New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	199 in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Peter Burling (opening)[1][2] Lisa Carrington (closing)[3]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 9 5 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Australasia (1908 · 1912)

New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Games and competed at every Games since. The New Zealand team consisted of 199 athletes, 100 women and 99 men, across twenty sports, the first time New Zealand was represented by more women than men at the Summer Olympics.

The New Zealand team collected a total of 18 medals, four gold, nine silver and five bronze, at these Games, surpassing a record of 13 gained at both the 1988 and 2012 Summer Olympics; it also exceeded High Performance Sport New Zealand's (HPSNZ) target of 14 medals for the Games.^[4][5] Athletics (track and field) and sailing led the sports with four medals each, with three medals in each of canoeing and rowing, and one medal in each of cycling, golf, rugby sevens and shooting. Rowers Mahé Drysdale, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray, and sprint canoeist Lisa Carrington successfully defended their gold medals, while sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke ran away in the 49er class standings and secured their gold-medal victory before the final two races.^[6][7] New Zealand women won the majority of the medals (11), the second time this has happened in the nation's Olympic history (the first was in 1952).

Medallists

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are in Brasília time (UTC−3), fifteen hours behind New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Bond, HamishHamish Bond Eric Murray Rowing Men's coxless pair 11 August  Gold Drysdale, MahéMahé Drysdale Rowing Men's single sculls 13 August  Gold Carrington, LisaLisa Carrington Canoeing Women's K-1 200 m 16 August  Gold Burling, PeterPeter Burling Blair Tuke Sailing Men's 49er 18 August  Silver Rooney, NatalieNatalie Rooney Shooting Women's trap 7 August  Silver rugby sevens team, New Zealand women'sNew Zealand women's rugby sevens team Shakira Baker   Kayla McAlister Kelly Brazier   Tyla Nathan-Wong Gayle Broughton   Terina Te Tamaki Theresa Fitzpatrick   Ruby Tui Sarah Goss   Niall Williams Huriana Manuel   Portia Woodman Rugby sevens Women's tournament 8 August  Silver Jones, LuukaLuuka Jones Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 11 August  Silver Dawkins, EddieEddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Cycling Men's team sprint 11 August  Silver Adams, ValerieValerie Adams Athletics Women's shot put 12 August  Silver Behrent, GenevieveGenevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown Rowing Women's coxless pair 12 August  Silver Aleh, JoJo Aleh Polly Powrie Sailing Women's 470 18 August  Silver Maloney, AlexAlex Maloney Molly Meech Sailing Women's 49erFX 18 August  Silver Ko, LydiaLydia Ko Golf Women's individual 20 August  Bronze Meech, SamSam Meech Sailing Laser 16 August  Bronze Carrington, LisaLisa Carrington Canoeing Women's K-1 500 m 18 August  Bronze Walsh, TomasTomas Walsh Athletics Men's shot put 18 August  Bronze McCartney, ElizaEliza McCartney Athletics Women's pole vault 19 August  Bronze Willis, NickNick Willis Athletics Men's 1500 metres 20 August Golfer Lydia Ko (b. 24 April 1997), pole vaulter Eliza McCartney (b. 11 December 1996) and rugby sevens player Terina Te Tamaki (b. 1 May 1997) became the first teenaged women to win an Oympic medal for New Zealand, beating the previous record set by 21-year old Jean Stewart at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[8][9][10] In addition, Nikki Hamblin was awarded a Fair Play award by the International Fair Play Committee for her actions in her 5,000m heat.[11]

Medals by sport Sport Total Rowing 2 1 0 3 Sailing 1 2 1 4 Canoeing 1 1 1 3 Athletics 0 1 3 4 Cycling 0 1 0 1 Golf 0 1 0 1 Rugby sevens 0 1 0 1 Shooting 0 1 0 1 Total 4 9 5 18 Medals by date Date Total 6 August 0 0 0 0 7 August 0 1 0 1 8 August 0 1 0 1 9 August 0 0 0 0 10 August 0 0 0 0 11 August 1 2 0 3 12 August 0 2 0 2 13 August 1 0 0 1 14 August 0 0 0 0 15 August 0 0 0 0 16 August 1 0 1 2 17 August 0 0 0 0 18 August 1 2 2 5 19 August 0 0 1 1 20 August 0 1 1 2 21 August 0 0 0 0 Total 4 9 5 18 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 3 1 3 7 Female 1 8 2 11 Total 4 9 5 18

Delegation

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) confirmed a team of 199 athletes, 99 men and 100 women, to compete in twenty sports. It is the largest delegation New Zealand has sent to the Olympics, surpassing the 184 athletes who were sent to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The nation participated in four more sports than 2012: while not qualifying any competitors in boxing, New Zealand qualified competitors in golf and rugby sevens (both new to the 2016 Games), diving, gymnastics and wrestling. Also missing from the 2016 team is the men's football squad, having been disqualified after fielding an ineligible player in the Olympic qualifying tournament. Rowing had the largest delegation with 36 competitors; diving, judo, taekwondo and wrestling had the smallest delegations with only one competitor each.

