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

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
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
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
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

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

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
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
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
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

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

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
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

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
George Bridgewater Nathan Twaddle	Pair	6:41.65	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:36.05	2 FA	6:44.19
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

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
Hamish Bond Eric Murray	Pair	6:08.50 WR	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:48.11	1 FA	6:16.65
Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan	Double sculls	6:11.30 OR	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:19.79	3 FA	6:31.67
Peter Taylor Storm Uru	Lightweight double sculls	6:37.02	2 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:36.71	3 FA	6:40.86
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
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
Hamish Bond Eric Murray	Pair	6:41.75	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:23.36	1 FA	6:59.71
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
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 Drysdale	2008	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]

Sortable and collapsible table

#	NZOC id	Rower	Gender	Games	Appearances				Medals
1	8	Hadfield, DarcyDarcy Hadfield	M	1920	1			1	1
2	25	Cooke, GeorgeGeorge Cooke	M	1932	1
3	26	Cox, SomersSomers Cox	M	1932	1
4	30	Gullery, DelmontDelmont Gullery	M	1932	1
5	31	Jackson, LawrenceLawrence Jackson	M	1932	1
6	35	Macdonald, JackJack Macdonald	M	1932	1
7	36	Pope, NoelNoel Pope	M	1932	1
8	38	Sandos, BertBert Sandos	M	1932	1
9	39	Saunders, CharlesCharles Saunders	M	1932	1
10	41	Solomon, JohnJohn Solomon	M	1932	1
11	42	Stiles, CyrilCyril Stiles	M	1932	1		1		1
12	44	Thompson, RangiRangi Thompson	M	1932	1		1		1
13	63	Ashby, KerryKerry Ashby	M	1952	1
14	68	Johnson, TedTed Johnson	M	1952	1
15	69	Johnstone, ColinColin Johnstone	M	1952, 1956	2
16	72	O'Brien, JohnJohn O'Brien	M	1952	1
17	75	Tinnock, BillBill Tinnock	M	1952	1
18	87	Douglas, RegReg Douglas	M	1956	1
19	90	Gemmell, DonaldDonald Gemmell	M	1956	1
20	95	Hill, JamesJames Hill	M	1956, 1960	2
21	104	Laurent, RayRay Laurent	M	1956	1
22	106	Lucas, PeterPeter Lucas	M	1956	1
23	109	Parker, BobBob Parker	M	1956	1
24	123	Tong, AllanAllan Tong	M	1956	1
25	160	Boswell, DarienDarien Boswell	M	1964	1
26	161	Brownlee, MarkMark Brownlee	M	1964, 1968	2
27	167	Clark, AlexanderAlexander Clark	M	1964	1
28	170	Delaney, PeterPeter Delaney	M	1964	1
29	171	Dryden, AlistairAlistair Dryden	M	1964, 1968	2
30	174	Gibbons, JohnJohn Gibbons	M	1964, 1968	2
31	186	Masfen, PeterPeter Masfen	M	1964	1
32	193	Page, RobertRobert Page	M	1964, 1968	2
33	194	Paterson, GeorgeGeorge Paterson	M	1964	1
34	196	Popplewell, TonyTony Popplewell	M	1964	1
35	198	Pulman, DouglasDouglas Pulman	M	1964	1
