New Zealand competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 134 athletes and 70 officials. 134 competitors, 92 men and 42 women, took part in 87 events in 17 sports.
Barbara Kendall — Sailing, Women's Windglider Individual Competition
Danyon Loader — Swimming, Men's 200 metres butterfly
Vicki Latta, Andrew Nicholson, and Blyth Tait — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition (mixed)
Leslie Egnot and Jan Shearer — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition
Don Cowie and Rod Davis — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
Lorraine Moller — Athletics, Women's Marathon
David Tua — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Gary Anderson — Cycling, Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit
Blyth Tait — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition (mixed)
Craig Monk — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
New Zealand sent one archer to Barcelona. She did not advance to the elimination rounds.
Women's individual competition:
Faye Johnstone — Ranking round, 37th place (0-0)
Men's 5.000 metres
Robbie Johnston
Heat — 13:57.87 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Rex Wilson — 2:15.51 (→ 16th place)
Derek Froude — 2:19.37 (→ 35th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
Gavin Lovegrove
Qualification — 81.04 m
Final — 77.08 m (→ 9th place)
Women's 10,000 metres
Lesley Morton
Heat — 33:51.06 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk
Anne Judkins
Final — 45:28 (→ 9th place)
Women's Marathon
Lorraine Moller — 2:33.59 (→ Bronze Medal)
Marguerite Buist — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Javelin Throw
Kirsten Smith
Qualification — 59.34 m (→ 17th place)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 64 kg):
Trevor Shailer
First round — Lost to Laszlo Szücs (Hungary) on points 7-0
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg):
Sililo Figota
First round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany) on points 16-2
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg):
David Tua
First round — Bye
Second round — Beat José Ortega Chumilla (Spain) after referee stopped contest in 2nd round
Third round — Beat Vojtech Ruckschloss (Czechoslovakia) after referee stopped contest in 3rd round
Semi Final — Lost to David Izonritei (Nigeria) on points 12-7
Fourteen cyclists, eleven men and three women, represented New Zealand in 1992. Gary Anderson won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit.
Men's road race
Graeme Miller
Brian Fowler
Tom Bamford
Men's team time trial
Brian Fowler
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller
Chris Nicholson
Men's sprint
Jon Andrews
Men's 1 km time trial
Jon Andrews
Men's individual pursuit
Gary Anderson
Men's team pursuit
Gary Anderson
Nigel Donnelly
Carlos Marryatt
Stuart Williams
Glenn McLeay
Men's points race
Glenn McLeay
Women's road race
Joann Burke — 2:05:03 (→ 30th place)
Rosalind Reekie — 2:23:52 (→ 49th place)
Women's individual pursuit
Jacqui Nelson
Women's 10m Platform
Tania Paterson
Preliminary Round — 254.04 points (→ 24th place)
One male fencer represented New Zealand in 1992.
Men's épée
Gavin McLean
Preliminary Round (Pool B)
New Zealand – Spain 0-3
New Zealand – Pakistan 0-1
New Zealand – The Netherlands 3-4
New Zealand – Malaysia 2-3
New Zealand – Unified Team 2-1
Classification Matches
5th-8th place: New Zealand – Great Britain 2-3
7th-8th place: New Zealand – India 2-3 → 8th place
Team Roster
( 1.) Peter Daji (captain)
( 2.) Brett Leaver
( 3.) David Grundy
( 4.) Scott Hobson
( 5.) Grant McLeod
( 6.) Peter Miskimmin
( 7.) Paresh Patel
( 8.) David Penfold
( 9.) John Radovonich
(10.) Craig Russ
(11.) Gregory Russ
(12.) Umesh Parag
(13.) Jamie Smith
(14.) Anthony Thornton
(15.) Scott Anderson (gk)
(16.) Ian Woodley (gk)
Preliminary Round (Pool B)
New Zealand – South Korea 0-6
New Zealand – The Netherlands 0-2
New Zealand – Great Britain 2-3
Classification Matches
5th-8th place: New Zealand – Australia 1-5
7th-8th place: New Zealand – Canada 0-2 → 8th place
Team Roster
( 1.) Elaine Jensen (gk)
( 2.) Helen Shearer (gk)
( 3.) Mary Clinton (captain)
( 4.) Tina Bell-Kake
( 5.) Christine Arthur
( 6.) Shane Collins
( 7.) Sapphire Cooper
( 8.) Kylie Foy
( 9.) Sue Duggan
(10.) Susan Furmage
(11.) Trudy Kilkolly
(12.) Anna Lawrence
(13.) Kieren O'Grady
(14.) Mandy Smith
(15.) Robyn Toomey
(16.) Kate Trolove
New Zealand qualified four boats for the 1992 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls, men's coxless four, men's coxed four, and women's double sculls.
Men
Women
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Bruce Kendall
Final Ranking — 105.7 points (→ 4th place)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Barbara Kendall
Final Ranking — 47.8 points (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 470 Class
Leslie Egnot and Jan Shearer
Final Ranking — 36.7 points (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 50m Freestyle
Nicholas Sanders
Heat – 23.79 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Mark Weldon
Heat – 23.87 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
John Steel
Heat – 50.59
B-Final – 50.69 (→ 13th place)
Nicholas Sanders
Heat – 51.77 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
John Steel
Heat – 1:50.56
B-Final – 1:51.12 (→ 16th place)
Trent Bray
Heat – 1:52.49 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Danyon Loader
Heat – 3:50.05
Final – 3:49.97 (→ 8th place)
Richard Tapper
Heat – 3:59.71 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Simon Percy
Heat – 57.96 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Simon Percy
Heat – 2:05.53 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Nicholas Sanders
Heat – 55.44 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Guy Callaghan
Heat – 55.49 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Danyon Loader
Heat – 1:58.15
Final – 1:57.93 (→ Silver Medal)
Guy Callaghan
Heat – 2:02.12 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Simon Percy
Heat – 2:06.76 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
John Steel, Nicholas Sanders, Trent Bray, and Mark Weldon
Heat – 3:23.09 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Trent Bray, Richard Tapper, John Steel, and Danyon Loader
Heat – 7:26.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
Toni Jeffs
Heat – 26.90 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Toni Jeffs
Heat – 58.80 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
Philippa Langrell
Heat – 4:14.00
B-Final – 4:12.96 (→ 9th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
Philippa Langrell
Heat – 8:38.43
Final – 8:35.57 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Anna Simcic
Heat – 1:03.12
B-Final – 1:03.30 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
Anna Simcic
Heat – 2:12.99
Final – 2:11.99 (→ 5th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Philippa Langrell
Heat – 4:53.62 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
