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Who was the first New Zealander to win a medal in the Olympic Games?
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The first New Zealander to win an Olympic medal was Harry Kerr who won a Bronze in the 3500m walk in London in 1908. However this was part of a combined New Zealand and Australia team.
The first Gold medal was won by swimmer Malcolm Champion in the 4x200m relay in 1912; this was also as part of a combined Australasian team.
New Zealand sent its own team for the first time to Antwerp in 1920 and Darcy Hadfield won a Bronze medal in the Single Sculls.
New Zealand's first Gold Medal for a New Zealand team was won in Amsterdam in 1928 by welterweight boxer, Ted Morgan.
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∙ 12y agoThat was Peter Snell who set the world record at Wanganui in 1962 at 3:54.4.
This is incorrect. Murray Halberg ran 3 minutes 57 seconds in Dublin in 1958
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∙ 13y agoSir John Walker, gold medalist in the 1500 meter run at the 1976 Games in Montreal.
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∙ 13y agoSam Dunkin
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