For individual sports, the NZOC's overarching selection policy meant it would only consider selecting athletes that were proven capable of making the top 16. For team sports, the NZOC would only consider selecting teams proven capable of advancing beyond the first round.^[12]

Seventeen-year-old gymnast Courtney McGregor is New Zealand's youngest competitor,^[13] while 62-year-old equestrian dressage rider Julie Brougham is the oldest competitor. Forty-one competitors (20.5 percent) are of Māori descent, including 17 of the 24 rugby sevens players.^[14]

A number of past Olympic medallists returned, including defending champions: Valerie Adams (women's shot put), sailors Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (women's 470 class), flatwater canoeist Lisa Carrington (women's K-1 200m), and rowers Mahé Drysdale (men's single sculls), and Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (men's pair). Sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, who won silver in 2012, were selected as co-captains of the New Zealand team, with Burling acting as flagbearer for the opening ceremony.^[2]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games by sport and gender. Note that unused reserves in field hockey, football, and rugby sevens are not counted as competitiors: Sport Men Women Total Athletics 8 6 14 Canoeing 2 6 8 Cycling 12 8 20 Diving 0 1 1 Equestrian 3 2 5 Field hockey 16 16 32 Football 0 18 18 Golf 2 1 3 Gymnastics 2 1 3 Judo 0 1 1 Rowing 22 14 36 Rugby sevens 12 12 24 Sailing 7 5 12 Shooting 1 2 3 Swimming 6 3 9 Taekwondo 0 1 1 Tennis 2 0 2 Triathlon 2 2 4 Weightlifting 1 1 2 Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 99 100 199

Officials

In December 2012, Rob Waddell was appointed New Zealand's chef de mission for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[15]

Funding

High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) invested NZ$162 million in elite-level Olympic sports and athletes over the 2013–16 funding cycle, of which $107.5 million was core funding to national sports organisations and the NZOC while the remaining $54.5 million was mainly in the form of grants and tertiary scholarships to individual athletes. These totals includes funding for non-Olympic and Paralympic events such as world championships and the Commonwealth Games.^[5]

Funding breakdown per sport was as follows:^[5]

Sport	Total funding (thousands NZD)	Core funding (thousands NZD)	Medals	Top 8	Core funding per medal (thousands NZD)	Core funding per top 8 (thousands NZD)
Rowing	32,069	19,815	3	8	6,605	2,477
Cycling	26,471	17,500	1	7	17,500	2,500
Sailing	18,363	12,450	4	6	3,113	2,075
Athletics	14,462	8,325	4	4	2,081	2,081
Equestrian	9,110	7,200	0	3	–	2,400
Swimming	8,458	5,600	0	0	–	–
Triathlon	7,606	5,300	0	1	–	5,300
Hockey (women)	9,378	5,200	0	1	–	5,200
Canoeing (sprint)	7,567	4,875	2	3	2,438	1,625
Rugby sevens (men)	5,321	4,800	0	1	–	4,800
Rugby sevens (women)	4,914	3,700	1	1	3,700	3,700
Football (women)	6,078	3,500	0	0	–	–
Hockey (men)	5,726	3,250	0	1	–	3,250
Other qualified sports	2,113	1,492	3	4	497	373
Non-qualified sports	996	954	N/A
NZOC	3,500	3,500	N/A
Total	162,131	107,461	18	40	5,970	2,687

Athletics (track and field)

New Zealand athletes achieved both the IAAF and Athletics New Zealand qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[16][17][18] The NZOC confirmed the first batch of track and field athletes on 22 April 2016, with Beijing 2008 silver medallist Nick Willis, javelin thrower Stuart Farquhar and two-time shot put champion Valerie Adams going to their fourth Olympics.^[19][20]

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
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hamish Carson	1500 m	3:48.18	8	Did not advance
Julian Matthews		3:40.40	9	Did not advance
Quentin Rew	20 km walk	N/A				DSQ
	50 km walk	N/A				3:49:32	12
Zane Robertson	10000 m	N/A				27:33.67 NR	12
Nick Willis	1500 m	3:38.55	6 Q	3:39.96	3 Q	3:50.24

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stuart Farquhar	Javelin throw	77.32	29	Did not advance
Jacko Gill	Shot put	20.80	4 Q	20.50	9
Tomas Walsh		21.03	2 Q	21.36

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alana Barber	20 km walk	N/A				1:35:55	35
Nikki Hamblin	1500 m	4:11.88	13	Did not advance
	5000 m	16:43.61	15 q	N/A		16:14.24	17
Lucy Oliver	5000 m	15:53.77	14	N/A		Did not advance
Angie Petty	800 m	2:02.40	4	Did not advance

Eliza McCartney clears the bar during the qualifying round of the women's pole vault.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Valerie Adams	Shot put	19.74	1 Q	20.42
Eliza McCartney	Pole vault	4.60	5 Q	4.80 NR

Canoeing

Slalom

New Zealand canoeists qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[21] The NZOC named the slalom canoeing squad on 15 April 2016.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mike Dawson	Men's K-1	88.91	4	90.86	10	88.91	8 Q	91.47	5	93.07	10
Luuka Jones	Women's K-1	100.59	2	101.96	3	100.59	4 Q	108.05	7	101.82

