New Zealand’s Olympic Track & Field Medallists
Medal Games Name Event Date
1924 Paris Arthur Porritt Men's 100 metres 7 July 1924
1936 Berlin Jack Lovelock Men's 1500 metres 6 August 1936
1952 Helsinki John Holland Men's 400 metres hurdles 21 July 1952
1952 Helsinki Yvette Williams Women's long jump 23 July 1952
1956 Melbourne Norman Read Men's 50 kilometres walk 24 November 1956
1960 Rome Peter Snell Men's 800 metres 2 September 1960
1960 Rome Murray Halberg Men's 5000 metres 2 September 1960
1960 Rome Barry Magee Men's marathon 10 September 1960
1964 Tokyo Peter Snell Men's 800 metres 16 October 1964
1964 Tokyo Marise Chamberlain Women's 800 metres 20 October 1964
1964 Tokyo Peter Snell Men's 1500 metres 21 October 1964
1964 Tokyo John Davies Men's 1500 metres 21 October 1964
1968 Mexico City Mike Ryan Men's marathon 20 October 1968
1972 Munich Rod Dixon Men's 1500 metres 10 September 1972
1976 Montreal Dick Quax Men's 5000 metres 30 July 1976
1976 Montreal John Walker Men's 1500 metres 31 July 1976
1992 Barcelona Lorraine Moller Women's marathon 1 August 1992
2008 Beijing Valerie Vili Women's shot put 16 August 2008
2008 Beijing Nick Willis Men's 1500 metres 19 August 2008
2012 London Valerie Adams Women's shot put 6 August 2012
2016 Rio de Janeiro Valerie Adams Women's shot put 12 August 2016
2016 Rio de Janeiro Tomas Walsh Men's shot put 18 August 2016
2016 Rio de Janeiro Eliza McCartney Women's pole vault 19 August 2016
2016 Rio de Janeiro Nick Willis Men's 1500 metres 20 August 2016
Most successful New Zealand Track & Field Olympians
New Zealander track and field athletes who have won two or more medals
Name Gold Silver Bronze Total
Peter Snell 3 - - 3
Valerie Adams 2 1 - 3
Nick Willis - 1 1 2 Other Interesting New Zealand Facts
First female medallist: Yvette Williams (1952) First female Gold medallist: Yvette Williams (1952) First double medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964) First double Gold medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964) First double Gold medallist at a single Games: Peter Snell (1964) First triple medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964) First triple Gold medallist: Peter Snell (1960, 1964)
Youngest New Zealand Olympic Track and Field Medallist
Eliza McCartney, Bronze medal in Pole Vault at 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games was 19y 252d old.