New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Los Angeles, USA
Competitors130 in 18 sports
Flag bearer John Walker
Officials59
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
8
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 130 competitors, 98 men and 32 women, took part in 76 events in 18 sports.[1] The country recorded 11 medals, including eight golds, resulting in the nation ranking among the top ten in the medal table for the first time.

Medal tables

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mark Todd Equestrian Individual eventing 3 August
 Gold Shane O'Brien
Les O'Connell
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask		 Rowing Men's coxless four 5 August
 Gold Rex Sellers
Chris Timms		 Sailing Tornado 8 August
 Gold Russell Coutts Sailing Finn 8 August
 Gold Ian Ferguson Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 10 August
 Gold Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald		 Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 10 August
 Gold Alan Thompson Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 11 August
 Gold Grant Bramwell
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Alan Thompson		 Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 11 August
 Silver Kevin Barry Boxing Light heavyweight 11 August
 Bronze Kevin Lawton
Barrie Mabbott
Don Symon
Ross Tong
Brett Hollister (cox)		 Rowing Men's coxed four 5 August
 Bronze Bruce Kendall Sailing Windglider 8 August
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Canoeing 4 0 0 4
Sailing 2 0 1 3
Rowing 1 0 1 2
Equestrian 1 0 0 1
Boxing 0 1 0 1
Total 8 1 2 11
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Male 5 1 2 8
Female 0 0 0 0
Mixed / open 3 0 0 3
Total 8 1 2 11

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

After a twelve-year hiatus from archery, New Zealand returned in 1984 with one man and two women. This included the first paraplegic Olympian, Neroli Fairhall.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
30 m 50 m 70 m 90 m Total Rank 30 m 50 m 70 m 90 m Total Rank
Neroli Fairhall Women's individual 326 284 289 268 1167 38 324 280 310 276 1190 32 2357 35
Dale Lightfoot Men's individual 335 303 292 261 1191 39 334 305 321 266 1226 26 2357 34
Ann Shurrock Women's individual 329 298 301 290 1218 23 322 304 290 288 1204 28 2422 24

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Track and road

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank[i] Result Rank Result Rank[ii] Result Rank
Anne Audain Women's marathon — DNF
Rod Dixon Men's marathon — 2:12:57 10
Derek Froude Men's marathon — 2:19:44 34
Lyn Grime Women's 400 m hurdles 58.02 5 — did not advance
Lorraine Moller Women's marathon — 2:28:34 5
Mary O'Connor Women's marathon — 2:41:22 27
Peter O'Donoghue Men's 1500 m 3:40.69 3 Q — 3:38.71 8 did not advance
Peter Pearless Men's 800 m 1:49.95 5 did not advance
Peter Renner Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:22.95 2 Q — 8:18.12 2 Q 8:29.81 11
Dianne Rodger Women's 3000 m 8.47.90 5 q — 8.56.43 9
Tony Rogers Men's 1500 m 3:39.78 4 q — 3:36.48 6 q 3:38.98 9
John Walker Men's 5000 m 13:44.75 2 Q — 13:28.48 3 Q 13:24.46 8
  1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat
  2. ^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mike O'Rourke Men's javelin throw NM did not advance
Steve Walsh Men's long jump NM did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Kevin Barry Men's light heavyweight  Smith (TRI)
W 5 – 0 		 Kiriisa (UGA)
W 3 – 2 		 Nanga (CMR)
W 4 – 1 		 Holyfield (USA)
W DSQ-2 		 Josipović (YUG)
L WO
Michael Kenny Men's heavyweight Bye  Owiny (UGA)
L RSC-2 		did not advance =9

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Grant Bramwell
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Alan Thompson 		Men's K-4 1000 m 3:05.99 1 Q — 3:05.67 1 Q 3:02.28
Ian Ferguson Men's K-1 500 m 1:49.32 2 Q — 1:48.00 1 Q 1:47.84
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald 		Men's K-2 500 m 1:36.82 1 Q — 1:36.10 1 Q 1:34.21
Robert Jenkinson
Edwin Richards 		Men's K-2 1000 m 3:37.69 4 R 3:45.97 3 Q 3:38.80 5 did not advance
Alan Thompson Men's K-1 1000 m 3:53.41 1 Q — 3:58.90 1 Q 3:45.73

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Seven cyclists represented New Zealand in 1984.

