New Zealand’s Olympic rowing medallists
The Olympic rowing tradition started by Darcy Hadfield in 1920 has since flourished. By the end of the 2012 London Games New Zealand rowers had won a total of 21 medals (nine gold, two silver and 10 bronze). This table will be updated following the 2016 Rio Olympics.
| 1920 (Antwerp) | Darcy Hadfield | bronze | single sculls |
| 1932 (Los Angeles) | Bob Stiles, Rangi Thompson | silver | coxless pair |
| 1968 (Mexico City) | Ross Collinge, Warren Cole, Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Simon Dickie (cox) | gold | coxed four |
| 1972 (Munich) | Trevor Coker, Athol Earl, John Hunter, Tony Hurt, Dick Joyce, Gary Robertson, Wybo Veldman, Lindsay Wilson, Simon Dickie (cox) | gold | eight |
| Ross Collinge, Noel Mills, Dudley Storey, Dick Tonks | silver | coxless four | |
| 1976 (Montreal) | Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Athol Earl, Tony Hurt, Alex McLean, Dave Rodger, Ivan Sutherland, Lindsay Wilson, Simon Dickie (cox) | bronze | eight |
| 1984 (Los Angeles) | Shane O'Brien, Les O'Connell, Conrad Robertson, Keith Trask | gold | coxless four |
| Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott, Don Symon, Ross Tong, Brett Hollister (cox) | bronze | coxed four | |
| 1988 (Seoul) | Eric Verdonk | bronze | single sculls |
| Lynley Hannen, Nikki Payne | bronze | women’s pair | |
| Greg Johnston, George Keys, Chris White, Ian Wright, Andrew Bird (cox) | bronze | coxed four | |
| 2000 (Sydney) | Rob Waddell | gold | single sculls |
| 2004 (Athens) | Caroline Evers-Swindell, Georgina Evers-Swindell | gold | women’s double sculls |
| 2008 (Beijing) | Caroline Evers-Swindell, Georgina Evers-Swindell | gold | women’s double sculls |
| Mahé Drysdale | bronze | single sculls | |
| George Bridgewater, Nathan Twaddle | bronze | coxless pair | |
| 2012 (London) | Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan | gold | double sculls |
| Hamish Bond, Eric Murray | gold | coxless pair | |
| Mahé Drysdale | gold | single sculls | |
| Juliette Haigh, Rebecca Scown | bronze | women’s pair | |
| Peter Taylor, Storm Uru | bronze | lightweight double sculls |
Film from the 1968 rowing eight campaign (NZ On Screen)
