New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics Contents Medal tables Athletics Cycling Field hockey Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Weightlifting References External links Navigation menuwww.olympic.org.nz"New Zealand at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games""New Zealand Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games""Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours""Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights""Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games"Coxed four win Gold in Mexico 1968ee
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Nations at the 1968 Summer OlympicsNew Zealand at the Summer Olympics by year1968 in New Zealand sport
GamesMexico CityNew Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games AssociationDon Oliver1976 Summer OlympicsIan Ballinger
New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | NZL |
NOC | New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association |
Website | www.olympic.org.nz |
in Mexico City | |
Competitors | 52 (47 men, 5 women) in 8 sports |
Flag bearer | Don Oliver (weightlifting) |
Medals Ranked 27th |
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Officials | 16 |
Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Other related appearances | |
Australasia (1908 · 1912) |
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.
Contents
1 Medal tables
2 Athletics
2.1 Track and road
2.2 Field
3 Cycling
3.1 Road
4 Field hockey
4.1 Men's tournament
5 Rowing
6 Sailing
7 Shooting
8 Swimming
9 Weightlifting
10 References
11 External links
Medal tables
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 |
Medals by sport | ||||||
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Sport | Total | |||||
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Medals by gender | ||||||
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Gender | Total | |||||
Male | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mixed / open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Athletics
Track and road
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank[i] | Result | Rank[ii] | 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 | N/A | 14:39.8 | 10 | |
Men's 10,000 m | N/A | 30:17.2 | 12 | ||||
Evan Maguire | Men's 10,000 m | N/A | DNF | ||||
Dave McKenzie | Men's marathon | N/A | 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 | N/A | 2:23:45 | ||||
Peter Welsh | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 9:13.8 | 6 | N/A | Did not advance |
^ Ranks given are within the heat
^ Ranks given are within the semifinal
Field
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 |
Cycling
Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1968.
Road
- Men's individual road race
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Bryce Beeston | DNF | |
John Dean | DNF | |
Des Thomson | 5:02:33.62 | 52 |
Richie Thomson | DNF |
- Men's team time trial
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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John Dean Neil Lyster Des Thomson Richie Thomson | 2:25:46.47 | 23 |
Field hockey
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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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 |
- 5th–8th Classification matches
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- 7th / 8th Place play-off
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New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.
Rowing
In 1968, New Zealand entered boats in two of the seven events:[2] men's coxed four[3] and men's coxed eight.[4] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[5]
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 | N/A | 6:10.43 | 4 |
Sailing
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 Geoffrey Smale (helm) | Flying Dutchman | DSQ | 14.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 84.0 | 8 |
Shooting
Two male shooters represented New Zealand in 1968 with Ian Ballinger winning a bronze medal.
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 |
Swimming
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 | N/A | Did not advance | |||
Tui Shipston | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:35.5 | 9 | N/A | Did not advance | ||
Women's 400 m individual medley | 5:33.7 | =7 Q | N/A | 5:34.6 | 7 | ||
Women's 800 m freestyle | 10:28.0 | 19 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | Did not advance | |||
Glenda Stirling Pru Chapman Sandra Whittleston Tui Shipston | Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay | 4:49.0 | 11 | N/A | Did not advance |
Weightlifting
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 |
References
^ "New Zealand at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
^ "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
^ "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
^ "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
External links
Coxed four win Gold in Mexico 1968 on YouTube