List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics

New Zealand rowers have competed at the Summer Olympics since the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. With 24 Olympic medals including 11 gold medals, it is the country's most successful Olympic sport, closely followed by athletics with also 24 medals including 10 gold medals.

Participation

Early years without participation

In the early years of the modern Olympic Games, people from New Zealand participated but not on behalf of New Zealand. The country's earliest participant, Victor Lindberg at the 1900 Summer Olympics, was only officially recognised as New Zealand's first competitor in 2014.[1][2] In 1908 and 1912, a total of six New Zealanders competed as part of a team from Australasia. But none of these early New Zealand competitors were rowers. After the 1916 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, were cancelled due to World War I, New Zealand sent its first rower to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.[3]

1920 Summer Olympics

Darcy Hadfield in c. 1920; New Zealand's first Olympic rower and the country's first winner of an Olympic rowing medal

Darcy Hadfield was a dominant single scull rower of his time. He had won the 1919 Henley Peace Regatta "with ease", defeating the 1912 Olympic champion William Kinnear. Later in the same month, he won the single sculls at the Inter-Allied Games near Paris. The long journey from New Zealand by boat to Belgium saw him out of shape at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and he came third in the final race, winning bronze.[4][5] He was New Zealand's only rower at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[6] Hadfield was defeated in the semifinals of the single sculls by John B. Kelly Sr., the eventual gold medal winner, but took the bronze medal as the fastest losing semifinalist.[7]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Darcy Hadfield Single sculls 8:05.0 1 Q 7:49.2 2 Did not race 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

1924 Summer Olympics

The New Zealand Olympic Council decided to send eight rowers to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[8] The biggest challenge at the time was a lack of funds and in the end, the New Zealand Olympic team was made up of only four athletes, none of them rowers.[9][10]

1928 Summer Olympics

A New Zealand rowing eight was selected but was unable to travel to the games because of lack of funds.[11][12] The chosen team consisted of Hubert McLean (Wellington), C. S. Morris (Canterbury), F. H. Brown (Canterbury), Clarrie Healey (Wanganui),[13] Mick Brough (Otago), Vic Olsson (Marlborough), L. Brooker (Auckland), Bob Stiles (Canterbury), G. St. Clair (Auckland), and G. Duggan (Canterbury). The reserves were H. G. Stiles (Canterbury) and N. Webber (Auckland).

1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics New Zealand rowers

In 1932, seven rowing competitions were held, and New Zealand entered three boats with a total of eleven rowers: a coxless pair, a coxed four, and a coxed eight.[14] Bob Stiles and Rangi Thompson won New Zealand's second rowing medal, a silver, in the coxless pair.[15]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bob Stiles
Rangi Thompson		 Coxless pair 7:50.2 2 R 8:11.4 2 Q 8:02.4 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Noel Pope
Somers Cox
Charles Saunders
John Solomon
Delmont Gullery (cox)		 Coxed four 7:19.6 3 R 7:38.2 1 Q 7:32.4 4
George Cooke
Bert Sandos
Bob Stiles
Jack Macdonald
Lawrence Jackson
Rangi Thompson
Charles Saunders
John Solomon
Delmont Gullery (cox)		 Eight 6:38.2 4 R 6:52.2 2 Did not advance

1936 Summer Olympics

In February 1936, the national rowing championships were held in Wellington.[16] Even before the national championships, it was clear that no coxed eight would be sent due to the cost involved and lack of previous international success.[17] Following the regatta, it was decided that no rowers were up to sufficient form, and none were nominated for the Summer Olympics in Berlin.[18]

Interlude

The 1940 and 1944 Summer Olympics were both cancelled due to World War II. While New Zealand sent a team of 17 athletes to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, no rowers were included.[3]

1952 Summer Olympics

In 1952, seven rowing competitions were held, and New Zealand entered a single boat: a coxed four. The boat was eliminated in the repechage.[19]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Semi-finals repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ted Johnson
John O'Brien
Kerry Ashby
Bill Tinnock
Colin Johnstone		 Coxed four 7:25.2 4 R 7:07.3 2 Did not advance

