New_Zealand_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics

New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


New Zealand competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1908 as part of Australasia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee sent a total of 148 athletes, 81 men, and 67 women to the Games to compete in 18 sports, surpassing a single athlete short of the record from Sydney four years earlier. Basketball and field hockey were the only team-based sports in which New Zealand had its representation at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in archery, boxing, and fencing.

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Thirty-four athletes from the New Zealand team had previously competed in Sydney, including Olympic bronze medallist Barbara Kendall in women's Mistral windsurfing, equestrian eventing rider Blyth Tait, sprint kayaker and former breaststroke swimmer Steven Ferguson, table tennis sisters Chunli and Karen Li, and discus thrower Beatrice Faumuina, who was appointed by the committee to carry the New Zealand flag in the opening ceremony.[1] Tait's compatriot Andrew Nicholson participated in his fifth Olympic appearance since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (except 2000, in which he was not chosen), as the most experienced athlete. While Tait shared the same age with Nicholson at 43, and served as the oldest member of the team by a month difference, breaststroke swimmer Annabelle Carey, aged 15, was the youngest ever New Zealand athlete to compete at the Olympics since 1976.

New Zealand left Athens with a total of five Olympic medals, three golds and two silver, finishing twenty-fourth in the overall medal count.[2] Four New Zealand athletes won Olympic gold medals for the first time in history: Hamish Carter in men's triathlon,[3] track cyclist Sarah Ulmer in women's individual pursuit,[4] and twin sisters and rowers Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell in women's double sculls. (In other games, notably Los Angeles 1984, more than 4 New Zealand athletes won Gold Medals.)[5]

Medallists

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Archery

One New Zealand archer qualified for the men's individual archery through the 2004 Open New Zealand Championships.[6]

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Athletics

New Zealand athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[7][8]

Men
Track & road events
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Field events
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Women
Track & road events
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Field events
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Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Badminton

New Zealand nominated a spot in the mixed doubles.

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Basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[9]

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Group play
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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 Argentina
  2. Head-to-head record: New Zealand 1–0 Serbia and Montenegro
15 August 2004
11:15
Italy  7169  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 14–9, 17–24, 15–23
Pts: Basile 16
Rebs: Chiacig 9
Asts: Pozzecco 7
Pts: Penney 20
Rebs: Marks 9
Asts: Cameron 5
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,100
Referees:
Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
Renato Santos (Brazil)

17 August 2004
9:00
New Zealand  6269  China
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 6–12, 25–22, 17–18
Pts: Jones 27
Rebs: Book, Marks 7 each
Asts: Dickel 2
Pts: Yao Ming 39
Rebs: Yao Ming 13
Asts: Li Nan, Liu Wei 4 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,300
Referees:
Christos Christodoulou (Greece)
Virginijus Dovidavicius (Lithuania)

19 August 2004
9:00
Serbia and Montenegro  8790  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 24–17, 22–16, 21–35
Pts: Bodiroga 25
Rebs: Bodiroga 6
Asts: Rakočević 2
Pts: Penney 15
Rebs: Marks 5
Asts: Dickel 6
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 4,200
Referees:
Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico)
Philippe Leemann (Switzerland)

21 August 2004
14:30
New Zealand  9498  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 17–24, 29–29, 23–22
Pts: Jones 25
Rebs: Book 6
Asts: Dickel 7
Pts: Scola 25
Rebs: Oberto 9
Asts: Montecchia, Oberto 5 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

23 August 2004
9:00
Spain  8884  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 29–26, 25–31, 15–16
Pts: Garbajosa 17
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: Calderón 3
Pts: Jones 23
Rebs: Marks 10
Asts: Dickel 5
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 4,252
Referees:
José Carrión (Puerto Rico)
Mike Homsy (Canada)
Classification match (9th–10th place)
24 August 2004
16:45
9th place
New Zealand  8098  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 19–20, 18–26, 28–24
Pts: Jones 26
Rebs: Marks 6
Asts: Dickel 3
Pts: Heal 30
Rebs: Bogut 10
Asts: 3 players, 3 each
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 4,250
Referees: Zoran Šutulović (SCG), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[10]

