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Danyon Loader - Source: Photosport
Facts and figures about NZ at the Olympics.
Most successful medallists:
5: Ian Ferguson - kayak (4 gold, 1 silver)
5: Paul MacDonald - kayak (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
4: Mark Todd - equestrian (2 gold, 2 bronze)
4: Blyth Tait - equestrian (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
3: Peter Snell - athletics (3 gold)
3: Danyon Loader - swimming (2 gold, 1 silver)
3: Simon Dickie - rowing (2 gold, 1 bronze)
3: Barbara Kendall - sailing (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2: Caroline Evers-Swindell - rowing (2 gold)
2: Georgina Evers-Swindell - rowing (2 gold)
2: Dick Joyce - rowing (2 gold)
2: Alan Thompson - kayak (2 gold)
First medal:
Harry Kerr (for Australasia) - (3500m walk, bronze, 1908
London)
First gold medal:
Malcolm Champion (for Australasia) - (4x200m freestyle
relay, 1912 Stockholm)
Youngest medallist:
Danyon Loader - 17 years 100 days (silver, swimming, 1992
Barcelona)
Oldest medallist:
Vicky Latta - 45 years 43 days (bronze, equestrian, 1996
Atlanta)
Youngest competitor:
Rebecca Perrott - 15 years 29 days (swimming, 1976
Montreal)
Oldest competitor:
William Swinnerton - 56 years 335 days (yachting, 1956
Melbourne)
Multiple Olympians: (not including London)
6: Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson - both equestrian
5: Barbara Kendall - boardsailing; Ian Ferguson - canoeing
4: Gary Anderson, Julian Dean, Brian Fowler, Greg Henderson - all
cycling; Beatrice Faumuina, Les Mills, Lorraine Moller - all
athletics; Bruce Goodin, Blyth Tait - equestrian; Murray Jones, Rex
Sellars - sailing; Li Chunli - table tennis; Stephen Petterson -
shooting; Simon Wi Rutene - skiing.
Medals by sport:
20: Athletics - 9 gold, 2 silver, 9 bronze
16: Sailing - 7 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze; Rowing - 6 gold, 2
silver, 8 bronze
9: Equestrian - 3 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
8: Canoeing - 5 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
7: Swimming - 3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze
NZ Olympic medals overall:
90: 37 gold, 17 silver, 36 bronze
Most successful Summer Olympics by medals:
13: 1988 Seoul - 3 gold, 2 silver, 8 bronze
11: 1984 Los Angeles - 8 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
10: 1992 Barcelona - 1 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze
9: 2008 Beijing - 3 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
6: 1996 Atlanta - 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
5: 1964 Tokyo, 2004 Athens
4: 1976 Montreal, 2000 Sydney
3: 1952 Helsinki, 1960 Rome, 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich
2: 1912 Stockholm, 1956 Melbourne
1: 1908 London, 1920 Antwerp, 1924 Paris, 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los
Angeles, 1936 Berlin
0: 1948 London, 1980 Moscow.
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