Sprint

New Zealand canoeists qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and the 2016 Oceania Championships.^[23][24] Six paddlers on the sprint canoeing team were named on 31 March 2016, including defending Olympic K-1 200-metre champion Lisa Carrington.^[25]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marty McDowell	K-1 1000 m	3:39.58	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lisa Carrington	K-1 200 m	40.422	3 Q	39.561	1 FA	39.864
	K-1 500 m	1:54.765	4 Q	1:56.155	2 FA	1:54.372
Aimee Fisher Kayla Imrie Jaimee Lovett Caitlin Ryan	K-4 500 m	1:33.782	6 Q	1:34.778	2 FA	1:38.198	5

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

New Zealand riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their best national ranking in the 2015 UCI Oceania Tour (for men), and top 22 in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).^[26][27]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
George Bennett	Men's road race	6:21:54	33
Zac Williams		Did not finish
Linda Villumsen	Women's road race	3:56:34	23
	Women's time trial	44:54.71	6

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, New Zealand riders accumulated spots in both men's and women's team pursuit, and men's and women's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, New Zealand was assured of its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin. The NZOC confirmed the first four cyclists on 7 April 2016.^[28]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Eddie Dawkins	Men's sprint	9.895 72.764	10 Q	Webster (NZL) L	Levy (GER)  Phillip (TTO) L	Did not advance
Sam Webster		9.880 72.874	9 Q	Dawkins (NZL) W 10.159 70.873	Bye	Dmitriev (RUS) L	Xu C (CHN)  Puerta (COL) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Levy (GER)  Puerta (COL)  Hoogland (NED) L	12
Natasha Hansen	Women's sprint	10.871 NR 66.231	7 Q	O'Brien (CAN) W 11.400 63.157	Bye	Vogel (GER) L	Krupeckaite (LTU)  Cueff (FRA) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Meares (AUS)  Welte (GER)  Cueff (FRA) W 11.795	9
Olivia Podmore		11.315 63.632	23	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Eddie Dawkins Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster	Men's team sprint	42.673 63.271	2 Q	Germany (GER) W 42.535 OR 63.477	1 FA	Great Britain (GBR) L 42.542 63.466
Natasha Hansen Olivia Podmore	Women's team sprint	34.346 52.407	9	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Pieter Bulling Aaron Gate Regan Gough Dylan Kennett Hayden Roulston	Men's team pursuit	3:55.977	4 Q	Great Britain (GBR) 3:55.654	4	Denmark (DEN) 3:56.753	4
Rushlee Buchanan Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Racquel Sheath Georgia Williams	Women's team pursuit	4:20.061	5 Q	Poland (POL) 4:17.592	4	Canada (CAN) 4:18.459	4

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Eddie Dawkins	Men's keirin	4 R	3	Did not advance
Sam Webster		1 Q	Bye	6 FB	7
Natasha Hansen	Women's keirin	3 R	2	Did not advance
Olivia Podmore		DNF R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Dylan Kennett	Men's omnium	5	32	4:20.180	6	30	17	8	1:00.923	1	40	12.506	1	40	−7	15	143	8
Lauren Ellis	Women's omnium	5	32	3:33.221	6	30	11	20	36.427	11	20	14.574	14	14	73	2	189	4

Mountain biking

New Zealand qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's seventeenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. One additional spot was awarded to the female mountain biker, who won the cross-country race for New Zealand at the 2015 Oceania Championships. With Olympic selection criteria requiring riders to show top eight potential, the NZOC decided to only nominate one mountain biker to the Olympic roster, who was Sam Gaze for the men's cross-country event.^[29]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sam Gaze	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	37

BMX

New Zealand riders qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's eleventh-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 31 May 2016. BMX rider and rookie Trent Jones was selected to the NZ Olympic roster on 10 June 2016.^[29]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Trent Jones	Men's BMX	36.331	25	7	2 Q	17	7	Did not advance

Diving

New Zealand has received an invitation from FINA to send a diver competing in the women's individual springboard to the Olympics, based on her results at the 2016 FINA World Cup series.^[30][31]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elizabeth Cui	3 m springboard	273.30	24	Did not advance

Equestrian

New Zealand equestrians qualified a full squad in the team eventing competition through the 2015 Asia and Pacific Eventing Championships in Boekelo, Netherlands.^[32] One dressage rider was later added to the squad by virtue of a top finish from Asia & Oceania in the individual FEI Olympic rankings.^[33] New Zealand's equestrian team was named on 27 June 2016.^[34] Jock Paget withdrew on 5 August 2016 after his horse, Clifton Lush, cut its cheek at the Rio stable and did not recover in time for the event. Reserve Tim Price and his horse Ringwood Sky Boy subsequently replaced Paget in the individual and team eventing.^[35]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Julie Brougham	Vom Feinsten	Individual	68.543	44	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Clarke Johnstone	Balmoral Sensation	Individual	46.50	23	4.80	51.30	7	0.00	51.30	5	8.00	59.30	6	59.30	6
Jonelle Price	Faerie Dianimo		49.50 #	43	8.00	57.50	13	8.00	65.50	15	8.00	73.50	17	73.50	17
Tim Price	Ringwood Sky Boy		47.00	29	Eliminated			Did not advance
Mark Todd	Leonidas II		44.00	17	2.00	46.00	4	16.00	62.00	11	0.00	62.00	7	62.00	7
Clarke Johnstone Jonelle Price Tim Price Mark Todd	See above	Team	137.50	6		154.80	2	24.00	178.80	4	N/A			178.80	4

