Noc: | NZL |
Nocname: | New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 1968 |
Location: | Mexico City |
Competitors: | 52 (47 men, 5 women) |
Sports: | 8 |
Flagbearer: | Don Oliver (weightlifting) |
Rank: | 27 |
Gold: | 1 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 2 |
Officials: | 16 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1920 |
See also: | (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.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
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19 October | |||||
19 October | |||||
20 October |
Medals by sport | |||||||
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Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Medals by gender | |||||||
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Gender | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
Male | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mixed / open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Roger Johnson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 51.3 | 2 Q | 51.8 | 7 | did not advance | |||
align=left rowspan=2 | 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 | align=left | Men's 10,000 m | |||||||
align=left | Dave McKenzie | align=left | Men's marathon | 2:43:36 | 37 | ||||
align=left | Sylvia Potts | align=left | Women's 800 m | 2:09.6 | 4 Q | 2:07.2 | 6 | did not advance | |
align=left | Mike Ryan | align=left | Men's marathon | 2:23:45 | |||||
align=left | Peter Welsh | align=left | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 9:13.8 | 6 | did not advance |
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 |
See main article: article and Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1968.
Athlete | Time | Rank | |
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Bryce Beeston | |||
John Dean | |||
Des Thomson | 5:02:33.62 | 52 | |
Richie Thomson |
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification | ||
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align=left | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals | ||
align=left | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | Advance to semi-finals | ||
align=left | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5th–8th place classification | ||
align=left | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5th–8th place classification | ||
align=left | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9th / 10th place play-off | ||
align=left | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11th / 12th place play-off | ||
align=left | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 13th / 14th place play-off | ||
align=left | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15th / 16th place play-off |
New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.
See main article: article and 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 eight.[4] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[5]
See main article: article and Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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 | 96.7 | 11 | ||
Ralph Roberts Geoff Smale (helm) | Flying Dutchman | 14.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 84.0 | 8 |
See main article: article and 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 | |
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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 |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
align=left rowspan=2 | Pru Chapman | align=left | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:15.2 | 32 | did not advance | |||
align=left | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:42.1 | =23 | did not advance | |||||
align=left rowspan=3 | Tui Shipston | align=left | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:35.5 | 9 | did not advance | |||
align=left | Women's 400 m individual medley | 5:33.7 | =7 Q | 5:34.6 | 7 | ||||
align=left | Women's 800 m freestyle | 10:28.0 | 19 | did not advance | |||||
align=left rowspan=2 | Glenda Stirling | align=left | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:10.2 | =7 Q | 1:10.1 | 8 Q | 1:10.6 | 8 |
align=left | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:40.3 | 22 | did not advance | |||||
align=left rowspan=2 | Sandra Whittleston | align=left | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:08.5 | =9 Q | 1:08.7 | 12 | did not advance | |
align=left | Women's 200 m butterfly | 2:39.7 | =11 | did not advance | |||||
align=left | Glenda Stirling Pru Chapman Sandra Whittleston Tui Shipston | align=left | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:49.0 | 11 | did not advance |
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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 |