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New Zealand at the
2008 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Beijing
Competitors	182 in 17 sports
Flag bearers	Mahé Drysdale (opening); Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell (closing)
Medals; Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 9
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)

The bronze medal winning New Zealand men's team pursuit cyclists on the podium

New Zealand took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 182 competitors, making this its largest ever delegation to the Olympic Games.^[1] It was also one of the most successful, equalling New Zealand's combined medal tally from the previous two Summer games.^[2] On 16 August – dubbed "Super Saturday" by journalists – New Zealand had its greatest single day at any Olympics, winning 5 medals: two gold, one silver and two bronze.^[3] New Zealand also gained its first Olympic track medal since 1976 when Nick Willis won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres, becoming the sixth New Zealander to win an Olympic medal in that event.^[4] The success at the Olympics has boosted Athletics participation since then.^[5]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Georgina Evers-Swindell Caroline Evers-Swindell	Rowing	Women's double sculls
Gold	Valerie Vili	Athletics	Women's shot put
Gold	Tom Ashley	Sailing	Men's sailboard
Silver	Hayden Roulston	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit
Silver	Nick Willis	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Bronze	Mahé Drysdale	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Bronze	Nathan Twaddle George Bridgewater	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Bronze	Hayden Roulston Jesse Sergent Marc Ryan Sam Bewley	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Bronze	Bevan Docherty	Triathlon	Men's triathlon

Delegation

New Zealand sent 182 representatives competing in 17 sports.^[6] Seventeen-year-old footballer Merissa Smith (born 11 November 1990) was New Zealand's youngest competitor, while 52-year-old equestrian eventer Mark Todd (born 1 March 1956) was the oldest competitor.

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	6	10
Badminton	2	1	3
Basketball	0	12	12
Canoeing	3	2	5
Cycling	12	5	17
Equestrian	5	4	9
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	18	18	36
Rowing	11	5	16
Sailing	7	2	9
Shooting	3	1	4
Swimming	9	6	15
Synchronized swimming	0	2	2
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Tennis	0	1	1
Triathlon	3	3	6
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Total	97	85	182

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adrian Blincoe	5000 m	13:55.27	7	—				Did not advance
James Dolphin	200 m	20.98	6	Did not advance
Nick Willis	800 m	DNS		—		Did not advance
Nick Willis	1500 m	3:36.01	2 Q	—		3:37.54	5 Q	3:34.16

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Stuart Farquhar	Javelin throw	76.14	20	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Liza Hunter-Galvan	Marathon	2:34:51	35
Nina Rillstone	Marathon	2:31:16	16
Kimberley Smith	10000 m	30:51.00	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Beatrice Faumuina	Discus throw	57.15	28	Did not advance
Valerie Vili	Shot put	19.73	1 Q	20.56

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Rebecca Wardell	Result	14.07	1.71	14.28	24.64	5.84	42.14	2:13.65	5989	22*
Rebecca Wardell	Points	968	867	813	920	801	708	912	5989	22*

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[7] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Wardell moved up a position.

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

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
John Moody	Men's singles	Bye	Chen J (CHN) L 9–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Craig Cooper Renee Flavell	Mixed doubles	—		Lee H-j / Lee Y-d (KOR) L 12–21, 11–21	Did not advance

Basketball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

New Zealand women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	4	Charmian Purcell	29 – (1979-01-07)January 7, 1979	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Christchurch Sirens
G	5	Noni Wharemate	26 – (1982-01-17)January 17, 1982	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Christchurch Sirens
G	6	Angela Marino	22 – (1986-02-03)February 3, 1986	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Adelaide Lightning
G	7	Micaela Cocks	22 – (1986-05-02)May 2, 1986	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Oregon Ducks
F	8	Natalie Taylor	25 – (1982-12-24)December 24, 1982	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Christchurch Sirens
G	9	Suzie Bates	20 – (1987-09-16)September 16, 1987	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Christchurch Sirens
F	10	Lisa Wallbutton	22 – (1986-01-14)January 14, 1986	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Christchurch Sirens
G	11	Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe	28 – (1979-11-19)November 19, 1979	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Christchurch Sirens
C	12	Jessica McCormack	18 – (1989-09-08)September 8, 1989	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Connecticut Huskies
G	13	Clare Bodensteiner	23 – (1984-10-11)October 11, 1984	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Stanford Cardinal
F	14	Jillian Harmon	21 – (1987-03-03)March 3, 1987	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Stanford Cardinal
F	15	Aneka Kerr (C)	27 – (1981-03-01)March 1, 1981	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Christchurch Sirens

Head coach

Mike McHugh

Assistant coach(es)