36	199	Skinner, RaymondRaymond Skinner	M	1964	1
37	201	Storey, DudleyDudley Storey	M	1964, 1968, 1972	3	1	1		2
38	203	Watkinson, MurrayMurray Watkinson	M	1964, 1972	2
39	204	Webster, AlanAlan Webster	M	1964, 1968	2
40	218	Cawood, GilGil Cawood	M	1968	1
41	221	Cole, WarrenWarren Cole	M	1968, 1972	2	1			1
42	222	Collinge, RossRoss Collinge	M	1968, 1972	2	1	1		2
43	224	Dickie, SimonSimon Dickie	M	1968, 1972, 1976	3	2		1	3
44	228	Hunter, JohnJohn Hunter	M	1968, 1972	2	1			1
45	230	Joyce, DickDick Joyce	M	1968, 1972	2	2			2
46	231	Just, TomTom Just	M	1968	1
47	254	Veldman, WyboWybo Veldman	M	1968, 1972	2	1			1
48	265	Clark, JohnJohn Clark	M	1972	1
49	266	Coker, TrevorTrevor Coker	M	1972, 1976	2	1		1	2
50	273	Earl, AtholAthol Earl	M	1972, 1976	2	1		1	2
51	283	Hurt, TonyTony Hurt	M	1972, 1976	2	1		1	2
52	287	Lindstrom, DavidDavid Lindstrom	M	1972, 1976	2
53	298	Mills, NoelNoel Mills	M	1972	1		1		1
54	299	Nilsson, ChrisChris Nilsson	M	1972	1
55	309	Robertson, GaryGary Robertson	M	1972	1	1			1
56	319	Tonks, DickDick Tonks	M	1972	1		1		1
57	323	Wilson, LindsayLindsay Wilson	M	1972, 1976	2	1		1	2
58	336	Boserio, IanIan Boserio	M	1976	1
59	342	Dignan, PeterPeter Dignan	M	1976	1			1	1
60	349	Haar, VivViv Haar	M	1976	1
61	354	Keane, DannyDanny Keane	M	1976	1
62	356	Lock, DesDes Lock	M	1976	1
63	357	Logan, TimTim Logan	M	1976	1
64	358	McAuley, GrantGrant McAuley	M	1976	1
65	359	McLean, AlecAlec McLean	M	1976	1
66	361	Murphy, BobBob Murphy	M	1976	1
67	372	Rodger, DaveDave Rodger	M	1976, 1984	2			1	1
68	375	Simmons, DavidDavid Simmons	M	1976	1
69	377	Sutherland, IvanIvan Sutherland	M	1976	1			1	1
70	401	Atherfold, NigelNigel Atherfold	M	1984	1
71	434	Foster, StephanieStephanie Foster	F	1984	1
72	446	Hay, AndyAndy Hay	M	1984	1
73	447	Hollister, BrettBrett Hollister	M	1984	1			1	1
74	448	Horan, AllanAllan Horan	M	1984	1
75	449	Horan, GeoffGeoff Horan	M	1984	1
76	452	Johnston, GregGreg Johnston	M	1984, 1988	2			1	1
77	456	Keys, GeorgeGeorge Keys	M	1984, 1988	2			1	1
78	461	Lawton, KevinKevin Lawton	M	1984	1			1	1
79	463	Mabbott, BarrieBarrie Mabbott	M	1984	1			1	1
80	482	O'Brien, ShaneShane O'Brien	M	1984	1	1			1
81	483	O'Connell, LesLes O'Connell	M	1984	1	1			1
82	491	Reid, GaryGary Reid	M	1984	1
83	495	Robertson, ConradConrad Robertson	M	1984	1	1			1
84	504	Stanley, MikeMike Stanley	M	1984	1
85	506	Stevenson, AndrewAndrew Stevenson	M	1984	1
86	508	Symon, DonDon Symon	M	1984	1			1	1
87	515	Tong, RossRoss Tong	M	1984	1			1	1
88	516	Trask, KeithKeith Trask	M	1984	1	1			1
89	519	White, ChrisChris White	M	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	4			1	1
90	520	White-Parsons, RogerRoger White-Parsons	M	1984	1
91	534	Bird, AndrewAndrew Bird	M	1988	1			1	1
92	537	Clayton-Greene, CampbellCampbell Clayton-Greene	M	1988, 1992	2
93	542	Cotter, GeoffGeoff Cotter	M	1988	1
94	543	Coventry, BillBill Coventry	M	1988, 1992	1
95	552	Gibson, NeilNeil Gibson	M	1988	1
96	555	Hannen, LynleyLynley Hannen	F	1988	1			1	1
97	570	Payne, NikkiNikki Payne	F	1988	1			1	1
98	578	Verdonk, EricEric Verdonk	M	1988, 1992	2			1	1
99	582	Wright, IanIan Wright	M	1988, 1992, 1996	3			1	1
100	593	Baker, PhilippaPhilippa Baker	F	1992, 1996	2
101	600	Brownlee, ScottScott Brownlee	M	1992, 1996, 2000	3
102	610	Dunlop, ToniToni Dunlop	M	1992, 1996, 2000	3
103	636	Lawson, BrendaBrenda Lawson	F	1992, 1996	2
104	646	Melville, GuyGuy Melville	M	1992	1
105	658	Peoples, PatPat Peoples	M	1992	1
106	670	Sheehan, CarlCarl Sheehan	M	1992	1
107	712	Hamill, RobRob Hamill	M	1996	1
108	727	Mackintosh, AlastairAlastair Mackintosh	M	1996	1
109	738	Rodger, MikeMike Rodger	M	1996	1
110	739	Schaper, DaveDave Schaper	M	1996, 2000	2
111	745	Waddell, RobRob Waddell	M	1996, 2000, 2008	3	1			1
112	794	Hellstrom, RobRob Hellstrom	M	2000	1
113	858	Waddell, SoniaSonia Waddell	F	2000, 2004	1
114	883	Bridgewater, GeorgeGeorge Bridgewater	M	2004, 2008, 2016	3			1	1
115	891	Coles, NickyNicky Coles	F	2004, 2008	2
116	896	Drysdale, MahéMahé Drysdale	M	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	4	2		1	3
117	898	Evers-Swindell, CarolineCaroline Evers-Swindell	F	2004, 2008	2	2			2
118	899	Evers-Swindell, GeorginaGeorgina Evers-Swindell	F	2004, 2008	2	2			2
119	907	Haigh, JulietteJuliette Haigh	F	2004, 2008, 2012	3			1	1
120	928	Leach, DonaldDonald Leach	M	2004	1
121	933	Meyer, CarlCarl Meyer	M	2004, 2008	2
122	934	Murray, EricEric Murray	M	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	4	2			2
123	966	Twaddle, NathanNathan Twaddle	M	2004, 2008	2			1	1
124	1002	Bond, HamishHamish Bond	M	2008, 2012, 2016	3	2			2
125	1013	Cohen, NathanNathan Cohen	M	2008, 2012	2	1			1
126	1016	Dallinger, JamesJames Dallinger	M	2008, 2012, 2016	3			1	1
127	1094	Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor	M	2008, 2012, 2016	3			1	1
128	1097	Twigg, EmmaEmma Twigg	F	2008, 2012, 2016	3
129	1098	Uru, StormStorm Uru	M	2008, 2012	2			1	1
130	1125	Arms, MichaelMichael Arms	M	2012	1
131	1126	Ayling, LouiseLouise Ayling	F	2012	1
132	1129	Bourke, FionaFiona Bourke	F	2012	1
133	1139	Edward, JuliaJulia Edward	F	2012, 2016	2
134	1150	Gray, SarahSarah Gray	F	2012	1
135	1157	Harris, ChrisChris Harris	M	2012, 2016	2
136	1173	MacFarlane, EveEve MacFarlane	F	2012, 2016	2
137	1174	Manson, RobbieRobbie Manson	M	2012, 2016	2
138	1189	O'Neill, SeanSean O'Neill	M	2012	1
139	1191	Paterson, FionaFiona Paterson	F	2012	1
140	1200	Reymer, AnnaAnna Reymer	F	2012	1
141	1208	Scown, RebeccaRebecca Scown	F	2012, 2016	2		1	1	2
142	1214	Storey, JohnJohn Storey	M	2012, 2016	2
143	1216	Sullivan, JosephJoseph Sullivan	M	2012	1	1			1
144	1219	Trappitt, LouiseLouise Trappitt	F	2012	1
145	1220	Trott, MatthewMatthew Trott	M	2012	1
146	1223	Uru, JadeJade Uru	M	2012, 2016	2
147	1230	Williams, TysonTyson Williams	M	2012	1
148	1249	Behrent, GenevieveGenevieve Behrent	F	2016	1		1		1
149	1251	Bevan, KelseyKelsey Bevan	F	2016	1
150	1252	Bond, AlistairAlistair Bond	M	2016	1
151	1254	Brake, MichaelMichael Brake	M	2016	1
152	1267	Dyke, EmmaEmma Dyke	F	2016	1
153	1270	Flannery, NathanNathan Flannery	M	2016	1
154	1278	Gowler, KerriKerri Gowler	F	2016	1
155	1279	Grainger, IsaacIsaac Grainger	M	2016	1
156	1282	Hunter, JamesJames Hunter	M	2016	1
157	1289	Jones, StephenStephen Jones	M	2016	1
158	1294	Kennedy, AlexAlex Kennedy	M	2016	1
159	1297	Kirkham, ShaunShaun Kirkham	M	2016	1
160	1301	Lassche, JamesJames Lassche	M	2016	1
161	1304	MacKenzie, SophieSophie MacKenzie	F	2016	1
162	1322	Murray, TomTom Murray	M	2016	1
163	1334	Pratt, KaylaKayla Pratt	F	2016	1
164	1335	Prendergast, GraceGrace Prendergast	F	2016	1
165	1339	Robertson, BrookBrook Robertson	M	2016	1
166	1348	Shepherd, CalebCaleb Shepherd	M	2016	1
167	1350	Stevenson, ZoeZoe Stevenson	F	2016	1
168	1353	Tew, RubyRuby Tew	F	2016	1
169	1357	Turner, FrancieFrancie Turner	F	2016	1
170	1371	Wright, JoeJoe Wright	M	2016	1
#	NZOC id	Rower	Gender	Games	243 appearances	31	8	30	69 medals

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