Road

Men's individual road race
Athlete Time Rank
Stephen Cox 5:15:27 37
Brian Fowler 5:06:45 18
Roger Sumich DNF

Track

Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Craig Adair 1:06.96 5
Men's points race
Athlete Qualifying Final
Points Laps behind Rank Points Laps behind Rank
Brian Fowler 24 0 2 Q 12 1 7
Graeme Miller 10 1 13 did not advance
Men's individual pursuit
Athlete Qualification Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time
Anthony Cuff 4:55.06 15  Robert (FRA)
L 4:50.49 		did not advance 11
Men's team pursuit
Athlete Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time
Craig Adair
Anthony Cuff
Brian Fowler
Graeme Miller 		4:37.57 13 did not advance 13
Men's sprint
Athlete Round 1 Round 1
repechage heat 		Round 1
repechage final 		Round 2 Round 2
repechage 		Round 3 Round 3
repechage 		Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Murray Steele  Sella (ITA)
 Lyn (ANT)
3 R 		 Asuncion (PHI)
W 12.09 Q 		—  Scheller (FRG)
L R 		 Jamur (BRA)
W 12.92 Q 		 Vernet (FRA)
 Orban (BEL)
2 R 		 Scheller (FRG)
 Iannone (ARG)
3 		did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ann Fargher Women's 3 m springboard 421.65 13 did not advance
Mark Graham Men's 3 m springboard 497.55 18 did not advance
Gary Lamb Men's 3 m springboard 477.66 22 did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Rider Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Overall
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Andrew Bennie Jade Individual 69.40 33 126.40 37 5.00 23 200.80 37
Mary Hamilton Whist Individual 63.20 20 26.80 21 8.00 33 98.00 22
Andrew Nicholson Kahlua Individual 78.00 45 27.20 22 25.00 40 130.40 28
Mark Todd Charisma Individual 51.60 5 0.00 1 0.00 1 51.60
Andrew Bennie
Mary Hamilton
Andrew Nicholson
Mark Todd 		As above Team 184.20 5 54.00 6 13.00 8 280.00 6

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Overall
Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank
John Cottle Arturo Individual EL did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Two fencers, both men, represented New Zealand in 1984.

Athlete Event Round 1 pool Quarterfinal pool Semifinal pool Final pool Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Martin Brill Men's individual épée  Bergström (SWE)
L 3 – 5 		 Marx (USA)
L 3 – 5 		 Boisse (FRA)
L 3 – 5 		 Dessureault (CAN)
L 4 – 10 		15
 Giger (SUI)
L 4 – 5 		 Boisse (FRA)
W 5 – 4 		 Bellone (ITA)
W 5 – 2 		 Poffet (SUI)
L 8 – 10
 Yun (KOR)
T 5 – 5 		 Zong (CHN)
W 5 – 4 		 Marx (USA)
W 5 – 4 		Eliminated
 Al-Rasheed (KSA)
W 5 – 4 		 Lee (KOR)
W 5 – 4 		 Cui (CHN)
W 5 – 0
—  Lembacher (AUT)
L 3 – 5 		 Fischer (FRG)
L 3 – 5
David Cocker Men's individual épée  Nigon (SUI)
L 2 – 5 		did not advance 50
 Hasan (KUW)
L 2 – 5
 Kim (KOR)
L 4 – 5
 Cuomo (ITA)
T 5 – 5
 Pedersen (NOR)
W 5 – 4