Leigh Gooding

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	491	276	+215	10	Quarterfinals
2	China (H)	5	4	1	358	346	+12	9
3	Spain	5	3	2	357	324	+33	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	356	−10	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	4	320	423	−103	6
6	Mali	5	0	5	255	402	−147	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

9 August 2008
11:15

Report

Mali	72–76	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 15–24, 21–18, 18–16
Pts: Maïga 18 Rebs: Coulibaly 12 Asts: Maïga 3		Pts: Marino 19 Rebs: Harmon 8 Asts: Marino 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN)

11 August 2008
09:00

Report

New Zealand	62–85	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 20–22, 20–20, 15–25
Pts: Harmon 22 Rebs: Wallbutton 6 Asts: Harmon 3		Pts: Sanchez 19 Rebs: Montañana 7 Asts: Aguilar, Sánchez, Torrens 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Abreu Muhimua (MOZ)

13 August 2008
16:45

Report

China	80–63	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 24–13, 15–17, 15–15
Pts: Chen 26 Rebs: Chen 17 Asts: Miao 6		Pts: Harmon, Marino 14 Rebs: Harmon 8 Asts: Bates 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Yuji Hirahara (JPN)

15 August 2008
09:00

Report

Czech Republic	90–59	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 18–19, 21–7, 25–21
Pts: Machová 23 Rebs: Vesela 10 Asts: Vesela 5		Pts: Marino 22 Rebs: Wallbutton 10 Asts: Bates 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA)

17 August 2008
22:15

Report

New Zealand	60–96	United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 6–27, 18–25, 18–21
Pts: Marino 17 Rebs: Harmon 7 Asts: Marino 17		Pts: Thompson 15 Rebs: Leslie, Fowles 6 Asts: Taurasi 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Luuka Jones	Women's K-1	162.35	20	110.01	16	272.36	21	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ben Fouhy	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:33.037	3 QS	3:33.542	2 Q	3:29.193	4
Steven Ferguson	Men's K-1 500 m	1:37.538	4 QS	1:42.238	1 Q	1:38.512	8
Steven Ferguson Mike Walker	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:19.167	4 QS	3:23.511	2 Q	3:15.329	5
Erin Taylor	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.517	6 QS	1:54.300	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Glen Chadwick	Men's road race	6:39:42	91
Julian Dean		6:34:06	54
Timothy Gudsell		Did not finish
Catherine Cheatley	Women's road race	3:41:08	53
Jo Kiesanowski	Women's road race	3:33:17	28

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Hayden Roulston	Men's individual pursuit	4:18.997	2 Q	Phinney (USA) 4:19:232	2 Q	Wiggins (GBR) 4:19:611
Alison Shanks	Women's individual pursuit	3:34.312	4 Q	Hammer (USA) 3:32.478	4 Q	Kalytovska (UKR) 3:34.156	4
Sam Bewley Westley Gough Hayden Roulston Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent	Men's team pursuit	3:59.277	2 Q	Spain (ESP) 3:57.536	3 Q	Australia (AUS) 3:57.776

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Greg Henderson	Men's points race	13	0	10
Catherine Cheatley	Women's points race	0	0	17
Greg Henderson Hayden Roulston	Men's madison	5	−1	10

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kashi Leuchs	Men's cross-country	2:06:30	24
Rosara Joseph	Women's cross-country	1:51:07	9

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Marc Willers	Men's BMX	36.519	17	9	2 Q	23	8	Did not advance
Sarah Walker	Women's BMX	37.187	4	—		6	2 Q	38.805	4

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Joe Meyer	Snip	Individual	43.90	19	21.20	65.10	19	25.00	90.10	28 Q	12.00	102.10	24	102.10	24
Andrew Nicholson	Lord Killinghurst		44.60	21	Eliminated			Did not advance
Caroline Powell	Lenamore		48.00	26	21.20	69.20	26	4.00	73.20	19 Q	0.00	73.20	14	73.20	14
Mark Todd	Gandalf		49.40 #	30	27.20	76.60	29	1.00	77.60	21 Q	0.00	77.60	17	77.60	17
Heelan Tompkins	Sugoi		55.60 #	49	75.20	130.80 #	56	8.00	138.80 #	=48	Did not advance			138.80	50
Joe Meyer Andrew Nicholson Caroline Powell Mark Todd Heelan Tompkins	See above	Team	136.50	6	94.40	230.90	6	10.00	240.90	5	—			240.90	5

