New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Los Angeles, USA
Competitors	130 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	John Walker
Officials	59
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 8 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 11
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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 for the first time.

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

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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
Michael Kenny	Men's heavyweight	Bye	Owiny (UGA) L RSC-2	did not advance			=9

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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
Ian Ferguson	Men's K-1 500 m	1:49.32	2 Q	—		1:48.00	1 Q	1:47.84
Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald	Men's K-2 500 m	1:36.82	1 Q	—		1:36.10	1 Q	1:34.21
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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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
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

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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  5', 68', 70+' Report Sardar  15', 46', 51' Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Richard Kentwell (USA)

1 August 1984 08:00 Netherlands  3–1  New Zealand T. Kruize  17' J. Kruize  40' Van Grimbergen  42' Report McLeod  52' Umpires: Iwo Sakaida (JPN) Jack Marjanovic (USA)

3 August 1984 13:45 Great Britain  1–0  New Zealand Cattrall  13' Report Umpires: Santiago Deo (ESP) Obaidullah (IND)

5 August 1984 08:00 Kenya  1–4  New Zealand Otambo  49' Report P. Miskimmin  14' Parkin  58' Daji  62' Gallen  69' Umpires: Richard Kentwell (USA) Obaidullah (IND)

7 August 1984 15:30 Canada  2–2  New Zealand Cholakis  4' Sandhu  66' Report Grimshaw  32' Gallen  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  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  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  PC' Second Half: von Weiler  FG' Report Second Half: McDonald  FG' Stadium: Weingart Stadium

2 August 1984 14:30 Australia  3–0  New Zealand First Half: Sunderland  FG' Heberle  PC' Second Half: Buchanan  FG' Report Stadium: Weingart Stadium

4 August 1984 16:15 New Zealand  0–2  United States Report Anders  23', 42' Stadium: Weingart Stadium

6 August 1984 16:45 West Germany  1–0  New Zealand Ott  39' Report Stadium: Weingart Stadium

10 August 1984 09:45 Canada  4–1  New Zealand Forshaw  1' Stoyka  19' Wheatley  21' Branchaud  68' Report Clinton  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

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

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
Kevin Lawton Don Symon Barrie Mabbott Ross Tong Brett Hollister (cox)	Coxed four	6:27.18	3 SA/B	?	1 FA	—		6:23.68
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

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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
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
Rex Sellers (helm) Chris Timms	Tornado	5.7	3.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	DNS 27.0	14.7

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

• Chef de Mission – Ron Scott^[2]
• Assistant Chef de Mission – Tay Wilson^[3]
• Women's manager – Valerie Young^[3]
• Director of medical services – Matt Marshall^[3]
• Assistant director of medical services – Dave Gerrard^[3]
• Physiotherapists – Mark Oram, Ian Sim, Tony Snell, Marion Thogersen^[3]
• Transport officer – Hamish Morison^[3]
• Attache – M. Portanova (Tarzana, California)^[3]
• Office manager – M. Bolton (Los Angeles, California)^[3]
• Archery
  • Section manager – Ivan Powley^[3]
  • Assistant manager – Dave Henshaw^[3]
• Athletics
  • Section manager – Graeme McCabe^[3]
  • Coaches – Arch Jelley, Sylvia Potts^[3]
• Boxing section manager – Kevin Barry Sr.^[3]
• Canoeing
  • Section manager – Bill Garlick^[3]
  • Coaches – Ben Hutchings, Brian Wilson^[3]
• Cycling
  • Section manager – Graham Sycamore^[3]
  • Road coach – Ron Cheatley^[3]
  • Track coach – Wayne Thorpe^[3]
  • Mechanic – Peter Goding^[3]
• Equestrian
  • Section manager (three-day event) – Peter Herrick^[3]
  • Section manager (showjumping) – Hugh Morice^[3]
  • Veterinary surgeon – Wallie Niederer^[3]
  • Grooms – Trudy Boyce, J. Charlston, Jackie Cottle, D. Frost, H. Gilbert^[3]
• Field hockey
  • Section manager (men) – Dave Coulter^[3]
  • Section manager (women) – Gladys O'Brien^[3]
  • Men's coaches – Brian Maunsell, C. Cameron^[3]
  • Women's coach – Wayne Boyd^[3]
• Judo section manager – Brian Cloynes^[3]
• Rowing
  • Section manager – Dudley Storey
  • Coaches – Harry Mahon, Brian Hawthorne, Richard Webster, Ray Reid^[3]
• Sailing
  • Section manager – Ralph Roberts^[4]
  • Coach – Bret de Thier^[3]
  • Boating – Gray Gibson^[3]
• Shooting section manager – Graeme Hudson^[3]
• Swimming
  • Section manager – Jacqueline Clarke^[3]
  • Coach (swimming) – Hisashi Inomata^[3]
  • Coach (diving) – Dennis Gear^[3]
• Wrestling section manager – Keith Breeze^[3]

References

1. "New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
2. Frykberg, Eric (15 August 2016). "Sports administrator Sir Ronald Scott dies". RNZ News. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
3. "Olympic officials". The Press. 7 May 1984. p. 20. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via PapersPast.
4. "Remembering Ralph Roberts". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.