New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Olympics. The New Zealand Olympic Committee sent 184 athletes, 97 men, and 87 women to the Games to compete in 16 sports, the nation's largest ever delegation.

New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in London
Competitors	184 in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Nick Willis (opening) Mahé Drysdale (closing)
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 6 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand left London with a total of thirteen medals (six gold, two silver, and five bronze), finishing fifteenth in the overall medal standings. This was considered one of the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the second-largest number of gold medals behind eight at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and tying with the 1988 Summer Olympics for the largest number of medals. Five of these medals were awarded to the team in rowing, three in cycling, two in sailing, and one each in athletics, canoeing, and equestrian. Among the nation's medallists were rower Mahé Drysdale, who won gold in the men's single sculls, and track cyclists Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, and Jesse Sergent, who managed to repeat the bronze from Beijing in men's team pursuit. New Zealand also ranked highly in medal tables adjusted for country populations, placing fourth for total medals per capita, gold medals per capita and weighted medals per capita.^[1][2][3][4]

During the Games, New Zealand achieved its one hundredth overall Olympic medal. The gold medal was won by kayaker Lisa Carrington in the women's K-1 200 metres. However, if the three medals won by New Zealand athletes in 1908 and in 1912 as part of Australasia were included, the one hundredth medal would be the silver claimed by sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke from the open skiff class.^[5]

Originally, New Zealand won five gold medals: three in rowing, one in sailing, and the last canoeing. On 13 August 2012, however, the International Olympic Committee stripped Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk of her gold medal after testing positive for anabolic steroid metenolone.^[6] On 19 September 2012, silver medallist Valerie Adams was subsequently awarded and received her gold medal at a public ceremony in Auckland.^[7]

Medal tables

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan Rowing Men's double sculls 2 August  Gold Hamish Bond Eric Murray Rowing Men's pair 3 August  Gold Mahé Drysdale Rowing Men's single sculls 3 August  Gold Valerie Adams Athletics Women's shot put 6 August  Gold Jo Aleh Polly Powrie Sailing Women's 470 class 10 August  Gold Lisa Carrington Canoeing Women's K-1 200 m 11 August  Silver Peter Burling Blair Tuke Sailing 49er class 8 August  Silver Sarah Walker Cycling Women's BMX 10 August  Bronze Andrew Nicholson Jonathan Paget Caroline Powell Jonelle Richards Mark Todd Equestrian Team eventing 31 July  Bronze Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown Rowing Women's pair 1 August  Bronze Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Westley Gough Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent Cycling Men's team pursuit 3 August  Bronze Peter Taylor Storm Uru Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls 4 August  Bronze Simon van Velthooven Cycling Men's keirin 7 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Rowing 3 0 2 5 Sailing 1 1 0 2 Athletics 1 0 0 1 Canoeing 1 0 0 1 Cycling 0 1 2 3 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Total 6 2 5 13 Medals by date Sport Total 28 July 0 0 0 0 29 July 0 0 0 0 30 July 0 0 0 0 31 July 0 0 1 1 1 August 0 0 1 1 2 August 1 0 0 1 3 August 2 0 1 3 4 August 0 0 1 1 5 August 0 0 0 0 6 August 1 0 0 1 7 August 0 0 1 1 8 August 0 1 0 1 9 August 0 0 0 0 10 August 1 1 0 2 11 August 1 0 0 1 12 August 0 0 0 0 Total 6 2 5 13 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 3 1 3.6 7.6 Female 3 1 1.4 5.4 Total 6 2 5 13

Delegation

The New Zealand Olympic Committee selected a team of 184 athletes, 97 men and 87 women, to compete in sixteen sports. It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics, surpassing the 182 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Field hockey and football were the only team-based sports in which New Zealand had representatives at the Games. For the first time in Olympic history, New Zealand did not qualify teams in basketball since its official debut in 2000. There was only a single competitor in judo, shooting, tennis, and weightlifting.

