New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics


New Zealand competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the country's 25th appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and competed at every Games since. It is New Zealand's most successful Olympic Games, matching their previously highest medal total of 20 from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and breaking their previous Gold medal total of 8 from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Medallists

The following New Zealand competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medallists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDate
Rugby sevensWomen's tournament

Lucy Spoors
RowingWomen's double sculls
CanoeingMen's kayak cross

Lisa Carrington
Alicia Hoskin
Tara Vaughan
CanoeingK-4 500 m
CyclingWomen's keirin

Alicia Hoskin
CanoeingK-2 500 m
AthleticsMen's high jump
CanoeingK-1 500 m
GolfWomen's tournament
CyclingWomen's sprint
TriathlonMen's individual

Oliver Maclean
Tom Murray
Logan Ullrich
RowingMen's four

William McKenzie
Sailing49er
RowingWomen's single sculls

Shaane Fulton
Rebecca Petch
CyclingWomen's team sprint

Bryony Botha
Emily Shearman
Nicole Shields
CyclingWomen's team pursuit
AthleticsWomen's shot put

Phoebe Spoors
Davina Waddy
Kerri Williams
RowingWomen's four

Erica Dawson
SailingMixed Nacra 17
Ally WollastonCyclingWomen's omnium

SportTotal
Canoeing4004
Cycling2215
Rowing1214
Athletics1102
Golf1001
Rugby sevens1001
Sailing0112
Triathlon0101
Total107320

GenderTotal
Female84214
Male2305
Mixed0011
Total107320

NameSportTotal
Lisa CarringtonCanoeing3003
Ellesse AndrewsCycling2103
Alicia HoskinCanoeing2002
Ally WollastonCycling0112

Officials

Nigel Avery is the chef de mission for New Zealand at the Games.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotal
Artistic swimming022
Athletics8917
Canoeing5712
Cycling91120
Diving011
Equestrian224
Field hockey16016
Football181836
Golf213
Gymnastics123
Judo022
Rowing91120
Rugby sevens121224
Sailing6612
Shooting112
Sport climbing112
Surfing112
Swimming459
Tennis022
Triathlon224
Weightlifting101
Wrestling011
Total9897195

Artistic swimming

New Zealand fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the highest-ranked Oceanian nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Athletics

New Zealand track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark or by world ranking, in the following events :

Canoeing

Slalom

New Zealand entered four boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain, and 2024 Oceania Championships in Penrith, Australia.
'''Kayak cross'''

Sprint

New Zealand canoeists qualified boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 Oceania Canoe Sprint Qualifier in Penrith, Australia.
Men
'''Women'''

Cycling

Road

New Zealand entered four road cyclists into the games. New Zealand secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRank
Laurence PithieMen's road race6:26:5739
Corbin StrongMen's road race6:22:3127
Laurence PithieMen's time trial38:49.7624
Niamh Fisher-BlackWomen's road race4:04:2331
Kim CadzowWomen's road race4:08:1456
Kim CadzowWomen's time trial41:46.027

Track

New Zealand entered a full squad of men's team pursuit, madison, omnium, sprint, keirin; and women's track events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.
Sprint
Pursuit
Keirin
AthleteEventRound 1RepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
AthleteEventRankRankRankRankRank
Sam DakinMen's keirin5 R2 Q2 SF5 FD8
Ellesse AndrewsWomen's keirin1 Q2 SF1 FA
Rebecca PetchWomen's keirin5 R2 Q3 SF5 FB12

Omnium
Madison
AthleteEventPointsLap PointsRank
Aaron Gate
Campbell Stewart
Men's madison3304
Bryony Botha
Emily Shearman
Women's madison708

Mountain biking

New Zealand mountain bikers secured a men's and women's quota place each in the Olympic cross-country race by virtue of their top two results at the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain; and through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings. Sam Gaze was selected for the men's quota. Sammie Maxwell took a case with the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand against Cycling New Zealand about her non-selection and won her case on 15 July 2024, with the tribunal securing her selection.
AthleteEventTimeRank
Sam GazeMen's cross-country1:28:036
Sammie MaxwellWomen's cross-country1:30:438

BMX

Race

New Zealand qualified a men's quota in BMX racing through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking and a women's quota via the 2024 UCI BMX World Championships.

Diving

New Zealand entered one diver, Elizabeth Roussel, into the Olympic competition.

Equestrian

New Zealand entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the team eventing competition through a top-seven finish at the 2022 FEI Eventing World Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. New Zealand also entered two riders, each in the dressage and jumping individual events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group G.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Field hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

The New Zealand men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics after finishing third at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Muscat, Oman.
;Team roster
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Football

;Summary

Men's tournament

The New Zealand men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Auckland.
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Women's tournament

The New Zealand women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Apia, Samoa.
Team roster
Group play
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Golf

New Zealand entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. They qualified directly for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their respective world ranking performances, on the IGF World Rankings.

Gymnastics

Artistic

New Zealand entered one artistic gymnast into the games. Georgia-Rose Brown directly secured a quota spot by being one of two highest-ranked eligible athlete in the women's uneven bars, through the final accumulations of the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings. Although Isabella Brett qualified for the games through the 2024 Oceanian Championships in Auckland, Gymnastics New Zealand declined to put forward Brett's nomination to the New Zealand Olympic Committee for the Olympic Games.

Trampoline

New Zealand entered two gymnasts into the 2024 Summer Olympics trampoline competition through the World Cup Series ranking.

Judo

New Zealand qualified two judokas, Moira de Villiers and Sydnee Andrews, based on the IJF World Ranking List and Olympic point rankings.

Rowing

New Zealand rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Men
Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

'''Summary'''

Men's tournament

The New Zealand national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-four placement in the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series, registering its fourth victory in the Singapore leg.
Team roster
Group stage
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Quarter-final
5–8th place classification semi-final
'''Fifth place match'''

Women's tournament

The New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-four placement in the 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, registering its fourth consecutive victory in the Vancouver leg.
Team roster
Group stage
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Quarterfinal
Semifinal
'''Gold medal match'''

Sailing

New Zealand sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, and 2023 Sail Sydney in Sydney, Australia.
Elimination events
'''Medal race events'''

Shooting

New Zealand shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Sport climbing

For the first time in history, New Zealand qualified two climbers for Paris. Julian David and Sarah Tetzlaff qualified directly for the women's and men's speed events, by winning the gold medal at the 2023 Oceania Olympic Qualifier in Melbourne, Australia.
'''Speed'''

Surfing

New Zealand surfers confirmed two shortboard quota places for Tahiti. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Billy Stairmand and rookie Saffi Vette topped the list of eligible surfers from Oceania to secure the lone available berth in their respective shortboard races at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador.
Qualification legend: R3 – Qualifies to elimination rounds; R2 – Qualifies to repechage round

Swimming

Swimmers from New Zealand achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time ):
Men
'''Women'''

Tennis

New Zealand entered a team in the women's doubles consisting of Erin Routliffe and Lulu Sun. Sun was also an alternate in the women's singles, losing in the first round.

Triathlon

New Zealand confirmed four quota places in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final mixed relay Olympics qualification ranking.
Individual
'''Relay'''

Weightlifting

New Zealand entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. David Liti secured one available continental allocation spot in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Wrestling

For the first time since 2016, New Zealand qualified one wrestler for Paris 2024. Tayla Ford qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.