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New Zealand - Profile
General Interest
New Zealand followed up a successful Games in 2012 with its best-ever total medal count in 2016. Its 18 overall medals broke its previous record of 13 set in both London in 2012 and in Seoul in 1988. Lisa Carrington was the star and only double medallist at the Rio Games, winning gold in the canoe sprint K1 200m and bronze in the K1 500m.
Competing at the 1920 Games for the first time as an independent NOC, New Zealand won its first medal in men's rowing when Darcy Hadfield took bronze in the men's single sculls. Hadfield's medal would be the beginning of a rich rowing history for New Zealand with the NOC winning 11 gold medals and 24 in total in the sport by the end of the Rio 2016 Games.
New Zealand only had to wait until 1928 to win its first Olympic gold medal. Boxer Edward Morgan claimed the medal in the men's welterweight division at the Amsterdam Games, fighting through a finger injury to win four bouts, three by decision.
The 1960 Games in Rome saw the first appearance of Peter Snell, the athlete who would become one of New Zealand's greatest. He announced his arrival in 1960 by running to an 800m gold medal in Olympic record time, a feat he would repeat at the Tokyo 1964 Games, cutting more than a second from his own Olympic record. He also won the 1500m gold in Tokyo, making him New Zealand's most successful Olympic athlete at the time.
Only two New Zealand athletes have surpassed Snell's gold-winning heroics since. The NOC's most successful athlete is four-time Olympic gold medallist, Ian Ferguson. Ferguson was the spearhead of New Zealand's 1980s success in kayak events. He won three titles [K1 500, K2 500, K4 1000] at the 1984 Games and defended the K2 500 title in 1988, also adding a silver in the K2 1000m in 1988. Ferguson's crewmate in three of those Olympic gold-winning boats was Paul MacDonald, his three gold medals, one silver and one bronze equalling Ferguson's total medal count of five.
Only one athlete representing the NOC has won more total medals at the Olympic Games than the kayaking duo, equestrian eventer Mark Todd. Todd won six medals in total [two gold, one silver, three bronze] over a 32-year Olympic career, and is the only New Zealander to compete at seven editions of the Olympic Games.
Four women have won two Olympic gold medals each, making them the most successful female athletes from New Zealand. Shot-putter, Valerie Adams, rowing twin sisters Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell and sprint paddler Lisa Carrington are the double winners. Adams also has one silver to her name from Rio 2016 and Carrington an additional bronze from the same Games.
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| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 10 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Canoe Slalom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoe Sprint | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Cycling BMX Racing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling Track | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Equestrian - Eventing | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Golf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 11 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| Rugby Sevens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 46 | 27 | 44 | 117 |
Medals per year
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1996 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1992 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 1988 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 1984 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 1976 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1964 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1960 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1956 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1952 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1936 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1932 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1924 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1920 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 27 | 44 | 117 |
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