The New Zealand team featured past Olympic medallists, including the defending champion Valerie Adams in the women's shot put event. Equestrian eventing rider Mark Todd, at age 56, the oldest member of the team, became the first New Zealand athlete to compete in eight Olympic games. Todd's compatriot Andrew Nicholson was at his seventh appearance, having participated in the Olympics since 1984 (except the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was not selected). Meanwhile, football player Cameron Howieson, at age 17, was the youngest member of the team. Other notable New Zealand athletes featured rower and five-time world champion Mahé Drysdale in men's singles sculls, triathlete and double Olympic medallist Bevan Docherty, BMX rider Sarah Walker, who missed out of the medal standings in Beijing, and sailors Hamish Pepper and Peter Burling. Middle-distance runner Nick Willis, who won New Zealand's first Olympic track medal in Beijing since 1976, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Originally, New Zealand officiated a total of 185 athletes to compete at the Olympics.^[8] On 20 July, middle-distance runner Adrian Blincoe, however, withdrew from the games because of an ankle injury.^[9]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: Sport Men Women Total Athletics 4 4 8 Boxing 0 2 2 Canoeing 4 4 8 Cycling 13 9 22 Equestrian 3 3 6 Field hockey 16 16 32 Football 18 18 36 Judo 0 1 1 Rowing 15 11 26 Sailing 9 6 15 Shooting 1 0 1 Swimming 8 8 16 Taekwondo 2 1 3 Tennis 0 1 1 Triathlon 3 3 6 Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 97 87 184

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Quentin Rew	50 km walk	—				3:55:03	30
Nick Willis	1500 m	3:40.92	1 Q	3:34.70	3 Q	3:36.94	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Stuart Farquhar	Javelin throw	82.32	3 Q	80.22	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Brent Newdick	Result	11.10	7.36	15.09	1.96	50.22	15.02	46.15	4.70	59.82	4:38.20	7988	12
	Points	838	900	795	767	804	847	791	819	735	692

Shot put medal ceremony (l-r) Yevgeniya Kolodko, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Valerie Adams

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lucy van Dalen	1500 m	4:07.04	8 q	4:06.97	11	Did not advance
Kim Smith	Marathon	—				2:26:59	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Valerie Adams	Shot put	20.40	1 Q	20.70

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Sarah Cowley	Result	13.95	1.80	12.37	25.60	6.00	41.90	2:19.01	5873	26
	Points	985	978	686	833	850	704	837

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
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Siona Fernandes	Flyweight	Petrova (BUL) L 11–23	Did not advance
Alexis Pritchard	Lightweight	Jouini (TUN) W 15–10	Ochigava (RUS) L 4–22	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Luuka Jones

New Zealand has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Dawson	Men's K-1	90.12	8	88.58	6	88.58	8 Q	207.63	15	Did not advance
Luuka Jones	Women's K-1	109.23	10	258.69	20	109.23	15 Q	121.41	14	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ben Fouhy	K-1 1000 m	3:35.610	2 Q	3:32.572	6 FB	3:34.710	14
Steven Ferguson Darryl Fitzgerald	K-2 1000 m	3:16.608	4 Q	3:15.307	3 FA	3:12.117	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lisa Carrington	K-1 200 m	41.401	2 Q	40.528 OB	1 FA	44.638
Teneale Hatton	K-1 500 m	1:56.741	6 Q	1:54.504	5 FB	1:56.103	15
Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor	K-2 500 m	1:44.870	3 Q	1:42.764	4 FA	1:46.290	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A; FB=Final B; OB=Olympic best

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jack Bauer	Men's road race	5:46:05	10
	Men's time trial	54:54.16	19
Greg Henderson	Men's road race	Did not finish
Linda Villumsen	Women's road race	3:35:56	18
	Women's time trial	37:59.18	4

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Eddie Dawkins	Men's sprint	10.201 70.581	9	Phillip (TRI) L	Canelón (VEN) L	Did not advance
Natasha Hansen	Women's sprint	11.241 64.051	9	Shulika (UKR) L	Gaviria (COL)  Gnidenko (RUS) W 11.882 60.595	Guo S (CHN) L	Panarina (BLR)  Sullivan (CAN) W 11.443 62.920	Did not advance		9th place final  Kanis (NED)  Lee W S (HKG)  Sullivan (CAN) L	12