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
New Zealand men's	Men's tournament	Australia L 1–2	Great Britain D 2–2	Spain L 2–3	Brazil W 9–0	Belgium W 3–1	4	Germany L 2–3	Did not advance		7
New Zealand women's	Women's tournament	South Korea W 4–1	Germany L 1–2	Spain W 2–1	Netherlands D 1–1	China W 3–0	2	Australia W 4–2	Great Britain L 0–3	Germany L 1–2	4

Men's tournament

The New Zealand men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement in the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, among the countries that had not qualified yet for the Games.^[36]

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[37]

Head coach: Colin Batch

1. James Coughlan
6. Simon Child (C)
9. Blair Hilton
10. Ryan Archibald
12. Bradley Shaw
17. Nic Woods
20. Devon Manchester (GK)
21. Kane Russell
22. Blair Tarrant
23. Shay Neal
24. Arun Panchia
25. Shea McAleese
27. Stephen Jenness
29. Hugo Inglis
31. Hayden Phillips
32. Nick Wilson

Reserves:

• Marcus Child
• Nick Haig

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	0	1	21	5	+16	12	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7	10
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	13	4	+9	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	17	8	+9	7
5	Great Britain	5	1	2	2	14	10	+4	5
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	0	5	1	46	−45	0

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.^[38]
(H) Host.

6 August 2016 13:30 Australia  2–1  New Zealand Ciriello  8' Gohdes  23' Report Child  31' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

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7 August 2016 17:00 Great Britain  2–2  New Zealand Condon  2' Middleton  25' Report Russell  14' Phillips  19' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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9 August 2016 10:00 New Zealand  2–3  Spain Child  3', 30' Report Oliva  1' Casasayas  10' Lleonart  60' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

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10 August 2016 19:30 New Zealand  9–0  Brazil Wilson  15', 19', 34', 41' Shay  21' Child  26' Russell  30' Jenness  45' Woods  58' Report Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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12 August 2016 18:00 Belgium  1–3  New Zealand Van Aubel  58' Report Child  31' Wilson  37' Inglis  52' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) John Wright (RSA)

Quarterfinal

14 August 2016 20:30 Germany  3–2  New Zealand Fürste  56', 60' Fuchs  60' Report Inglis  18' McAleese  49' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Murray Grime (AUS)

Women's tournament

The New Zealand women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top four finish at the second stop of the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals. Only three nations qualified through this route, but South Korea had already secured qualification as continental champions and Brazil failed to meet IOC and FIH criteria to qualify as host nation, opening places up for the fourth-placed teams.^[39][40]

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[41]

Head coach: Mark Hager

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	MF	Whitelock, KaylaKayla Whitelock (C)	30 October 1985 (aged 30)	247	62	Central
4	FW	Merry, OliviaOlivia Merry	16 March 1992 (aged 24)	132	51	Canterbury
6	FW	Webster, PetreaPetrea Webster	30 March 1988 (aged 28)	144	36	North Harbour
8	GK	Rutherford, SallySally Rutherford	5 June 1981 (aged 35)	118	0	Midlands
9	DF	Neal, BrookeBrooke Neal	4 July 1992 (aged 24)	88	5	Northland
13	DF	Charlton, SamSam Charlton	7 December 1991 (aged 24)	171	5	Midlands
16	DF	Thompson, LizLiz Thompson	8 December 1994 (aged 21)	114	9	Auckland
17	FW	Cocks, SophieSophie Cocks	25 July 1994 (aged 22)	107	28	Canterbury
18	FW	Pearce, KirstenKirsten Pearce	10 April 1991 (aged 25)	53	18	North Harbour
22	MF	Flynn, GemmaGemma Flynn	2 May 1990 (aged 26)	238	68	Midlands
23	FW	Harrison, CharlotteCharlotte Harrison	31 July 1989 (aged 27)	214	63	Auckland
24	DF	Keddell, RoseRose Keddell	31 January 1994 (aged 22)	128	9	Midlands
25	MF	Smith, KelseyKelsey Smith	12 August 1994 (aged 21)	20	3	Capital
26	DF	Hayward, PippaPippa Hayward	23 May 1990 (aged 26)	109	11	Canterbury
31	MF	Michelsen, StaceyStacey Michelsen	18 February 1991 (aged 25)	208	24	Northland
32	MF	McLaren, AnitaAnita McLaren	2 October 1987 (aged 28)	239	94	Capital

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	13	Quarter-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
3	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	6	12	−6	6
5	China	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2	5
6	South Korea	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.^[42]

7 August 2016 10:00 New Zealand  4–1  South Korea Pearce  10' Harrison  19' Flynn  21' Webster  34' Report Kim H.  55' Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Chieko Soma (JPN)

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8 August 2016 13:30 New Zealand  1–2  Germany Webster  10' Report Oldhafer  22' Schröder  44' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguiree (ARG) Miao Lin (CHN)

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10 August 2016 10:00 Spain  1–2  New Zealand Petchame  60' Report Smith  22', 51' Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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12 August 2016 11:00 New Zealand  1–1  Netherlands Whitelock  59' Report Paumen  28' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

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13 August 2016 20:30 China  0–3  New Zealand Report Merry  21' Flynn  41' McLaren  42' Umpires: Amy Baxter (USA) Kylie Seymour (AUS)

