Ted Morgan was New Zealand's first individual gold medal winner, winning the welterweight class in boxing at the 1928 Amsterdam games.
He was not, however, the first New Zealander to win a gold medal. That honour went to swimmer Malcolm Champion, winning gold as part of the Australasian 4 x 200 metre relay team at the 1912 Stockholm games.
The first New Zeland woman to win an Olympic gold medal was Yvette Williams, winning the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Games.
New Zealand won two gold medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics. One was won by the men's Field Hockey team and the other by John Walker in the men's 1500 meter run.
Just two!
NZ won 4 medals. See link below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics_medal_count
a total of thirteen Olympic medals (six gold, two silver, and five bronze), New Zealand Olympic Committee sent 184 athletes, 97 men and 87 women who competed in 16 sports and won a total of thirteen Olympic medals (six gold, two silver, and five bronze),
The legendary Sir Peter Snell won two Olympic Gold Medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He won the 800m and 1500m double.
3 ... Jack Lovelock in 1936, Peter Snell in 1964, and John Walker in 1976.
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how many gold medals does new zealand have
As of the 2008 Games, that was the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles when New Zealand athletes won 8 gold medals.
Four
they have not won as many as Austraila
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