Hamish carter, john walker 2004 - Hamish Carter(Triathlon), Sarah Ulmer(Individual Pursuit - Cylcling), The Evers-Swindell Twins (Rowing) 2000 - Rob Waddell (Rowing) 1996 - Danyon Loader (Swimming) Others include John Walker(Middle Distance Running), Peter Snell (Middle distance running), Russell Coutts (Yachting), Susan Devoy (Squash), Barbara Kendall (Boardsailing) THere are more but i can't remember them off the top of my head
New Zealand athletes won eight gold medals at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles: 1) Ian Ferguson - Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles Canoeing
2) Alan Thompson - Men's K1 1,000m Kayak Singles Canoeing
3) Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald - Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs Canoeing
4) Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, Grant Bramwell and Paul MacDonald - Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours Canoeing
5) Mark Todd - Three-Day Event Individual Competition Equestrian
6) Rex Sellers and Chris Timms - Men's Tornado Team Competition Sailing
7) Shane O'Brien, Les O'Connell, Conrad Robertson, and Keith Trask - Men's Coxless Fours Rowing
8) Russell Coutts - Men's Finn Individual Competition Sailing
As of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, New Zealand has won 1 Winter Olympics medal. That was a silver by Annelise Coberger in women's slalom alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville.
New Zealand has won a total of 93 Olympic Medals at the Olympic Games, with 39 golds, 16 silvers and 38 bronze. If you add the medals won as part of the combined Australian/New Zealand team it goes up to 104 medals (42 gold, 20 silver and 42 bronze).
Meanwhile in the Winter Olympics, they have only picked up one medal, a silver at the '92 Albertville Games in the Women's Slalom (Annalise Coberger).
*As of August 4th, 2012.
New Zealand won 2 gold medals at the 1960 Summer Games: 1) Peter Snell - men's 800 meter run
2) Murray Halberg - men's 5000 meter run
Mark Spitz, winning 7 medals, then a new record. This record has since been pasted by Alexander Dityatin in 1980 and Michael Phelps in 2004 and 2008; both athletes have won 8 medals in a single Olympics. But Spitz would retain the title of most gold medals until 2008 as Dityatin won 3 gold 5 silver and a bronze in 1980. Phelps won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic game in 2008, which set a new record of most gold medals in a single Olympic.
Through the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada has won a total of 405 medals in the Summer and Winter Olympics.Here is the breakdown:Summer GamesGold: 58Silver: 94Bronze: 108Total Summer: 260Winter GamesGold: 52Silver: 45Bronze: 48Total Winter: 145
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Four ... 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze: Gold - 1) John Walker - men's 1500 meter run 2) Men's field hockey team Silver - 1) Dick Quax - men's 5000 meter run Bronze - 1) Men's rowing eights team
New Zealand won 0 medals at the 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley and 3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze) at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome. 1) Peter Snell - gold in men's 800 meter run. 2) Murray Halberg - gold in men's 5000 meter run. 3) Barry Magee - bronze in men's marathon.
New zealanders have won 37 gold medals in all the Olympics they have participated till now.
New zealanders have won 37 gold medals in all the Olympics they have participated till now.
New Zealand won only one medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. That was achieved by Jack Lovelock who won gold in the 1500 meter run.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, New Zealand has won 33 gold medals and kayaker Ian Ferguson has won the most with 4. Mid distance runner Peter Snell and kayaker Paul MacDonald have won 3 each. Click on the 'New Zealand Olympic Medalists' link below to see all athletes from New Zealand that have won medals at the Olympics.
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16 medals: 14 gold 2 bronze After the 2012 Olympics the number increased by 4 Gold and 2 Silver for a new total of 22 with 18 Gold Medals
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New Zealand is ranked 15th in London Olympics medal count with 6 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals.
That was the 1984 Games in Los Angeles when New Zealand athletes won 8 gold medals.