New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the
2000 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Sydney
Competitors	151
Flag bearer	Blyth Tait
Medals; Ranked 46th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 151 athletes and 100 officials at these Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Rob Waddell	Rowing	Men's single sculls	23 September
Bronze	Mark Todd	Equestrian	Individual eventing	22 September
Bronze	Aaron McIntosh	Sailing	Men's Mistral	24 September
Bronze	Barbara Kendall	Sailing	Women's Mistral	24 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Rowing	1	0	0	1
Sailing	0	0	2	2
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	3	4

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	1	2
Female	0	0	1	1
Mixed / open	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	3	4

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Ebden	Men's individual	607	48	Tsyrempilov (RUS) L 147–168	did not advance					58
Ken Uprichard	Men's individual	596	56	Needham (GBR) L 155–160	did not advance					48

Athletics

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
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michael Aish	Men's 10,000 m	29:31.83	17	—		did not advance
Craig Barrett	Men's 50 km walk	—				3:55:53	18
Toni Hodgkinson	Women's 800 m	1:59.37	4 q	1:59.84	6	did not advance
Toni Hodgkinson	Women's 1500 m	4:12.59	9	did not advance

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chantal Brunner	Women's long jump	6.42	22	did not advance
Beatrice Faumuina	Women's discus throw	61.33	9 q	58.69	12
Glenn Howard	Men's igh jump	2.15	27	did not advance
Tasha Williams	Women's hammer throw	61.18	17	did not advance
Ian Winchester	Men's discus throw	58.64	31	did not advance

Basketball

Men's

Preliminary round

Lost to France (50–76)
Lost to China (60–75)
Lost to Italy (66–78)
Lost to United States (56–102)
Lost to Lithuania (75–85)

Classification match

11th-12th place: Defeated Angola (70–60) → 11th place

Team roster

Women's

Preliminary round

Lost to Poland (52–72)
Lost to Korea (62–101)
Lost to Cuba (55–74)
Lost to United States (42–93)
Lost to Russia (54–92)

Classification match

11th-12th place: Defeated Senegal (72–69) → 11th place

Team roster

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Angus Shelford	Men's super heavyweight	Mazikin (UKR) L 5–19	did not advance			=9

Cycling

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kashi Leuchs	Men's cross-country	2:16:37.57	17
Susy Pryde	Women's cross-country	DNF

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christopher Jenner	Road race	5:30:46	47
Julian Dean		5:30:46	61
Scott Guyton		5:43:21	85
Glen Mitchell		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jacinta Coleman	Road race	3:06:31	18
Rosalind Reekie-May		3:10:34	36
Susy Pryde		DNF

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matt Sinton	Men's time trial	1:05.706	11
Fiona Ramage	Women's time trial	36.536	16

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals	1/16 repechage	1/8 finals	1/8 repechage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Anthony Peden	Men's sprint	10.649	15 Q	DNS	Did not advance
Fiona Ramage	Women's sprint	11.803	11	—		Grichina (RUS) L	Lindenmuth (USA) Freitag (GER) L	Did not advance		Classification 9-12 Freitag (GER) Kasslin (FIN) Freitag (CHN) L 2	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	First round	Repechage	Second round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Anthony Peden	Men's keirin	DNF	3	Did not advance
Matt Sinton	Men's keirin	5	4	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Glen Thomson	Men's points race	6	7
Sarah Ulmer	Women's points race	9	8

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Gary Anderson	Men's individual	4:32.304	14	—		Did not advance
Tim Carswell Lee Vertongen Gary Anderson Greg Henderson	Men's team pursuit	4:08.463	6	France (FRA) L 4:06.495	6	Did not advance
Sarah Ulmer	Women's individual	3:36.764	4	—		Zijlaard (NED) Overtaken L	4	McGregor (GBR) 3:38.930 L	4

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		After 2 rounds		Round 3		Total score	Rank
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total score	Rank
Kallista Field	Waikare	Individual	66.44	21 Q	68.04	18	134.48	18	did not advance

Eventing

Rider	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Overall
Rider	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Blyth Tait	Welton Envoy	Individual	40.80	7	DNF		Retired
Mark Todd	Eyespy II	Individual	39.00	4	0.00	=1	3.00	6	42.00
Vaughn Jefferis Paul O'Brien Blyth Tait Mark Todd	Bounce Enzed Ready Teddy Diamond Hall Re	Team	40.60 51.00 52.00 58.60	5	0.00 59.60 0.00 0.00	1	Withdrawn Withdrawn Eliminated 7.00	8	2065.60	8

