As of the 2008 Games, New Zealand athletes have won 33 gold medals, all in the Summer Olympics, in the following sports: Athletics, Sailing, Rowing, Canoeing, Equestrian, Swimming, Boxing, Triathlon, Cycling, and Field Hockey.
New Zealand's only gold medal in the 2000 Olympics was won by Rob Waddell in men's single sculls rowing.
That was the 1976 Games in Montreal when New Zealand defeated Australia in the gold medal match.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no New Zealander has won a gold medal in javelin.
Ted Morgan (Boxing) (1928).
That was the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles when New Zealand athletes won 8 gold medals.
Barbara Kendall in the Women's Boardsailing.
Jack Beatson
New Zealand's first medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympics was won by Mahe Drysdale, who achieved a Bronze in the men's singles sculls event. The first Gold medal won by New Zealand at Beijing was achieved by Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell in the Women's Double Sculls.
New Zealand's first Olympic gold medal was won at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam by Ted Morgan in boxing in the welterweight division.
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.
Jim Thorpe
Malcolm Champion, a swimmer who won gold in 1912 as part if the Australasian (Australia and New Zealand) 4x200m Relay. The first individual gold medal was won by boxer Ted Morgan in 1928.