Quarterfinal

15 August 2016 10:00 New Zealand  4–2  Australia McLaren  7' Smith  24' Flynn  39' Merry  44' Report Slattery  33', 59' Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Semifinal

17 August 2016 17:00 New Zealand  0–3  Great Britain Report Danson  22', 52' H. Richardson-Walsh  48' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Bronze medal match

19 August 2016 12:00 Germany  2–1  New Zealand Stapenhorst  34' Schütze  38' Report Merry  45+' Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Football

Women's tournament

The New Zealand women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, after Papua New Guinea withdrew from the second leg in Auckland.^[43]

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand squad in the women's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[44]

Head coach: Tony Readings

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	GK	Nayler, ErinErin Nayler	17 April 1992 (aged 24)	40	0	Norwest United
2	DF	Percival, RiaRia Percival	7 December 1989 (aged 26)	116	11	FC Basel
3	DF	Green, AnnaAnna Green	20 August 1990 (aged 25)	60	7	Mallbacken
4	MF	Duncan, KatieKatie Duncan	1 February 1988 (aged 28)	115	1	FC Zürich
5	DF	Erceg, AbbyAbby Erceg (c)	20 November 1989 (aged 26)	126	6	Western New York Flash
6	DF	Stott, RebekahRebekah Stott	17 June 1993 (aged 23)	49	4	Claudelands Rovers
7	DF	Riley, AliAli Riley	30 October 1987 (aged 28)	101	1	FC Rosengård
8	FW	Pereira, JasmineJasmine Pereira	20 July 1996 (aged 20)	18	0	Three Kings United
9	FW	Hearn, AmberAmber Hearn	28 November 1984 (aged 31)	112	50	USV Jena
10	FW	Gregorius, SarahSarah Gregorius	6 August 1987 (aged 28)	78	24	Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki
11	MF	Yallop, KirstyKirsty Yallop	4 November 1986 (aged 29)	99	12	Mallbacken
12	MF	Hassett, BetsyBetsy Hassett	4 August 1990 (aged 25)	91	8	Werder Bremen
13	FW	White, RosieRosie White	6 June 1993 (aged 23)	81	14	Liverpool
14	MF	Bowen, KatieKatie Bowen	15 April 1994 (aged 22)	37	1	FC Kansas City
15	DF	Moore, MeikaylaMeikayla Moore	4 June 1996 (aged 20)	14	0	Cashmere Technical
16	MF	Longo, AnnalieAnnalie Longo	1 July 1991 (aged 25)	91	8	Cashmere Technical
17	FW	Wilkinson, HannahHannah Wilkinson	28 May 1992 (aged 24)	74	23	University of Tennessee
18	GK	Rolls, RebeccaRebecca Rolls	22 August 1975 (aged 40)	22	0	Three Kings United

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

United States  v  New Zealand

3 August 2016 19:00

United States	2–0	New Zealand
Lloyd  9' Morgan  46'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 10,059[45] Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

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Colombia  v  New Zealand

6 August 2016 20:00

Colombia	0–1	New Zealand
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Hearn  31'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 8,505[46] Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

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New Zealand  v  France

9 August 2016 19:00

New Zealand	0–3	France
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Le Sommer  38' Cadamuro  63', 90+2' (pen.)

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 7,350[47] Referee: Lucia Venegas (Mexico)

Golf

New Zealand entered three golfers (two males and one female) into the Olympic tournament. Danny Lee (world no. 40), Ryan Fox (world no. 184) and Korean-born Lydia Ko (world no. 1) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[48][49] Cathryn Bristow (world no. 443) also qualified but was not selected.^[50]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Ryan Fox	Men's	70	73	74	68	285	1	39
Danny Lee		72	65	76	69	282	−2	27
Lydia Ko	Women's	69	70	65	69	273	−11

Gymnastics

The NZOC confirmed three gymnasts to compete on 11 May 2016, marking the first time that New Zealand gymnasts have competed at the Olympics since 2000, and New Zealand's largest gymnastics team since 1964.^[51]

Artistic

Russian-born Mikhail Koudinov and Christchurch's Courtney McGregor claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[52][53]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Mikhail Koudinov	All-around	13.200	12.600	13.433	13.799	14.700	12.833	80.899	45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Courtney McGregor	All-around	14.333	12.433	13.000	13.066	53.165	41	Did not advance

Trampoline

For the first time in Olympic history, New Zealand qualified one gymnast in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top six finish at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[54]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dylan Schmidt	Men's	107.660	8 Q	57.140	7

Judo

New Zealand qualified one judoka for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the Games. Darcina Manuel earned a continental quota spot from the Oceania region as New Zealand's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016. She was confirmed by the NZOC on 17 June 2016.^[55][56]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Darcina Manuel	Women's −57 kg	Zabludina (RUS) W 001–000	Monteiro (POR) L 000–002	Did not advance

Rowing

New Zealand qualified ten out of a possible fourteen boats for each of the rowing classes listed below. The majority of the rowing crews confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while a women's single sculls rower had added one more boat to the New Zealand roster as a result of a top three finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. The crews had to have also competed at the NZ Rowing Championships, held in Lake Karapiro, to assure their selection to the Olympic team for the Games.^[57]

