# New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 83 competitors, 67 men and 16 women, took part in 58 events in 16 sports. In addition, New Zealand sent four women to compete in Taekwondo, which was one of the Olympic Games' demonstration sports. Sports administrator Bruce Ullrich was New Zealand's Chef de Mission, after previously having had that role for the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games.

## Medal tables

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Bruce Kendall | Sailing | Men's Division II | 27 September |
| Gold | Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Canoeing | Men's K-2 500 m | 30 September |
| Gold | Mark Todd | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 2 October |
| Silver | Rex Sellers Chris Timms | Sailing | Tornado | 27 September |
| Silver | Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Canoeing | Men's K-2 1000 m | 1 October |
| Bronze | Paul Kingsman | Swimming | Men's 200 m backstroke | 22 September |
| Bronze | Eric Verdonk | Rowing | Men's single sculls | 24 September |
| Bronze | George Keys Ian Wright Greg Johnston Chris White Andrew Bird (cox) | Rowing | Men's coxed four | 24 September |
| Bronze | Lynley Hannen Nikki Payne | Rowing | Women's coxless pair | 24 September |
| Bronze | Anthony Mosse | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly | 24 September |
| Bronze | John Cutler | Sailing | Men's Finn | 27 September |
| Bronze | Paul MacDonald | Canoeing | Men's K-1 500 m | 30 September |
| Bronze | Andrew Bennie Margaret Knighton Tinks Pottinger Mark Todd | Equestrian | Team eventing | 2 October |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mixed / open | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |

## Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Canoeing | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cycling | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Equestrian | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 2 | – | 2 |
| Rowing | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Sailing | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Swimming | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Wrestling | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 67 | 16 | 83 |

## Archery

New Zealand's 1988 archery team included only one woman, veteran Ann Shurrock.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Ranking round | Ranking round | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 30 m | 50 m | 60 m | 70 m | Total | Rank | 30 m | 50 m | 60 m | 70 m | Total | Rank | 30 m | 50 m | 60 m | 70 m | Total | Rank | 30 m | 50 m | 60 m | 70 m | Total | Rank | 30 m | 50 m | 60 m | 70 m | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ann Shurrock | Women's individual | 324 | 293 | 302 | 298 | 1217 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 36 |

## Athletics
### Track and road

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Anne Audain | Women's 10,000 m | 32:10.73 | 12 q | — | — | — | — | 32:10.47 | 11 |
| John Campbell | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:14:08 | 12 |
| Christine McMiken | Women's 10,000 m | 32:20.39 | 10 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lorraine Moller | Women's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:37:52 | 33 |
| Christine Pfitzinger | Women's 3000 m | 9:01.30 | 9 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
* ↑ Ranks given are within the heat

### Combined

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | Long jump | Shot put | High jump | 400 m | 110 m hurdles | Discus throw | Pole vault | Javelin throw | 1500 m | Overall points | Rank |
| Simon Poelman | Men's decathlon | 11.09 841 pts | 7.08 833 pts | 14.51 760 pts | 2.03 831 pts | 49.89 820 pts | 14.78 876 pts | 43.20 730 pts | 4.90 880 pts | 57.18 696 pts | 4:28.54 754 pts | 8021 | 16 |

## Canoeing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Grant Bramwell Brent Clode John McDonald Stephen Richards | Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:10.27 | 5 R | 3:11.27 | 3 Q | 3:15.90 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:32.32 | 1 Q | — | — | 1:33.81 | 1 Q | 1:33.98 | |
| Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:20.44 | 1 Q | — | — | 3:23.13 | 1 Q | 3:32.71 | |
| Paul MacDonald | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:41.65 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:43.33 | 1 Q | 1:46.46 | |
| Alan Thompson | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:48.10 | 4 R | 3:46.20 | 1 Q | 3:45.40 | 4 q | 3:56.91 | 6 |

## Cycling

Thirteen cyclists, twelve men and one woman, represented New Zealand in 1988.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Brian Fowler | Men's individual road race | 4:32:56 | 75 |
| Madonna Harris | Women's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Graeme Miller | Men's individual road race | 4:32:46 | 8 |
| Wayne Morgan | Men's individual road race | DNF | DNF |
| Brian Fowler Greg Fraine Paul Leitch Gavin Stevens | Men's team time trial | 2:03:48.7 | 12 |

### Track
#### Men's 1 km time trial

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| Tony Graham | 1:05.744 | 7 |

#### Men's individual pursuit

| Athlete | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Gary Anderson | 4:41.83 | 8 | Risi (SUI) W 4:41.25 | Sturgess (GBR) L 4:42.82 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |

