New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1990 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1990 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Auckland, New Zealand
Competitors	224 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Anthony Mosse
Flag bearer (closing)	Gary Anderson
Officials	61
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 17 Silver 14 Bronze 27 Total 58
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 224 competitors and 61 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Auckland, New Zealand, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was swimmer Anthony Mosse, and at the closing ceremony was cyclist Gary Anderson. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 58 medals, 17 of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Tania Dixon	Athletics	Women's high jump
Gold	Michael Kenny	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
Gold	Gary Anderson	Cycling – track	Men's individual pursuit
Gold	Gary Anderson	Cycling – track	Men's scratch race
Gold	Gary Anderson Nigel Donnelly Glen McLeay Stuart Williams	Cycling – track	Men's team pursuit
Gold	Brian Fowler Graeme Miller Ian Richards Gavin Stevens	Cycling – road	Men's team time trial
Gold	Madonna Harris	Cycling – track	Women's individual pursuit
Gold	Graeme Miller	Cycling – road	Men's road race
Gold	Nikki Jenkins	Gymnastics	Women's vault
Gold	Angela Walker	Gymnastics	Women's rope
Gold	Brent Cooper	Judo	Men's half lightweight
Gold	Judy Howat Marie Watson	Lawn bowls	Women's pairs
Gold	Paul Carmine Tony Clarke	Shooting	Open 10 m running target pairs
Gold	Roger Harvey	Shooting	Open 50 m rifle prone
Gold	Roger Harvey Stephen Petterson	Shooting	Open 50 m rifle prone pairs
Gold	Anthony Mosse	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly
Gold	Anna Simcic	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke
Silver	Anne Judkins	Athletics	Women's 10 km walk
Silver	Simon Poelman	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Silver	Gary Anderson	Cycling – track	Men's 1 km time trial
Silver	Craig Connell	Cycling – track	Men's points race
Silver	Brian Fowler	Cycling – road	Men's road race
Silver	Donna Guy-Halkyard	Judo	Women's half middleweight
Silver	Graeme Spinks	Judo	Men's half middleweight
Silver	Marlene Castle Adrienne Lambert Lyn McLean Rhoda Ryan	Lawn bowls	Women's fours
Silver	Millie Khan	Lawn bowls	Women's singles
Silver	Barry O'Neale Greg Yelavich	Shooting	Open centre-fire pistol pairs
Silver	Stephen Petterson	Shooting	Open 50 m rifle prone
Silver	Brian Read Greg Yelavich	Shooting	Open free pistol pairs
Silver	Paul Kingsman	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
Silver	Anna Simcic	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
Bronze	Angus Cooper	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	Gavin Lovegrove	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Bronze	Barbara Moore	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Bronze	Peter O'Donoghue	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Bronze	Tracy Phillips	Athletics	Women's high jump
Bronze	Simon Poelman	Athletics	Men's pole vault
Bronze	Nigel Anderson	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Bronze	Andy Creery	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
Bronze	Jon Andrews	Cycling – track	Men's 1 km time trial
Bronze	Jon Andrews	Cycling – track	Men's sprint
Bronze	Sue Golder	Cycling – track	Women's sprint
Bronze	Nicky Cooney	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Raewyn Jack	Gymnastics	Women's hoop
Bronze	Raewyn Jack	Gymnastics	Women's ribbon
Bronze	Angela Walker	Gymnastics	Women's all-around
Bronze	Angela Walker	Gymnastics	Women's ball
Bronze	Angela Walker	Gymnastics	Women's ribbon
Bronze	Nicola Morris	Judo	Women's heavyweight
Bronze	Wayne Watson	Judo	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Rowan Brassey Maurice Symes	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Bronze	Kevin Darling Stewart McConnell Peter Shaw Phil Skoglund	Lawn bowls	Men's fours
Bronze	Tony Clarke	Shooting	Open 10 m running target
Bronze	Tim Dodds John Woolley	Shooting	Open skeet pairs
Bronze	Julian Lawton Greg Yelavich	Shooting	Open 10 m air pistol pairs
Bronze	Paul Kingsman	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke
Bronze	Ross Anderson Anthony Mosse John Steel Richard Tapper	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Bronze	Michelle Burke Sharon Hanley Phillippa Langrell Linda Robinson	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Triathlon was a demonstration event, and was won by Erin Baker (women) and Rick Wells (men), both from New Zealand.