The rowing team was named on 4 March 2016, featuring 2012 Olympic champions Mahé Drysdale in men's single sculls and Hamish Bond and Eric Murray in the men's pair.^[58]

On 1 July 2016, the Russian men's quadruple sculls boat was disqualified due to a doping violation, resulting in New Zealand gaining the men's quadruple sculls slot as the next-best non-qualifier.^[59]

For the first time in Olympic history, New Zealand rowers participated in the men's lightweight four and the women's eight.^[60]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mahé Drysdale	Single sculls	7:04.45	1 QF	Bye		6:46.51	1 SA/B	7:03.70	2 FA	6:41.34
Hamish Bond Eric Murray	Pair	6:41.75	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:23.36	1 FA	6:59.71
Chris Harris Robbie Manson	Double sculls	6:40.35	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:17.01	4 FB	7:06.80	11
Alistair Bond James Hunter James Lassche Peter Taylor	Lightweight four	6:03.34	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:08.96	3 FA	6:28.14	5
George Bridgewater Nathan Flannery John Storey Jade Uru	Quadruple sculls	5:59.13	4 R	5:58.92	6 FB	N/A				6:18.92	10
Michael Brake Isaac Grainger Stephen Jones Alex Kennedy Shaun Kirkham Tom Murray Brook Robertson Joe Wright Caleb Shepherd (cox)	Eight	5:36:28	3 R	5:56.94	3 FA	N/A				5:36.64	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Twigg	Single sculls	8:17.02	1 QF	Bye		7:31.79	1 SA/B	7:48.20	2 FA	7:24.48	4
Genevieve Behrent Rebecca Scown	Pair	7:09.23	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		7:29.67	2 FA	7:19.53
Eve MacFarlane Zoe Stevenson	Double sculls	7:14.31	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:52.97	4 FB	7:50.74	12
Julia Edward Sophie MacKenzie	Lightweight double sculls	7:02.01	2 SA/B	Bye		N/A		7:19.27	2 FA	7:10.61	4
Genevieve Behrent Kelsey Bevan Emma Dyke Kerri Gowler Kayla Pratt Grace Prendergast Rebecca Scown Ruby Tew Francie Turner (cox)	Eight	6:12.05	2 R	6:34.90	3 FA	N/A				6:05.48	4

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

The New Zealand men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places at the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.^[61] Teddy Stanaway withdrew due to injury, he was replaced by Lewis Ormond. The travelling reserves were Liam Messam and Sione Molia. The New Zealand team lost its tournament opening game against Japan; this was the country's first loss against Japan in any rugby discipline.^[62] Sonny Bill Williams received an injury in that match and missed the rest of the tournament, being replaced by Molia.^[63]

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[64]

Head coach: Gordon Tietjens

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	FW	Scott Curry (c)	17 May 1988 (aged 28)	31	360	Bay of Plenty
2	BK	Tim Mikkelson	13 August 1986 (aged 29)	62	882	Waikato
3	FW	Akira Ioane	16 June 1995 (aged 21)	9	77	Blues
4	FW	DJ Forbes	15 December 1982 (aged 33)	79	687	Counties Manukau
5	BK	Lewis Ormond	05 February 1994 (aged 22)	8	82	Taranaki
6	BK	Augustine Pulu	04 January 1990 (aged 26)	6	45	Blues
7	FW	Sam Dickson	28 October 1989 (aged 26)	29	232	Canterbury
8	BK	Gillies Kaka	28 May 1990 (aged 26)	30	721	Hawke's Bay
9	BK	Regan Ware	07 August 1994 (aged 21)	9	85	Bay of Plenty
10	BK	Rieko Ioane	18 March 1997 (aged 19)	10	265	Blues
11	BK	Joe Webber	27 August 1993 (aged 22)	23	357	Bay of Plenty
12	BK	Sonny Bill Williams	03 August 1985 (aged 31)	6	20	Blues
13	BK	Sione Molia	05 September 1993 (aged 22)	6	35	Counties Manukau

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	73	45	+28	9	Quarter-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	64	40	+24	7
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	59	40	+19	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	19	90	−71	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

9 August 2016 12:30

New Zealand	12–14	Japan
Try: Curry 6' c A. Ioane 10' m Con: Kaka (1/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Goto 3' c Soejima 12' c Con: Lemeki (1/1) Sakai (1/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

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9 August 2016 17:30

New Zealand	28–5	Kenya
Try: Penalty try 3' c Ioane 4' c Pulu 11' c Ormond 14' c Con: Pulu (3/3) Kaka (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Injera 1' m Con: Adema (0/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

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10 August 2016 12:30

New Zealand	19–21	Great Britain
Try: R. Ioane 9' m Ware 11' c Ormond 13' c Con: Kaka (2/3)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Bennett 2' c Davies 5' c Norton 7' c Con: Mitchell (3/3)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Quarterfinal

10 August 2016 17:00

Fiji	12–7	New Zealand
Try: Kolinisau 2' m Tuwai 8' c Con: Ravouvou (0/1) Kolinisau (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Kaka 6' c Con: Pulu (1/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Classification semifinal (5–8)

