# New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials. Former Olympic swimmer Dave Gerrard was the team's chef de mission.

## Medal tables

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Danyon Loader | Swimming | Men's 200 m freestyle | 20 July |
| Gold | Danyon Loader | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | 23 July |
| Gold | Blyth Tait | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 26 July |
| Silver | Sally Clark | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 26 July |
| Silver | Barbara Kendall | Sailing | Women's Mistral | 2 August |
| Bronze | Vaughn Jefferis Vicky Latta Andrew Nicholson Blyth Tait | Equestrian | Team eventing | 24 July |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Female | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mixed / open | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |

## Archery

New Zealand sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Andrew Lindsay | Men's individual | 650 | 33 | Lalremsanga (IND) L 156–160 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 46 |

## Athletics
### Track and road

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Craig Barrett | Men's 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:15:15 | 33 |
| Nyla Carroll | Women's 10,000 m | 32:50.64 | 10 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matthew Coad | Men's 200 m | 21.25 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chris Donaldson | Men's 100 m | 10.39 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chris Donaldson | Men's 200 m | 20.96 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anne Hare | Women's 5000 m | 15:22.31 | 6 Q | — | — | — | — | 15:29.11 | 13 |
| Martin Johns | Men's 1500 m | 3:44.91 | 11 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robbie Johnston | Men's 10,000 m | 28:40.60 | 12 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mark Keddell | Men's 200 m | 20.93 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lorraine Moller | Women's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:42:21 | 46 |
| Scott Nelson | Men's 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:25:50 | 32 |
| Gus Nketia | Men's 100 m | 10.34 | 4 q | 10.35 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sean Wade | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:30:35 | 83 |
| Jonathan Wyatt | Men's 5000 m | 13:52.56 | 8 Q | — | — | 13:47.81 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
* ↑ Ranks given are within the heat
* ↑ Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
* ↑ Ranks given are within the semifinal

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Chantal Brunner | Women's long jump | 6.62 | 10 q | 6.49 | 10 |
| Beatrice Faumuina | Women's discus throw | 58.40 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gavin Lovegrove | Men's javelin throw | 77.12 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Combined

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | Long jump | Shot put | High jump | 400 m | 110 m hurdles | Discus throw | Pole vault | Javelin throw | 1500 m | Total points | Rank |
| Doug Pirini | Men's decathlon | 10.89 885 pts | 7.33 893 pts | 14.75 774 pts | 1.89 705 pts | 48.56 882 pts | 14.88 864 pts | 45.34 774 pts | 4.60 790 pts | 58.02 708 pts | 4:39.09 686 pts | 7961 | 24 |

## Badminton

New Zealand sent two women to compete in two competitions of the Olympic Badminton tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rhona Robertson | Women's singles | Bye | Martin (DEN) L 2–11 2–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =17 |
| Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson | Women's doubles | — | Deng / Julien (CAN) W 15–7 15–4 | Nathanael / Resiana (INA) L 9–15 2–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =9 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Garth da Silva | Men's heavyweight | O'Grady (IRE) W RSC-1 | Dychkov (BLR) L 8–12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =9 |

## Canoeing

New Zealand sent one man to compete in one canoeing event.

### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Best total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Total | Time | Points | Total | Best total | Rank |
| Owen Hughes | Men's K-1 | 2:34.79 | 10 | 164.79 | 2:35.25 | 5 | 160.25 | 160.25 | 31 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Rebecca Bailey | Women's individual road race | 2:37:06 | 33 |
| Rebecca Bailey | Women's individual time trial | 41:45 | 22 |
| Brian Fowler | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Scott Guyton | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Glen Mitchell | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Jacqui Nelson | Women's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Jacqui Nelson | Women's individual time trial | 40:58 | 20 |
| Susy Pryde | Women's individual road race | 2:37:06 | 31 |
| Rosalind Reekie | Women's individual road race | 2:23:52 | 49 |
| Ric Reid | Men's individual road race | 4:56:47 | 66 |

### Track
#### 1 km time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Darren McKenzie-Potter | Men's 1 km trime trial | 1:06.311 | 14 |

#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps behind | Rank |
| Glenn McLeay | Men's points race | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Jacqui Nelson | Women's points race | 8 | 0 | 8 |

#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Round 1 | Round 1 repechage | Round 2 | Round 2 repechage | Eighth finals | Eighth final repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Darren McKenzie-Potter | Men's sprint | 11.211 | 23 Q | Harnett (CAN) L R | Moreno (ESP) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Donna Wynd | Women's sprint | 11.961 | 12 Q | Ferris (AUS) L R | Salumäe (EST) Paraskevin-Young (USA) 3 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Gary Anderson | Men's individual pursuit | 4:36.918 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
| Sarah Ulmer | Women's individual pursuit | 3:43.176 | 6 Q | McGregor (GBR) L 3:45.761 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
| Brendon Cameron Tim Carswell Julian Dean Greg Henderson | Men's team pursuit | 4:14.990 | 8 Q | France L 4:08.965 | did not advance | did not advance | 8 |

### Mountain bike

Mountain biking was introduced as an Olympic discipline for the 1996 Games. The two strongest women, Kathy Lynch and Mary Grigson, gained New Zealand two qualifying positions for the Olympics; no New Zealand men qualified. Grigson accepted an offer to race for Australia—she competed for them at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000—and left New Zealand, so the New Zealand Mountain Bike Association decided to nominate just one competitor for the New Zealand Olympic team.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Kathy Lynch | Women's cross-country | 1:57:40 | 8 |