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Simon van Velthooven	Men's team sprint	44.175 61.120	7 Q	France (FRA) L 43.495 62.076	5	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Westley Gough Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent	Men's team pursuit	3:57.607	3 Q	Australia (AUS) 3:56.442	3	Russia (RUS) 3:55.952
Rushlee Buchanan Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks	Women's team pursuit	3:20.421	5 Q	Belarus (BLR) 3:18.514	5	Netherlands (NED) 3:19.351	5

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Simon van Velthooven	Men's keirin	2 Q	Bye	2 Q
Natasha Hansen	Women's keirin	3 R	2 Q	5	11

R=Repechage

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Shane Archbold	Men's omnium	13.112	2	3	15	6	4:26.581	6	13	1:03.290	6	48	7
Jo Kiesanowski	Women's omnium	14.924	16	22	7	7	3:44.971	11	7	36.360	7	55	7

Mountain biking

^[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sam Bewley	Men's cross-country	DNS
Karen Hanlen	Women's cross-country	1:37:54	18

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Kurt Pickard	Men's BMX	39.057	16	31	7	Did not advance
Marc Willers		38.687	10	4	1 Q	26	8	Did not advance
Sarah Walker	Women's BMX	38.644	2	—		12	4 Q	38.133

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Louisa Hill	Bates Antonello	Individual	65.258	48	Did not advance

Eventing

^[12]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Andrew Nicholson	Nereo	Individual	45.00	21	0.00	45.00	9	0.00	45.00	6 Q	4.00	49.00	4	49.00	4
Jock Paget	Clifton Promise		44.10	=17	4.80	48.90	14	4.00	52.90	13 Q	1.00	53.90	10	53.90	10
Caroline Powell	Lenamore		52.20 #	=43	1.60	53.80 #	=24	4.00	57.80 #	23	Did not advance			57.80	23
Jonelle Richards	Flintstar		56.70 #	55	6.00	62.70 #	31	9.00	71.70 #	=30	Did not advance			71.70	=30
Mark Todd	Campino		39.10	3	0.40	39.50	3	7.00	46.50	7 Q	8.00	54.50	12	54.50	12
Andrew Nicholson Jock Paget Caroline Powell Jonelle Richards Mark Todd	See above	Team	128.20	4	5.20	133.40	4	11.00	144.40	3	—			144.40

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics

As per regulations, each team was made up of 16 players, plus an additional two reserves travelling with the team but not participating.

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[13]

Head Coach: Shane McLeod

4. Nicholas Haig
5. Andy Hayward
6. Simon Child
7. Blair Hopping
8. Dean Couzins (C)
9. Blair Hilton
10. Ryan Archibald
12. Bradley Shaw
17. Kyle Pontifex (GK)
18. Phil Burrows
25. Shea McAleese
27. Stephen Jenness
28. Richard Petherick
29. Hugo Inglis
31. Steve Edwards
32. Nick Wilson

Reserves:

• Hamish McGregor (GK)
• Arun Panchia

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	7	+11	15	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	14	11	+3	10
3	Belgium	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7	Fifth place game
4	South Korea	5	2	0	3	9	8	+1	6	Seventh place game
5	New Zealand	5	1	2	2	10	14	−4	5	Ninth place game
6	India	5	0	0	5	6	18	−12	0	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH

30 July 2012 08:30 South Korea  2–0  New Zealand You  20', 34' Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

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1 August 2012 13:45 New Zealand  3–1  India Hayward  13' Burrows  24' Wilson  29' Report San. Singh  2' Umpires: Ged Curran (GBR) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

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3 August 2012 10:45 Netherlands  5–1  New Zealand Weusthof  16' Van der Weerden  27' Bakker  29', 56' Kemperman  67' Report Child  5' Umpires: Ged Curran (GBR) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

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5 August 2012 08:30 New Zealand  1–1  Belgium Wilson  54' Report Boon  48' Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG) Roel van Eert (NED)

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7 August 2012 21:15 Germany  5–5  New Zealand Deecke  10' Fuchs  27' Stralkowski  47' Zeller  51', 69' Report Wilson  4' Petherick  6' Jenness  21' Child  30', 36' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Hamish Jamson (GBR)

9th/10th place game

9 August 2012 08:30 Argentina  1–3  New Zealand Ibarra  59' Report Jenness  4' Petherick  21' Wilson  29' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Tim Pullman (AUS)

