New Zealand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 151 athletes and 100 officials.
Mark Todd — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
Aaron McIntosh — Sailing, Men's Sailboard (Mistral)
Barbara Kendall — Sailing, Women's Sailboard (Mistral)
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
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Preliminary round
Lost to France (50–76)
Lost to China (60–75)
Lost to Italy (66–78)
Lost to United States (56–102)
Lost to Lithuania (75–85)
Classification match
11th-12th place: Defeated Angola (70–60) → 11th place
Team roster
Pero Cameron
Mark Dickel
Paul Henare
Robert Hickey
Phill Jones
Ralph Lattimore
Sean Marks
Kirk Penney
Peter Pokai
Tony Rampton
Brad Riley
Nenad Vučinić
Preliminary round
Lost to Poland (52–72)
Lost to Korea (62–101)
Lost to Cuba (55–74)
Lost to United States (42–93)
Lost to Russia (54–92)
Classification match
11th-12th place: Defeated Senegal (72–69) → 11th place
Team roster
Tania Brunton
Belinda Colling
Megan Compain
Rebecca Cotton
Kirstin Daly
Gina Farmer
Sally Farmer
Dianne L'Ami
Donna Loffhagen
Julie Ofsoski
Leone Patterson
Leanne Walker
Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg):
Angus Shelford
Round 1 — Bye
Round 2 — Lost to Oleksiy Mazikin of Ukraine (did not advance)
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Kashi Leuchs
Final — 2:16:37.57 (→ 17th place)
Women's mountain bike
Susy Pryde
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's competition
Men's road race
Christopher Jenner
Final — 5:30:46 (→ 47th place)
Julian Dean
Final — 5:30:46 (→ 61st place)
Scott Guyton
Final — 5:43:21 (→ 85th place)
Glen Mitchell
Final — DNF
Women's competition
Women's road race
Jacinta Coleman
Final — 3:06:31 (→ 18th place)
Rosalind Reekie-May
Final — 3:10:34 (→ 36th place)
Susy Pryde
Final — DNF
Men's competition
Men's sprint
Anthony Peden
Qualifying — 10.649
First Round — DNS
Men's individual pursuit
Gary Anderson
Qualifying — 04:32.304 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1 km time trial
Matt Sinton
Final — 01:05.706 (→ 11th place)
Men's point race
Glen Thomson
Points — 6
Laps Down — 1 (→ 7th place)
Men's keirin
Anthony Peden
First Round — Heat — 2; Place — DNF
Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 3 (→ did not advance)
Matt Sinton
First round — Heat — 3; Place — 5
Repechage — Heat — 1; Place — 4 (→ did not advance)
Men's team pursuit
Tim Carswell, Lee Vertongen, Gary Anderson, Greg Henderson
Qualifying — 04:06.463
Quarterfinal — 04:06.495 (→ did not advance)
Women's competition
Women's sprint
Fiona Ramage
Qualifying — 11.803
1/8 Finals — Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia
1/8 Finals repechage — Heat 2; 3rd place
Finals 9–12 — (→ 10th place)
Women's individual pursuit
Sarah Ulmer
Qualifying — 03:36.764
Semifinal — Lost to Leontien Zijlaard of Netherlands
Final — Lost to Yvonne McGregor of Great Britain (→ 4th place)
Women's 500 m time trial
Fiona Ramage
Final — 36.536 (→ 16th place)
Women's point race
Sarah Ulmer
Points — 9 (→ 8th place)
Preliminary round (Pool B)
New Zealand — Germany 1–1
New Zealand — China 0–2
New Zealand — The Netherlands 3–4
New Zealand — South Africa 1–0
Medal pool
New Zealand — Australia 0–3
New Zealand — Spain 2–2
New Zealand — Argentina 1–7 (→ Sixth Place)
Team roster
Anne-Marie Irving (gk)
Helen Clarke (gk)
Sandy Bennett
Diana Weavers
Rachel Petrie
Jenny Duck
Caryn Paewai
Skippy Hamahona
Anna Lawrence
Suzie Muirhead
Tina Bell-Kake
Moira Senior
Kylie Foy
Kate Trolove
Michelle Turner
Mandy Smith
New Zealand qualified three boats for the 2000 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls, men's coxless four, and women's single sculls.
