New Zealand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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, United States. The

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was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials. Former Olympic swimmer

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was the team's

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Medal tables

Archery

New Zealand sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.

Athletics

Track and road

Field

Combined

Badminton

New Zealand sent two women to compete in two competitions of the Olympic Badminton tournament.

Boxing

Canoeing

New Zealand sent one man to compete in one

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event.

Slalom

Cycling

Road

Track

;1 km time trial ;Points race ;Sprint ;Pursuit

Mountain bike

Mountain biking was introduced as an Olympic discipline for the 1996 Games. The two strongest women,

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and

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, gained New Zealand two qualifying positions for the Olympics; no New Zealand men qualified. Grigson accepted an offer to race for

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—she competed for them at the Olympics in

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and

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—and left New Zealand, so the New Zealand Mountain Bike Association decided to nominate just one competitor for the New Zealand Olympic team.

Equestrian

Eventing

New Zealand entered three competitors in the mixed individual eventing event; two men and one woman. New Zealand also competed in team eventing.

Jumping

Judo

Rowing

New Zealand qualified five boats for the 1996 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls, men's pair, men's coxless four, men's lightweight double sculls, and women's double sculls. ;Men ;Women

Sailing

* Aaron McIntosh – Men's Mistral One Design *

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– Women's Mistral One Design – silver medal *

Craig Monk Craig John Monk (born 23 May 1967 in Stratford, New Zealand) is a competitive sailor who won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Monk also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta after narrowly ...

– Finn *

Sharon Ferris Sharon Marie Ferris (born 17 January 1974 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is an Olympic sailor for New Zealand. Ferris competed at the 1996 and 2004 Olympics. She sailed on ''Amer Sports Too ''Amer Sports Too'' is a Volvo Ocean 60 T ...

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* Rohan Cooke & Andrew Stone – Men's 470 *

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& Jan Shearer – Women's 470 *

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* Rex Sellers &

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* Kelvin Harrap &

Sean Clarkson Sean Clarkson (born 1969) is a New Zealand sailor who has sailed at the Summer Olympics and in multiple Whitbread Round the World Races and America's Cups. Clarkson grew up in Kerikeri and attended the University of Auckland for marine biology ...

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Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

References

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{{NOCin1996SummerOlympics Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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