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2016 Rio Olympic Games

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

12 - 22 August 2016

Timetable

Athlete	Event	Round	Date (NZ)	Time (NZ)	Position	Performance	Result	Place
Valerie Adams	W Shot Put	Qual	13 Aug	01:05	1st	19.74	Q
Quentin Rew	M 20km Race Walk	Final	13 Aug	05:30	DQ	-	-
Nikki Hamblin	W 1500m	Heats	13 Aug	11:30	30th	4:11.88	DNQ	30
Valerie Adams	W Shot Put	Final	13 Aug	13:00	2nd	20.42	Silver	2

Zane Robertson	M 10,000m	Final	14 Aug	12:25	12th	27:33.67 (NZ Rec)		12

Lucy Oliver	W 5000m	Heats	17 Aug	00:30	27th	15:53.77	DNQ	27
Nikki Hamblin	W 5000m	Heats	17 Aug	00:30	-	16:43.61	q
Eliza McCartney	W Pole Vault	Qual	17 Aug	00:45	5th	4.60	Q
Nick Willis	M 1500m	Heats	17 Aug	01:30	6th	3:38.55	Q
Julian Matthews	M 1500m	Heats	17 Aug	01:30	25th	3:40.40	DNQ	25
Hamish Carson	M 1500m	Heats	17 Aug	01:30	32nd	3:48.18	DNQ	32

Angie Petty	W 800m	Heats	18 Aug	01:55	45th	2:02.40	DNQ	45
Stuart Farquhar	M Javelin	Qual	18 Aug	11:30	29th	77.32	DNQ	29

Tom Walsh	M Shot Put	Qual	19 Aug	00:55	2nd	21.03	Q
Jacko Gill	M Shot Put	Qual	19 Aug	00:55	4th	20.80	Q
Tom Walsh	M Shot Put	Final	19 Aug	11:30	3rd	21.36	Bronze	3
Jacko Gill	M Shot Put	Final	19 Aug	11:30	9th	20.50		9
Nick Willis	M 1500m	Semi	19 Aug	11:45	6th	3:39.96	Q

Quentin Rew	M 50km Race Walk	Final	19 Aug	23:00	12th	3:49:32		12
Alana Barber	W 20km Race Walk	Final	20 Aug	05:30	35th	1:35;55		35
Eliza McCartney	W Pole Vault	Final	20 Aug	11:30	3rd	4.80 (=NZ Rec)	Bronze	3
Nikki Hamblin	W 5000m	Final	20 Aug	12:40	17th	16:14.24		17

Nick Willis	M 1500m	Final	21 Aug	12:00	3rd	3:50.21	Bronze	3

Event	Round	Date	Time (NZ)	Performance	Place	Overall	Result
Portia Bing	Hept 100m hurdles

Links

NZOC Rio 2016

NZOC Be the Inspiration

Athletics NZ Stats

Athletics New Zealand Records

IAAF Rankings

Team Support

Team Leader	Scott Goodman
	021 898 608
Operations Manager	Kat Austin
Coaches	Dale Stevenson
	Jeremy McColl
	Maria Hassan
	Steve Willis
	Debbie Strange
	Ron Warhurst
Media Attache	Brett Addison
	021 849 099
Selection Convenor	Graham Seatter
	021 279 3000

News

21 Aug	Willis claims fourth athletics medal in Rio
20 Aug	McCartney wins Pole Vault Bronze
20 Aug	Rew 12th in 50km walk at Olympics
19 Aug	Walsh scores Olympic bronze, Willis into final
18 Aug	Petty & Farquhar miss out on qualifying
17 Aug	McCartney, Willis and Hamblin progress in Rio
15 Aug	Zane Robertson 12th at Olympics in NZ record
14 Aug	Olympic Silver Medal for Valerie Adams
11 Aug	Rod Dixon remembers Munich
11 Aug	Barber determined to improve
28 Jul	Carson's Olympic Odyssey
24 Jul	Placings for Kiwis at London Diamond League
15 Jul	New Zealand's proud history in the 1500m
14 Jul	Olympic history made with three Kiwis in 1500m
17 Jun	AthleticsNZ welcomes Russian suspension
8 Jun	Nick Willis: Leaving a legacy
28 May	Walsh second at Prefontaine Classic
22 May	Carson wins but just outside Olympic standard
17 May	Kiwi 1500m runners hit Rio standards in US
14 May	Walsh second in Diamond League opener
28 May	Whirlwind rise for McCartney ahead of Rio
22 Apr	Exciting mix of ten in first Athletics Olympic selection
7 Apr	Fourth Olympics looms for Farquhar
21 Mar	Bronze for Willis at World Indoor Champs
20 Mar	Adams wins bronze at World Indoor Champs
19 Mar	Walsh wins World Indoor shot put title
19 Mar	Willis eases into 1500m final at world champs
18 Mar	Fifth for McCartney in World Indoors debut

Road to Rio Athlete Blogs

We've got a weekly blog from five athletes aiming for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and 2016 Rio Paralympics.

We'll be hearing from Tom Walsh (shot put), Portia Bing (heptathlon), Angie Petty (800m), Cameron French (400m hurdles) and Anna Grimaldi (Para long jump & sprints) following their successes, frustrations, excitement and disappointments along the way to the biggest events of their careers.

Check out our Road to Rio Athlete blogs

Athletes

			Event	Personal Best	2016 Best
Valerie Adams	Bio	Stats	Shot Put	21.24	20.42
Alana Barber	Bio	Stats	20km Race Walk	1:32.48	1:32.48
Hamish Carson	Bio	Stats	1500m	3:36.25	3:36.25
Stuart Farquhar	Bio	Stats	Javelin	86.31	83.93
Jacko Gill	Bio	Stats	Shot Put	20.83	20.83
Nikki Hamblin	Bio	Stats	1500m 5000m	4:04.82 15:18.02	4:07.18 -
Eliza McCartney	Bio	Stats	Pole Vault	4.80	4.80
Julian Matthews	Bio	Stats	1500m	3:36.14	3:36.14
Lucy Oliver	Bio	Stats	5000m	15:20.13	15:20.13
Angie Petty	Bio	Stats	800m	1:59.06	2:00.62
Quentin Rew	Bio	Stats	20km Race Walk 50km Race Walk	1:21.54 3:48:48	1:21.54 -
Zane Robertson	Bio	Stats	10,000m	27:46.82	29:02 (10km)
Tom Walsh	Bio	Stats	Shot Put	21.78	21.78
Nick Willis	Bio	Stats	1500m	3:29.66	3:34.29

Be The Inspiration

Peter Snell Tokyo 1500m gold	Lucy Oliver Team Selection	Mike Ryan Rome Marathon Bronze
Where Eliza McCartney gets her motivation from	Rod Dixon bronze at Munich	Dick Quax Motreal 5000m silver
John Walker Olympic 1500m gold 1976	Jacko Gill talks about Rio	Q&A session with Eliza McCartney
Valerie Adams putting in the hard yards	Angie Petty talks Rio preparations	Lorraine Moller Marathon bronze 1992 Barcelona
Julia Ratcliffe - Hammer	Eliza McCartney - Pole Vault	Tom Walsh - Shot Put
Rosa Flanagan - 3000m steeplechase & Angie Petty - 800m