New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | NZL |
NOC | New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association |
Website | www |
in Rome | |
Competitors | 37 in 9 sports |
Flag bearer | Les Mills |
Officials | 11 |
Medals Ranked 14th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Australasia (1908–1912) |
New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 37 competitors, 33 men and four women, who took part in 28 events across nine sports.[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Rome, Italy, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Les Mills. Harold Austad was the team's Chef de Mission.[2] The New Zealand team finished 14th on the medal table, winning a total of three medals, two of which were gold.
Medal tables
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Peter Snell | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 2 September |
Gold | Murray Halberg | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres | 2 September |
Bronze | Barry Magee | Athletics | Men's marathon | 10 September |
Medals by sport | ||||||
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Sport | Total | |||||
Athletics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Medals by gender | ||||||
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Gender | Total | |||||
Male | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Athletics
Track and road
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank[lower-roman 1] | Result | Rank[lower-roman 2] | Result | Rank[lower-roman 3] | Result | Rank | ||
Murray Halberg | Men's 5000 m | 14:04.28 | 2 Q | — | 13:43.76 | ||||
Men's 10,000 m | — | 28:49.11 | 5 | ||||||
Jeff Julian | Men's marathon | — | 2:24:50.6 | 18 | |||||
Barry Magee | Men's 10,000 m | — | 30:35.80 | 26 | |||||
Men's marathon | — | 2:17:18.2 | |||||||
Valerie Morgan | Women's 100 m | 12.61 | 3 | 12.66 | 7 | did not advance | |||
Women's 200 m | 25.39 | 5 | — | did not advance | |||||
Ray Puckett | Men's marathon | — | 2:37:36.0 | 51 | |||||
Norman Read | Men's 20 km walk | — | 1:36:59.0 | 5 | |||||
Men's 50 km walk | — | DNF | |||||||
Barry Robinson | Men's 200 m | 22.2 | 5 | did not advance | |||||
Men's 400 m | 47.6 | 2 Q | 48.3 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
Donal Smith | Men's 800 m | 1:51.86 | 1 Q | 1:48.52 | 4 | did not advance | |||
Peter Snell | Men's 800 m | 1:48.22 | 1 Q | 1:48.84 | 2 Q | 1:47.34 | 1 Q | 1:46.48 OR |
Field
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Dave Norris | Men's long jump | 7.04 | 32 | did not advance | |
Men's triple jump | 14.30 | 36 | did not advance | ||
Les Mills | Men's discus throw | 50.76 | 28 | did not advance | |
Men's shot put | 16.93 | 11 Q | 17.06 | 11 | |
Valerie Sloper | Women's discus throw | 46.91 | 12 q | 48.81 | 10 |
Women's shot put | 16.07 | 2 Q | 16.39 | 4 | |
Jennifer Thompson | Women's discus throw | 46.74 | 14 | did not advance | |
Beverly Weigel | Women's long jump | 6.12 | 5 Q | 5.98 | 10 |
Cycling
One male cyclist represented New Zealand in 1960.
