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Medal tables

New Zealand was fifth in the medal table in 1958, with a total of 19 medals, including four gold.


Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.


Athletics


Track and road


Field


Boxing


Cycling


Road

;Men's road race


Track

;Men's 1000 m sprint ;Men's 1 km time trial ;Men's 4000 m individual pursuit ;Men's 10 miles scratch race


Diving


Fencing


Men

;Individual épée ;Individual foil ;Individual sabre ;Team events


Women

;Individual foil


Lawn bowls


Rowing


Swimming


Weightlifting


Wrestling


See also

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New Zealand Olympic Committee The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The ''New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'') is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to re ...
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New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games New Zealand has competed in all of the Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, and has won a total of 656 medals including 159 gold. The New Zealand Olympic Committee (known as ''The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'' ...
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New Zealand at the 1956 Summer Olympics New Zealand at the 1956 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 53 competitors and 12 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Melbourne, Australia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Associa ...
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External links


NZOC website on the 1958 gamesCommonwealth Games Federation websiteAthletes in the 1966 ''Encyclopaedia of New Zealand'' has a paragraph on these Games
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