1956 Summer Olympics

In 1956, New Zealand entered boats in three of the seven events, manned by eight rowers.[20]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
James Hill Single sculls 7:30.1 3 R 8:29.9 1 SA/B 9:12.5 3 Did not advance
Reg Douglas
Bob Parker		 Coxless pair 7:32.6 1 QS Bye 8:44.7 3 Did not advance
Peter Lucas
Ray Laurent
Donald Gemmell
Allan Tong
Colin Johnstone		 Coxed four 7:16.2 3 R 7:16.6 1 QS 8:30.7 4 Did not advance

1960 Summer Olympics

In 1960, seven rowing competitions were held, and New Zealand entered a single rower: James Hill competing in single sculls.[21]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
James Hill Single sculls 7:19.64 1 FA Bye 7:23.98 4

1964 Summer Olympics

Murray Watkinson in 1964

In 1964, New Zealand entered boats in three of the seven events:[22] men's single sculls,[23] men's coxed four,[24] and men's coxed eight.[25]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Murray Watkinson Single sculls 7:49.01 2 R 7:45.28 1 FA 8:35.57 5
Darien Boswell
Alistair Dryden
Peter Masfen
Dudley Storey
Robert Page (cox)		 Coxed four 6:50.81 3 R 7:09.26 2 FB 6:45.16 8
Mark Brownlee
Alexander Clark
Peter Delaney
John Gibbons
George Paterson
Tony Popplewell
Raymond Skinner
Alan Webster
Douglas Pulman (cox)		 Coxed eight 6:20.63 4 R 6:14.83 3 FB 6:07.59 11

1968 Summer Olympics

In 1968, New Zealand entered boats in two of the seven events:[26] men's coxed four[27] and men's coxed eight.[28] In the coxed four, the teams from East and West Germany were among the favourites; the United Team of Germany had won this event at the last Olympics, but that was the last appearance of the German United Team. The teams from the Soviet Union and Italy were also among the medal contenders. The East German team won their heat and semi-final in the fastest overall time, but the New Zealand team unexpectedly controlled the final and defeated the East Germans by over two seconds. This was New Zealand's third rowing medal, and its first gold medal in rowing.[27] The medals were presented by IOC vice-president Konstantin Adrianow.[29]

New Zealand's coxed eight was expected to win, and Wybo Veldman later recalled:[30]

We were hot favourites but the wheels fell off. We should have won it, finished fourth, got nothing, a terrible experience.

In 1968, New Zealand's first golden era in rowing began. Under trainer Rusty Robertson, the era would last until the 1976 Summer Olympics.[31] Both the 1968 coxed four and Robertson would later be inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.[32][33]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Warren Cole
Ross Collinge
Dick Joyce
Dudley Storey
Simon Dickie (cox)		 Coxed four 7:12.19 1 QS Bye 6:48.65 1 FA 6:45.62 1st, gold medalist(s)
Alan Webster
Wybo Veldman
Alistair Dryden
John Hunter
Mark Brownlee
John Gibbons
Tom Just
Gil Cawood
Robert Page (cox)		 Coxed eight 6:05.62 1 FA Bye N/A 6:10.43 4

1972 Summer Olympics

1972 was the last year that only men competed at the Olympic rowing events.[34] New Zealand entered boats in four of the seven events at the Munich Games, and won medals in two of the competitions.[35] The members of the gold medal winning 1972 New Zealand eight came from nine different clubs, which said a lot about Robertson's ability as a coach to blend individuals into a strong sum.[36] The team would win Sportsman of the Year Awards in both 1971 and 1972. The crew of the coxed eight standing on the victory dais overcome with emotion and "bawling like babies" is one of New Zealand's most memorable sporting moments.[30][37] The coxed eights medal ceremony was also the first time "God Defend New Zealand" played as New Zealand's national anthem instead of "God Save the Queen".[30] Before and during the Olympic Games, the New Zealand rowing team stayed in the Bavarian village of Lenggries, where they were adopted by the locals as their own. When the 2007 World Rowing Championships were again held in Munich, Chris Nilsson—who was by then a rowing coach—arranged for the New Zealand team to stay at Lenggries once more, rekindling old friendships.[38]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Murray Watkinson Single sculls 7:51.29 2 R 8:11.51 3 SA/B 8:30.88 5 FB 8:05.42 10
Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills		 Coxless four 6:47.27 1 SA/B Bye 7:03.99 1 FA 6:25.64 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Warren Cole
Chris Nilsson
John Clark
David Lindstrom
Lindsay Wilson		 Coxed four 6:51,76 3 SA/B Bye 7:21.94 3 FA 6:42.55 6
Tony Hurt
Wybo Veldman
Dick Joyce
John Hunter
Lindsay Wilson
Athol Earl
Trevor Coker
Gary Robertson
Simon Dickie (cox)		 Eight 6:06.19 1 R Bye 6:28.40 2 FA 6:08.94 1st, gold medalist(s)

