New Zealand competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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,
Greece
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, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Olympics since its debut in
1908 as part of
Australasia
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. The
New Zealand Olympic Committee
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sent a total of 148 athletes, 81 men, and 67 women to the Games to compete in 18 sports, surpassing a single athlete short of the record from Sydney four years earlier.
Basketball
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and
field hockey
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were the only team-based sports in which New Zealand had its representation at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in archery, boxing, and fencing.
Thirty-four athletes from the New Zealand team had previously competed in Sydney, including Olympic bronze medallist
Barbara Kendall
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in women's Mistral windsurfing, equestrian eventing rider
Blyth Tait
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Tait's first success at international level was at the 1990 World Equestrian ...
, sprint kayaker and former breaststroke swimmer
Steven Ferguson, table tennis sisters
Chunli and
Karen Li, and discus thrower
Beatrice Faumuina
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Career
Faumuina was a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in four Su ...
, who was appointed by the committee to carry the New Zealand flag in the opening ceremony.
Tait's compatriot
Andrew Nicholson participated in his fifth Olympic appearance since the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
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(except 2000, in which he was not chosen), as the most experienced athlete. While Tait shared the same age with Nicholson at 43, and served as the oldest member of the team by a month difference, breaststroke swimmer
Annabelle Carey, aged 15, was the youngest ever New Zealand athlete to compete at the Olympics since 1976.
New Zealand left Athens with a total of five Olympic medals, three golds and two silver, finishing twenty-fourth in the overall medal count. Four New Zealand athletes won Olympic gold medals for the first time in history:
Hamish Carter
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in men's triathlon,
track cyclist
Sarah Ulmer in women's individual pursuit, and twin sisters and rowers
Caroline
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and
Georgina Evers-Swindell
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in women's double sculls. (In other games, notably Los Angeles 1984, more than 4 New Zealand athletes won Gold Medals.)
Medallists
Archery
One New Zealand archer qualified for the men's individual archery through the 2004 Open New Zealand Championships.
Athletics
New Zealand athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Key
*Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
*Q = Qualified for the next round
*q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
*NR = National record
*N/A = Round not applicable for the event
*Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Badminton
New Zealand nominated a spot in the mixed doubles.
Basketball
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
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;Classification match (9th–10th place)
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
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;Quarterfinals
;Classification match (7th–8th place)
Boxing
New Zealand sent a single boxer to Athens.
Canoeing
Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road
;Men
;Women
Track
;Pursuit
;Omnium
Mountain biking
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
Show jumping
Fencing
;Women
Field hockey
New Zealand qualified a men's and a women's team. Each team had 16 athletes with two reserves.
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
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;5th–8th place semifinal
;5th place final
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
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;5th–8th place semifinal
;5th place final
Judo
Rowing
New Zealand rowers qualified the following boats:
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
New Zealand sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; OCS =
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of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Two New Zealand shooters (one man and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:
;Men
;Women
Swimming
New Zealand swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
Two New Zealand table tennis players qualified for the following events.
Taekwondo
New Zealand has qualified a single taekwondo jin.
Triathlon
Three New Zealand triathletes qualified for the following events.
See also
*
New Zealand at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) sent a team of 200 competitors and 102 officials to the 2002 Commonwealth Games, which were held at Manchester, England. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Sarah Ulmer, and at the closing ceremony was Nigel ...
*
New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadNew Zealand Olympic Team
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Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004
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