11 August 2016 13:30

New Zealand	24–19	France
Try: Ware (2) 2' m, 12' c A. Ioane 8' m R. Ioane 10' c Con: Kaka (2/4)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Parez (2) 4' c, 7' m Valleau 14' c Con: Bouhraoua (2/3)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

Fifth place game

11 August 2016 18:00

New Zealand	17–14	Argentina
Try: A. Ioane 5' m Mikkelson 9' m R. Ioane 11' c Con: Pulu (0/2) Kaka (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Imhoff 13' c Moroni 14' c Con: Revol (2/2)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Women's tournament

The New Zealand women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places at the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.^[65]

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[66]

Head coach: Sean Horan

Backs		Forwards
6	Gayle Broughton	1	Ruby Tui
7	Tyla Nathan-Wong	2	Shakira Baker
8	Kelly Brazier	3	Terina Te Tamaki
10	Theresa Fitzpatrick	4	Niall Williams
11	Portia Woodman	5	Sarah Goss (c)
12	Kayla McAlister	9	Huriana Manuel

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	109	12	+97	9	Quarter-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	71	40	+31	7
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	31	65	−34	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	17	111	−94	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.

6 August 2016 11:30

New Zealand	52–0	Kenya
Try: Woodman (3) 1' c, 8' c, 13' m McAlister (2) 3' c, 14' m Manuel 6' c Broughton 10' c Williams 14' c Con: Nathan-Wong (5/6) Brazier (1/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Sara Cox (Great Britain)

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6 August 2016 16:30

New Zealand	31–5	Spain
Try: Woodman 2' m McAlister (2) 3' c, 12' m Nathan-Wong 8' c Fitzpatrick 14' c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/5)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Casado 11' m Con: P. García (0/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Gabriel Lee (Hong Kong)

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7 August 2016 11:30

New Zealand	26–7	France
Try: Brazier 1' c Manuel 3' c Woodman 6' m McAlister 13' c Con: Nathan-Wong (3/4)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Grassineau 7' c Con: Biscarat (1/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Quarterfinal

7 August 2016 18:30

New Zealand	5–0	United States
Try: Woodman 7' m Con: Nathan-Wong (0/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Semifinal

8 August 2016 15:00

Great Britain	7–25	New Zealand
Try: Richardson 4' c Con: McLean (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Woodman (3) 2' m, 7' m, 8' m Tui 5' m Manuel 10' m Con: Nathan-Wong (0/5)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Amy Perrett (Australia)

Gold medal match

8 August 2016 19:00

Australia	24–17	New Zealand
Try: Tonegato 7' m Pelite 10' m Green 12' c Caslick 15' c Con: Dalton (2/4)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: McAlister (2) 4' m, 18' m Woodman 20' c Con: Nathan-Wong (1/3)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Spain)

Sailing

New Zealand qualified one boat for each of the following classes at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, bringing the maximum quota of 15 sailors, in ten boats.^[67] The first ten sailors competing in five double-handed classes were named on 14 March 2016, including defending Olympic champions Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie and 2012 silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke^[68][69] The remaining two sailors competing in the single-handed classes were named on 10 May 2016.^[70]

On 12 March 2016, London 2012 windsurfer JP Tobin announced his decision not to compete at the Games, citing a lack of financial support from Yachting New Zealand (YNZ).^[71] On 2 June 2016, the NZ Sports Tribunal and YNZ had upheld their decision not to nominate windsurfer Natalia Kosinska and Laser Radial sailor Sara Winther on the sailing team for failing to achieve the federation's selection standards, following appeals. As a result, New Zealand did not field any windsurfers at the Olympics for the first time in 36 years.^[72]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Sam Meech	Laser	19	3	5	6	14	17	13	6	12	1	N/A		8	85
Josh Junior	Finn	18	24	14	14	5	3	18	2	4	6	N/A		8	92	7
Paul Snow-Hansen Daniel Willcox	470	2	10	20	15	23	5	2	13	10	15	N/A		12	104	10
Peter Burling Blair Tuke	49er	1	1	5	2	7	6	2	3	1	3	5	4	2	33

49erFX medal ceremony (l-r) Alex Maloney, Molly Meech (New Zealand); Martine Grael, Kahena Kunze (Brazil); Jena Mai Hansen, Katja Salskov-Iversen (Denmark)

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	470	21 DSQ	1	4	1	12	21 DSQ	3	1	1	4	N/A		6	54
Alex Maloney Molly Meech	49erFX	6	5	4	4	5	1	6	12	3	3	5	5	4	51

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Jason Saunders Gemma Jones	Nacra 17	9	13	7	5	4	2	4	8	12	13	13	2	2	81	4

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

New Zealand shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Oceanian Championships, and obtaining a minimum qualifying score (MQS) before 31 March 2016.^[73] The NZOC named the shooting team on 13 April 2016.^[74]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryan Taylor	Men's 50 m rifle prone	622.4	16	N/A		Did not advance
Natalie Rooney	Women's trap	68	4 Q	13 (+1)	2 Q	11
Chloe Tipple	Women's skeet	67	13	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

New Zealand swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[75][76] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers attained an Olympic qualifying cut in each of their individual events at the New Zealand Olympic Trials in Auckland (March 28 to April 1) and the Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto (April 5 to 10).