1976 Summer Olympics

The coxless four at the 1977 World Rowing Championships, with Dave Rodger (having replaced Bob Murphy since the Olympics in the previous year), Des Lock, Ivan Sutherland, and David Lindstrom

Women were invited for the first time to compete in Olympic rowing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, and 16 nations sent female competitors, but New Zealand was not one of those nations.[39] New Zealand sent 18 men for three of the eight male rowing competitions.[40] When the coxed eight came "only" third, Robertson was dismissed as the national rowing coach; he went to Australia to continue his coaching career.[32]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bob Murphy
Grant McAuley
Des Lock
David Lindstrom		 Coxless four 6:06.40 3 SA/B Bye 6:00.82 3 FA 6:43.23 4
Viv Haar
Danny Keane
Tim Logan
Ian Boserio
David Simmons (cox)		 Coxed four 6:06.40 3 SA/B Bye 6:00.82 3 FA 6:43.23 4
Ivan Sutherland
Trevor Coker
Peter Dignan
Lindsay Wilson
Athol Earl
Dave Rodger
Alec McLean
Tony Hurt
Simon Dickie (cox)		 Eight 5:40.00 2 R 5:37.08 1 FA N/A 6:03.51 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

1980 Summer Olympics

1980 was the year of the Summer Olympics boycott led by the United States. The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (NZOCGA) was initially determined to go ahead with New Zealand's participation and named an Olympic team of over 100 athletes, including a number of rowers, but individual athletes and the NZOCGA eventually yielded under the pressure exerted by the Third National Government of New Zealand under Robert Muldoon. Four New Zealand athletes went to Moscow as independents, but none of them were rowers.[41]

1984 Summer Olympics

In 1984, New Zealand's first female rower attended the Olympics: Stephanie Foster competed in the single sculls. There were again eight competitions for men, and New Zealand entered twenty-one rowers across five boats. The coxless four won a gold medal, while the coxed four won bronze.[42] Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott and the absence of East Germany and the Soviet Union, New Zealand was the strong favourite in the coxed eight event, but came a disappointing fourth.[43] New Zealand sent 18 men for three of the eight male rowing competitions.[44] At the time, Dudley Storey was the national coach.[36]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gary Reid Single sculls 7:27.10 2 R 7:26.12 2 SA/B 7:34.15 5 FB 7:22.63 7
Geoff Horan
Allan Horan		 Coxless pair 7:05.44 2 SA/B Bye 7:02.89 4 FB 7:04.00 9
Les O'Connell
Shane O'Brien
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask		 Coxless four 6:08.41 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:03.48 1st, gold medalist(s)
Kevin Lawton
Don Symon
Barrie Mabbott
Ross Tong
Brett Hollister (cox)		 Coxed four 6:27.18 3 SA/B ? 1 FA N/A 6:23.68 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Nigel Atherfold
Dave Rodger
Roger White-Parsons
George Keys
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Andrew Stevenson
Mike Stanley
Andy Hay (cox)		 Eight 5:48.19 1 FA Bye N/A 5:44.14 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stephanie Foster Single sculls 3:51.86 2 R 3:51.19 2 SA/B 4:02.29 4 FB 3:52.20 7

