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(abbreviated NZL) sent a team of 217 competitors and 80 officials to the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

, which were held in

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. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Graeme Miller, and at the closing ceremony Darren Liddel. New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the first

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in 1930 at

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. Selection is the responsibility of the

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New Zealand was sixth in the medal table in 1998.

Gold

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: :

Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina (born 23 October 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand discus thrower. Career Faumuina was a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in four Su ...

— Women's Discus Throw

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: :

Glen Thomson Glen Thomson (born 12 July 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand racing cyclist. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the men's points race, previously at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Cana ...

— Men's Track Points Race :

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— Women's Track Individual Pursuit (3000m) Rugby sevens: :

Christian Cullen Christian Mathias Cullen (born 12 February 1976) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. He played most of his rugby at fullback for New Zealand (the All Blacks), for the Hurricanes in the Super 12, and for Manawatu, Wellington and later ...

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Caleb Ralph Caleb Stan Ralph (born 10 September 1977 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the ...

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Amasio Valence Amasio Valence (born 12 May 1979) is a former rugby sevens player. He was born in Nadi, Fiji, but after he first made his break into professional rugby in 2000, he switched allegiances to New Zealand. He was hailed as one of the most promisin ...

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Eric Rush Eric James Rush (born 11 February 1965 in Kaeo) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and rugby sevens legend, and now a supermarket owner. His New Zealand Sevens career began in 1988 and ran until past his 39th birthday in 2004. Ru ...

, Dallas Seymour, and

Joeli Vidiri Joeli Vidiri (23 November 1973 – 23 February 2022) was a professional rugby union footballer who played as a wing. Born in Fiji, he earned seven caps for the Fiji national team before switching his allegiance to New Zealand, for whom he earn ...

— Men's Sevens Team Competition

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

: : Stephen Petterson — Men's 50m Rifle Prone

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: : Darren Liddel — Men's + 105kg (Clean & Jerk) : Darren Liddel — Men's + 105kg (Snatch) : Darren Liddel — Men's + 105kg (Total)

Silver

: :

Susy Pryde Susannah "Susy" Kate Pryde (born 15 October 1973 in Waipukurau, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cyclist, who won a silver medal for New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the women's road race. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 ...

— Women's Individual Road Race :

— Women's Track Points Race

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

: : Belinda Charteris, Belinda Colling,

Julie Seymour Julie Seymour (née Dawson; born 29 March 1971) is a New Zealand netball coach, former international netball player and former representative middle distance runner. Seymour played for the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, in ...

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Bernice Mene Bernice Papasina Mene (born 18 January 1975) is a former New Zealand netball player. Mene represented New Zealand in netball for the Silver Ferns for 10 years, playing 78 tests. She captained the domestic team the Southern Sting from 1998 to ...

, Lesley Nicol,

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, Jo Steed,

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, and

Linda Vagana Linda Tuumuliga Vagana (born 23 July 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an international netball coach and former representative player from New Zealand. Vagana played as a circle defender, and was a member of the New Zealand national netball tea ...

— Women's Team Competition

: : Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees— Women's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs) - Women : Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees — Women's 25m Pistol (Pairs) : Alan Earle and Jason Wakeling — Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs)

Bronze

: : Joanne Henry — Women's Heptathlon

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

: :

Rhona Robertson Rhona Robertson (born 19 July 1970 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former female badminton player from New Zealand. She is a veteran of two Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze m ...

and Tammy Jenkins — Women's Doubles : Geoff Bellingham, Chris Blair, Dean Galt, Anton Gargiulo, Nick Hall, Jarrod King, and

Daniel Shirley Daniel A. Shirley (born 13 April 1979) is a male badminton player from New Zealand.Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

: :

Garth da Silva Garth John da Silva (born 28 December 1973 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won his first round in the Heavyweight (-91 kg) division again ...

— Men's Heavyweight (- 91 kg)

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

: :

Geoff Allott Geoffrey Ian Allott (born 24 December 1971) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 31 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1996 to 2000. He retired from all cricket in 2001, following series of injuries International career ...

Nathan Astle Nathan John Astle (born 15 September 1971) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game. A right-handed batsman who played as an opener in One Day Internationals (ODI), while batting in the middle order in Test matches ...

, Mark Bailey, Matthew Bell,

Chris Drum Christopher James Drum (born 10 July 1974) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in five Test matches and five One Day Internationals from 1999 to 2002. Drum attended Rosmini College in Auckland. Domestic career Drum played for the Auc ...

Stephen Fleming Stephen Paul Fleming (born 1 April 1973) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, who is the current head coach of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. He is considered one of the g ...

, Chris Harris,

Matt Horne Matthew Jeffery Horne (born 5 December 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 35 Tests and 50 ODIs from 1997 to 2003. Horne was an attacking right-handed opening batsman who possessed an unusually high backlift. Early life and ...

Dion Nash Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former cricketer. He played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming. Nash was a right-arm fast ...

Shayne O'Connor Shayne Barry O'Connor (born 15 November 1973) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played in 19 Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2001.Adam Parore Adam Craig Parore (born 23 January 1971) is a former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team. He played 78 Test cricket matches for New Zealand and 179 One Day International cricket matches. Parore has been the managing direc ...