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cycling	6	3	3	12
Shooting	3	3	3	9
Swimming	2	2	3	7
Gymnastics	2	0	5	7
Judo	1	2	2	5
Lawn bowls	1	2	2	5
Athletics	1	2	6	9
Boxing	1	0	2	3
Diving	0	0	1	1
Total	17	14	27	58

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	8	6	13	27
Female	6	5	11	22
Mixed / open	3	3	3	9
Total	17	14	27	58

Competitors[edit]

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors who participated at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	49	36	85
Badminton	5	5	10
Boxing	8	—	8
Cycling	16	6	22
Diving	1	3	4
Gymnastics	4	7	11
Judo	5	6	11
Lawn bowls	7	7	14
Shooting	17	1	18
Swimming	19	13	32
Synchronised swimming	—	2	2
Weightlifting	7	—	7
Total	138	86	224

Athletics[edit]

Track and road[edit]

Field[edit]

Combined[edit]

Men's decathlon

Athlete	100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m	Overall points	Rank
Peter Henry	11.28	7.05 m	12.95 m	1.93 m	51.38	15.29	39.40 m	4.00 m	51.26 m	4:53.30	7071 pts	10
Terry Lomax	11.50	6.81 m	11.36 m	2.05 m	51.76	15.17	38.62 m	4.00 m	47.32 m	4:45.24	6955 pts	11
Simon Poelman	10.97	7.62 m	15.64 m	2.05 m	51.13	14:45	44.72 m	4.60 m	57.36 m	4:26.59	8207 pts

Sources: ^[1]^[2]

Women's heptathlon

Athlete	100 m hurdles	Shot put	High jump	200 m	Long jump	Javelin throw	800 m	Overall points	Rank
Joanne Henry	14.53	11.04 m	1.76 m	25.10	6.20 m	37.40 m	2:12.64	5764 pts	5
Cassandra Kelly	13.99	10.86 m	1.67 m	25.29	5.71 m	24.88 m	2:17.45	5244 pts	9
Lyn Osmers	15.37	10.98 m	1.73 m	26.43	5.85 m	39.90 m	2:28.25	5222 pts	10

Sources: ^[1]^[3]

Badminton[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Brian Fowler	Men's road race	4:34:00.39
Sally Fraser	Women's road race	1:55:16.34	11
Madonna Harris	Women's road race	1:55:12.23	4
Stewart Imrie	Men's road race	DNF
Kathy Lynch	Women's road race	1:55:14.25	9
Sue Matthews	Women's road race	2:01:42.22	13
Graeme Miller	Men's road race	4:34:00.19
Ian Richards	Men's road race	4:36:23.41	16
Brian Fowler Graeme Miller Ian Richards Gavin Stevens	Men's team time trial	2:06:46.55

Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Track[edit]

Diving[edit]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Nicky Cooney	Women's 1 m springboard	388.14	8
Nicky Cooney	Women's 3 m springboard	457.29
Ginine Flynn	Women's 10 m platform	314.34	7
Tania Paterson	Women's 3 m springboard	369.06	11
Tania Paterson	Women's 10 m platform	329.16	6
Tony Young	Men's 1 m springboard	424.11	11
Tony Young	Men's 3 m springboard	389.31	13

Sources: ^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Gymnastics[edit]

Judo[edit]

Lawn bowls[edit]

Shooting[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Synchronised swimming[edit]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Mandy Zukerman	Women's solo	157.030	4
Lizzie Burslem Mandy Zukerman	Women's duet	156.945	4

Sources: ^[12]^[13]

Weightlifting[edit]

Officials[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Athletics". The Canberra Times. 29 January 1990. p. 22. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Athletics day 6". The Canberra Times. 30 January 1990. p. 17. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "All the results from Auckland". The Daily Telegraph. 29 January 1990. p. 38.
^ "Cycling road road race – men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Cycling road team time trial – men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Cycling road road race – women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Diving 1m springboard - women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Diving 3m springboard - women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Diving 10m platform - women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Diving 1m springboard - men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Diving 3m springboard - men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Synchronized swimming solo – women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "Synchronized swimming duet – women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

External links[edit]

[CT_29_Jan-1] "Athletics". The Canberra Times. 29 January 1990. p. 22. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[CT_30_Jan-2] "Athletics day 6". The Canberra Times. 30 January 1990. p. 17. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[DT_29_Jan-3] "All the results from Auckland". The Daily Telegraph. 29 January 1990. p. 38.

[4] "Cycling road road race – men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[5] "Cycling road team time trial – men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[6] "Cycling road road race – women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[7] "Diving 1m springboard - women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[8] "Diving 3m springboard - women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[9] "Diving 10m platform - women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[10] "Diving 1m springboard - men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[11] "Diving 3m springboard - men Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[12] "Synchronized swimming solo – women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[13] "Synchronized swimming duet – women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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