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Team roster
Jeff Archibald
Husmukh Bhikha
Chris Brown
George Carnoutsos
Peter Daji
Laurie Gallen
Stuart Grimshaw
Trevor Laurence 		Maurice Marquet
Grant McLeod
Brent Miskimmin
Peter Miskimmin
Arthur Parkin
Ramesh Patel
Graham Sligo
Robin Wilson
Pool B
    30 July 1984
    15:30
    New Zealand  3–3  Pakistan
    Daji  5', 68', 70+' Report Sardar  15', 46', 51'
    Umpires:
    Santiago Deo (ESP)
    Richard Kentwell (USA)
    1 August 1984
    08:00
    Netherlands  3–1  New Zealand
    T. Kruize  17'
    J. Kruize  40'
    Van Grimbergen  42'     		Report McLeod  52'
    Umpires:
    Iwo Sakaida (JPN)
    Jack Marjanovic (USA)
    3 August 1984
    13:45
    Great Britain  1–0  New Zealand
    Cattrall  13' Report
    Umpires:
    Santiago Deo (ESP)
    Obaidullah (IND)
    5 August 1984
    08:00
    Kenya  1–4  New Zealand
    Otambo  49' Report P. Miskimmin  14'
    Parkin  58'
    Daji  62'
    Gallen  69'
    Umpires:
    Richard Kentwell (USA)
    Obaidullah (IND)
    7 August 1984
    15:30
    Canada  2–2  New Zealand
    Cholakis  4'
    Sandhu  66'     		Report Grimshaw  32'
    Gallen  35+'
    Umpires:
    Richard Kentwell (USA)
    Alexander Stelter (FRG)
    Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Qualification
     Great Britain 5 4 1 0 10 5 9 Advance to semi-finals
     Pakistan 5 2 3 0 16 7 7 Advance to semi-finals
     Netherlands 5 3 1 1 16 9 7 5th–8th place classification
     New Zealand 5 1 2 2 10 10 4 5th–8th place classification
     Kenya 5 1 0 4 5 14 2 9th–12th place classification
     Canada 5 0 1 4 7 19 1 9th–12th place classification
    5th–8th Classification round
    9 August 1984
    08:00
    India  1–0  New Zealand
    Sharma  54' Report
    Umpires:
    Dennis Meredith (AUS)
    Iwo Sakaida (JPN)
    7th / 8th Place play-off
    10 August 1984
    15:00
    Spain  0–1  New Zealand
    Report Parkin  37'
    Umpires:
    Rob Lathouwers (NED)
    Richard Kentwell (USA)

    New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in seventh place.

    Women's tournament

    Team roster
    Christine Arthur
    Cathy Baker
    Robyn Blackman
    Mary Clinton
    Lesley Elliott
    Jane Goulding
    Shirley Haig
    Harina Kohere     		Jan Martin
    Jennifer McDonald
    Sue McLeish
    Sandra Mackie
    Lesley Murdoch
    Jillian Smith
    Isobel Thomson
    Barbara Tilden
    Round robin
    31 July 1984
    14:30
    Netherlands  2–1  New Zealand
    First Half:
    Boekhorst  PC'
    Second Half:
    von Weiler  FG'     		Report Second Half:
    McDonald  FG'
    Stadium:
    Weingart Stadium
    2 August 1984
    14:30
    Australia  3–0  New Zealand
    First Half:
    Sunderland  FG'
    Heberle  PC'
    Second Half:
    Buchanan  FG'     		Report
    Stadium:
    Weingart Stadium
    4 August 1984
    16:15
    New Zealand  0–2  United States
    Report Anders  23', 42'
    Stadium:
    Weingart Stadium
    6 August 1984
    16:45
    West Germany  1–0  New Zealand
    Ott  39' Report
    Stadium:
    Weingart Stadium
    10 August 1984
    09:45
    Canada  4–1  New Zealand
    Forshaw  1'
    Stoyka  19'
    Wheatley  21'
    Branchaud  68'     		Report Clinton  65'
    Stadium:
    Weingart Stadium
    Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Rank
     Netherlands 5 4 1 0 14 6 9 1
     West Germany 5 2 2 1 9 9 6 2
     United States 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 3
     Australia 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 4
     Canada 5 2 1 2 9 11 5 5
     New Zealand 5 0 0 5 2 12 0 6

    New Zealand finished the women's field hockey tournament in sixth place.

