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New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{infobox country at games

| CGA = NZL

| CGAname = New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association

| games = Commonwealth Games

| year = 1990

| website = {{url|www.olympic.org.nz}}

| location = Auckland, New Zealand

| competitors = 224

| sports = 12

| flagbearer_open = Anthony Mosse

| flagbearer_close = Gary Anderson

| rank = 4

| gold = 17

| silver = 14

| bronze = 27

| officials = 61

}}

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

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Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

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

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!colspan=5|Medals by sport

Sport

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:left;"| Cycling

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |6

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |3

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3

|12

style="text-align:left;"| Shooting

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |3

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3

|9

style="text-align:left;"| Swimming

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3

|7

style="text-align:left;"| Gymnastics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |5

|7

style="text-align:left;"| Judo

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|5

style="text-align:left;"| Lawn bowls

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|5

style="text-align:left;"| Athletics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |6

|9

style="text-align:left;"| Boxing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|3

style="text-align:left;"| Diving

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" |17

! style="background:silver;" |14

! style="background:#c96;" |27

!58

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!colspan=5|Medals by gender

Gender

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:left;"| Male

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 8

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 6

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 13

|27

style="text-align:left;"| Female

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 6

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 5

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 11

|22

style="text-align:left;"| Mixed / open

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 3

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 3

|9

style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" | 17

! style="background:silver;" | 14

! style="background:#c96;" | 27

!58

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Competitors

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

! width=150|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Athletics

| 49

3685
align=left|Badminton

| 5

510
align=left|Boxing

| 8

{{n/a}}8
align=left|Cycling

| 16

622
align=left|Diving

| 1

34
align=left|Gymnastics

| 4

711
align=left|Judo

| 5

611
align=left|Lawn bowls

| 7

714
align=left|Shooting

| 17

118
align=left|Swimming

| 19

1332
align=left|Synchronised swimming

| {{n/a}}

22
align=left|Weightlifting

| 7

{{n/a}}7
Total || 138 || 86 || 224

Athletics

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=Field=

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=Combined=

;Men's decathlon

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
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

align=center

|align=left|Peter Henry

| 11.28

7.05 m12.95 m1.93 m51.3815.2939.40 m4.00 m51.26 m4:53.30

| 7071 pts

10
align=center

|align=left|Terry Lomax

| 11.50

6.81 m11.36 m2.05 m51.7615.1738.62 m4.00 m47.32 m4:45.24

| 6955 pts

11
align=center

|align=left|Simon Poelman

| 10.97

7.62 m15.64 m2.05 m51.1314:4544.72 m4.60 m57.36 m4:26.59

| 8207 pts

{{Silver2}}

Sources: {{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120875354 |title=Athletics |date=29 January 1990 |work=The Canberra Times |page=22 |access-date=3 September 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120875423/12970795 |title=Athletics day 6 |date=30 January 1990 |work=The Canberra Times |page=17 |access-date=3 September 2022}}

;Women's heptathlon

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!100 m hurdles

!Shot put

!High jump

!200 m

!Long jump

!Javelin throw

!800 m

!Overall points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Joanne Henry

| 14.53

11.04 m1.76 m25.106.20 m37.40 m2:12.64

| 5764 pts

5
align=center

|align=left|Cassandra Kelly

| 13.99

10.86 m1.67 m25.295.71 m24.88 m2:17.45

| 5244 pts

9
align=center

|align=left|Lyn Osmers

| 15.37

10.98 m1.73 m26.435.85 m39.90 m2:28.25

| 5222 pts

10

Sources: {{cite news |title=All the results from Auckland |date=29 January 1990 |work=The Daily Telegraph |page=38}}

Badminton

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Boxing

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Cycling

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=Road=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left| Brian Fowler

|align=left| Men's road race

| 4:34:00.39

{{Silver2}}
align=center

|align=left| Sally Fraser

|align=left| Women's road race

| 1:55:16.34

11
align=center

|align=left| Madonna Harris

|align=left| Women's road race

| 1:55:12.23

4
align=center

|align=left| Stewart Imrie

|align=left| Men's road race

| colspan=2 | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=center

|align=left| Kathy Lynch

|align=left| Women's road race

| 1:55:14.25

9
align=center

|align=left| Sue Matthews

|align=left| Women's road race

| 2:01:42.22

13
align=center

|align=left| Graeme Miller

|align=left| Men's road race

| 4:34:00.19

{{Gold1}}
align=center

|align=left| Ian Richards

|align=left| Men's road race

| 4:36:23.41

16
align=center

|align=left| Brian Fowler
Graeme Miller
Ian Richards
Gavin Stevens

|align=left| Men's team time trial

| 2:06:46.55

{{Gold1}}

Sources: {{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1954 |title=Cycling road road race – men Auckland 1990 |date=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021090039/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1954 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/2023 |title=Cycling road team time trial – men Auckland 1990 |date=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903052738/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/2023 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1708 |title=Cycling road road race – women Auckland 1990 |date=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903052735/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1708 |url-status=dead }}

=Track=

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Diving

{{main|Diving at the 1990 Commonwealth Games}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Nicky Cooney

|align=left|Women's 1 m springboard

| 388.14

| 8

align=center

|align=left|Women's 3 m springboard

| 457.29

| {{Bronze3}}

align=center

|align=left|Ginine Flynn

|align=left|Women's 10 m platform

| 314.34

| 7

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Tania Paterson

|align=left|Women's 3 m springboard

| 369.06

| 11

align=center

|align=left|Women's 10 m platform

| 329.16

| 6

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Tony Young

|align=left|Men's 1 m springboard

| 424.11

| 11

align=center

|align=left|Men's 3 m springboard

| 389.31

| 13

Sources: {{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1699 |title=Diving 1m springboard – women Auckland 1990 |year=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903052352/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1699 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1512 |title=Diving 3m springboard – women Auckland 1990 |year=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803140239/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1512 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1513 |title=Diving 10m platform – women Auckland 1990 |year=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903052347/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1513 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1698 |title=Diving 1m springboard – men Auckland 1990 |year=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903052345/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1698 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1511 |title=Diving 3m springboard – men Auckland 1990 |year=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903052349/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1511 |url-status=dead }}

Gymnastics

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Judo

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Lawn bowls

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Synchronised swimming

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class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

align=center

| align=left | Mandy Zukerman

| align=left | Women's solo

| 157.030

| 4

align=center

| align=left | Lizzie Burslem
Mandy Zukerman

| align=left | Women's duet

| 156.945

| 4

Sources: {{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1697 |title=Synchronized swimming solo – women Auckland 1990 |year=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903051628/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1697 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1696 |title=Synchronized swimming duet – women Auckland 1990 |year=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903051641/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/event/1696 |url-status=dead }}

Weightlifting

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Officials

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  • Team doctor – John Mayhew{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/new-year-honours-2016-citations-officers-new-zealand-order-merit |title=New Year Honours 2016 – citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit |date=14 December 2015 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=10 April 2025}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/GamesProfile.aspx?Print=&function=2&GamesID=33 NZOC website on the 1990 games]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215731/http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ Commonwealth Games Federation website]

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