New Zealand at the Olympics

New Zealand, whose NOK, which was founded in New Zealand Olympic Committee in 1911, took part in all the Summer Games since 1920, with 1908 and 1912 Australian and New Zealand athletes competed together under the name Australasia. At the Winter Games New Zealand was represented for the first time in 1952. Except for 1956 and 1964 New Zealand athletes were sent to all the following Winter Games. New Zealand's Participation in the Summer Games in 1976 led to a boycott of 16 African countries, because the New Zealand rugby union team was against the international sports ban against the apartheid state of South Africa and took there.

Overall, 1188 participants were sent, including 379 women. 1900 took the float Victor Lindberg part in a mixed team at the water polo tournament and won with his team the gold medal. New Zealand athletes won a total of 100 medals, including a silver medal in the Winter Games.

First was the medalist rower Darcy Hadfield. On 29 August 1920 he won bronze in One. First Olympic champion was on 11 August 1928, the boxer Ted Morgan welterweight. For women, Yvette Williams became the first New Zealand medalist and Olympic champion at the same time on 23 July 1952 in the long jump. The skier Annelise Coberger 1992 she won with her silver medal in the slalom as the first participants in the southern hemisphere a medal in the Winter Games.

With four Olympic victories kayaker Ian Ferguson is the most successful participants in New Zealand. The eventer Mark Todd is with regard to the medal haul ( six medals: two gold, one silver and three bronze ) more successful. Successful women are the double Olympic champions Valerie Adams in the shot put and the twin sisters Caroline and Georgina Evers - Swindell in rowing. From the medal Number forth successful the windsurfer Barbara Kendall, each with a gold, silver and bronze medal.

The youngest participant in the Olympic history of New Zealand in 1976 was the swimmer Rebecca Perrott, which was launched at the age of 15 years, over 100, 200 and 400 meter freestyle. About 400 meters it was in the final fourth. The oldest athlete in 1956 was the sailor William Swinnerton, the crew member on the Red Dragon was at the age of 56 years that finished 12th in the Dragon class.

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National Olympic Committee Ian Ferguson (canoeist) Mark Todd (equestrian) Caroline Meyer Georgina Earl 1924 Summer Olympics Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt Jack Lovelock 1952 Winter Olympics 1960 Winter Olympics 1960 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics Peter Snell 1972 Winter Olympics 1984 Winter Olympics John Walker (athlete) 1988 Summer Olympics Blyth Tait Beatrice Faumuina Sean Becker Juliane Bray Algeria at the Olympics Angola at the Olympics Benin at the Olympics Botswana at the Olympics Burkina Faso at the Olympics Burundi at the Olympics DR Congo at the Olympics Eritrea at the Olympics Gabon at the Olympics The Gambia at the Olympics Ghana at the Olympics Guinea at the Olympics Guinea-Bissau at the Olympics Cameroon at the Olympics Cape Verde at the Olympics Kenya at the Olympics Comoros at the Olympics Lesotho at the Olympics Liberia at the Olympics Libya at the Olympics Madagascar at the Olympics Malawi at the Olympics Mali at the Olympics Morocco at the Olympics Mauritania at the Olympics Mauritius at the Olympics Mozambique at the Olympics Namibia at the Olympics Niger at the Olympics Nigeria at the Olympics Congo at the Olympics Rwanda at the Olympics Zambia at the Olympics Senegal at the Olympics Seychelles at the Olympics Sierra Leone at the Olympics Zimbabwe at the Olympics Somalia at the Olympics Sudan at the Olympics Swaziland at the Olympics Tanzania at the Olympics Togo at the Olympics Tunisia at the Olympics Uganda at the Olympics Central African Republic at the Olympics Virgin Islands at the Olympics Antigua and Barbuda at the Olympics Argentina at the Olympics Aruba at the Olympics Bahamas at the Olympics Barbados at the Olympics Belize at the Olympics Bermuda at the Olympics Bolivia at the Olympics Brazil at the Olympics British Virgin Islands at the Olympics Cayman Islands at the Olympics Chile at the Olympics Costa Rica at the Olympics Dominica at the Olympics Dominican Republic at the Olympics Ecuador at the Olympics El Salvador at the Olympics Grenada at the Olympics Guatemala at the Olympics Guyana at the Olympics Haiti at the Olympics Honduras at the Olympics Jamaica at the Olympics Colombia at the Olympics Mexico at the Olympics Nicaragua at the Olympics Panama at the Olympics Paraguay at the Olympics Peru at the Olympics Puerto Rico at the Olympics Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Olympics Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Olympics Suriname at the Olympics Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics Uruguay at the Olympics Venezuela at the Olympics Bahrain at the Olympics Bangladesh at the Olympics Bhutan at the Olympics Brunei at the Olympics Hong Kong at the Olympics India at the Olympics Indonesia at the Olympics Iraq at the Olympics Iran at the Olympics Yemen at the Olympics Jordan at the Olympics Cambodia at the Olympics Qatar at the Olympics Kyrgyzstan at the Olympics Kuwait at the Olympics Laos at the Olympics Lebanon at the Olympics Malaysia at the Olympics Maldives at the Olympics Mongolia at the Olympics Myanmar at the Olympics Oman at the Olympics Timor-Leste at the Olympics Pakistan at the Olympics Philippines at the Olympics Saudi Arabia at the Olympics Singapore at the Olympics Sri Lanka at the Olympics Syria at the Olympics Tajikistan at the Olympics Thailand at the Olympics Turkmenistan at the Olympics Uzbekistan at the Olympics United Arab Emirates at the Olympics Vietnam at the Olympics Albania at the Olympics Andorra at the Olympics Armenia at the Olympics Azerbaijan at the Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics Germany at the Olympics Estonia at the Olympics Finland at the Olympics Macedonia at the Olympics Iceland at the Olympics Latvia at the Olympics Liechtenstein at the Olympics Malta at the Olympics Monaco at the Olympics Portugal at the Olympics San Marino at the Olympics Switzerland at the Olympics Spain at the Olympics Cyprus at the Olympics American Samoa at the Olympics Australia at the Olympics Cook Islands at the Olympics Fiji at the Olympics Guam at the Olympics Kiribati at the Olympics Marshall Islands at the Olympics Nauru at the Olympics Palau at the Olympics Papua New Guinea at the Olympics Samoa at the Olympics Solomon Islands at the Olympics Tonga at the Olympics Tuvalu at the Olympics Vanuatu at the Olympics Mixed team at the Olympics Rhodesia at the Olympics Soviet Union at the Olympics

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