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Bruce Goodin	Yamato	Individual	14	66	12	26	54	Did not advance								26	54
Katie McVean	Forest		72	77	45	117	71	Did not advance								117	71
Kirk Webby	Sitah		4	30	8	12	30 Q	12	24	33 Q	24	34	Did not advance			24	34
Sharn Wordley	Rockville		47	75	25	72	70	Did not advance								72	70
Bruce Goodin Katie McVean Kirk Webby Sharn Wordley	See above	Team	—								45	14	Did not advance			45	13

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head Coach: Shane McLeod

Reserve:

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11	Semi-finals
3	South Korea	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	7	Fifth place game
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7	Seventh place game
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4	Ninth place game
6	China (H)	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9	1	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

11 August 2008
18:00

South Korea	1–3	New Zealand
Lee Nam-yong 12'	Report	H. Shaw 43', 57', 64'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Andy Mair (GBR)

13 August 2008
20:30

New Zealand	0–1	Spain
	Report	Freixa 70'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Christian Blasch (GER)

15 August 2008
18:00

Belgium	2–4	New Zealand
Dekeyser 43' Gucassoff 69'	Report	Child 19', 20' Brooks 30' McAleese 60'

Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

17 August 2008
18:30

New Zealand	2–2	China
Child 34' McAleese 54'	Report	Song Yi 3', 17'

Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Andy Mair (GBR)

19 August 2008
10:30

Germany	3–1	New Zealand
T. Weß 5' Witthaus 9' Keller 55'	Report	H. Shaw 46'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Andy Mair (GBR)

Classification match for 7th/8th place

21 August 2008
11:00

New Zealand	4–2	Pakistan
Child 26' H. Shaw 39', 53' Brooks 43'	Report	Bilgrami 46' Butt 56'

Umpires:
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Head Coach: Kevin Towns

Reserve:

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11	Advanced to semifinals
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008
08:30

Japan	2–1	New Zealand
Morimoto 12' Tsukui 17'	Report	Claxton 25'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

12 August 2008
21:00

Germany	2–1	New Zealand
Scholz 59' Kühn 69'	Report	Forgesson 31'

Umpires:
Anne McRae (GBR)
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

14 August 2008
21:00

New Zealand	1–2	Great Britain
Flynn 28'	Report	Danson 31' Cullen 50'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

16 August 2008
08:30

New Zealand	1–4	United States
Galletly 37'	Report	Smith 1', 42' Loy 12' Bashore 47'

Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Anne McRae (GBR)

18 August 2008
20:30

Argentina	3–2	New Zealand
Rebecchi 15' García 43' Hernández 46'	Report	Roberts 33' Igasan 61'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Classification match for 11th/12th place

22 August 2008
08:30

South Africa	4–1	New Zealand
Marescia 14' Wilson 34' Vida Ryan 51' Brown 59'	Report	Flynn 17'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Head coach: Stu Jacobs

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jacob Spoonley	(1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Wellington Phoenix
2	2DF	Aaron Scott	(1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Waikato FC
3	2DF	Ian Hogg	(1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 18)	0	0	Hawke's Bay United
4	3MF	Cole Peverley	(1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Hawke's Bay United
5	2DF	Ryan Nelsen* (c)	(1977-10-18)18 October 1977 (aged 30)	32	6	Blackburn Rovers
6	2DF	Michael Boxall	(1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 19)	0	0	UC Santa Barbara
7	3MF	Simon Elliott*	(1974-06-10)10 June 1974 (aged 34)	48	6	Fulham
8	4FW	Craig Henderson	(1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Dartmouth College
9	4FW	Daniel Ellensohn	(1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 22)	1	0	Team Wellington
10	4FW	Chris Killen*	(1981-10-08)8 October 1981 (aged 26)	21	8	Celtic
11	3MF	Jeremy Brockie	(1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 20)	7	0	Hawke's Bay United
12	2DF	Steven Old	(1986-02-17)17 February 1986 (aged 22)	14	1	Macarthur Rams
13	3MF	Shaun van Rooyen	(1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Waikato FC
14	2DF	Cole Tinkler	(1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Team Wellington
15	4FW	Greg Draper	(1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 18)	0	0	Wellington Phoenix
16	2DF	Sam Jenkins	(1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Hawke's Bay United
17	4FW	Sam Messam	(1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Hawke's Bay United
18	1GK	Liam Little	(1986-07-27)27 July 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Otago United

* 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	0	+9	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	China (H)	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

7 August 2008

19:45

China	1–1	New Zealand
Dong Fangzhuo 88'	Report	Brockie 53'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 41,407

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

10 August 2008

17:00

New Zealand	0–5	Brazil
	Report	Anderson 3' Pato 33' Ronaldinho 55', 61' (pen.) Sóbis 90+3'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 44,951