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Head Coach: Mark Hager

1. Kayla Sharland
2. Emily Naylor (C)
3. Krystal Forgesson
5. Katie Glynn
9. Alana Millington
12. Ella Gunson
13. Samantha Charlton
16. Clarissa Eshuis
20. Samantha Harrison
21. Cathryn Finlayson
22. Gemma Flynn
28. Charlotte Harrison
29. Melody Cooper
30. Bianca Russell (GK)
31. Stacey Michelsen
32. Anita Punt

Reserves:

• Julia King
• Sally Rutherford (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	3	1	1	12	4	+8	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	10
3	Australia	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	10
4	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	7	−1	7
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4	9	14	−5	3
6	United States	5	1	0	4	4	13	−9	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

29 July 2012 08:30 New Zealand  1–0  Australia Finlayson  3' Report Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

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31 July 2012 10:45 South Africa  1–4  New Zealand Coetzee  52' Report C. Harrison  2' Eshuis  22' Sharland  29', 61' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Amy Hassick (USA)

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2 August 2012 21:15 New Zealand  1–2  Argentina C. Harrison  62' Report Rebecchi  3', 45' Umpires: Lisa Roach (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

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4 August 2012 19:00 United States  2–3  New Zealand O'Donnell  16' Laubach  34' Report Sharland  3' Flynn  19' Eshuis  64' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Kang Hyun-young (KOR)

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6 August 2012 08:30 New Zealand  0–0  Germany Report Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Lisa Roach (AUS)

Semi-final

8 August 2012 15:30 Netherlands  2–2 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand Paumen  32', 53' Report Sharland  7' Forgesson  49' Penalties Van As Paumen De Goede Van Geffen Hoog 3–1 Sharland Michelsen Flynn Punt Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Bronze final

10 August 2012 15:30 New Zealand  1–3  Great Britain Michelsen  68' Report Danson  45' Cullen  59' Thomas  63' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Chieko Soma (JPN)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[15]

Coach: Neil Emblen

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	1GK	Jake Gleeson	(1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 22)	3	0	Portland Timbers
2	2DF	Tim Payne	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 18)	0	0	Blackburn Rovers
3	2DF	Ian Hogg	(1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 22)	9	0	Auckland City
4	2DF	Tim Myers	(1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 21)	2	0	Waitakere United
5	2DF	Tommy Smith	(1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 22)	0	0	Ipswich Town
6	2DF	Ryan Nelsen* (c)	(1977-10-18)18 October 1977 (aged 34)	2	0	Queens Park Rangers
7	4FW	Kosta Barbarouses	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 22)	5	4	Panathinaikos
8	3MF	Michael McGlinchey*	(1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 25)	0	0	Central Coast Mariners
9	4FW	Shane Smeltz*	(1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 30)	5	7	Perth Glory
10	4FW	Chris Wood	(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 20)	0	0	West Bromwich Albion
11	3MF	Marco Rojas	(1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 20)	0	0	Melbourne Victory
12	2DF	Adam Thomas	(1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 20)	4	0	Waikato
13	3MF	Alex Feneridis	(1989-11-13)13 November 1989 (aged 22)	4	0	Auckland City
14	2DF	James Musa	(1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 20)	4	2	Team Wellington
15	3MF	Cameron Howieson	(1994-12-22)22 December 1994 (aged 17)	0	0	Burnley
16	4FW	Dakota Lucas	(1991-06-26)26 June 1991 (aged 21)	4	0	Sunshine Coast
17	3MF	Adam McGeorge	(1989-03-30)30 March 1989 (aged 23)	3	0	Auckland City
18	1GK	Michael O'Keeffe	(1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 21)	1	0	Fairfield University

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

26 July 2012 (2012-07-26)

19:45

Belarus	1–0	New Zealand
Baha 45+1'	Report

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry

Attendance: 14,457^[16]

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)

12:00

Egypt	1–1	New Zealand
Salah 40'	Report	Wood 17'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 50,050^[17]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)

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1 August 2012 (2012-08-01)

14:30

Brazil	3–0	New Zealand
Danilo 23' Damião 29' Sandro 52'	Report

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 25,201^[18]