    Gymnastics

    Rhythmic

    Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Women's individual all-around
    Athlete Qualifying Final Total Rank
    Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total
    Tania Moss 8.750 8.850 9.000 8.600 35.200 30 did not advance

    Judo

    Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Rank
    Shaun O'Leary Men's lightweight =19
    Graeme Spinks Men's half-middleweight =34
    Bill Vincent Men's middleweight =12

    Rowing

    Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics
    Men
    Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Gary Reid Single sculls 7:27.10 2 R 7:26.12 2 SA/B 7:34.15 5 FB 7:22.63 7
    Geoff Horan
    Allan Horan     		Coxless pair 7:05.44 2 SA/B Bye 7:02.89 4 FB 7:04.00 9
    Les O'Connell
    Shane O'Brien
    Conrad Robertson
    Keith Trask         		Coxless four 6:08.41 1 FA Bye — 6:03.48
    Kevin Lawton
    Don Symon
    Barrie Mabbott
    Ross Tong
    Brett Hollister     (cox)     		Coxed four 6:27.18 3 SA/B ? 1 FA — 6:23.68
    Nigel Atherfold
    Dave Rodger
    Roger White-Parsons
    George Keys
    Greg Johnston
    Chris White
    Andrew Stevenson
    Mike Stanley
    Andy Hay (cox)     		Eight 5:48.19 1 FA Bye — 5:44.14 4
    Women
    Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-final Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Stephanie Foster Single sculls 3:51.86 2 R 3:51.19 2 SA/B 4:02.29 4 FB 3:52.20 7

    Sailing

    Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    Luke Carter
    David Mackay (helm)     		Flying Dutchman 13.0 21.0 16.0 22.0 18.0 13.0 10.0 91.0 10
    Russell Coutts Finn 0.0 13.0 3.0 3.0 27.0 5.7 10.0 34.7
    Simon Daubney
    Tom Dodson (helm)
    Aran Hansen     		Soling DNF
    29.0    		 18.0 23.0 17.0 19.0 11.7 0.0 88.7 11
    Peter Evans (helm)
    Sean Reeves     		470 14.0 21.0 16.0 DSQ
    35.0    		 PMS
    35.0    		 10.0 5.7 101.7 14
    Bruce Kendall Windglider 3.0 5.7 DSQ
    45.0    		 19.0 3.0 5.7 10.0 46.4
    Rex Sellers (helm)
    Chris Timms     		Tornado 5.7 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 DNS
    27.0    		 14.7

    Shooting

    Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Men's 50 m rifle, prone
    Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank
    Stephen Petterson 99 97 100 100 98 98 592 =13
    Men's 50 m running target
    Athlete Slow run Fast run Total Rank
    Tony Clarke 288 270 558 19
    Mixed skeet
    Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Total Rank
    John Woolley 189 =26

    Swimming

    Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Heat Swim-off Final
    Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
    Brett Austin Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:04.83 NR 15 QB — 1:05.49 15
    Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:27.25 28 — did not advance
    Carmel Clark Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.57 =8 QSO 1:04.33 NR 1 Q 1:04.47 8
    Women's 100 m freestyle 1:00.63 28 — did not advance
    Women's 200 m backstroke 2:16.78 NR 8 Q — 2:17.89 8
    Mike Davidson Men's 200 m freestyle 1:56.20 35 — did not advance
    Men's 400 m freestyle 3:57.88 =16 QB — 3:58.24 16
    Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:35.43 14 — did not advance
    Anna Doig Women's 100 m butterfly 1:03.15 14 QB — 1:03.65 16
    Women's 100 m freestyle 1:02.72 39 — did not advance
    Women's 200 m butterfly 2:20.81 20 — did not advance
    Gary Hurring Men's 100 m backstroke 57.42 4 Q — 56.90 NR 4
    Men's 200 m backstroke 2:03.29 3 Q — 2:03.10 NR 5
    Gail Jonson Women's 200 m butterfly 2:20.55 18 — did not advance
    Women's 200 m individual medley 2:25.00 19 — did not advance
    Women's 400 m individual medley 4:59.92 15 QB — 4:58.40 15
    Paul Kingsman Men's 100 m backstroke 58.33 13 QB — 58.19 10
    Men's 200 m backstroke 2:06.87 20 — did not advance
    Anthony Mosse Men's 100 m butterfly 55.19 NR 7 Q — 54.93 NR 7
    Men's 200 m butterfly 1:59.76 5 Q — 1:58.75 NR 5
    Men's 200 m freestyle 1:54.12 NR 24 — did not advance
    Paul Kingsman
    Brett Austin
    Anthony Mosse
    Gary Hurring     		Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:50.56 NR 9 — did not advance