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

13 August 2008

19:45

New Zealand	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Haroun 35'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 45,202

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: John Herdman

New Zealand named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[12]^[13]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jenny Bindon	(1973-02-25)25 February 1973 (aged 35)	23	0	Waitakere City
2	2DF	Ria Percival	(1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 18)	24	2	FC Indiana
3	2DF	Anna Green	(1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 17)	8	1	Three Kings United
4	3MF	Katie Hoyle	(1988-02-01)1 February 1988 (aged 20)	12	0	Lynn-Avon United
5	2DF	Abby Erceg	(1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 18)	24	2	Western Springs
6	2DF	Rebecca Smith	(1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 27)	17	2	Sunnanå SK
7	4FW	Ali Riley	(1987-10-30)30 October 1987 (aged 20)	19	0	Stanford Cardinal
8	3MF	Hayley Moorwood (captain)	(1984-02-13)13 February 1984 (aged 24)	32	3	Lynn-Avon United
9	4FW	Amber Hearn	(1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 23)	9	1	Lynn-Avon United
10	3MF	Emily McColl	(1985-11-01)1 November 1985 (aged 22)	17	0	Coastal Carolina University
11	3MF	Kirsty Yallop	(1986-11-04)4 November 1986 (aged 21)	16	5	Lynn-Avon United
12	4FW	Merissa Smith	(1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 17)	15	1	Three Kings United
13	4FW	Rebecca Tegg	(1985-12-18)18 December 1985 (aged 22)	5	0	Eastern Suburbs
14	2DF	Kristy Hill	(1979-07-01)1 July 1979 (aged 29)	2	0	Three Kings United
15	4FW	Emma Kete	(1987-09-01)1 September 1987 (aged 20)	11	2	Lynn-Avon United
16	4FW	Renee Leota	(1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 18)	10	1	Miramar Rangers
17	2DF	Marlies Oostdam	(1977-07-29)29 July 1977 (aged 31)	24	0	Eastern Suburbs
18	1GK	Rachel Howard	(1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 30)	14	0	TSV Crailsheim

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 August 2008

17:00

Japan	2–2	New Zealand
Miyama 72' (pen.) Sawa 86'	Report	Yallop 37' Hearn 56' (pen.)

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 10,270

Referee: Deidre Mitchell (South Africa)

9 August 2008

19:45

New Zealand	0–1	Norway
	Report	Wiik 8'

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 7,285

Referee: Estela Alvarez (Argentina)

12 August 2008

19:45

United States	4–0	New Zealand
O'Reilly 1' Rodriguez 43' Tarpley 56' Hucles 60'	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 12,453

Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mahé Drysdale	Single sculls	7:28.80	1 QF	—		6:50.18	1 SA/B	7:05.57	3 FA	7:01.56
George Bridgewater Nathan Twaddle	Pair	6:41.65	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:36.05	2 FA	6:44.19
Nathan Cohen Rob Waddell	Double sculls	6:24.32	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:24.16	3 FA	6:30.79	4
Peter Taylor Storm Uru	Lightweight double sculls	6:16.78	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:30.53	4 FB	6:27.14	7
Hamish Bond James Dallinger Carl Meyer Eric Murray	Four	6:00.73	2 SA/B	Bye		—		5:57.31	4 FB	6:06.30	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Twigg	Single sculls	7:45.12	1 QF	—		7:34.24	3 SA/B	7:38.09	4 FB	7:51.63	9
Nicky Coles Juliette Haigh	Pair	7:31.45	2 R	7:32.64	1 FA	—				7:28.80	5
Caroline Evers-Swindell Georgina Evers-Swindell	Double sculls	7:03.92	1 FA	Bye		—				7:07.32

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

New Zealand qualified 1 boat for each of the following events. Although Aaron McIntosh and Mark Kennedy qualified for the Tornado class, they did not compete at these Games.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Tom Ashley	RS:X	4	7	7	1	5	5	3	6	8	32	6	52
Andrew Murdoch	Laser	2	5	40	20	24	5	5	17	1	CAN	2	81	5
Peter Burling Carl Evans	470	7	10	14	12	~~BFD~~	10	22	12	1	7	EL	95	11
Hamish Pepper Carl Williams	Star	4	9	2	11	1	12	11	13	5	11	14	80	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Barbara Kendall	RS:X	12	7	12	4	2	4	3	6	13	21	12	75	6
Jo Aleh	Laser Radial	22	4	2	2	2	14	14	14	20	CAN	18	90	7

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Dan Slater	Finn	21	19	18	4	9	7	13	6	CAN	CAN	EL	76	12