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Group play
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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
14 August 2004
14:30
United States  9947  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 35–11, 16–15, 20–8
Pts: Cash 19
Rebs: Taurasi 9
Asts: Bird, Staley 3
Pts: Marino 13
Rebs: Loffhagen 7
Asts: Three players 1
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,970
Referees:
Vladimir Okhrimenko (Russia)
Abdellilah Chlif (Morocco)

16 August 2004
9:00
New Zealand  8173  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 16–15, 26–23, 18–24
Pts: G. Farmer 22
Rebs: Loffhagen 14
Asts: Marino 4
Pts: Kim Y. 21
Rebs: Kim Y. 5
Asts: Beon 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 180
Referees:
Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)
Tatiana Steigerwald (Brazil)

18 August 2004
22:15
Spain  9157  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 32–8, 13–21, 20–9, 26–19
Pts: Palau 15
Rebs: Cebrián, Pascua 9
Asts: Palau 4
Pts: Marino 21
Rebs: Loffhagen 8
Asts: Loffhagen, Marino 3
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,350
Referees:
Elizabeth Sisk (United States)
Shoko Suguro (Japan)

20 August 2004
11:15
New Zealand  7977  China
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 14–12, 20–24, 24–22
Pts: G. Farmer 19
Rebs: Kerr 12
Asts: Marino 4
Pts: Sui 21
Rebs: Sui 9
Asts: Wang 2
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 345
Referees:
Elizabeth Sisk (United States)
Nancy Ethier (Canada)

22 August 2004
9:00
New Zealand  5774  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 8–19, 23–18, 14–16
Pts: G. Farmer 19
Rebs: Loffhagen 12
Asts: G. Farmer, Loffhagen 1
Pts: Machová 21
Rebs: Klimešová 10
Asts: Hamzová 7
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 365
Referees:
Nancy Ethier (Canada)
Kim Ja Ok (South Korea)
Quarterfinals
25 August 2004
22:15
Australia  9455  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 19–18, 26–13, 23–11
Pts: Jackson 28
Rebs: Snell 10
Asts: Taylor 4
Pts: G. Farmer 15
Rebs: Loffhagen 11
Asts: Four players 2
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 8,100
Referees:
Ma Li Jun (China)
Tatiana Steigerwald (Brazil)
Classification match (7th–8th place)
27 August 2004
9:00
7th place
Greece  8783  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 22–26, 23–16, 21–17
Pts: Maltsi 29
Rebs: Maltsi, Samoroukova 11
Asts: Kostaki 7
Pts: Loffhagen 23
Rebs: Loffhagen 15
Asts: Loffhagen 3
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 6,560
Referees:
José Reyes Ronfini (Mexico)
Shoko Suguro (Japan)

Boxing

New Zealand sent a single boxer to Athens.

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Canoeing

Sprint

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Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Men
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Women
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Track

Pursuit
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Omnium
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Mountain biking

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Equestrian

Dressage

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Eventing

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"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

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Fencing

Women
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Field hockey

New Zealand qualified a men's and a women's team. Each team had 16 athletes with two reserves.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[11]

Head coach: Kevin Towns

Group play
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Source: FIH
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5th–8th place semifinal
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5th place final
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Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[12]

Head coach: Ian Rutledge

Group play
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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
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5th–8th place semifinal
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5th place final
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Judo

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Rowing

New Zealand rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
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Women
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

New Zealand sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
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Women
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Open
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M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Two New Zealand shooters (one man and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
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Women
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Swimming

New Zealand swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
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Women
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Table tennis

Two New Zealand table tennis players qualified for the following events.

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Taekwondo

New Zealand has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

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Triathlon

Three New Zealand triathletes qualified for the following events.

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See also


References

  1. McIllroy, Fiona (13 August 2004). "Queen Bea appointed flagbearer". Athens: TV New Zealand. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  2. "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. "Carter takes triathlon gold". BBC Sport. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. "Ulmer claims cycling pursuit gold". CNN. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  5. Sharp, Barnaby (21 August 2004). "Evers-Swindells win Athens gold". TV New Zealand. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

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