New Zealand at the Olympics

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New Zealand at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  NZL
NOC New Zealand Olympic Committee
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

*with Australia as Australasia
Winter Games
1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

New Zealand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. For their first two Olympiads in 1908 and 1912, New Zealand competed with Australia in a combined Australasia team. New Zealand first sent an independent team in 1920.

New Zealand has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since 1952, missing only the 1956 and 1964 Games.

New Zealand athletes have won a total of 77 medals at the Summer Games, mostly in athletics (track and field). New Zealand has only won a single medal at the Winter Games, but the silver medal won by Annelise Coberger in alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics was the first ever medal won at the Winter Games by a Southern Hemisphere nation.

The 78 medals won by New Zealand put New Zealand at Number 32 on the All-time Olympic Games medal count.

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[edit] International Olympic Committee

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) is the National Olympic Committee for New Zealand. The NZOC was founded in 1911, and recognized by the IOC in 1919.

[edit] Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

[edit] Medals by Summer Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London as part of Australasia Australasia (ANZ)
1912 Stockholm as part of Australasia Australasia (ANZ)
1920 Antwerp 0 0 1 1
1924 Paris 0 0 1 1
1928 Amsterdam 1 0 0 1
1932 Los Angeles 0 1 0 1
1936 Berlin 1 0 0 1
1948 London 0 0 0 0
1952 Helsinki 1 0 2 3
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm 2 0 0 2
1960 Rome 2 0 1 3
1964 Tokyo 3 0 2 5
1968 Mexico City 1 0 2 3
1972 Munich 1 1 1 3
1976 Montreal 2 1 1 4
1980 Moscow 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 8 1 2 11
1988 Seoul 3 2 8 13
1992 Barcelona 1 4 5 10
1996 Atlanta 3 2 1 6
2000 Sydney 1 0 3 4
2004 Athens 3 2 0 5
Total 33 14 30 77

These totals do not include the medals won by New Zealanders as part of the combined Australasia team at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics:

[edit] Medals by Winter Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1952 Oslo 0 0 0 0
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo did not participate
1960 Squaw Valley 0 0 0 0
1964 Innsbruck did not participate
1968 Grenoble 0 0 0 0
1972 Sapporo 0 0 0 0
1976 Innsbruck 0 0 0 0
1980 Lake Placid 0 0 0 0
1984 Sarajevo 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 0 0 0 0
1992 Albertville 0 1 0 1
1994 Lillehammer 0 0 0 0
1998 Nagano 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 0 0 0 0
2006 Turin 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 0 1

[edit] Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 8 1 8 17
Sailing 6 4 5 15
Rowing 5 2 6 13
Canoeing 5 2 1 8
Equestrian 3 2 4 9
Swimming 2 1 3 6
Boxing 1 1 1 3
Triathlon 1 1 0 2
Cycling 1 0 1 2
Field hockey 1 0 0 1
Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1
Shooting 0 0 1 1
Total 33 15 30 78

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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