New Zealand competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The country recorded 11 medals, including eight golds, more than twice the number of golds New Zealand has ever received in any other Olympics, resulting in the nation ranking among the top ten in the medal table.

Medalists

Gold

• Ian Ferguson — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Alan Thompson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1,000m Kayak Singles
• Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald — Canoeing, Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
• Ian Ferguson, Alan Thompson, Grant Bramwell and Paul MacDonald — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Mark Todd — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
• Rex Sellers and Chris Timms — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
• Shane O'Brien , Les O'Connell, Conrad Robertson, and Keith Trask — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Russell Coutts — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition

Silver

• Kevin Barry — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

Bronze

• Bruce Kendall — Sailing, Men's Windglider Individual Competition
• Brett Hollister, Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott, Don Symon and Ross Tong — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Results and competitors by event

Archery

After a twelve-year hiatus from archery, New Zealand returned in 1980 with one man and two women. This included the first paraplegic Olympian, Neroli Fairhall.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Ann Shurrock - 2422 points (→ 24th place)
• Neroli Fairhall - 2357 points (→ 35th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Dale Lightfoot - 2417 points (→ 34th place)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 5,000 metres

• John Walker

* Heat — 13:44.75

* Semifinals — 13:28.48

* Final — 13:24.46 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

• Rod Dixon — 2:12:57 (→ 10th place)
• Derek Froude — 2:19:44 (→ 34th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Steve Walsh

* Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Michael O'Rourke

* Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, 28th place)

• Tony Rogers
• Peter Renner
• Peter O'Donoghue
• Peter Pearless

Women's Competition

Women's 3.000 metres

• Dianne Rodger

* Heat — 8.47.90

* Final — 8.56.43 (→ 9th place)

Women's Marathon

• Lorraine Moller

* Final — 2:28:54 (→ 5th place)

• Mary O'Connor

* Final — 2:41:22 (→ 27th place)

• Anne Audain

* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Lynnette Grime

* Heat — 58.02 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light-Heavyweight (81 kg):

• Kevin Barry
  1. First round — Beat Don Smith (Trinidad) on points 5-0
  2. Second round — Beat Jonathan Kiriisa (Uganda) on points 3-2
  3. Quarter Final — Beat Jean-Paul Nanga (Cameroon) on points 4-1
  4. Semi Final — Beat Evander Holyfield (USA) after disqualification in round two
  5. Final — Lost to Anton Josipovic (Yugoslavia) after concussion (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg):

• Michael Kenny
  1. First round — Bye
  2. Second round — Lost to Dodovic Owini (Uganda) after standing count in round two

Canoeing

Men's Flatwater Competition

• Ian Ferguson
• Robert Jenkinson
• Paul MacDonald
• Edwin Richards
• Alan Thompson
• Grant Bramwell

Cycling

Men's Track Competition

• Murray Steele
• Anthony Cuff
• Graeme Miller
• Craig Adair

Men's Road Competition

• Roger Sumich
• Brian Fowler
• Stephen Cox

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Mark Graham

* Preliminary Round — 497.55 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

• Gary Lamb

* Preliminary Round — 477.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's Competition

• Ann Fargher

Equestrian

Eventing Competition

• Mary Hamilton
• Mark Todd
• Andrew Nicholson
• Andrew Bennie

Jumping Competition

• John Cottle

Fencing

Men's Competition

• Martin Brill
• David Cocker

Gymnastics

Women's Rhythmic Competition

• Tania Moss

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Pool B)
• : Pakistan - New Zealand 3-3
• : The Netherlands - New Zealand 3-1
• : Great Britain - New Zealand 1-0
• : New Zealand - Kenya 4-1
• : New Zealand - Canada 2-2
• Classification Matches
• : 5th-8th place: India - New Zealand 1-0
• : 7th-8th place: New Zealand - Spain 1-0 (→ Seventh Place)
• Team Roster