#### Men's team pursuit

| Athlete | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Craig Connell Nigel Donnelly Andrew Whitford Stuart Williams | 4:26.13 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 14 |

## Equestrian
### 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 |
| Andrew Bennie | Grayshott | Individual | 52.20 | 8 | 85.60 | 21 | 5.00 | 23 | 162.80 | 20 |
| Margaret Knighton | Enterprise | Individual | 74.60 | 36 | 90.00 | 24 | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF |
| Tinks Pottinger | Volunteer | Individual | 65.80 | 23 | 0.00 | =1 | 0.00 | =1 | 65.80 | 5 |
| Mark Todd | Charisma | Individual | 37.60 | 1 | 0.00 | =1 | 5.00 | =11 | 42.60 | |
| Andrew Bennie Margaret Knighton Tinks Pottinger Mark Todd | As above | Team | 155.60 | 3 | 85.60 | 2 | 30.00 | 6 | 271.20 | |

### Jumping
#### Individual

| Athlete | Horse | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Horse | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total points | Rank | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total faults | Rank |
| Maurice Beatson | Jeferson Junior | 43.50 | 16.00 | 59.50 | 48 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Cottle | Ups & Downs | 13.50 | DNF | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mark Todd | Bago | 55.00 | 33.00 | 88.00 | 30 Q | 12.00 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Harvey Wilson | Crosby | 22.50 | 19.50 | 42.00 | 55 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Team

| Athlete | Horse | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Horse | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Maurice Beatson Colin McIntosh Mark Todd Harvey Wilson | Jeferson Junior Gigolo Bago Crosby | 52.25 | 12 | 44.75 | 10 | 97.00 | 12 |

## Fencing

One male fencer represented New Zealand in 1988.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 pool | Quarterfinal pool | Semifinal pool | Final pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Martin Brill | Men's individual épée | Winter (FIN) L 4 – 5 | Pusch (FRG) L 2 – 5 | Mazzoni (ITA) W 5 – 3 | Pantano (ITA) W 10 – 8 | Shuvalov (URS) L 3 – 10 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
| Martin Brill | Men's individual épée | Tyshko (URS) L 0 – 5 | Ma (CHN) W 5 – 2 | Dessureault (CAN) W 5 – 3 | Shuvalov (URS) L 9 – 10 | Shuvalov (URS) L 3 – 10 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
| Martin Brill | Men's individual épée | Birnbaum (AUT) W 5 – 1 | Strohmeyer (AUT) W 5 – 4 | Ma (CHN) W 5 – 2 | Gerull (FRG) W 10 – 7 | Shuvalov (URS) L 3 – 10 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
| Martin Brill | Men's individual épée | Thomas (ARU) W 5 – 0 | Turiace (ARG) W 5 – 4 | Gaille (SUI) L 4 – 5 | Gaille (SUI) W 10 – 5 | Shuvalov (URS) L 3 – 10 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
| Martin Brill | Men's individual épée | Tang (HKG) W 5 – 2 | — | Fonseca (BRA) L 4 – 5 | Strohmeyer (AUT) W 10 – 7 | Shuvalov (URS) L 3 – 10 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |

## Gymnastics
### Rhythmic
#### Women's individual all-around

| Athlete | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Hoop | Rope | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Total | Rank |
| Angela Walker | 9.200 | 9.300 | 9.100 | 9.350 | 36.950 | =32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Repechage pool | Repechage pool | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Brent Cooper | Men's half-lightweight | Sène (SEN) W | El-Mamoun (MAR) W | Pawłowski (POL) L | Laats (BEL) W | Yamamoto (JPN) L | Did not advance | =5 |
| Bill Vincent | Men's middleweight | Jani (CAN) W | White (GBR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =13 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Eric Verdonk | Single sculls | 7:18.69 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:11.98 | 3 FA | 6:58.66 | |
| Greg Johnston Chris White Andrew Bird (cox) | Coxed pair | 7:22.32 | 3 SA/B | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Campbell Clayton-Greene Geoff Cotter Bill Coventry Neil Gibson | Coxless four | 6:06.75 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:06.60 | 4 FB | 6:04.74 | 7 |
| George Keys Ian Wright Greg Johnston Chris White Andrew Bird (cox) | Coxed four | 6:03.35 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:10.41 | 3 FA | 6:15.78 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nikki Payne Lynley Hannen | Coxless pair | 8:02.39 | 2 R | 7:59.93 | 1 FA | 7:35.68 | |

