New Zealand Olympic gold medallists, 1912–2022

Olympic Games	Athlete
1912 Stockholm	Malcolm Champion, swimming, member of Australasian 4 x 200-metre freestyle relay team
1928 Amsterdam	Ted Morgan, boxing, welterweight
1936 Berlin	Jack Lovelock, athletics, 1,500 metres
1952 Helsinki	Yvette Williams, athletics, long jump
1956 Melbourne	Norman Read, athletics, 50-kilometre walk
1956 Melbourne	Peter Mander and Jack Cropp, sailing, 12-metre Sharpie class
1960 Rome	Peter Snell, athletics, 800 metres
1960 Rome	Murray Halberg, athletics, 5,000 metres
1964 Tokyo	Peter Snell, athletics, 800 metres
	Peter Snell, athletics, 1,500 metres
	Helmer Pedersen and Earle Wells, sailing, Flying Dutchman
1968 Mexico City	Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie (cox), rowing, coxed fours
1972 Munich	Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker, Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox), rowing, eights
1976 Montreal	John Walker, athletics, 1,500 metres
1976 Montreal	Paul Ackerley, Jeff Archibald, Arthur Borren, Alan Chesney, John Christensen, Greg Dayman, Tony Ineson, Barry Maister, Selwyn Maister, Trevor Manning, Alan McIntyre, Arthur Parkin, Mohan Patel, Ramesh Patel; (Neil McLeod and Les Wilson were in the squad but did not play and were not awarded gold medals), field hockey
1984 Los Angeles	Alan Thompson, canoeing, K1 1,000-metre flatwater
	Ian Ferguson, canoeing, K1 500-metre flatwater
	Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald, canoeing, K2 500-metre flatwater
	Grant Bramwell, Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald and Alan Thompson, canoeing, K4 1,000-metre flatwater
	Mark Todd, riding Charisma, equestrian, individual eventing
	Les O’Connell, Shane O'Brien, Conrad Robertson and Keith Trask, rowing, coxless four
	Chris Timms and Rex Sellers, sailing, open multihull, Tornado
	Russell Coutts, sailing, men’s single-handed dinghy, Finn
1988 Seoul	Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald, canoeing, K2 500-metre flatwater
	Mark Todd, riding Charisma, equestrian, individual eventing
	Bruce Kendall, sailing, boardsailing
1992 Barcelona	Barbara Kendall, sailing, boardsailing (Lechner)
1996 Atlanta	Blyth Tait, riding Reddy Teddy, equestrian, individual eventing
	Danyon Loader, swimming, 200-metre freestyle
	Danyon Loader, swimming, 400-metre freestyle
2000 Sydney	Rob Waddell, rowing, single sculls
2004 Athens	Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell, rowing, double sculls
	Sarah Ulmer, cycling, 3,000-metre individual pursuit
	Hamish Carter, triathlon
2008 Beijing	Tom Ashley, sailing, boardsailing
	Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell, rowing, double sculls
	Valerie Vili, athletics, shot put
2012 London	Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan, rowing, double sculls
	Hamish Bond and Eric Murray, rowing, coxless pair
	Mahé Drysdale, rowing, single sculls
	Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, sailing, 470 class
	Lisa Carrington, canoe sprint, K1 200 metres
	Valerie Adams, athletics, shot put
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Hamish Bond and Eric Murray, rowing, coxless pair
	Mahé Drysdale, rowing, single sculls
	Lisa Carrington, canoe sprint, K1 200 metres
	Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, sailing, 49er (skiff)
2020 Tokyo	Lisa Carrington, canoe sprint, K1 200 metres
	Lisa Carrington, canoe sprint, K1 500 metres
	Lisa Carrington and Caitlin Regal, canoe sprint, K2 500 metres
	Emma Twigg, rowing, single sculls
	Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast, rowing, coxless pair
	Michaela Blyde, Kelly Brazier, Gayle Broughton, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Stacey Fluhler, Sarah Hitini, Shiray Kaka, Tyla Nathan-Wong, Risi Pouri-Lane, Alena Saili, Tenika Willison, Ruby Tui, Portia Woodman, rugby, sevens
	Hamish Bond, Sam Bosworth (cox), Michael Brake, Shaun Kirkham, Matt Macdonald, Tom Mackintosh, Tom Murray, Dan Williamson, Phillip Wilson, rowing, eights
2022 Beijing	Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, snowboarding, slopestyle

This table shows all the New Zealand athletes who have won gold medals at Olympic Games, from the Stockholm games of 1912 through to the 2022 Beijing winter games.

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Source: Joseph Romanos, Our Olympic century. Wellington: Trio Books, 2008

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Courtney Lindberg
28 July 2024

Can you please add my great grandfather. Michael Victor Alexander Lindberg - who went by Victor First New Zealander to compete in the Olympics, first New Zealander to be a medalist, first New Zealander to win gold. 1900 Paris Olympics Water polo Swam for Great Britain as we did not have a New Zealand team. He was officially recognised in 2014 - the Olympics committee held a ceremony in his honour and presented us with a medal and certificate.

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