New_Zealand_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics
New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 52 competitors, 47 men and five women, who took part in 26 events across eight sports.[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Mexico City, Mexico, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Don Oliver. The New Zealand team finished 27th on the medal table, winning a total of three medals, one of which was gold.
Quick Facts New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
| New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | NZL |
| NOC | New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association |
| Website | www |
| in Mexico City | |
| Competitors | 52 (47 men, 5 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Don Oliver (weightlifting) |
| Officials | 16 |
| Medals Ranked 27th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Australasia (1908–1912) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Gold | Warren Cole Ross Collinge Simon Dickie Dick Joyce Dudley Storey | Rowing | Men's coxed four | 19 October |
 Bronze | Ian Ballinger | Shooting | Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone | 19 October |
| Bronze | Mike Ryan | Athletics | Men's marathon | 20 October |
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More information Medals by sport, Total ...
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More information Medals by gender, Total ...
| Medals by gender | ||||||
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| Gender |  |
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Total | ||
| Male | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mixed / open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
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Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track and road
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank[lower-roman 1] | Result | Rank[lower-roman 2] | Result | Rank | ||
| Roger Johnson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 51.3 | 2 Q | 51.8 | 7 | did not advance | |
| Rex Maddaford | Men's 5000 m | 14:20.8 | 4 Q | — | 14:39.8 | 10 | |
| Men's 10,000 m | — | 30:17.2 | 12 | ||||
| Evan Maguire | Men's 10,000 m | — | DNF | ||||
| Dave McKenzie | Men's marathon | — | 2:43:36 | 37 | |||
| Sylvia Potts | Women's 800 m | 2:09.6 | 4 Q | 2:07.2 | 6 | did not advance | |
| Mike Ryan | Men's marathon | — | 2:23:45 | | |||
| Peter Welsh | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 9:13.8 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||
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Field
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Les Mills | Men's shot put | 19.00 | 11 Q | 18.18 | 11 |
| Robin Tait | Men's discus throw | 58.88 | 9 Q | 57.68 | 12 |
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Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1968.
Road
- Men's individual road race
More information Athlete, Time ...
| Athlete | Time | Rank |
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| Bryce Beeston | DNF | |
| John Dean | DNF | |
| Des Thomson | 5:02:33.62 | 52 |
| Richie Thomson | DNF | |
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- Men's team time trial
More information Athlete, Time ...
| Athlete | Time | Rank |
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| John Dean Neil Lyster Des Thomson Richie Thomson |
2:25:46.47 | 23 |
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Main article: Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's tournament
- Team roster
| John Anslow Jan Borren Roger Capey John Christensen John Hicks Bruce Judge Barry Maister Selwyn Maister |
Trevor Manning Alan McIntyre Ross McPherson Jim Palmer Alan Patterson Ted Salmon Bill Thomson Keith Thomson |
- Group A
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More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification |
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 India | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals |
 West Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | Advance to semi-finals |
 New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5th–8th place classification |
 Spain | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5th–8th place classification |
 Belgium | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9th / 10th place play-off |
 East Germany | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11th / 12th place play-off |
 Japan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 13th / 14th place play-off |
 Mexico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15th / 16th place play-off |
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- 5th–8th Classification matches
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- 7th / 8th Place play-off
New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.
Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
In 1968, New Zealand entered boats in two of the seven events:[2] men's coxed four[3] and men's eight.[4] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[5]
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Warren Cole Ross Collinge Dick Joyce Dudley Storey Simon Dickie (cox) |
Coxed four | 7:12.19 | 1 QS | Bye | 6:48.65 | 1 FA | 6:45.62 | | |
| Alan Webster Wybo Veldman Alistair Dryden John Hunter Mark Brownlee John Gibbons Tom Just Gil Cawood Robert Page (cox) |
Coxed eight | 6:05.62 | 1 FA | Bye | — | 6:10.43 | 4 | ||
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Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Jonty Farmer | Finn | 19.0 | 3.0 | 11.7 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 13.0 | DNF |
96.7 | 11 |
| Ralph Roberts Geoff Smale (helm) |
Flying Dutchman | DSQ |
14.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 84.0 | 8 |
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- Graham Mander was the reserve Flying Dutchman skipper.
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Two male shooters represented New Zealand in 1968 with Ian Ballinger winning a bronze medal.
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank |
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| Ian Ballinger | Mixed 50 m rifle, prone | 98 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 597 | |
| Stew Nairn | Mixed 50 m rifle, prone | 99 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 594 | 12 |
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Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Pru Chapman | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:15.2 | 32 | did not advance | |||
| Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:42.1 | =23 | — | did not advance | |||
| Tui Shipston | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:35.5 | 9 | — | did not advance | ||
| Women's 400 m individual medley | 5:33.7 | =7 Q | — | 5:34.6 | 7 | ||
| Women's 800 m freestyle | 10:28.0 | 19 | — | did not advance | |||
| Glenda Stirling | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:10.2 | =7 Q | 1:10.1 | 8 Q | 1:10.6 | 8 |
| Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:40.3 | 22 | — | did not advance | |||
| Sandra Whittleston | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:08.5 | =9 Q | 1:08.7 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Women's 200 m butterfly | 2:39.7 | =11 | — | did not advance | |||
| Glenda Stirling Pru Chapman Sandra Whittleston Tui Shipston |
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:49.0 | 11 | — | did not advance | ||
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| John Bolton | Men's light heavyweight | 137.5 | =11 | 122.5 | 16 | 160.0 | =15 | 420.0 | 16 |
| Don Oliver | Men's heavyweight | 147.5 | 13 | 142.5 | =9 | 200.0 | 5 | 490.0 | 8 |
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- Chef de Mission – Lloyd Hosking[6]
- Assistant team manager – Don Croot[7]
- Team doctor – Mayne Smeeton[8]
- Chaperone – Norma Williams[7]
- Athletics section manager – Laurie O'Keefe[9]
- Cycling section manager – Clive Herbert[9]
- Hockey section manager – Ray Mackinlay[9]
- Rowing coach – Rusty Robertson[9]
- Sailing section manager – Hugh Poole[9]
- Shooting section manager – Neilson Rees[9]
- Swimming section manager – Roly Webb[9]
- Weightlifting section manager – Paul Newberry[9]
- "New Zealand at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- "New Zealand Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- "Mr Hosking to manage team". The Press. 24 April 1968. p. 19. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- "Olympic officials". The Press. Vol. 108, no. 31685. 22 May 1968. p. 16. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- "Future teams". The Press. 11 December 1968. p. 20. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- "Olympic team ready to answer vital questions". The Press. Vol. 108, no. 31808. 12 October 1968. p. 15. Retrieved 12 August 2022.