Women's road time trial	28:24.73	5

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Fiona Southorn	Women's 1km time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4	N/A		1:21.86	7

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Jayne Craike	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	69.484	4
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	64.636	4

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
George Taamaru	+100kg	NMR

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Michael Johnson	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	599	9	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	600 WR	1 Q	104.3	704.3 =WR
Colin Willis	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	567	18	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	595	33	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hadleigh Pierson	S6	400m freestyle	5:45.55	8 Q	5:44.09	8
Daniel Sharp	S13	50m freestyle	26.53	5 Q	26.34	5
		100m freestyle	58.64	4 Q	58.76	4
		400m freestyle	4:45.35	3 Q	4:47.00	6
	SB13	100m breaststroke	1:15.65	2 Q	1:12.93

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Theresa Griffin	S10	400m freestyle	5:21.40	9	did not advance
		100m backstroke	N/A		1:21.52	7
		100m butterfly	1:25.77	8 Q	1:25.68	8
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:31.07	8 Q	1:30.37	8
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:51.07	6 Q	2:52.31	7
Miriam Jenkins	S9	400m freestyle	5:28.81	12	did not advance
Sarah Powell	S9	400m freestyle	5:18.66	6 Q	5:20.53	7

Wheelchair rugby

The men's rugby team won a gold medal after defeating Canada in the gold medal match.

Players

• Dan Buckingham
• Stephen Guthrie
• Tim Johnson
• Gary McMurray
• Bill Oughton
• Curtis Palmer
• Sholto Taylor
• Geremy Tinker
• Jai Waite

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	New Zealand vs.  Australia (AUS)	41 – 31	2 Q
2	New Zealand vs.  United States (USA)	32 – 35
3	New Zealand vs.  Japan (JPN)	47 – 35
Quarter-finals	New Zealand vs.  Belgium (BEL)	40 – 33	W
Semi-finals	New Zealand vs.  Great Britain (GBR)	39 – 35	W
Gold medal final	New Zealand vs.  Canada (CAN)	31 – 29

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Glenn Barnes	Open	Men's singles	Mira (ESP) L 0–6, 4–6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jacqueline Courtier	Open	Women's singles	Chokyu (CAN) L 1–6, 5–7	did not advance
Tiffiney Perry			Dong (CHN) L 1–6, 0–6	did not advance
Jacqueline Courtier Tiffiney Perry		Women's doubles	N/A	Clark (USA) /  Verfuerth (USA) L 2–6, 2–6	did not advance

See also

• New Zealand at the Paralympics
• New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics