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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldBruce KendallSailingMen's Division II27 September
 GoldIan Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
CanoeingMen's K-2 500 m30 September
 GoldMark ToddEquestrianIndividual eventing2 October
 SilverRex Sellers
Chris Timms
SailingTornado27 September
 SilverIan Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
CanoeingMen's K-2 1000 m1 October
 BronzePaul KingsmanSwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke22 September
 BronzeEric VerdonkRowingMen's single sculls24 September
 BronzeGeorge Keys
Ian Wright
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Andrew Bird (cox)
RowingMen's coxed four24 September
 BronzeLynley Hannen
Nikki Payne
RowingWomen's coxless pair24 September
 BronzeAnthony MosseSwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly24 September
 BronzeJohn CutlerSailingMen's Finn27 September
 BronzePaul MacDonaldCanoeingMen's K-1 500 m30 September
 BronzeAndrew Bennie
Margaret Knighton
Tinks Pottinger
Mark Todd
EquestrianTeam eventing2 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

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 011
Athletics 246
Canoeing 707
Cycling 12113
Equestrian 628
Fencing 101
Gymnastics 011
Judo 22
Rowing 10212
Sailing 11213
Shooting 404
Swimming 527
Table tennis 202
Tennis 213
Weightlifting 11
Wrestling 22
Total671683

Archery

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 324293302298121736 Did not advance36

Athletics

Track and road

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Anne Audain Women's 10,000 m 32:10.7312 q 32:10.4711
John Campbell Men's marathon 2:14:0812
Christine McMiken Women's 10,000 m 32:20.3910 did not advance
Lorraine Moller Women's marathon 2:37:5233
Christine Pfitzinger Women's 3000 m 9:01.309 did not advance
  1. Ranks given are within the heat

Combined

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

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 3:10.275 R 3:11.273 Q 3:15.904 did not advance
Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Men's K-2 500 m 1:32.321 Q 1:33.811 Q 1:33.981st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:20.441 Q 3:23.131 Q 3:32.712nd place, silver medalist(s)
Paul MacDonald Men's K-1 500 m 1:41.652 Q 1:43.331 Q 1:46.463rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alan Thompson Men's K-1 1000 m 3:48.104 R 3:46.201 Q 3:45.404 q 3:56.916

Cycling

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

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Brian Fowler Men's individual road race 4:32:5675
Madonna Harris Women's individual road race DNF
Graeme Miller Men's individual road race 4:32:468
Wayne Morgan Men's individual road race DNF
Brian Fowler
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Gavin Stevens
Men's team time trial 2:03:48.712

Track

Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Tony Graham 1:05.7447
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 advance7
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 advance14

Equestrian

Eventing

Rider Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Overall
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Andrew Bennie Grayshott Individual 52.20885.60215.0023162.8020
Margaret Knighton Enterprise Individual 74.603690.0024DNSDNF
Tinks Pottinger Volunteer Individual 65.80230.00=10.00=165.805
Mark Todd Charisma Individual 37.6010.00=15.00=1142.601st place, gold medalist(s)
Andrew Bennie
Margaret Knighton
Tinks Pottinger
Mark Todd
As above Team 155.60385.60230.006271.203rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Jumping

Individual

Athlete Horse Qualifying Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Total points Rank Round 1 Round 2 Total faults
Maurice Beatson Jeferson Junior 43.5016.0059.5048 did not advance
John Cottle Ups & Downs 13.50DNF did not advance
Mark Todd Bago 55.0033.0088.0030 Q 12.00did not advance
Harvey Wilson Crosby 22.5019.5042.0055 did not advance

Team

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
52.251244.751097.0012

Fencing

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

Rhythmic

Women's individual all-around
Athlete Qualifying Final Total Rank
Hoop Rope Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total
Angela Walker 9.2009.3009.1009.35036.950=32 did not advance

Judo

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

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

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 15.016.08.08.014.00.00.045.03rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Simon Daubney
Tom Dodson (helm)
Aran Hansen
Soling 8.015.013.022.05.721.011.774.47
Peter Evans (helm)
Simon Mander
Men's 470 5.714.017.024.03.013.010.062.76
Fiona Galloway (helm)
Jan Shearer
Women's 470 22.010.017.019.013.013.011.783.79
Murray Jones (helm)
Greg Knowles
Flying Dutchman 3.00.015.08.018.020.016.060.05
Bruce Kendall Men's Division II 5.75.70.010.014.00.015.035.41st place, gold medalist(s)
Rex Sellers
Chris Timms
(helm)
Tornado 16.05.70.08.011.70.010.035.42nd place, silver medalist(s)

Shooting

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 100100999710010059610 did not advance10
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 91918591888953541 did not advance41
Mixed skeet
Athlete Qualification Semifinal Final Total Rank
Score Rank Round 1 Round 2 Total Rank
John Farrell 13751 did not advance51
John Woolley 143=33 did not advance=33

Swimming

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ross Anderson Men's 100 m freestyle 52.3336 did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 56.3125 did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:02.4020 did not advance
Anthony Beks Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.6539 did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:27.2642 did not advance
Sylvia Hume Women's 100 m backstroke 1:05.8125 did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:21.5521 did not advance
Paul Kingsman Men's 100 m backstroke 57.8019 did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:02.207 Q 2:00.48 NR3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Richard Lockhart Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.2746 did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:24.5236 did not advance
Anthony Mosse Men's 100 m butterfly 54.6310 QB 54.6310
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:58.712 Q 1:58.28 NR3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sharon Musson Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.5814 QB 1:04.1715
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:17.4713 QB 2:16.0610
Paul Kingsman
Anthony Beks
Anthony Mosse
Ross Anderson
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:48.9311 did not advance

Table tennis

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
257 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
168 did not advance

Tennis

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

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Kevin Blake Men's heavyweight I NVL DNF

Wrestling

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

Taekwondo

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

  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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