* Jeff Archibald

* Husmukh Bhikha

* Chris Brown

* George Carnoutsos

* Peter Daji

* Laurie Gallen

* Stuart Grimshaw

* Trevor Laurence

* Maurice Marquet

* Grant McLeod

* Brent Miskimmin

* Peter Miskimmin

* Arthur Parkin

* Ramesh Patel

* Graham Sligo

* Robin Wilson

Women's Team Competition

• Round Robin

* New Zealand – Netherlands 1-2

* New Zealand – Australia 0-3

* New Zealand – USA 0-2

* New Zealand – West Germany 0-1

* New Zealand – Canada 1-4 (→ 6th place)

• Team Roster:

* Christine Arthur

* Cathy Baker

* Robyn Blackman

* Mary Clinton

* Lesley Elliott

* Jane Goulding

* Shirley Haig

* Harina Kohere

* Jan Martin

* Jennifer McDonald

* Sue McLeish

* Sandra Mackie

* Lesley Murdoch

* Jillian Smith

* Isobel Thomson

* Barbara Tilden

Judo

Men's Competition

• Bill Vincent
• Graeme Spinks
• Shaun O'Leary

Rowing

Men's Competition

• Nigel Atherfold
• Andrew Stevenson
• Christopher White
• Roger White-Parsons
• Don Symon
• Ross Tong
• Keith Trask
• Mike Stanley
• Conrad Robertson
• Dave Rodger
• Greg Johnston
• George Keys
• Andrew Hay
• Brett Hollister
• Allan Horan
• Geoff Horan
• Gary Reid
• Shane O'Brien
• Les O'Connell
• Mark Meates
• Kevin Lawton
• Barrie Mabbott

Women's Competition

• Stephanie Foster

Sailing

• Earl Berry
• Luke Carter
• Tom Dodson
• Simon Daubney
• Bruce Deegan
• Russell Coutts
• Peter Evans
• Aran Hansen
• Murray Jones
• Bruce Kendall
• Rex Sellers
• Steve Talbot
• Chris Timms
• David MacKay
• Sean Reeves

Shooting

Men's Competition

• John Woolley
• Stephen Petterson
• Tony Clarke

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Anthony Mosse

* Heat — 1:54.12 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

• Mike Davidson

* Heat — 1:56.20 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Mike Davidson

* Heat — 3:57.88

* B-Final — 3:58.24 (→ 16th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Mike Davidson

* Heat — 15:35.43 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Gary Hurring

* Heat — 57.42

* Final — 56.90 (→ 4th place)

• Paul Kingsman

* Heat — 58.33

* B-Final — 58.19 (→ 10th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Gary Hurring

* Heat — 2:04.46

* Final — 2:03.10 (→ 5th place)

• Paul Kingsman

* Heat — 2:06.87 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Brett Austin

* Heat — 1:04.83

* B-Final — 1:05.49 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Brett Austin

* Heat — 2:27.25 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Anthony Mosse

* Heat — 55.19

* Final — 54.93 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Anthony Mosse

* Heat — 1:59.76

* Final — 1:58.75 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Paul Kingsman, Brett Austin, Anthony Mosse, and Gary Hurring

* Heat — 3:50.56 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Carmel Clark

* Heat — 1:00.63 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

• Anna Doig

* Heat — 1:02.72 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Carmel Clark

* Heat — 1:04.57

* Swimm-Off — 1:04.33

* Final — 1:04.47 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Carmel Clark

* Heat — 2:16.78

* Final — 2:17.89 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Gail Jonson

* Heat — 2:20.55 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

• Anna Doig

* Heat — 2:20.55 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Gail Jonson

* Heat — 2:25.00 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Gail Jonson

* Heat — 4:59.92

* B-Final — 4:58.40 (→ 15th place)

Synchronized swimming

Women's Competition

• Katie Sadleir
• Lynette Sadleir

Weightlifting

Men's Competition

• Michael Bernard
• Kevin Blake
• Allister Nalder

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle Competition

• Graeme Hawkins
• Ken Reinsfield
• Zane Coleman