No athlete from New Zealand won gold at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The New Zealand Olympic Committee officially boycotted those Games and the athletes from New Zealand that did participate were competing under the flag of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. Five athletes participated and no medals were won.
New Zealand did not win any medals at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.
New Zealand's first Olympic gold medal was won at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam by Ted Morgan in boxing in the welterweight division.
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That was welterweight Ted Morgan who won gold at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no New Zealander has won a gold medal in javelin.
3{| ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games |} Gold 1972 Munich Heavyweight Gold 1976 Montreal Heavyweight Gold 1980 Moscow Heavyweight
New Zealand's only gold medal in the 2000 Olympics was won by Rob Waddell in men's single sculls rowing.
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.
As of the 2008 Games, that was the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles when New Zealand athletes won 8 gold medals.
New Zealand sent a contingent of 184 athletes to the 2012 London Olympic games. New Zealand won 13 medals in total, of which 6 were gold, 2 silver and 5 were bronze medals.
Eric Heiden of the US won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.