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Tony Readings

New Zealand named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[19][20]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jenny Bindon	(1973-02-25)25 February 1973 (aged 39)	69	0	Hibiscus Coast
2	2DF	Ria Percival	(1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 22)	70	8	FFC Frankfurt
3	2DF	Anna Green	(1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 21)	50	6	Lokomotive Leipzig
4	3MF	Katie Hoyle	(1988-02-01)1 February 1988 (aged 24)	62	1	Bad Neuenahr
5	2DF	Abby Erceg	(1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 22)	72	4	Fencibles United
6	2DF	Rebecca Smith (captain)	(1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 31)	68	4	VfL Wolfsburg
7	2DF	Ali Riley	(1987-10-30)30 October 1987 (aged 24)	61	1	Malmö
8	3MF	Hayley Moorwood	(1984-02-13)13 February 1984 (aged 28)	80	10	Chelsea
9	4FW	Amber Hearn	(1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 27)	59	30	FF USV Jena
10	4FW	Sarah Gregorius	(1987-08-06)6 August 1987 (aged 24)	28	15	Bad Neuenahr
11	3MF	Kirsty Yallop	(1986-11-04)4 November 1986 (aged 25)	59	11	Vittsjö
12	3MF	Betsy Hassett	(1990-08-04)4 August 1990 (aged 21)	38	4	UC Berkeley
13	4FW	Rosie White	(1993-06-06)6 June 1993 (aged 19)	35	9	UCLA
14	2DF	Kristy Hill	(1979-07-01)1 July 1979 (aged 33)	19	0	Eastern Suburbs
15	2DF	Rebekah Stott	(1993-07-17)17 July 1993 (aged 19)	3	0	Melbourne Victory
16	3MF	Annalie Longo	(1991-07-01)1 July 1991 (aged 21)	42	0	Three Kings United
17	4FW	Hannah Wilkinson	(1992-05-28)28 May 1992 (aged 20)	33	12	Glenfield Rovers
18	1GK	Rebecca Rolls	(1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 36)	14	0	Fencibles United

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Qualified for the quarter-finals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Cameroon	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: IOC

25 July 2012

16:00

Great Britain	1–0	New Zealand
Houghton 64'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 24,445^[21]

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

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28 July 2012

14:30

New Zealand	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Cristiane 86'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 30,103^[22]

Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

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31 July 2012

19:45

New Zealand	3–1	Cameroon
Smith 43' Sonkeng 49' (o.g.) Gregorius 62'	Report	Onguéné 75'

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry

Attendance: 11,425^[23]

Referee: Christina Pedersen (Norway)

Quarter-final

3 August 2012

14:30

United States	2–0	New Zealand
Wambach 27' Leroux 87'	Report

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 10,441^[24]

Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moira de Villiers	Women's −70 kg	Thiele (GER) L 0002–0010	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mahé Drysdale	Single sculls	6:49.69	1 QF	Bye		6:54.86	1 SA/B	7:18.11	1 FA	6:57.82
Hamish Bond Eric Murray	Pair	6:08.50 WR	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:48.11	1 FA	6:16.65
Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	Double sculls	6:11.30 OR	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:19.79	3 FA	6:31.67
Peter Taylor Storm Uru	Lightweight double sculls	6:37.02	2 SA/B	Bye		—		6:36.71	3 FA	6:40.86
Chris Harris Sean O'Neill Jade Uru Tyson Williams	Four	5:51.84	4 R	6:03.66	2 SA/B	—		6:06.36	4 FB	6:11.97	11
Michael Arms Robbie Manson John Storey Matthew Trott	Quadruple sculls	5:41.62	4 R	5:43.82	1 SA/B	—		6:10.95	4 FB	5:58.88	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Twigg	Single sculls	7:40.24	4 QF	Bye		7:39.07	5 SA/B	7:46.71	3 FA	8:01.76	4
Juliette Haigh Rebecca Scown	Pair	7:06.93	2 FA	Bye		—				7:30.19
Fiona Paterson Anna Reymer	Double sculls	6:49.44	2 FA	Bye		—				7:09.82	5
Louise Ayling Julia Edward	Lightweight double sculls	7:02.78	3 R	7:21.29	2 SA/B	—		7:15.06	5 FB	7:22.78	9
Fiona Bourke Sarah Gray Eve MacFarlane Louise Trappitt	Quadruple sculls	6:20.22	3 R	6:48.71	6 FB	—				6:56.46	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
JP Tobin	RS:X	15	4	3	7	8	8	12	6	17	17	16	96	7
Andrew Murdoch	Laser	12	8	17	18	1	7	13	15	3	3	8	87	5
Dan Slater	Finn	7	11	1	6	17	11	6	15	8	14	4	83	7
Paul Snow-Hansen Jason Saunders	470	28 DSQ	3	5	4	16	3	7	9	13	12	14	86	5
Hamish Pepper Jim Turner	Star	15	7	1	13	6	5	9	8	8	9	4	70	5