    Synchronised swimming

    Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Qualifying Final
    Technical Free Total Rank Technical Free Total Rank
    Katie Sadleir
    Lynette Sadleir    		 Women's duet 79.442 85.200 164.642 12 did not advance

    Weightlifting

    Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
    Result Rank Result Rank
    Michael Bernard Men's light heavyweight 137.5 12 175.0 =8 312.5 10
    Kevin Blake Men's heavyweight 140.0 13 177.5 9 317.5 9
    Allister Nalder Men's light heavyweight 142.5 =7 175.0 =8 317.5 8

    Wrestling

    Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Final round Rank
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result
    Zane Coleman Men's welterweight  Sejdiu (YUG)
    L Fall     		 D. Schultz (USA)
    L ST     		Eliminated
    Graeme Hawkins Men's bantamweight  García (ESP)
    W Fall     		 Davis (USA)
    L ST     		 Guan (CHN)
    L ST     		Eliminated
    Ken Reinsfield Men's middleweight  Agogo (NGR)
    W 5 – 1     		 M. Schultz (USA)
    L 7 – 16     		 El-Ashram (EGY)
    W PS     		 Rinke (CAN)
    L 2 – 9     		 Kim (KOR)
    L 3 – 10     		6

    Officials

    • Chef de Mission – Ron Scott[2]
    • Assistant Chef de Mission – Tay Wilson[3]
    • Women's manager – Valerie Young[3]
    • Director of medical services – Matt Marshall[3]
    • Assistant director of medical services – Dave Gerrard[3]
    • Physiotherapists – Mark Oram, Ian Sim, Tony Snell, Marion Thogersen[3]
    • Transport officer – Hamish Morison[3]
    • Attache – M. Portanova (Tarzana, California)[3]
    • Office manager – M. Bolton (Los Angeles, California)[3]
    • Archery
      • Section manager – Ivan Powley[3]
      • Assistant manager – Dave Henshaw[3]
    • Athletics
    • Boxing section manager – Kevin Barry Sr.[3]
    • Canoeing
      • Section manager – Bill Garlick[3]
      • Coaches – Ben Hutchings, Brian Wilson[3]
    • Cycling
    • Equestrian
      • Section manager (three-day event) – Peter Herrick[3]
      • Section manager (showjumping) – Hugh Morice[3]
      • Veterinary surgeon – Wallie Niederer[3]
      • Grooms – Trudy Boyce, J. Charlston, Jackie Cottle, D. Frost, H. Gilbert[3]
    • Field hockey
      • Section manager (men) – Dave Coulter[3]
      • Section manager (women) – Gladys O'Brien[3]
      • Men's coaches – Brian Maunsell, C. Cameron[3]
      • Women's coach – Wayne Boyd[3]
    • Judo section manager – Brian Cloynes[3]
    • Rowing
    • Sailing
    • Shooting section manager – Graeme Hudson[3]
    • Swimming
      • Section manager – Jacqueline Clarke[3]
      • Coach (swimming) – Hisashi Inomata[3]
      • Coach (diving) – Dennis Gear[3]
    • Wrestling section manager – Keith Breeze[3]

    References

    1. ^ "New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
    2. ^ Frykberg, Eric (15 August 2016). "Sports administrator Sir Ronald Scott dies". RNZ News. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
    3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj "Olympic officials". The Press. 7 May 1984. p. 20. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via PapersPast.
    4. ^ "Remembering Ralph Roberts". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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