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New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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New Zealand at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Seoul
Competitors83 (67 men, 16 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Ian Ferguson
Officials61
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
8
Total
13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908–1912)

New Zealand competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 83 competitors, 67 men and 16 women, took part in 58 events in 16 sports.[1] In addition, New Zealand sent four women to compete in Taekwondo, which was one of the Olympic Games' demonstration sports. Sports administrator Bruce Ullrich was New Zealand's Chef de Mission, after previously having had that role for the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Medal tables

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Bruce Kendall Sailing Men's Division II 27 September
 Gold Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald		 Canoeing Men's K-2 500 m 30 September
 Gold Mark Todd Equestrian Individual eventing 2 October
 Silver Rex Sellers
Chris Timms		 Sailing Tornado 27 September
 Silver Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald		 Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 m 1 October
 Bronze Paul Kingsman Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke 22 September
 Bronze Eric Verdonk Rowing Men's single sculls 24 September
 Bronze George Keys
Ian Wright
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Andrew Bird (cox)		 Rowing Men's coxed four 24 September
 Bronze Lynley Hannen
Nikki Payne		 Rowing Women's coxless pair 24 September
 Bronze Anthony Mosse Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly 24 September
 Bronze John Cutler Sailing Men's Finn 27 September
 Bronze Paul MacDonald Canoeing Men's K-1 500 m 30 September
 Bronze Andrew Bennie
Margaret Knighton
Tinks Pottinger
Mark Todd		 Equestrian Team eventing 2 October
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Canoeing 1 1 1 3
Sailing 1 1 1 3
Equestrian 1 0 1 2
Rowing 0 0 3 3
Swimming 0 0 2 2
Total 3 2 8 13
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Male 2 1 6 9
Female 0 0 1 1
Mixed / open 1 1 1 3
Total 3 2 8 13

Competitors

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The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 2 4 6
Canoeing 7 0 7
Cycling 12 1 13
Equestrian 6 2 8
Fencing 1 0 1
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 2 – 2
Rowing 10 2 12
Sailing 11 2 13
Shooting 4 0 4
Swimming 5 2 7
Table tennis 2 0 2
Tennis 2 1 3
Weightlifting 1 – 1
Wrestling 2 – 2
Total 67 16 83

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

New Zealand's 1988 archery team included only one woman, veteran Ann Shurrock.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round 1 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Total Rank
30 m 50 m 60 m 70 m Total Rank 30 m 50 m 60 m 70 m Total Rank 30 m 50 m 60 m 70 m Total Rank 30 m 50 m 60 m 70 m Total Rank 30 m 50 m 60 m 70 m Total Rank
Ann Shurrock Women's individual 324 293 302 298 1217 36 Did not advance 36

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Track and road

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Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank[i] Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Anne Audain Women's 10,000 m 32:10.73 12 q — 32:10.47 11
John Campbell Men's marathon — 2:14:08 12
Christine McMiken Women's 10,000 m 32:20.39 10 — did not advance
Lorraine Moller Women's marathon — 2:37:52 33
Christine Pfitzinger Women's 3000 m 9:01.30 9 — did not advance
  1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat

Combined

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Athlete Event 100 m Long jump Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 m Overall points Rank
Simon Poelman Men's decathlon 11.09
841 pts 		7.08
833 pts 		14.51
760 pts 		2.03
831 pts 		49.89
820 pts 		14.78
876 pts 		43.20
730 pts 		4.90
880 pts 		57.18
696 pts 		4:28.54
754 pts 		8021 16

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Grant Bramwell
Brent Clode
John McDonald
Stephen Richards 		Men's K-4 1000 m 3:10.27 5 R 3:11.27 3 Q 3:15.90 4 did not advance
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald 		Men's K-2 500 m 1:32.32 1 Q — 1:33.81 1 Q 1:33.98 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:20.44 1 Q — 3:23.13 1 Q 3:32.71 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Paul MacDonald Men's K-1 500 m 1:41.65 2 Q — 1:43.33 1 Q 1:46.46 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alan Thompson Men's K-1 1000 m 3:48.10 4 R 3:46.20 1 Q 3:45.40 4 q 3:56.91 6

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Thirteen cyclists, twelve men and one woman, represented New Zealand in 1988.

Road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Brian Fowler Men's individual road race 4:32:56 75
Madonna Harris Women's individual road race DNF
Graeme Miller Men's individual road race 4:32:46 8
Wayne Morgan Men's individual road race DNF
Brian Fowler
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Gavin Stevens 		Men's team time trial 2:03:48.7 12

Track

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Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Tony Graham 1:05.744 7
Men's individual pursuit
Athlete Qualification Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time
Gary Anderson 4:41.83 8  Risi (SUI)
W 4:41.25 		 Sturgess (GBR)
L 4:42.82 		did not advance 7
Men's team pursuit
Athlete Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time
Craig Connell
Nigel Donnelly
Andrew Whitford
Stuart Williams 		4:26.13 14 did not advance 14

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Eventing

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Rider Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Overall
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Andrew Bennie Grayshott Individual 52.20 8 85.60 21 5.00 23 162.80 20
Margaret Knighton Enterprise Individual 74.60 36 90.00 24 DNS DNF
Tinks Pottinger Volunteer Individual 65.80 23 0.00 =1 0.00 =1 65.80 5
Mark Todd Charisma Individual 37.60 1 0.00 =1 5.00 =11 42.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Andrew Bennie
Margaret Knighton
Tinks Pottinger
Mark Todd 		As above Team 155.60 3 85.60 2 30.00 6 271.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Jumping

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Individual

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Athlete Horse Qualifying Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Total points Rank Round 1 Round 2 Total faults
Maurice Beatson Jeferson Junior 43.50 16.00 59.50 48 did not advance
John Cottle Ups & Downs 13.50 DNF did not advance
Mark Todd Bago 55.00 33.00 88.00 30 Q 12.00 did not advance
Harvey Wilson Crosby 22.50 19.50 42.00 55 did not advance

Team

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Athlete Horse Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
Faults Rank Faults Rank
Maurice Beatson
Colin McIntosh
Mark Todd
Harvey Wilson 		Jeferson Junior
Gigolo
Bago
Crosby 		52.25 12 44.75 10 97.00 12

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented New Zealand in 1988.

Athlete Event Round 1 pool Quarterfinal pool Semifinal pool Final pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Martin Brill Men's individual épée  Winter (FIN)
L 4 – 5 		 Pusch (FRG)
L 2 – 5 		 Mazzoni (ITA)
W 5 – 3 		 Pantano (ITA)
W 10 – 8 		 Shuvalov (URS)
L 3 – 10 		did not advance 7
 Tyshko (URS)
L 0 – 5 		 Ma (CHN)
W 5 – 2 		 Dessureault (CAN)
W 5 – 3 		 Shuvalov (URS)
L 9 – 10
 Birnbaum (AUT)
W 5 – 1 		 Strohmeyer (AUT)
W 5 – 4 		 Ma (CHN)
W 5 – 2 		 Gerull (FRG)
W 10 – 7
 Thomas (ARU)
W 5 – 0 		 Turiace (ARG)
W 5 – 4 		 Gaille (SUI)
L 4 – 5 		 Gaille (SUI)
W 10 – 5
 Tang (HKG)
W 5 – 2 		—  Fonseca (BRA)
L 4 – 5 		 Strohmeyer (AUT)
W 10 – 7

Gymnastics

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Rhythmic

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Women's individual all-around
Athlete Qualifying Final Total Rank
Hoop Rope Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total
Angela Walker 9.200 9.300 9.100 9.350 36.950 =32 did not advance

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Elimination pool Repechage pool Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Brent Cooper Men's half-lightweight  Sène (SEN)
W 		 El-Mamoun (MAR)
W 		 Pawłowski (POL)
L 		 Laats (BEL)
W 		 Yamamoto (JPN)
L 		Did not advance =5
Bill Vincent Men's middleweight  Jani (CAN)
W 		 White (GBR)
L 		Did not advance =13

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1988 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
Eric Verdonk Single sculls 7:18.69 1 SA/B Bye 7:11.98 3 FA 6:58.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Andrew Bird (cox) 		Coxed pair 7:22.32 3 SA/B DNS
Campbell Clayton-Greene
Geoff Cotter
Bill Coventry
Neil Gibson 		Coxless four 6:06.75 2 SA/B Bye 6:06.60 4 FB 6:04.74 7
George Keys
Ian Wright
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Andrew Bird (cox) 		Coxed four 6:03.35 3 SA/B Bye 6:10.41 3 FA 6:15.78 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nikki Payne
Lynley Hannen 		Coxless pair 8:02.39 2 R 7:59.93 1 FA 7:35.68 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