Women

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Sara Winther	Laser Radial	31	23	21	15	35	31	9	11	42 BFD	9	EL	185	20
Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	470	2	6	2	5	10	4	1	1	2	18	2	35

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
		NED	SWE	ESP	DEN	POR	AUS	USA	GBR	FRA	FIN	RUS		Q-final	S-final	Final
Jenna Hansen Steph Hazard Susannah Pyatt	Elliott 6m	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	9	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Peter Burling Blair Tuke	49er	9	7	1	7	3	5	9	11	7	2	1	2	15	6	6	4	80

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

New Zealand has qualified 1 quota place.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryan Taylor	50 m rifle prone	592	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Bell	100 m backstroke	55.53	37	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.76	37	Did not advance
Gareth Kean	100 m backstroke	54.26	14 Q	54.00	13	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:00.54	29	Did not advance
Glenn Snyders	100 m breaststroke	59.78 NR	5 Q	1:00.15	15	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:10.55 NR	10 Q	2:11.14	14	Did not advance
Matthew Stanley	200 m freestyle	1:48.19	18	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:49.44	15	—		Did not advance
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett Steven Kent Andrew McMillan Matthew Stanley	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:17.18	15	—		Did not advance
Daniel Bell Gareth Kean Andrew McMillan Carl O'Donnell Glenn Snyders Matthew Stanley	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.52	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lauren Boyle	400 m freestyle	4:03.63 NR	4 Q	—		4:06.25	8
	800 m freestyle	8:25.91 NR	5 Q	—		8:22.72 NR	4
Melissa Ingram	100 m backstroke	1:01.94	30	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:10.63	17	Did not advance
Hayley Palmer	50 m freestyle	25.47	23	Did not advance
Natalie Wiegersma	200 m individual medley	2:16.24	26	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:44.78	19	—		Did not advance
Amaka Gessler Natasha Hind Penelope Marshall Hayley Palmer	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.55	14	—		Did not advance
Lauren Boyle Amaka Gessler Natasha Hind Melissa Ingram Samantha Lucie-Smith Penelope Marshall	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.92	11	—		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Logan Campbell	Men's −68 kg	Husarov (UKR) L 6–10	Did not advance
Vaughn Scott	Men's −80 kg	Crismanich (ARG) L 5–9	Did not advance		Bahave (AFG) L 6–11	Did not advance
Robin Cheong	Women's −57 kg	Wahba (EGY) L 6–17	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marina Erakovic	Women's singles	Wozniak (CAN) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

New Zealand has a total of 6 quota places – 3 each for both the men's and women's triathlon.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Bevan Docherty	Men's	17:26	0:37	58:51	0:29	31:12	1:48:35	12
Kris Gemmell		17:26	0:37	58:48	0:30	31:31	1:48:52	15
Ryan Sissons		18:05	0:37	59:45	0:29	31:31	1:50:27	33
Andrea Hewitt	Women's	19:28	0:42	1:05:26	0:30	34:30	2:00:36	6
Kate McIlroy		19:31	0:41	1:05:26	0:36	35:14	2:01:28	10
Nicky Samuels		19:46	0:40	1:07:00	0:32	36:50	2:04:48	35

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Richie Patterson	Men's −85 kg	150	=13	186	14	336	14

Officials

• Dave Currie – Chef De Mission
• Gary Hurring – Swim team coach

See also

• New Zealand at the Olympics
• New Zealand Olympic medallists
• New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics