New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery

Individual, Men Robin Sampson 53

Artistic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around, Men Terry Sale 110 r1/2
Floor Exercise, Men Terry Sale =104 r1/1
Horse Vault, Men Terry Sale =71 r1/1
Parallel Bars, Men Terry Sale 110 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men Terry Sale 110 r1/1
Rings, Men Terry Sale 110 r1/1
Pommelled Horse, Men Terry Sale =101 r1/1
Individual All-Around, Women Dianne Foote =104 r1/2
Floor Exercise, Women Dianne Foote =99 r1/1
Horse Vault, Women Dianne Foote =69 r1/1
Uneven Bars, Women Dianne Foote 113 r1/1
Balance Beam, Women Dianne Foote 94 r1/1

Athletics

100 metres, Men Laurie D'Arcy 5 h9 r1/4
200 metres, Men Bevan Smith 4 h2 r2/4
1,500 metres, Men Rod Dixon 3 Bronze
Tony Polhill 9
5,000 metres, Men Dick Quax 9 h2 r1/2
Dick Tayler 10 h3 r1/2
Gavin Thorley 10 h5 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Gavin Thorley AC h3 r1/2
Marathon, Men Jack Foster 8
Dave McKenzie 22
Terry Manners 34
400 metres Hurdles, Men Roger Johnson 4 h5 r1/3
Shot Put, Men Les Mills 23 r1/2
Discus Throw, Men Les Mills 14
Robin Tait 20 r1/2
100 metres, Women Brenda Matthews 8 h1 r2/4
400 metres, Women Penny Hunt 6 h3 r2/4
800 metres, Women Sue Haden 4 h5 r1/3
100 metres Hurdles, Women Brenda Matthews 5 h2 r1/3

Boxing

Featherweight, Men Pat Ryan =17
Welterweight, Men Jeff Rackley =17

Canoe Sprint

Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Don Cooper 5 h1 r3/4
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men New Zealand 5 h1 r2/4
Don CooperTom Dooney

Cycling Road

Road Race, Individual, Men Bruce Biddle 4
Paul Brydon 50
Vern Hanaray DNF
Robert Oliver DNF

Cycling Track

1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Harry Kent 16
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men New Zealand 14 r1/4
Paul BrydonNeil LysterJohn DeanBlair Stockwell

Hockey

Hockey, Men New Zealand 9
Alan PattersonBarry MaisterChris InesonTed SalmonGreg DaymanJan BorrenJeff ArchibaldJohn ChristensenKevin RigbyRamesh PatelRoss McPhersonSelwyn MaisterThur BorrenArthur ParkinWarwick WrightRoss Gillespie (DNS)Trevor Manning (DNS)

Judo

Middleweight, Men Rick Littlewood =11

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Murray Watkinson 10
Coxless Fours, Men New Zealand 2 Silver
Dick TonksDudley StoreyRoss CollingeNoel Mills
Coxed Fours, Men New Zealand 6
Warren ColeChris NilssonJohn ClarkDavid LindstromPeter Lindsay
Eights, Men New Zealand 1 Gold
Tony HurtWybo VeldmanDick JoyceJohn HunterLew WilsonJoe EarlTrevor CokerGary RobertsonSimon Dickie

Sailing

One Person Dinghy, Open Brett de Thier 10
Three Person Keelboat, Open New Zealand 5
Fraser BeerNoel EverettRon Watson
Three Person Keelboat, Open New Zealand 21
Con LintonJack ScholesSteve Marten
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Open New Zealand 9
Jock BilgerMurray Ross

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open Bruce McMillan 28
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open Mike Watt 29
Ian Ballinger 46
Running Target, 50 metres, Open Graeme McIntyre 26

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Men Colin Herring =22
200 metres Freestyle, Men Colin Herring 26
400 metres Freestyle, Men Mark Treffers 19
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Mark Treffers 6
200 metres Individual Medley, Men John McConnochie 15
400 metres Individual Medley, Men John McConnochie 17
100 metres Freestyle, Women Heather Coombridge 35
200 metres Freestyle, Women Heather Coombridge 22
400 metres Freestyle, Women Jaynie Parkhouse 19
800 metres Freestyle, Women Jaynie Parkhouse 16
100 metres Backstroke, Women Susan Hunter 26
200 metres Backstroke, Women Susan Hunter 21
200 metres Individual Medley, Women Susan Hunter 17
400 metres Individual Medley, Women Susan Hunter 9

Weightlifting

Middleweight, Men Tony Ebert 17
Light-Heavyweight, Men Brian Marsden 12
Middle-Heavyweight, Men John Bolton DNF

Wrestling

Middleweight, Freestyle, Men David Aspin AC