New Zealand had thirteen competitors in Seoul; eleven men and two women.[4]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
John Cutler Men's Finn 15.0 16.0 8.0 8.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 45.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Simon Daubney
Tom Dodson (helm)
Aran Hansen 		Soling 8.0 15.0 13.0 22.0 5.7 21.0 11.7 74.4 7
Peter Evans (helm)
Simon Mander 		Men's 470 5.7 14.0 17.0 24.0 3.0 13.0 10.0 62.7 6
Fiona Galloway (helm)
Jan Shearer 		Women's 470 22.0 10.0 17.0 19.0 13.0 13.0 11.7 83.7 9
Murray Jones (helm)
Greg Knowles 		Flying Dutchman 3.0 0.0 15.0 8.0 18.0 20.0 16.0 60.0 5
Bruce Kendall Men's Division II 5.7 5.7 0.0 10.0 14.0 0.0 15.0 35.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rex Sellers
Chris Timms (helm) 		Tornado 16.0 5.7 0.0 8.0 11.7 0.0 10.0 35.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's 50 m rifle, prone
Athlete Qualification rounds Final rounds Total Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total
Stephen Petterson 100 100 99 97 100 100 596 10 did not advance 10
Men's 50 m pistol
Athlete Qualification rounds Final Total Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank
Greg Yelavich 91 91 85 91 88 89 535 41 did not advance 41
Mixed skeet
Athlete Qualification Semifinal Final Total Rank
Score Rank Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
John Farrell 137 51 did not advance 51
John Woolley 143 =33 did not advance =33

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ross Anderson Men's 100 m freestyle 52.33 36 did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 56.31 25 did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:02.40 20 did not advance
Anthony Beks Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.65 39 did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:27.26 42 did not advance
Sylvia Hume Women's 100 m backstroke 1:05.81 25 did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:21.55 21 did not advance
Paul Kingsman Men's 100 m backstroke 57.80 19 did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:02.20 7 Q 2:00.48 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Richard Lockhart Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.27 46 did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:24.52 36 did not advance
Anthony Mosse Men's 100 m butterfly 54.63 10 QB 54.63 10
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:58.71 2 Q 1:58.28 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sharon Musson Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.58 14 QB 1:04.17 15
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:17.47 13 QB 2:16.06 10
Paul Kingsman
Anthony Beks
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson 		Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:48.93 11 did not advance

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Pool stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		W L Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Barry Griffiths Men's singles  Xu (CHN)
L 0 – 3 		 Böhm (FRG)
L 1 – 3 		 Birocheau (FRA)
W 3 – 2 		 Chih (TPE)
L 0 – 3 		 Maringgi (INA)
L 2 – 3 		 Hosnani (MRI)
W 3 – 1 		 Waldner (SWE)
L 0 – 3 		2 5 7 did not advance
Barry Griffiths
Peter Jackson 		Men's doubles  Waldner /
Appelgren (SWE)
L 0 – 2 		 Ding /
Baer (AUT)
W 2 – 0 		 Kim /
Kim (KOR)
L 0 – 2 		 Böhm /
Rebel (FRG)
L 0 – 2 		 Douglas /
Andrew (GBR)
L 0 – 2 		 Álvarez /
Fermin (DOM)
L 0 – 2 		 Chih /
Chih (TPE)
L 0 – 2 		1 6 8 — did not advance

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Belinda Cordwell Women's singles  Gomer (GBR)
L 6–4 5–7 2–6 		did not advance =33
Kelly Evernden Men's singles  Ivanišević (YUG)
W 7–6 6–3 6–3 		 Mansdorf (ISR)
L 4–6 6–3 1–6 5–7 		did not advance =17
Bruce Derlin
Kelly Evernden 		Men's doubles —  Frana / Jaite (ARG)
W 6–4 4–1 ret. 		 Cahill / Fitzgerald (AUS)
L 7–6 4–6 2–6 6–3 1–6 		did not advance =9

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Kevin Blake Men's heavyweight I NVL — DNF

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final round Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Brent Hollamby Men's bantamweight  Meña (PAN)
W 12–4 		 Chen (CHN)
L 4–14 		Bye  Khaltmaa (MGL)
L 4–19 		Eliminated
Steve Reinsfield Men's featherweight  Polky (GDR)
L P1 		 Sarkisyan (URS)
L 0–13 		Eliminated

Demonstration sports

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Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Kirsten Demanser Women's finweight  Chin (TPE)
L SUP 		did not advance =5
Rosemary Wilson Women's featherweight  Dolls (ESP)
L PTS 		did not advance =5
Bronwyn Wilson Women's middlerweight  Kim (KOR)
L SUP 		did not advance =5
Susan Graham Women's heavyweight  Franssen (CAN)
L PTS 		did not advance =5

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Bruce Ullrich". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "New Zealand Sailing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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