1988 Summer Olympics

New Zealand entered five boats across the fourteen boat classes; four of those for men and a coxless pair for the women. There were 15 New Zealand rowers in total, and three bronze medals were won, including the first by female rowing medal.[45][46] Greg Johnston and Chris White were rowing in both the coxed pair and the coxed four, but once they qualified for the semi-finals, they decided to concentrate on the larger boat and did not race the coxed pair any longer.[47]

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, 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, 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, bronze medalist(s)

1992 Summer Olympics

New Zealand qualified four boats for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain: men's single sculls, men's coxless four, men's coxed four, and women's double sculls. Twelve rowers competed for New Zealand, but there were no medals won in rowing in Barcelona.[48]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eric Verdonk Single sculls 6:58.35 2 R 7:02.40 1 SA/B 6:56.79 3 FA 6:57.45 4
Scott Brownlee
Chris White
Pat Peoples
Campbell Clayton-Greene		 Coxless four 6:03.10 2 SA/B Bye 6:01.19 3 FA 6:02.13 6
Bill Coventry
Guy Melville
Toni Dunlop
Ian Wright
Carl Sheehan		 Coxed four 6:32.61 5 R 6:25.32 4 FB N/A 6:15.66 11
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Philippa Baker
Brenda Lawson		 Double sculls 7:20.49 2 SA/B Bye 7:01.07 2 FA 6:56.81 4

1996 Summer Olympics

New Zealand qualified five boats for the 1996 Summer Olympics: men's single sculls,[49] men's pair,[50] men's coxless four,[51] men's lightweight double sculls,[51] and women's double sculls.[52] Eleven rowers competed for New Zealand but like in 1992, there were no medals won in rowing.[53]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rob Waddell Single sculls 7:48.69 4 R 7:42.87 1 SA/B 7:18.52 4 FB 6:49.55 7
Dave Schaper
Toni Dunlop		 Coxless pair 6:42.15 3 R 7:04.40 3 SA/B 6:51.64 2 FA 6:29.24 5
Alastair Mackintosh
Ian Wright
Chris White
Scott Brownlee		 Coxless four 6:30.03 4 R 6:35.58 4 Did not advance
Rob Hamill
Mike Rodger		 Lightweight double sculls 7:09.61 4 R 6:34.78 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Philippa Baker
Brenda Lawson		 Double sculls 7:26.83 2 SA/B Bye 7:15.57 2 FA 7:09.92 6

2000 Summer Olympics

New Zealand qualified three boats for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: men's single sculls,[54] men's coxless four,[55] and women's single sculls.[56] Six rowers competed for New Zealand, and Rob Waddell—at his second appearance at Olympic Games—won a gold medal.[57]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rob Waddell Single sculls 6:54.20 1 SA/B Bye 6:58.01 1 FA 6:48.90 1st, gold medalist(s)
Scott Brownlee
Toni Dunlop
Rob Hellstrom
Dave Schaper		 Four 6:13.60 2 SA/B Bye 6:05.33 3 FA 6:09.13 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sonia Waddell Single sculls 7:40.18 1 SA/B Bye 7:35.24 3 FA 7:43.71 6

2004 Summer Olympics

New Zealand rowers qualified five boats with 11 rowers; two boats for men's and three for women's races.[58] Twin sisters Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell went into their double sculls as the favourites and did not disappoint; they beat the German team of Peggy Waleska and Britta Oppelt by 1 sec to win gold.[59]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
George Bridgewater
Nathan Twaddle		 Pair 6:54.75 1 SA/B Bye 6:24.49 3 FA 6:34.24 4
Mahé Drysdale
Donald Leach
Carl Meyer
Eric Murray		 Four 6:22.91 2 SA/B Bye 5:52.95 2 FA 6:15.47 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sonia Waddell Single sculls 7:36.15 1 SA/B/C Bye 7:42.00 3 FA 7:31.66 6
Nicky Coles
Juliette Haigh		 Pair 9:37.53 5 R 7:11.00 2 FA N/A 7:23.52 6
Caroline Evers-Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell		 Double sculls 7:25.57 1 FA Bye N/A 7:01.79 1st, gold medalist(s)

