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The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) is the National Olympic Committee for New Zealand. The NZOC was founded in 1911, and recognised by the IOC in 1919. New Zealand athletes have won a total of 163 medals, with 157 won at the Summer Games and six at the Winter Games.
The New Zealand media pointed out that New Zealand had finished 8th on the final medals table, and Australia only 14th. New Zealand has finished higher than Australia on the medals table at the Summer Olympics only in 1976, when Australia failed to win a gold medal, and Los Angeles in 1984.
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 prior to 1994) is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting Athletes to represent New Zealand at ...
For the first time in history, New Zealand qualified two climbers for Paris. Julian David and Sarah Tetzlaff qualified directly for the women's and men's speed events, by winning the gold medal at the 2023 Oceania Olympic Qualifier in Melbourne, Australia. [47] Speed
1932 Summer Olympics New Zealand rowers. In 1932, seven rowing competitions were held, and New Zealand entered three boats with a total of eleven rowers: a coxless pair, a coxed four, and an eight. [18] Bob Stiles and Rangi Thompson won New Zealand's second rowing medal, a silver, in the coxless pair. [19]
It was the first time New Zealand won medals in trampolining (and gymnastics in general) and tennis. Sprint canoeist Lisa Carrington won gold medals in the women's K-1 200 metres, K-1 500 metres and with Caitlin Regal in the K-2 500 metres to become New Zealand's most successful Olympian with six medals in all, including five gold medals.
Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account. As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics , 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games.
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.