# New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

New Zealand competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The country won 17 medals in total, including six gold medals, and finished twenty-first on the medals table.

## Team

New Zealand had 23 athletes, plus 1 cycling pilot, competing across 7 sports. It was the nation's smallest team since Barcelona in 1992, in part because it included no representatives in team events such as wheelchair rugby and boccia.
Michael Johnson, New Zealand's most successful Paralympic shooter, carried the flag at the opening ceremony. Sophie Pascoe, who won six swimming medals at the Games, carried the flag at the closing ceremony. Former Paralympic swimmer and gold medallist Duane Kale was the Chef de Mission. Paralympic cyclist Jayne Parsons withdrew from the team after failing her final pre-Games fitness test.
At age 13 years and 8 months, swimmer Nikita Howarth was the youngest member of the team as well as New Zealand's youngest ever Paralympian.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM10 | 30 August |
| Gold | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly S10 | 1 September |
| Gold | Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) | Cycling | Women's individual pursuit B | 2 September |
| Gold | Cameron Leslie | Swimming | Men's 150m individual medley SM4 | 2 September |
| Gold | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S10 | 6 September |
| Gold | Mary Fisher | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM11 | 8 September |
| Silver | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S10 | 31 August |
| Silver | Mary Fisher | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S11 | 31 August |
| Silver | Mary Fisher | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S11 | 2 September |
| Silver | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S10 | 4 September |
| Silver | Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) | Cycling | Women's road time trial B | 5 September |
| Silver | Sophie Pascoe | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB9 | 8 September |
| Silver | Daniel Sharp | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke SB13 | 8 September |
| Bronze | Fiona Southorn | Cycling | Women's individual pursuit C5 | 30 August |
| Bronze | Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) | Cycling | Women's 1 km time trial B | 31 August |
| Bronze | Mary Fisher | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S11 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Michael Johnson | Shooting | Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 2 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |

## Events
### Athletics
#### Men—Track

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tim Prendergast | 800m T13 | 1:58.21 | 3 Q | 1:55.85 | 5 |
| Tim Prendergast | 1500m T13 | 3:57.39 | 6 q | 3:53.60 | 6 |

#### Men—Field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Peter Martin | Shot Put F52-53 | 8.62 (726 pts) | 5 |
| Peter Martin | Javelin F52-53 | 15.26 (747 pts) | 6 |

#### Women—Field

| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Holly Robinson | Javelin F46 | 32.58 | 7 |

### Cycling
#### Road

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Time | Rank |
| Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) | Women's road race | B | 2:12:56 | 7 |
| Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) | Women's time trial | B | 35:07.68 | |
| Susan Reid | Women's road race | H1-3 | 2:00:39 | 8 |
| Susan Reid | Women's time trial | H3 | 36:00.46 | 4 |
| Chris Ross | Men's road race | C4-5 | 2:01:32 | 18 |
| Chris Ross | Men's time trial | C5 | 36:17.18 | 12 |
| Nathan Smith | Men's road race | C1-3 | did not finish | did not finish |
| Nathan Smith | Men's time trial | C-3 | 24:59.69 | 10 |
| Fiona Southorn | Women's road race | C4-5 | 1:57:05 | 10 |
| Fiona Southorn | Women's time trial | C-5 | 26:00.81 | 5 |

#### Track

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) | Women's kilo | B | — | — | 1:11.245 | |
| Phillipa Gray Laura Thompson (pilot) | Women's pursuit | B | 3:31.530 WR | 1 Q | 3:32.243 | |
| Chris Ross | Men's kilo | C4-5 | — | — | 1:11.569 | 14 |
| Chris Ross | Men's pursuit | C5 | 5:04.669 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nathan Smith | Men's kilo | C1-3 | — | — | 1:16.159 | 23 |
| Nathan Smith | Men's pursuit | C3 | 3:48.555 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fiona Southorn | Women's 500 | C4-5 | — | — | 41.796 | 7 |
| Fiona Southorn | Women's pursuit | C5 | 3:52.695 | 3 Q | 3:55.867 | |

##### Team Sprint

| Athletes | Event | Classification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Classification | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chris Ross Nathan Smith Fiona Southorn | Mixed team sprint | C1-5 | 57.449 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Classification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Classification | Result | Rank |
| Anthea Gunner | Huntington Incognito | Individual championship test | II | 63.762 | 19 |
| Anthea Gunner | Huntington Incognito | Individual freestyle test | II | 62.750 | 17 |
| Rachel Stock | Rimini Park Emmerich | Individual championship test | III | 65.733 | 9 |
| Rachel Stock | Rimini Park Emmerich | Individual freestyle test | III | 66.850 | 9 |

### Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final B | Final B |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Danny McBride | Men's single sculls | AS | 5:00.04 | 4 | 5:04.47 | 3 Final B | 5:06.90 | 1 |

### Sailing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Points | Points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Tot | Net | Rank |
| Jan Apel Tim Dempsey | Two Person Keelboat (SKUD 18) | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | (11) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | RC | 88 | 77 | 10 |
| Paul Francis | One Person Keelboat (2.4mR) | 14 | 10 | 14 | 12 | (16) | 3 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 9 | RC | 115 | 99 | 13 |

### Shooting

Michael Johnson was New Zealand's flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Michael Johnson | Mixed R4–10 m air rifle standing SH2 | 600 | 1 Q | 704.7 | |
| Michael Johnson | Mixed R5–10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 600 | 5 Q | 705.7 | 4 |

### Swimming

Note: Qualifiers for the finals (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore ranks shown are overall ranks versus competitors in all heats. Also, ranks shown for those who did not advance are their final ranks.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Daniel Holt | 50 m freestyle S13 | 25.89 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Daniel Holt | 100 m freestyle S13 | 55.23 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Daniel Holt | 400 m freestyle S13 | 4:17.63 | 3 Q | 4:12.66 | 4 |
| Daniel Holt | 100 m butterfly S13 | 1:02.77 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cameron Leslie | 200 m freestyle S5 | 2:56.74 | 5 Q | 2:54.27 | 6 |
| Cameron Leslie | 50 m backstroke S5 | 42.88 | 7 Q | 42.40 | 5 |
| Cameron Leslie | 150 m individual medley SM4 | 2:32.96 PR | 1 Q | 2:25.98 WR | |
| Daniel Sharp | 50 m freestyle S13 | 25.16 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Daniel Sharp | 100 m freestyle S13 | 55.88 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Daniel Sharp | 100 m breaststroke SB13 | 1:08.43 | 3 Q | 1:06.72 | |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rebecca Dubber | 50 m freestyle S7 | 37.20 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rebecca Dubber | 100 m freestyle S7 | 1:18.30 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rebecca Dubber | 400 m freestyle S7 | 5:27.79 | 5 Q | 5:30.05 | 5 |
| Rebecca Dubber | 100 m backstroke S7 | 1:26.26 | 4 Q | 1:25.80 | 5 |
| Mary Fisher | 50 m freestyle S11 | 32.19 | 3 Q | 31.67 | |
| Mary Fisher | 100 m freestyle S11 | 1:12.01 | 5 Q | 1:09.83 | |
| Mary Fisher | 400 m freestyle S11 | 5:32.31 | 4 Q | 5:22.09 | 4 |
| Mary Fisher | 100 m backstroke S11 | 1:20.89 PR | 1 Q | 1:19.62 | |
| Mary Fisher | 200 m individual medley SM11 | 2:51.90 | 2 Q | 2:46.91 WR | |
| Nikita Howarth | 50 m butterfly S7 | 40.94 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nikita Howarth | 100 m breaststroke SB8 | 1:33.48 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nikita Howarth | 200 m individual medley SM7 | 3:13.77 | 5 Q | 3:10.48 | 6 |
| Aine Kelly-Costello | 50 m freestyle S11 | 36.85 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aine Kelly-Costello | 100 m freestyle S11 | 1:23.10 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aine Kelly-Costello | 400 m freestyle S11 | 6:27.02 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aine Kelly-Costello | 100 m backstroke S11 | 1:26.57 | 6 Q | 1:24.70 | 6 |
| Sophie Pascoe | 50 m freestyle S10 | 28.41 | 2 Q | 28.24 | |
| Sophie Pascoe | 100 m freestyle S10 | 1:01.17 PR | 1 Q | 1:00.89 PR | |
| Sophie Pascoe | 100 m backstroke S10 | 1:07.77 PR | 1 Q | 1:06.69 | |
| Sophie Pascoe | 100 m breaststroke SB9 | 1:19.28 | 2 Q | 1:18.38 | |
| Sophie Pascoe | 100 m butterfly S10 | 1:04.97 WR | 1 Q | 1:04.43 WR | |
| Sophie Pascoe | 200 m individual medley SM10 | 2:28.73 WR | 1 Q | 2:25.65 WR | |

#### Key

* Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only, with the exception of swimming (see section)
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or by position without achieving the qualifying target
* PR = Paralympic record
* WR = World record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round