2008 Summer Olympics

New Zealand rowers qualified eight boats with 16 rowers; five boats for men's and three for women's races. Mahé Drysdale won his first Olympic medal (bronze) and the men's pair of George Bridgewater and Nathan Twaddle also won a bronze medal. But the lasting rowing memory from the Beijing Summer Games is the gold medal by the Evers-Swindell twins, who beat their German opponents by 0.01 sec.[60] The twins have twice won the Lonsdale Cup (in 2003 and 2008), awarded by the New Zealand Olympic Committee for the most outstanding contribution to an Olympic or Commonwealth sport during the previous year.[61] In 2016, the twins were awarded the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honour available in world rowing.[62]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mahé Drysdale Single sculls 7:28.80 1 QF N/A 6:50.18 1 SA/B 7:05.57 3 FA 7:01.56 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
George Bridgewater
Nathan Twaddle		 Pair 6:41.65 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:36.05 2 FA 6:44.19 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Nathan Cohen
Rob Waddell 		Double sculls 6:24.32 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:24.16 3 FA 6:30.79 4
Peter Taylor
Storm Uru		 Lightweight double sculls 6:16.78 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:30.53 4 FB 6:27.14 7
Hamish Bond
James Dallinger
Carl Meyer
Eric Murray		 Four 6:00.73 2 SA/B Bye N/A 5:57.31 4 FB 6:06.30 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emma Twigg Single sculls 7:45.12 1 QF N/A 7:34.24 3 SA/B 7:38.09 4 FB 7:51.63 9
Nicky Coles
Juliette Haigh		 Pair 7:31.45 2 R 7:32.64 1 FA N/A 7:28.80 5
Caroline Evers-Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell		 Double sculls 7:03.92 1 FA Bye N/A 7:07.32 1st, gold medalist(s)

2012 Summer Olympics

New Zealand rowers had their most successful campaign to date at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Great Britain. Eleven boats with 26 rowers had qualified, and three gold and two bronze medals were won. The men won gold in the single sculls, double sculls, and pair, and bronze in the lightweight double sculls. The women won bronze in the pair.[63] Hamish Bond later wrote that he watched Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan in their final, and with 500 m to go, they were 3.5 sec down on the leaders and in fourth place; whilst they were the reigning world champions and had dominated the qualifying races, Bond was convinced that they had no chance of winning their final. But they had the most impressive sprint and won by half a length. It gave Bond confidence that he could win his race, too, and so he did (with Eric Murray) the following day.[64]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mahé Drysdale Single sculls 6:49.69 1 QF Bye 6:54.86 1 SA/B 7:18.11 1 FA 6:57.82 1st, gold medalist(s)
Hamish Bond
Eric Murray		 Pair 6:08.50 WR 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:48.11 1 FA 6:16.65 1st, gold medalist(s)
Nathan Cohen
Joseph Sullivan		 Double sculls 6:11.30 OR 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:19.79 3 FA 6:31.67 1st, gold medalist(s)
Peter Taylor
Storm Uru		 Lightweight double sculls 6:37.02 2 SA/B Bye N/A 6:36.71 3 FA 6:40.86 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Chris Harris
Sean O'Neill
Jade Uru
Tyson Williams		 Four 5:51.84 4 R 6:03.66 2 SA/B N/A 6:06.36 4 FB 6:11.97 11
Michael Arms
Robbie Manson
John Storey
Matthew Trott		 Quadruple sculls 5:41.62 4 R 5:43.82 1 SA/B N/A 6:10.95 4 FB 5:58.88 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emma Twigg Single sculls 7:40.24 4 QF Bye 7:39.07 5 SA/B 7:46.71 3 FA 8:01.76 4
Juliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown		 Pair 7:06.93 2 FA Bye N/A 7:30.19 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Fiona Paterson
Anna Reymer 		Double sculls 6:49.44 2 FA Bye N/A 7:09.82 5
Louise Ayling
Julia Edward		 Lightweight double sculls 7:02.78 3 R 7:21.29 2 SA/B N/A 7:15.06 5 FB 7:22.78 9
Fiona Bourke
Sarah Gray
Eve MacFarlane
Louise Trappitt		 Quadruple sculls 6:20.22 3 R 6:48.71 6 FB N/A 6:56.46 7