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying					Final				Total	Rank
Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total points	Rank	Round 1	Rank	Round 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Peter Breakwell	Leonson	Individual	20.75	12.00	16.00	48.75	55	did not advance
Bruce Goodin	Lenaro	Individual	0.50	8.00	12.00	20.50	20 Q	16.00	=33	did not advance

Field hockey

Women's team competition

Preliminary round (Pool B)

New Zealand – Germany 1–1
New Zealand – China 0–2
New Zealand – The Netherlands 3–4
New Zealand – South Africa 1–0

Medal pool

New Zealand – Australia 0–3
New Zealand – Spain 2–2
New Zealand – Argentina 1–7 (→ Sixth Place)

Team roster

Gymnastics

Artistic

David Phillips and Laura Robertson represented New Zealand in the sport of artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Laura Robertson	All-around	8.899	8.600	8.837	9.012	35.348	57	did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendon Crooks	–60 kg	Ismayilov (AZE) L 0001–1012	Did not advance
Timothy Slyfield	–81 kg	Omagbaluwaje (NGR) W 1000–0020	Tölgyesi (HUN) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Daniel Gowing	–100 kg	Bye	López (VEN) W 1101–0000	Inoue (JPN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendon Crooks	+78 kg	—	Riley (PAN) W	Yuan (CHN) L	Did not advance		Bye	Marques (BRA) L	Did not advance

Rowing

New Zealand qualified three boats for the 2000 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls,^[2] men's coxless four,^[3] and women's single sculls.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rob Waddell	Single sculls	6:54.20	1 SA/B	Bye		6:58.01	1 FA	6:48.90
Scott Brownlee Toni Dunlop Rob Hellstrom Dave Schaper	Four	6:13.60	2 SA/B	Bye		6:05.33	3 FA	6:09.13	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sonia Waddell	Single sculls	7:40.18	1 SA/B	Bye		7:35.24	3 FA	7:43.71	6

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Rank
Aaron McIntosh	Mistral	37 OCS	9	4	10	9	3	1	5	12	3	4	48
Clifton Webb	Finn	15	9	15	10	2	11	16	4	16	18	26 OCS	109	16
Simon Cooke Peter Nicholas	470	6	15	9	12	10	12	15	3	3	13	8	76	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Rank
Barbara Kendall	Mistral	2	3	2	3	7	1	3	1	5	1	3	19
Sarah Macky	Europe	12	1	14	16	12	11	5	15	6	3	15	79	9
Melinda Henshaw Jenny Egnot	470	13	3	6	1	7	10	6	19	20 OCS	16	10	72	11

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Net points	Rank
Peter Fox	Laser	14	19	13	44 OCS	22	20	7	18	23	8	24	—					144	21
Chris Dickson Glen Sowry	Tornado	5	2	7	15	10	1	5	7	12	3	6	—					46	5
Gavin Brady Jamie Gale	Star	16	1	5	9	5	15	6	5	2	16	9	—					57	9
Daniel Slater Nathan Handley	49er	14	9	18 OCS	5	12	7	5	12	4	2	3	8	2	7	13	10	99	8

Mixed racing

Athlete	Event	Fleet racing								Match racing
		Race						Points	Rank	Round robin						Quarterfinal						Semifinal	Final / BM
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Don Cowie Rod Davis Alan Smith	Soling	3	3	10	2	7	3	18	4 Q	Bye						DEN L	GER L	NED L	NOR W	RUS W	5	Did not advance

Shooting

New Zealand was represented in shooting with five men and two women.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Victor Shaw	Trap	102	38	Did not advance
Brant Woodward	Trap	105	37	Did not advance
Des Coe	Double trap	118	25	Did not advance
Geoffrey Jukes	Skeet	120	19	Did not advance
Brian Thomson	Skeet	11	47	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Corrigan	10 m air pistol	366	39	Did not advance
Tania Corrigan	25 m pistol	563	37	Did not advance
Teresa Borrell	10 m trap	58	15	Did not advance

Softball

Women's team competition

Preliminary round robin

Lost to Australia (2:3)
Defeated Canada (3:2)
Lost to PR China (0:10)
Defeated Cuba (6:2)
Lost to Italy (0:1)
Lost to United States (0:2)
Lost to Japan (1:2)

