Jack Lovelock in men's 1500 meter run.
Jim Thorpe
New Zealand's first gold medal in Olympic athletics (track and field) was won by Jack Lovelock in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He won the 1500 meter race in what was then a world record time of 3:47.8.
Harry Kerr
New Zealand's first Olympic gold medal was won at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam by Ted Morgan in boxing in the welterweight division.
Jack Beatson
1960
That was Harry Kerr who won the bronze medal in the 3,500 meter walk at the 1908 Games in London.
That was welterweight Ted Morgan who won gold at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
Yvette Williams won her gold medal at the 1952 Games in Helsinki in women's long jump. She was the first woman from New Zealand to win an Olympic gold medal.
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Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876
That was Yvette Williams who won gold in long jump at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.