2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Olympic campaign in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon was another success for the New Zealand rowing team. The country's largest team ever, with 36 rowers, competed with 11 boats. Mahé Drysdale in the single sculls, and Hamish Bond and Eric Murray in the pair repeated their gold medal performances from four years earlier. The women's pair also repeated the success from London and gained bronze once again.[65]

New Zealand initially qualified ten out of a possible fourteen boats for each of the rowing classes listed below. The majority of the rowing crews confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while a women's single sculls rower had added one more boat to the New Zealand roster as a result of a top three finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. Thee teams had to have also competed at the New Zealand Rowing Championships, held in Lake Karapiro, to assure their selection to the Olympic team for the Games.[66]

The rowing team was named on 4 March 2016.[67] On 1 July 2016, the Russian men's quadruple sculls boat was disqualified due to a doping violation, resulting in New Zealand gaining the men's quadruple sculls slot as the next-best non-qualifier.[68] For the first time in Olympic history, New Zealand rowers participated in the men's lightweight four and the women's eight.[69]

The 2013–16 Olympic cycle was the first full cycle under the auspicious of High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ). Rowing was the largest benefactor of HPSNZ's investment, receiving $32.1 million of the $162.2 million spent on Olympic sports during the four-year cycle.[70]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mahé Drysdale Single sculls 7:04.45 1 QF Bye 6:46.51 1 SA/B 7:03.70 2 FA 6:41.34 1st, gold medalist(s)
Hamish Bond
Eric Murray		 Pair 6:41.75 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:23.36 1 FA 6:59.71 1st, gold medalist(s)
Chris Harris
Robbie Manson		 Double sculls 6:40.35 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:17.01 4 FB 7:06.80 11
Alistair Bond
James Hunter
James Lassche
Peter Taylor		 Lightweight four 6:03.34 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:08.96 3 FA 6:28.14 5
George Bridgewater
Nathan Flannery
John Storey
Jade Uru		 Quadruple sculls 5:59.13 4 R 5:58.92 6 FB N/A 6:18.92 10
Michael Brake
Isaac Grainger
Stephen Jones
Alex Kennedy
Shaun Kirkham
Tom Murray
Brook Robertson
Joe Wright
Caleb Shepherd (cox)		 Eight 5:36:28 3 R 5:56.94 3 FA N/A 5:36.64 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Emma Twigg Single sculls 8:17.02 1 QF Bye 7:31.79 1 SA/B 7:48.20 2 FA 7:24.48 4
Genevieve Behrent
Rebecca Scown		 Pair 7:09.23 1 SA/B Bye N/A 7:29.67 2 FA 7:19.53 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Eve MacFarlane
Zoe Stevenson		 Double sculls 7:14.31 1 SA/B Bye N/A 6:52.97 4 FB 7:50.74 12
Julia Edward
Sophie MacKenzie		 Lightweight double sculls 7:02.01 2 SA/B Bye N/A 7:19.27 2 FA 7:10.61 4
Genevieve Behrent
Kelsey Bevan
Emma Dyke
Kerri Gowler
Kayla Pratt
Grace Prendergast
Rebecca Scown
Ruby Tew
Francie Turner (cox)		 Eight 6:12.05 2 R 6:34.90 3 FA N/A 6:05.48 4