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

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Robert Eastham	50 m rifle prone	594	14	Did not advance
Graeme Ede	Trap	114	20	Did not advance
Graeme Ede	Double trap	113	18	Did not advance
Yang Wang	10 m air pistol	571	39	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nadine Stanton	Trap	63	10	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Moss Burmester	100 m butterfly	52.67	32	Did not advance
Moss Burmester	200 m butterfly	1:55.80	10 Q	1:55.26	7 Q	1:54.35	4
Dean Kent	200 m individual medley	2:01.12	21	Did not advance
Glenn Snyders	100 m breaststroke	1:00.98	20	Did not advance
Glenn Snyders	200 m breaststroke	2:11.19	16 Q	2:12.07	16	Did not advance
Corney Swanepoel	100 m butterfly	51.78 NR	9 Q	52.01	12	Did not advance
William Benson Orinoco Faamausili-Banse Cameron Gibson Mark Herring	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.41	11	—		Did not advance
Daniel Bell Cameron Gibson Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.09	6 Q	—		3:33.39	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elizabeth Coster	100 m backstroke	1:00.66	15 Q	1:01.45	16	Did not advance
Melissa Ingram	100 m backstroke	1:01.24	20	Did not advance
Melissa Ingram	200 m backstroke	2:09.34	8 Q	2:09.70	11	Did not advance
Helen Norfolk	200 m individual medley	2:13.50	18	Did not advance
Helen Norfolk	400 m individual medley	4:44.22	24	—		Did not advance
Lauren Boyle Natasha Hind Helen Norfolk Hayley Palmer	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Lisa Daniels Nina Daniels	Duet	40.750	23	40.417	81.167	23	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Logan Campbell	Men's −68 kg	Sung Y-C (TPE) L 0–4	Did not advance
Matthew Beach	Men's +80 kg	Liu Xb (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Robin Cheong	Women's −57 kg	Bah (CIV) W 1–0	Lim S-J (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance	Su L-W (TPE) L 0–1	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marina Erakovic	Women's singles	Morita (JPN) L 7–5, 6–7^(7–9), 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Bevan Docherty	Men's	18:45	0:28	1:17:42	0:26	30:57	1:49:05.59
Kris Gemmell		19:06	0:25	1:17:40	0:27	35:42	1:53:49.47	39
Shane Reed		18:00	0:28	1:17:47	0:27	34:34	1:52:48.16	34
Andrea Hewitt	Women's	19:54	0:29	1:24:38	0:29	35:38	2:00:45.99	8
Debbie Tanner		19:57	0:29	1:24:43	0:29	35:54	2:01:06.92	10
Samantha Warriner		19:58	0:30	1:24:43	0:35	36:55	2:02:13.60	16

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mark Spooner	Men's −69 kg	123	26	158	19	281	21
Richie Patterson	Men's −77 kg	130	25	170	18	300	21

Officials

Chef de Mission: Dave Currie

References

^ "New Zealand to send 182 athletes to Beijing Olympics", Associated Press, 21 July 2008
^ Millmow, Jonathan; McDonald, Greer (21 August 2008). "It's one of our best Olympics ever". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^ Tony Smith (18 August 2008). "Saturday was super, but we can double that". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 August 2008..
^ "Willis wins 1500m bronze". Bring on Beijing 2008. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
^ Northern Advocate
^ "Olympics: NZ team numbers finalised". NZPA. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
^ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
^ "2008 Olympic Basketball Women (FIBA) – New Zealand roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – New Zealand Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
^ "New Zealand – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Team profile – Football Women: New Zealand". BOCOG. 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ NZPA (1 March 2008). "NZ get Olympics tornado spot: Aussies take out title". stuff.co.nz.

[1] "New Zealand to send 182 athletes to Beijing Olympics", Associated Press, 21 July 2008

[2] Millmow, Jonathan; McDonald, Greer (21 August 2008). "It's one of our best Olympics ever". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 26 August 2008.

[3] Tony Smith (18 August 2008). "Saturday was super, but we can double that". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 August 2008..

[4] "Willis wins 1500m bronze". Bring on Beijing 2008. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 August 2008.

[5] Northern Advocate

[6] "Olympics: NZ team numbers finalised". NZPA. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2008.

[7] "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.

[8] "2008 Olympic Basketball Women (FIBA) – New Zealand roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[9] 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

[la84book2-10] 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

[11] "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – New Zealand Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

[12] "New Zealand – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[13] "Team profile – Football Women: New Zealand". BOCOG. 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[14] NZPA (1 March 2008). "NZ get Olympics tornado spot: Aussies take out title". stuff.co.nz.

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