## Sailing

New Zealand had thirteen competitors in Seoul; eleven men and two women.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| John Cutler | Men's Finn | 15.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.0 | |
| Simon Daubney Tom Dodson (helm) Aran Hansen | Soling | 8.0 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 22.0 | 5.7 | 21.0 | 11.7 | 74.4 | 7 |
| Peter Evans (helm) Simon Mander | Men's 470 | 5.7 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 62.7 | 6 |
| Fiona Galloway (helm) Jan Shearer | Women's 470 | 22.0 | 10.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 83.7 | 9 |
| Murray Jones (helm) Greg Knowles | Flying Dutchman | 3.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 60.0 | 5 |
| Bruce Kendall | Men's Division II | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 35.4 | |
| Rex Sellers Chris Timms (helm) | Tornado | 16.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 35.4 | |

## Shooting
### Men's 50 m rifle, prone

| Athlete | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Final rounds | Final rounds | Final rounds | Final rounds | Final rounds | Final rounds | Final rounds | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Total | Rank |
| Stephen Petterson | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 596 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |

### Men's 50 m pistol

| Athlete | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Qualification rounds | Final | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank | Final | Total | Rank |
| Greg Yelavich | 91 | 91 | 85 | 91 | 88 | 89 | 535 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | 41 |

### Mixed skeet

| Athlete | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Score | Rank | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | Rank | Final | Total | Rank |
| John Farrell | 137 | 51 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 51 |
| John Woolley | 143 | =33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =33 |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ross Anderson | Men's 100 m freestyle | 52.33 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ross Anderson | Men's 100 m butterfly | 56.31 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ross Anderson | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:02.40 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anthony Beks | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.65 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anthony Beks | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.26 | 42 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sylvia Hume | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:05.81 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sylvia Hume | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:21.55 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Kingsman | Men's 100 m backstroke | 57.80 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Kingsman | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:02.20 | 7 Q | 2:00.48 NR | |
| Richard Lockhart | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.27 | 46 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Lockhart | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:24.52 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anthony Mosse | Men's 100 m butterfly | 54.63 | 10 QB | 54.63 | 10 |
| Anthony Mosse | Men's 200 m butterfly | 1:58.71 | 2 Q | 1:58.28 NR | |
| Sharon Musson | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:04.58 | 14 QB | 1:04.17 | 15 |
| Sharon Musson | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:17.47 | 13 QB | 2:16.06 | 10 |
| Paul Kingsman Anthony Beks Anthony Mosse Ross Anderson | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:48.93 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Pool stage | Pool stage | Pool stage | Pool stage | 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 | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | W | L | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Barry Griffiths | Men's singles | Xu (CHN) L 0 – 3 | Böhm (FRG) L 1 – 3 | Birocheau (FRA) W 3 – 2 | Chih (TPE) L 0 – 3 | Maringgi (INA) L 2 – 3 | Hosnani (MRI) W 3 – 1 | Waldner (SWE) L 0 – 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Barry Griffiths Peter Jackson | Men's doubles | Waldner / Appelgren (SWE) L 0 – 2 | Ding / Baer (AUT) W 2 – 0 | Kim / Kim (KOR) L 0 – 2 | Böhm / Rebel (FRG) L 0 – 2 | Douglas / Andrew (GBR) L 0 – 2 | Álvarez / Fermin (DOM) L 0 – 2 | Chih / Chih (TPE) L 0 – 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## 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 |
| Belinda Cordwell | Women's singles | Gomer (GBR) L 6–4 5–7 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =33 |
| Kelly Evernden | Men's singles | Ivanišević (YUG) W 7–6 6–3 6–3 | Mansdorf (ISR) L 4–6 6–3 1–6 5–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =17 |
| Bruce Derlin Kelly Evernden | Men's doubles | — | Frana / Jaite (ARG) W 6–4 4–1 ret. | Cahill / Fitzgerald (AUS) L 7–6 4–6 2–6 6–3 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =9 |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Kevin Blake | Men's heavyweight I | NVL | NVL | — | — | — | DNF |

## Wrestling

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final round | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Brent Hollamby | Men's bantamweight | Meña (PAN) W 12–4 | Chen (CHN) L 4–14 | Bye | Khaltmaa (MGL) L 4–19 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Steve Reinsfield | Men's featherweight | Polky (GDR) L P1 | Sarkisyan (URS) L 0–13 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |

## Demonstration sports
### Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kirsten Demanser | Women's finweight | Chin (TPE) L SUP | did not advance | did not advance | =5 |
| Rosemary Wilson | Women's featherweight | Dolls (ESP) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | =5 |
| Bronwyn Wilson | Women's middlerweight | Kim (KOR) L SUP | did not advance | did not advance | =5 |
| Susan Graham | Women's heavyweight | Franssen (CAN) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | =5 |