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GamesMexico CityNew Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games AssociationDon Oliver1976 Summer OlympicsIan Ballinger



















New Zealand at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of New Zealand.svg
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Mexico City
Competitors52 (47 men, 5 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer
Don Oliver (weightlifting)

Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold

1

Silver

0

Bronze

2

Total

3

Officials16
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
 Gold
Warren Cole
Ross Collinge
Simon Dickie
Dick Joyce
Dudley Storey
RowingMen's coxed four19 October
 BronzeIan BallingerShootingMixed 50 metre rifle, prone19 October
 BronzeMike RyanAthleticsMen's marathon20 October


























Medals by sport

Sport

Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
Total

Rowing
1
0
0

1

Athletics
0
0
1

1

Shooting
0
0
1

1

Total

1

0

2

3


























Medals by gender

Gender

Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
Total
Male
1
0
1

2
Female
0
0
0

0
Mixed / open
0
0
1

1

Total

1

0

2

3


Athletics


Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics


Track and road


























































Athlete
Event
Heat
Semifinal
Final
Result
Rank[i]Result
Rank[ii]Result
Rank

Roger Johnson

Men's 400 m hurdles
51.32 Q
51.87
Did not advance

Rex Maddaford

Men's 5000 m
14:20.84 Q
N/A
14:39.810

Men's 10,000 m
N/A
30:17.212

Evan Maguire

Men's 10,000 m
N/A

DNF

Dave McKenzie

Men's marathon
N/A
2:43:3637

Sylvia Potts

Women's 800 m
2:09.64 Q
2:07.26
Did not advance

Mike Ryan

Men's marathon
N/A
2:23:45
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Peter Welsh

Men's 3000 m steeplechase
9:13.86
N/A
Did not advance


  1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat


  2. ^ Ranks given are within the semifinal




Field






















Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Result
Rank
Result
Rank

Les Mills

Men's shot put
19.0011 Q
18.1811

Robin Tait

Men's discus throw
58.889 Q
57.6812


Cycling


Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1968.



Road


Men's individual road race












Athlete
Time
Rank

Bryce Beeston

DNF

John Dean

DNF

Des Thomson
5:02:33.6252

Richie Thomson

DNF
Men's team time trial






Athlete
Time
Rank

John Dean
Neil Lyster
Des Thomson
Richie Thomson
2:25:46.4723


Field hockey


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

13 October 1968 (1968-10-13)







New Zealand 
2–1

 India





14 October 1968 (1968-10-14)







New Zealand 
2–0

 Mexico





15 October 1968 (1968-10-15)







New Zealand 
1–1

 East Germany





17 October 1968 (1968-10-17)







New Zealand 
1–0

 Japan





18 October 1968 (1968-10-18)







New Zealand 
0–0

 West Germany





20 October 1968 (1968-10-20)







New Zealand 
1–1

 Belgium





21 October 1968 (1968-10-21)







New Zealand 
1–1

 Spain





















































































Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pts
Qualification

 India
760120412Advance to semi-finals

 West Germany
751115511Advance to semi-finals

 New Zealand
7340108105th–8th place classification

 Spain
72327575th–8th place classification

 Belgium
731314979th / 10th place play-off

 East Germany
7223710611th / 12th place play-off

 Japan
7115414313th / 14th place play-off

 Mexico
7007226015th / 16th place play-off
5th–8th Classification matches

23 October 1968 (1968-10-23)







Netherlands 
3–1

 New Zealand




7th / 8th Place play-off

25 October 1968 (1968-10-25)







New Zealand 
2–0

 Kenya




New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.



Rowing


Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics

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
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

1st, gold medalist(s)

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


Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics



































Athlete
Event
Race
Net points
Final rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Jonty Farmer

Finn
19.0
3.0
11.7
25.0
25.0
13.0

40.0
DNF
96.7
11

Ralph Roberts
Geoffrey Smale (helm)

Flying Dutchman

39.0
DSQ
14.0
15.0
18.0
15.0
14.0
8.0
84.0
8


Shooting


Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Ian Ballinger

Mixed 50 m rifle, prone
9810010099100100597
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Stew Nairn

Mixed 50 m rifle, prone
9999981009810059412


Swimming


Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics






































































Athlete
Event
Heat
Semifinal
Final
Result
Rank
Result
Rank
Result
Rank

Pru Chapman

Women's 100 m backstroke
1:15.232
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
2:35.59
N/A
Did not advance

Women's 400 m individual medley
5:33.7=7 Q
N/A
5:34.67

Women's 800 m freestyle
10:28.019
N/A
Did not advance

Glenda Stirling

Women's 100 m backstroke
1:10.2=7 Q
1:10.18 Q
1:10.68

Women's 200 m backstroke
2:40.322
N/A
Did not advance

Sandra Whittleston

Women's 100 m butterfly
1:08.5=9 Q
1:08.712
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
4:49.011
N/A
Did not advance


Weightlifting


Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics


































Athlete
Event
Press
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
Rank
Result
Rank
Result
Rank
Result
Rank

John Bolton

Men's light heavyweight
137.5=11
122.516
160.0=15
420.016

Don Oliver

Men's heavyweight
147.513
142.5=9
200.05
490.08


References




  1. ^ "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


  2. ^ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2016.


  3. ^ "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2016.


  4. ^ "Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2016.


  5. ^ "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 12 September 2016.




External links



  • Coxed four win Gold in Mexico 1968 on YouTube








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