New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics information
Sporting event delegation
New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code
NZL
NOC
New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website
www.olympic.org.nz
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors
199 in 20 sports
Flag bearer (opening)
Peter Burling[2][3]
Flag bearer (closing)
Lisa Carrington[1]
Medals Ranked 19th
Gold
4
Silver
9
Bronze
5
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
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1936
1948
1952
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2024
Other related appearances
Australasia (1908–1912)
New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Games and competed at every Games since. The New Zealand team consisted of 199 athletes, 100 women and 99 men, across twenty sports, the first time New Zealand was represented by more women than men at the Summer Olympics.
The New Zealand team collected a total of 18 medals, four gold, nine silver and five bronze, at these Games, surpassing a record of 13 gained at both the 1988 and 2012 Summer Olympics; it also exceeded High Performance Sport New Zealand's (HPSNZ) target of 14 medals for the Games.[4][5] Athletics (track and field) and sailing led the sports with four medals each, with three medals in each of canoeing and rowing, and one medal in each of cycling, golf, rugby sevens and shooting. Rowers Mahé Drysdale, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray, and sprint canoeist Lisa Carrington successfully defended their Olympic titles, while sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke ran away in the 49er class standings and secured their gold-medal victory before the final two races.[6][7] New Zealand women won the majority of the medals (11), the second time this has happened in the nation's Olympic history (the first was in 1952).
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