## Equestrian
### Eventing

New Zealand entered three competitors in the mixed individual eventing event; two men and one woman. New Zealand also competed in team eventing.
| Rider | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Overall | Overall |
| Rider | Horse | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sally Clark | Squirrel Hill | Individual | 51.2 | 14 | 9.20 | 2 | 0.00 | =1 | 60.40 | |
| Andrew Nicholson | Buckley Province | Individual | 48.4 | 11 | DNF | DNF | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Blyth Tait | Ready Teddy | Individual | 51.60 | =15 | 5.20 | 1 | 0.00 | =1 | 56.80 | |
| Vaughn Jefferis Vicky Latta Andrew Nicholson Blyth Tait | Bounce Broadcast News Jägermeister II Chesterfield | Team | 135.60 | 3 | 120.20 | 3 | 12.75 | 1 | 268.55 | |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total points | Rank | Final | Rank |
| Daniel Meech | Future Vision | Individual | 40.25 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 60.25 | 69 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Repechage pool | Repechage pool | Repechage pool | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Rank |
| Steve Corkin | Men's lightweight | Huang (TPE) W | Golban (MDA) W | Pereira (BRA) L | Did not advance | — | Gagliano (FRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | =9 |
| Daniel Gowing | Men's lightweight | Pepic (SVK) W | Traineau (FRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | Svirid (BLR) W | Nakamura (JPN) L | did not advance | did not advance | =9 |

## Rowing

New Zealand qualified five boats for the 1996 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls, men's pair, men's coxless four, men's lightweight double sculls, and women's double sculls.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rob Waddell | Single sculls | 7:48.69 | 4 R | 7:42.87 | 1 SA/B | 7:18.52 | 4 FB | 6:49.55 | 7 |
| Dave Schaper Toni Dunlop | Coxless pair | 6:42.15 | 3 R | 7:04.40 | 3 SA/B | 6:51.64 | 2 FA | 6:29.24 | 5 |
| Alastair Mackintosh Ian Wright Chris White Scott Brownlee | Coxless four | 6:30.03 | 4 R | 6:35.58 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rob Hamill Mike Rodger | Lightweight double sculls | 7:09.61 | 4 R | 6:34.78 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Philippa Baker Brenda Lawson | Double sculls | 7:26.83 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:15.57 | 2 FA | 7:09.92 | 6 |

## Sailing

* Aaron McIntosh – Men's Mistral One Design
* Barbara Kendall – Women's Mistral One Design – silver medal
* Craig Monk – Finn
* Sharon Ferris – Europe
* Rohan Cooke & Andrew Stone – Men's 470
* Leslie Egnot & Jan Shearer – Women's 470
* Hamish Pepper – Laser
* Rod Davis & Don Cowie – Star
* Rex Sellers & Brian Jones – Tornado
* Kelvin Harrap & Sean Clarkson & Jamie Gale – Soling

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Final round | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank | Final round | Total | Rank |
| Stephen Petterson | Men's 50 m rifle prone | 99 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 591 | =36 | did not advance | did not advance | =36 |
| Brant Woodward | Men's trap | 24 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 21 | — | 116 | =42 | did not advance | did not advance | =42 |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dionne Bainbridge | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:02.69 NR | 13 QB | 2:03.20 | 15 |
| Dionne Bainbridge | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:16.47 | 13 QB | 4:16.79 | 14 |
| Trent Bray | Men's 100 m freestyle | 51.18 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Trent Bray | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:51.59 | =20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Scott Cameron | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 15:56.60 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alison Fitch | Women's 50 m freestyle | 26.74 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alison Fitch | Women's 100 m freestyle | 57.71 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Kent | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.76 | 15 QB | 1:03.05 | 14 |
| Lydia Lipscombe | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:03.61 | 13 QB | 1:03.30 | 11 |
| Lydia Lipscombe | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:19.54 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Danyon Loader | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:48.48 | 2 Q | 1:47.63 NR | |
| Danyon Loader | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:51.54 | 4 Q | 3:47.97 NR | |
| Danyon Loader | Men's 100 m butterfly | 55.39 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Danyon Loader | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:00.81 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anna Simcic | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:13.74 | 8 Q | 2:14.04 | 6 |
| Nicholas Tongue | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.73 | =40 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anna Wilson | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.93 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anna Wilson | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:19.97 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anna Wilson | Women's 400 m individual medley | 4:55.72 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jonathan Winter | Men's 100 m backstroke | 56.92 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Steel Nicholas Tongue Danyon Loader Trent Bray | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:21.65 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Trent Bray Murray Burdan Scott Cameron Danyon Loader | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:24.35 NR | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jonathan Winter Paul Kent Danyon Loader Trent Bray | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:45.80 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sarah Catherwood Alison Fitch Anna Wilson Dionne Bainbridge | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:14.98 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lydia Lipscombe Anna Wilson Anna Simcic Alison Fitch | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:19.83 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Pool stage | Pool stage | Pool stage | Pool stage | Pool stage | Pool stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | W | L | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Chunli Li | Women's singles | Arisi (ITA) W 2–0 | Chouaib (LIB) W 2–0 | Chen (TPE) L 0–2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =17 |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Brett Steven | Men's singles | Boetsch (FRA) L 2–6 7–6 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =33 |

## Volleyball
### Beach volleyball

| Athlete | Event | Winners' bracket | Winners' bracket | Winners' bracket | Winners' bracket | Losers' bracket | Losers' bracket | Losers' bracket | Losers' bracket | Losers' bracket | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Glenn Hamilton Reid Hamilton | Men's tournament | Ghiurghi / Grigolo (ITA) L 8–15 | Relegated to losers' bracket | Relegated to losers' bracket | Relegated to losers' bracket | Prosser / Zahner (AUS) L 8–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =17 |