Men
Women
Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B
Men's mistral
Aaron McIntosh
Race 1 — (37) OCS
Race 2 — 9
Race 3 — 4
Race 4 — 10
Race 5 — 9
Race 6 — 3
Race 7 — 1
Race 8 — 5
Race 9 — (12)
Race 10 — 3
Race 11 — 4
Final — 48 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's single handed dinghy (Finn)
Clifton Webb
Race 1 — 15
Race 2 — 9
Race 3 — 15
Race 4 — 10
Race 5 — 12
Race 6 — 11
Race 7 — 16
Race 8 — 4
Race 9 — 16
Race 10 — (18)
Race 11 — (26) OCS
Final — 109 (→ 16th place)
Men's double handed dinghy (470)
Simon Cooke and Peter Nicholas
Race 2 — (15)
Race 3 — 9
Race 4 — 12
Race 5 — 10
Race 6 — 12
Race 7 — (15)
Race 8 — 3
Race 9 — 3
Race 10 — 13
Race 11 — 8
Final — 76 (→ 7th place)
Women's mistral
Barbara Kendall
Race 1 — 2
Race 2 — 3
Race 3 — 2
Race 4 — 3
Race 5 — (7)
Race 6 — 1
Race 7 — 3
Race 8 — 1
Race 9 — (5)
Race 10 — 1
Race 11 — 3
Final — 19 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's single handed dinghy (Europe)
Sarah Macky
Race 1 — 12
Race 2 — 1
Race 3 — 14
Race 4 — (16)
Race 5 — 12
Race 6 — 11
Race 7 — 5
Race 8 — (15)
Race 9 — 6
Race 10 — 3
Race 11 — 15
Final — 79 (→ 9th place)
Women's double handed dinghy (470)
Melinda Henshaw and Jenny Egnot
Race 1 — 13
Race 2 — 3
Race 3 — 6
Race 4 — 1
Race 5 — 7
Race 6 — 10
Race 7 — 6
Race 8 — (19)
Race 9 — (20) OCS
Race 10 — 16
Race 11 — 10
Final — 72 (→ 11th place)
Open laser
Peter Fox
Race 1 — 14
Race 2 — 19
Race 3 — 13
Race 4 — (44) OCS
Race 5 — 22
Race 6 — 20
Race 7 — 7
Race 8 — 18
Race 9 — 23
Race 10 — 8
Race 11 — (24)
Final — 144 (→ 21st place)
Open tornado
Chris Dickson and Glen Sowry
Race 1 — 5
Race 2 — 2
Race 3 — 7
Race 4 — (15)
Race 5 — 10
Race 6 — 1
Race 7 — 5
Race 8 — 7
Race 9 — (12)
Race 10 — 3
Race 11 — 6
Final — 46 (→ 5th place)
Open two handed keelboat (Star)
Gavin Brady and Jamie Gale
Race 1 — (16)
Race 2 — 1
Race 3 — 5
Race 4 — 9
Race 5 — 5
Race 6 — 15
Race 7 — 6
Race 8 — 5
Race 9 — 2
Race 10 — (16)
Race 11 — 9
Final — 57 (→ 9th place)
Open three handed keelboat (Soling)
Don Cowie, Rod Davis and Alan Smith
Quarterfinals — (2–3) 2 points → did not advance
Open high performance two handed dinghy (49er)
Daniel Slater and Nathan Handley
Race 1 — (14)
Race 2 — 9
Race 3 — (18) OCS
Race 4 — 5
Race 5 — 12
Race 6 — 7
Race 7 — 5
Race 8 — 12
Race 9 — 4
Race 10 — 2
Race 11 — 3
Race 12 — 8
Race 13 — 2
Race 14 — 7
Race 15 — 13
Race 16 — 10
Final — 99 (→ 8th place)
New Zealand was represented in shooting with five men and two women.
Des Coe
Victor Shaw
Brant Woodward
Geoffrey Jukes
Brian Thomson
Tania Corrigan
Tania Corrigan
Teresa Borrell
Preliminary round robin
Lost to Australia (2:3)
Defeated Canada (3:2)
Lost to PR China (0:10)
Defeated Cuba (6:2)
Lost to Italy (0:1)
Lost to United States (0:2)
Lost to Japan (1:2)
Semifinals
Did not advance → Sixth place
Team roster
Zavana Aranga
Jaye Bailey
Kim Dermott
Rhonda Hira
Melanie Hulme
Lisa Kersten
Ruta Lealamanu
Cindy Potae
Char Pouaka
Kiri Shaw
Jackie Smith
Fiona Timu
Helen Townsend
Melisa Upu
Gina Weber
Men's 200 m freestyle
Jonathan Duncan
Preliminary Heat — 1:53.27 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m freestyle
Jonathan Duncan
Preliminary Heat — 03:58.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Jonathan Duncan
Preliminary Heat — 16:03.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m breaststroke
Steven Ferguson
Preliminary Heat — 01:03.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m breaststroke
Steven Ferguson
Preliminary Heat — 02:19.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m backstroke
Scott Talbot-Cameron
Preliminary Heat — 57.86 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m backstroke
Scott Talbot-Cameron
Preliminary Heat — 02:01.53 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m individual medley
Dean Kent
Preliminary Heat — 02:04.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m individual medley
Dean Kent
Preliminary Heat — 04:21.81 (→ did not advance)
Women's 50 m freestyle
Vivienne Rignall
Preliminary Heat — 25.52
Semi-final — 25.61 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m freestyle
Monique Robins
Preliminary Heat — 57.85 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m butterfly
Elizabeth Van Welie
Preliminary Heat — 02:11.62 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m backstroke
Monique Robins
Preliminary Heat — 01:04.52 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m backstroke
Helen Norfolk
Preliminary Heat — 02:16.22 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m individual medley
Helen Norfolk
Preliminary Heat — 02:18.90 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m individual medley
Helen Norfolk
Preliminary Heat — 04:46.42 (→ did not advance)
New Zealand's heavily touted triathletes were unable to perform up to expectations in the inaugural Olympic triathlon. In particular, Hamish Carter, who had been considered likely to win the event, placed twenty-sixth.
Men's individual competition:
Craig Watson — 1:50:01.85 (→ 16th place)
Hamish Carter — 1:50:57.17 (→ 26th place)
Ben Bright — 1:52:17.26 (→ 38th place)
Women's individual competition:
Evelyn Williamson — 2:05:38.30 (→ 22nd place)
Men
Women