The NZOC announced the full swimming team on 15 April 2016, including two-time Olympic breaststroker Glenn Snyders and distance freestyle ace Lauren Boyle.^[77] Open water swimmer Kane Radford earned an additional place on the NZ Olympic team, as Oceania's top-ranked representative outside the world's top ten of the men's 10 km marathon at the World Olympic Qualifier in Setubal, Portugal, which was eventually rejected by Swimming New Zealand. On 27 June 2016, Radford was nominated to the NZOC, following his successful appeal to the NZ Sport Tribunal.^[78] Boyle, one of New Zealand medal hopes, struggled with illness during her Olympic preparations and did not advance beyond the heat.^[79]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bradlee Ashby	200 m butterfly	2:01.22	29	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:59.77	16 Q	2:00.45	14	Did not advance
Matthew Hutchins	400 m freestyle	3:48.25	19	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:32.60	38	N/A		Did not advance
Corey Main	100 m backstroke	53.99	16 Q	54.29	15	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.51	15 Q	1:58.08	14	Did not advance
Kane Radford	10 km open water	N/A				1:53:18.7	18
Glenn Snyders	100 m breaststroke	1:00.26	=16 Q	1:00.50	15	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.47	23	Did not advance
Matthew Stanley	100 m freestyle	50.14	42	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:47.37	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lauren Boyle	400 m freestyle	4:07.90	14	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:25.84	9	N/A		Did not advance
Helena Gasson	100 m butterfly	59.82	32	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:12.18	25	Did not advance
Emma Robinson	800 m freestyle	8:33.73	16	N/A		Did not advance

Taekwondo

New Zealand entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition. Andrea Kilday secured a spot in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) by virtue of her top finish at the 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.^[80][81]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Kilday	Women's −49 kg	Sing (BRA) L 5–7	Did not advance

Tennis

New Zealand entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus claimed one of ITF Olympic men's doubles places, as the New Zealand's top-ranked tennis pair outside of direct qualifying position in the ATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[82][83]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marcus Daniell Michael Venus	Men's doubles	Nestor / Pospisil (CAN) L 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)	Did not advance

Triathlon

New Zealand has qualified a total of four triathletes for the following events at the Olympics. Two-time Olympian and world no. 2 seed Andrea Hewitt became the first triathlete to secure a spot on the New Zealand team, as a result of her top 10 finish at the ITU World Olympic Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[84] The NZOC confirmed three more triathletes on 25 May 2016.^[85]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Tony Dodds	Men's	17:31	0:47	56:24	0:36	33:06	1:48:24	21
Ryan Sissons		17:34	0:48	56:20	0:34	32:45	1:48:01	17
Andrea Hewitt	Women's	19:04	0:56	1:01:28	0:41	36:06	1:58:15	7
Nicky Samuels		19:06	0:56	1:01:27	0:43	37:18	1:59:30	13

Weightlifting

New Zealand qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 Oceania Championships.^[86] The NZOC named the weightlifting team on 28 June 2016.^[87]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Richie Patterson	Men's −85 kg	149	17	181	16	330	16
Tracey Lambrechs	Women's +75 kg	98	15	133	13	231	13

Wrestling

New Zealand received a spare continental berth freed up by Australia to send a wrestler to compete in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg to the Olympics, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 2000. The berth was awarded to Craig Miller, who finished third at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Algiers, Algeria, after Australian wrestler Vinod Kumar Dahiya was disqualified due to a doping violation.^[88][89] Miller received a knee injury during training in Rio de Janeiro and withdrew before the competition started.^[90]

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Craig Miller	−66 kg	Withdrew due to injury

Media coverage

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) sold exclusive New Zealand broadcasting rights to Sky Television. The games are being screened across 12 subscription based channels: Sky Sport 3 and 4, plus 10 "pop-up" channels. Sky is also showing highlights on its free-to-air channel, Prime.^[91]

Sky TV's exclusive rights caused problems with New Zealand's other media outlets. Whilst copyright law allows for "fair dealing", i.e. the reporting of short extracts, Sky TV offered contracts to media outlets that would restrict reporting to well below what the law allows. Sky TV argued that the deal offered to New Zealand media was one of the most accommodating worldwide — the terms were described by Sky TV as "the most reasonable in the world," — however, other media outlets saw it differently.^[92] On 19 July, Fairfax New Zealand (owners of Wellington's The Dominion Post and Christchurch's The Press among other newspapers, as well as the Stuff.co.nz website) and New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME; owners of The New Zealand Herald and The Radio Network) announced that they would not send their staff to Rio to report the Olympics.^[93] After Fairfax and NZME refused to sign Sky TV's agreement, both companies were served legal papers on 29 July, alleging intended copyright breaches and threatening court injunctions unless they signed the agreement by the following Monday.^[94] In a Fairfax editorial published in its newspapers, the blame for the situation was partly put to the NZOC that gave away an exclusive contract but refused to step in when Sky TV offered deals below what was allowed by law.^[95]

Sky TV filed for an injunction against Fairfax Media using its footage, saying it was undermining its copyright. Fairfax countered Sky's argument saying the use of its footage was allowed under fair dealing provisions. On 12 August 2016, the High Court dismissed Sky's injunction bid.^[96][97]

See also

• New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• New Zealand at the Olympics

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External links

• NZ Olympic Team – Rio 2016 Olympic Coverage