Semifinals

Did not advance → Sixth place

Team roster

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jonathan Duncan	200 m freestyle	1:53.27	32	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:58.52	29	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:03.41	37	—		did not advance
Steven Ferguson	100 m breaststroke	1:03.06	27	did not advance
Steven Ferguson	200 m breaststroke	2:19.31	31	did not advance
Dean Kent	200 m individual medley	2:04.07	23	did not advance
Dean Kent	400 m individual medley	4:21.81	16	—		did not advance
Scott Talbot-Cameron	100 m backstroke	57.86	37	did not advance
Scott Talbot-Cameron	200 m backstroke	2:01.53	22	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Helen Norfolk	200 m backstroke	2:16.22	20	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:18.90	20	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:46.42 NR	13	—		did not advance
Vivienne Rignall	50 m freestyle	25.52 NR	=7 Q	25.61	=9	did not advance
Monique Robins	100 m freestyle	57.85	33	did not advance
Monique Robins	100 m backstroke	1:04.52	26	did not advance
Elizabeth Van Welie	200 m butterfly	2:11.62 NR	16 Q	2:11.68	15	did not advance

Triathlon

New Zealand's heavily touted triathletes were unable to perform up to expectations in the inaugural Olympic triathlon.^{[citation needed]} In particular, Hamish Carter, who had been considered likely to win the event, placed twenty-sixth.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Ben Bright	Men's	17:51.60	23.39	58:49.90	21.90	34:50.47	1:52:17.26	38
Hamish Carter		17:24.19	24.00	59:16.30	20.80	33:31.88	1:50:57.17	26
Craig Watson		17:41.99	23.10	58:58.40	20.10	32:38.26	1:50:01.85	16
Evelyn Williamson	Women's	20:01.88	26.20	1:06:38.40	23.40	38:08.42	2:05:38.30	22

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Nigel Avery	Men's + 105 kg	162.5	167.5	172.5	200.0	205.0	210.0	382.5	17
Olivia Baker	Women's + 75 kg	100.0	~~105.0~~	105.0	125.0	~~130.0~~	130.0	235.0	8

References

^ "Laura Robertson". Olympedia.
^ "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Shooting (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

[1] "Laura Robertson". Olympedia.

[2] "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[3] "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[4] "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[5] Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Shooting (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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v t e 2000 New Zealand Olympic team
Archery	Peter Ebden Ken Uprichard
Athletics	Michael Aish Craig Barrett Chantal Brunner Beatrice Faumuina Glenn Howard Toni Hodgkinson Tasha Williams Ian Winchester
Basketball	Tania Brunton Pero Cameron Belinda Colling Megan Compain Rebecca Cotton Kirstin Daly Mark Dickel Gina Farmer Sally Farmer Paul Henare Robert Hickey Phill Jones Dianne L'Ami Ralph Lattimore Donna Loffhagen Sean Marks Julie Ofsoski Leone Patterson Kirk Penney Peter Pokai Tony Rampton Brad Riley Nenad Vučinić Leanne Walker
Boxing	Angus Shelford
Cycling	Gary Anderson Tim Carswell Jacinta Coleman Julian Dean Scott Guyton Greg Henderson Christopher Jenner Kashi Leuchs Glen Mitchell Anthony Peden Susy Pryde Fiona Ramage Rosalind Reekie-May Matt Sinton Glen Thomson Sarah Ulmer Lee Vertongen
Equestrian	Peter Breakwell Kallista Field Bruce Goodin Vaughn Jefferis Paul O'Brien Blyth Tait Mark Todd
Hockey	Sandy Bennett Helen Clarke Jenny Duck Kylie Foy Skippy Hamahona Anne-Marie Irving Tina Bell-Kake Anna Lawrence Suzie Muirhead Caryn Paewai Rachel Petrie Moira Senior Mandy Smith Kate Trolove Michelle Turner Diana Weavers
Rowing	Scott Brownlee Toni Dunlop Rob Hellstrom Dave Schaper Rob Waddell Sonia Waddell
Sailing	Gavin Brady Simon Cooke Don Cowie Rod Davis Chris Dickson Jenny Egnot Peter Fox Jamie Gale Nathan Handley Melinda Henshaw Barbara Kendall Sarah Macky Aaron McIntosh Peter Nicholas Glen Sowry Alan Smith Dan Slater Clifton Webb
Shooting	Teresa Borrell Des Coe Tania Corrigan Geoffrey Jukes Victor Shaw Brian Thomson Brant Woodward
Softball	Zavana Aranga Jaye Bailey Kim Dermott Rhonda Hira Melanie Hulme Lisa Kersten Ruta Lealamanua Cindy Potae Char Pouaka Kiri Shaw Jackie Smith Fiona Timu Helen Townsend Melisa Upu Gina Weber
Swimming	Jonathan Duncan Steven Ferguson Dean Kent Helen Norfolk Vivienne Rignall Monique Robins Scott Talbot-Cameron Elizabeth Van Welie
Triathlon	Ben Bright Hamish Carter Craig Watson Evelyn Williamson
Weightlifting	Nigel Avery Olivia Baker
Chef de Mission: Les Mills

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Other	Individual Olympic Athletes