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, Alex Tait,

Daniel Vettori Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the New Zealand national cricket team. He was the 200th player to win their Test cricket cap for New Zealand. Vettori was the young ...

, and

Paul Wiseman Paul John Wiseman (born 4 May 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer. "Wiz", as he was nicknamed, was an off spinner who took 9–13 for Canterbury against Central Districts in Christchurch to record the second best figures for a New Zealand b ...

— Men's Team Competition

: : Tim Carswell — Men's Track 20km Scratch Race : Brendon Cameron, Tim Carswell,

Greg Henderson Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in ...

, and Lee Vertongen — Men's Track Team Pursuit (4000m) :

— Men's Track Points Race

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: : David Phillips — Men's Floor

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

: : Tina Bell-Kake, Helen Clarke,

Jenny Duck Jennifer Susan Duck (born 31 July 1968 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the women's national team, nicknamed ''Black Sticks'', at the Field hockey at the 2000 Summer ...

, Emily Gillam, Sandy Hitchcock,

Anna Lawrence Anna Josephine Lawrence (born 9 March 1972 in Howick, Auckland) is a former field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Lawrence was educated at Diocesan School f ...

, Robyn Toomey, Skippy Hamahona, Suzie Pearce,

Moira Senior Moira Anita Senior (born 22 July 1976 in New Plymouth, New Zealand) is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She competed at the Commonwealth games either side o ...

, Jenny Shepherd,

Karen Smith Karen Smith may refer to: Sportspeople * Karen Smith (Australian field hockey) (born 1979), Australian field hockey player * Karen Smith (New Zealand field hockey) (born 1970), New Zealand field hockey player * Karen Smith (diver) (born 1976), Brit ...

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Kate Trolove Katherine Jill Trolove (born 4 August 1967 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She w ...

, Lisa Walton, and Diana Weavers — Women's Team Competition

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: : Millie Khan — Women's Singles

: : Des Coe — Men's Trap : Tania Corrigan — Women's 10m Air Pistol :

Sally Johnston Sally Johnston (born Invercargill, New Zealand) is a competitive sport shooting, sport shooter from New Zealand. She started shooting in 1983 with her first international competition in 1995 at the 2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Wom ...

— Women's 50m Rifle Prone :

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— Men's 10m Air Pistol

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: : Toni Jeffs — Women's 50m Freestyle :

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, Scott Cameron, John Davis, and

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— Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

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: : Sarah Cook and Glen Wilson — Mixed Doubles

: : Nigel Avery — Men's 105kg (Snatch) : Nigel Avery — Men's 105kg (Total)

Cricket

New Zealand Team

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* Zion Armstrong * Craig Barrett * Diggory Brooke * Chantal Brunner *

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* Hamish Christensen * Mathew Coad *

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* Jenni Dryburgh *

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* Joanne Henry *

Toni Hodgkinson Toni Louise Hodgkinson (born 12 December 1971) is a former New Zealand middle distance runner, originally from Tākaka. She currently holds the New Zealand woman's record in the 800 m. As a student at Golden Bay High School, Hodgkinson set man ...

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* Aaron Langdon * Tania Lutton * Frith Maunder * Lee-Ann McPhillips * Rowena Morton * Denis Petouchinski *

Doug Pirini Douglas ("Doug") Stuart Pirini (born 6 September 1969 in Auckland) is a retired decathlete from New Zealand, who represented his native country in the men's decathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he ended up in 24th place ...

Simon Poelman Simon Roderick Poelman (born 27 May 1963, Hamilton) is a former New Zealand decathlete, who has been described as New Zealand's best ever all-round athlete. In the decathlon, his personal best of 8359 points (which is adjusted from 8366 points ...

* Tony Sargisson * Tasha Williams * Ian Winchester

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

Men's Competition

* Scott Anderson *

Ryan Archibald Ryan Jeffrey Archibald (born 1 September 1980) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', in 1997 against Malaysia. Currently he is a player for Somerville Hockey C ...

Michael Bevin Michael Bevin (born 25 May 1977 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and ...

* Andrew Buckley * Hymie Gill * Dion Gosling * Bevan Hari *

Andrew Hastie Andrew William Hastie (born 30 September 1982) is an Australian politician and former military officer currently serving as the Shadow Minister, shadow minister for defence. He previously served as the Minister for Defence (Australia), Assistan ...

Brett Leaver Brett Leaver (born 12 January 1970) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed ''Black Sticks'', at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and finished his career ...

* Wayne McIndoe *

Umesh Parag Umesh Vasan Parag (born 15 August 1971) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed ''Black Sticks'', at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won a silver ...

* Mitesh Patel * Ken Robinson * Darren Smith * Andrew Timlin * Simon Towns

Women's Competition

* Tina Bell-Kake * Helen Clarke *

* Emily Gillam * Sandy Hitchcock *

* Robyn Toomey * Skippy Hamahona * Suzie Pearce *

* Jenny Shepherd *

* Lisa Walton * Diana Weavers

External links

NZOC website on the 1998 games

Commonwealth Games Federation website
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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Nations at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

Medals A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Cricket

New Zealand Team

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

See also

External links