New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Games and competed at every Games since. The New Zealand team consisted of 199 athletes, 100 women and 99 men, across twenty sports, the first time New Zealand was represented by more women than men at the Summer Olympics.
Eliza McCartney clears the bar during the qualifying round of the women's pole vault.
49erFX medal ceremony (l-r) Alex Maloney, Molly Meech (New Zealand); Martine Grael, Kahena Kunze (Brazil); Jena Mai Hansen, Katja Salskov-Iversen (Denmark)
New Zealand at the Olympics
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New Zealand first sent an independent team to the Olympics in 1920. Prior to this, at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, New Zealand and Australian athletes competed together in a combined Australasia team. New Zealand has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since 1952, missing only the 1956 and 1964 Games.
The New Zealand rowing team at the 1932 Summer Olympics