Track
- Men's 1000 m time trial
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Warwick Dalton | 1:10.68 | 11 |
Equestrian
Jumping
Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Overall | |||
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Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | |||
Adrian White | Telebrae | Individual | 33.25 | 35 | 12 | =4 | 45.25 | 23 |
Fencing
One fencer represented New Zealand in 1960.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 pool | Round 2 pool | Quarterfinal pool | Semifinal pool | Final pool | Rank | ||||||||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Wins | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Wins | ||||||
Brian Pickworth | Men's individual épée | Gonsior (POL) L 1 – 5 |
El-Gressy (MAR) W 5 – 1 |
Barouch (TUN) W 5 – 3 |
Echeverry (COL) W 5 – 2 |
Guittet (FRA) W 5 – 3 |
4 | Balestrini (ARG) L 1 – 5 |
Achten (BEL) L 3 – 5 |
Glos (POL) L 3 – 5 |
Pellegrino (ITA) L 1 – 5 |
Sákovics (HUN) L 1 – 5 |
0 | did not advance | |||
Men's individual foil | Paladino (URU) W 5 – 4 |
Debeur (BEL) L 1 – 5 |
González (ESP) L 1 – 5 |
Csipler (ROU) L 4 – 5 |
Zhdanovich (URS) L 2 – 5 |
1 | Did not advance | ||||||||||
Men's individual sabre | Amberg (GBR) W 5 – 4 |
Haschja (INA) L 4 – 5 |
Chicca (ITA) L 4 – 5 |
Paladino (URU) L 3 – 5 |
Zabłocki (POL) L 0 – 5 |
1 | Did not advance |
Field hockey
Men's tournament
- Team roster
John Abrams James Barclay Phillip Bygrave John Cullen Ross Gillespie Anthony Hayde Noel Hobson |
Ian Kerr Murray Mathieson Guy McGregor Mervyn McKinnon Kevin Percy Bill Schaefer Bruce Turner |
- Group A
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification |
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India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | Advance to quarter-finals |
New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Tie-breaker to determine second place in group |
Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |
Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13th–16th classification round |
- Group A tie-breaker
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By winning the Group A tie-breaker match, New Zealand advanced to the quarter-finals, while the Netherlands continued to the classification matches for 9th to 12th places.
- Quarter-final
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After losing its quarter-final, New Zealand moved into the classification matches for 5th to 8th places.
- 5th–8th Classification matches
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New Zealand moved into the playoff for 5th and 6th places by defeating Germany.
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The match to decide 5th and 6th positions between Australia and New Zealand was declared null and void after Australia's previous match against Kenya was declared drawn on appeal. Australia subsequently defeated Kenya in a replay, and then a replay was required between New Zealand and Australia to decide 5th place.
- 5th–6th Classification replay
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New Zealand finished the men's field hockey tournament in 5th place.
Rowing
In 1960, seven rowing competitions were held, and New Zealand entered a single rower: James Hill competing in single sculls.[3] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[4]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
James Hill | Single sculls | 7:19.64 | 1 FA | Bye | 7:23.98 | 4 |
Sailing
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ralph Roberts | Finn | 441 | 867 | 742 | 800 | 946 | 1344 | 5140 | 6 | |
Murray Rae (helm) Ron Watson |
Flying Dutchman | 638 | 1115 | 446 | 990 | 638 | DNF |
814 | 4641 | 8 |
Helmer Pedersen was a reserve but did not compete.
Weightlifting
Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Don Oliver | Men's heavyweight | 132.5 | =16 | 122.5 | =14 | 170.0 | =8 | 425.0 | 13 |
Wrestling
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Fred Thomas | Men's freestyle middleweight | Mehdizadeh (IRI) W Fall |
Graffigna (ARG) W 3–0 |
Gardzhev (BUL) L Fall |
Antonsson (SWE) L Fall |
Eliminated | 10 |
Officials
- Chef de Mission – Harold Austad
- Assistant team manager – George Thorn[5]
- Physiotherapist and masseur – Stanley Paris[6]
- Athletics section manager – Joe McManemin[7]
- Field hockey section manager – Jack Squire[8]
- Rowing section manager – Charles Saunders[9]
- Sailing section manager – Hugh Poole[10]
- Weightlifting section manager – John Cullen[11]
- Wrestling section manager – Jack Prestney[12]
References
- ↑ "New Zealand at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ↑ Sell, Bronwyn; Sheehy, Christine (2014). Long Shots: The greatest underdog stories in New Zealand sport. Allen & Unwin. p. 33. ISBN 978 1 877505 41 6.
- ↑ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "Personal record. Thorn, George (Rome Olympics 1)". Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "News briefs from Rome". The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29291. 24 August 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Olympic Games: news briefs from Rome". The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29289. 22 August 1960. p. 18. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Top sports leader dies". The Press. 21 February 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Shook hands with Pope". The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29306. 10 September 1960. p. 10. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ Bolland, Jim (5 June 2012). "Hugh Poole (1924-2012) - one of the hard men of NZ yachting dies". Sail-World. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Olympic Games managers". The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29231. 15 June 1960. p. 21. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Games post announced". The Press. Vol. 112, no. 32895. 19 April 1972. p. 18. Retrieved 13 January 2023.