Medal table

Medal Name Year Event Date
 Gold Cole, WarrenWarren Cole
Ross Collinge
Dick Joyce
Dudley Storey
Simon Dickie (cox) 		1968 Men's coxed four 19 October 1968
 Gold Tony Hurt
Wybo Veldman
Dick Joyce
John Hunter
Lindsay Wilson
Athol Earl
Trevor Coker
Gary Robertson
Simon Dickie (cox) 		1972 Men's eight
 Gold Shane O'Brien
Les O'Connell
Conrad Robertson
Keith Trask 		1984 Men's coxless four
 Gold Waddell, RobRob Waddell 2000 Men's single sculls
 Gold Evers-Swindell, CarolineCaroline Evers-Swindell
Evers-Swindell, GeorginaGeorgina Evers-Swindell 		2004 Women's double sculls
 Gold Evers-Swindell, GeorginaGeorgina Evers-Swindell
Evers-Swindell, CarolineCaroline Evers-Swindell 		2008 Women's double sculls
 Gold Cohen, NathanNathan Cohen
Joseph Sullivan 		2012 Men's double sculls 2 August 2012
 Gold Bond, HamishHamish Bond
Eric Murray 		2012 Men's pair 3 August 2012
 Gold Drysdale, MahéMahé Drysdale 2012 Men's single sculls 3 August 2012
 Gold Bond, HamishHamish Bond
Eric Murray 		2016 Men's coxless pair 11 August 2016
 Gold Drysdale, MahéMahé Drysdale 2016 Men's single sculls 13 August 2016
 Silver Bob Stiles
Rangi Thompson 		1932 Men's coxless pair 13 August 1932
 Silver Dick Tonks
Dudley Storey
Ross Collinge
Noel Mills 		1972 Men's coxless four
 Silver Behrent, GenevieveGenevieve Behrent
Rebecca Scown 		2016 Women's coxless pair 12 August 2016
 Bronze Hadfield, DarcyDarcy Hadfield 1920 Men's single sculls
 Bronze Ivan Sutherland
Trevor Coker
Peter Dignan
Lindsay Wilson
Athol Earl
Dave Rodger
Alec McLean
Tony Hurt
Simon Dickie (cox) 		1976 Men's eight
 Bronze Kevin Lawton
Barrie Mabbott
Don Symon
Ross Tong
Brett Hollister (cox)		 1984 Men's coxed four
 Bronze Verdonk, EricEric Verdonk 1988 Men's single sculls
 Bronze George Keys
Ian Wright
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Andrew Bird (cox) 		1988 Men's coxed four
 Bronze Hannen, LynleyLynley Hannen
Nikki Payne 		1988 Women's coxless pair
 Bronze Drysdale, MahéMahé Drysdale2008 Men's single sculls
 Bronze Twaddle, NathanNathan Twaddle
Bridgewater, GeorgeGeorge Bridgewater 		2008 Men's coxless pair
 Bronze Haigh, JulietteJuliette Haigh
Rebecca Scown 		2012 Women's pair 1 August 2012
 Bronze Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor
Storm Uru 		2012 Men's lightweight double sculls 4 August 2012

New Zealand rowers

There have been 243 Olympic rowers from New Zealand thus far. New Zealand men have been competing since the 1920 Summer Olympics,[6] and make up 200 of those rowers. New Zealand women have been competing since the 1984 Summer Olympics,[42] and 43 have rowed at Olympic Games.

Competitors 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years
Men 1 11 5 8 1 15 14 19 18 21 10 10 9 5 6 11 15 22 18
Women 1 2 2 2 1 5 5 11 14 9
NZ rowers 1 11 5 8 1 15 14 19 18 22 12 12 11 6 11 16 26 36 243
All nation rowers 108 44 81 186 136 182 245 153 313 310 404 242 410 330 353 440 593 470 447 592 627 608 547 557 555 550 547 10,030

The following table shows the individual rowers that make up the 244 appearances, with many rowers having attended several Summer Olympics. In total, 170 individuals have represented the country as Olympic rowers, with 140 men and 30 women. These individuals have won 31 gold, 8 silver, and 30 bronze medals, i.e. a total of 69 medals. So far, just three individuals have attended four Summer Olympics: Chris White (1984 to 1996),[71] and both Mahé Drysdale and Eric Murray (rower) have attended all Summer Olympics since since the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[72][73] Two rowers have won three Olympic medals: Simon Dickie (1968, 1972, and 1976) and Mahé Drysdale (2008, 2012, and 2016).[73][74] Seven rowers have won two gold medals: Simon Dickie,[74] Dick Joyce,[75] Mahé Drysdale,[73] Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell,[76][77] Eric Murray,[72] and Hamish Bond.[78]

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