The List: New Zealand's Greatest Olympians

Peter Snell was named NZ's greatest Olympian by the Herald.

Over the past month the Herald has been counting down our list of the top 25 New Zealand Olympians.

Today we revealed our number one pick. Look back on the 25 athletes who made the list.

• No 6: Val Adams
• No 7: The 1972 rowing eight
• No 8: Barbara Kendall
• No 9: Blyth Tait
• No 10: Jack Lovelock
• No 11: Sarah Ulmer
• No 12: Ian Ferguson
• No 13: Sir John Walker
• No 14: The 1976 men's hockey team
• No 15: Sir Murray Halberg
• No 16: Hamish Carter

• No 17: Mahe Drysdale
• No 18: Bruce Kendall
• No 19: Rob Waddell
• No 20: Hamish Bond and Eric Murray
• No 21: Paul MacDonald
• No 22: Sir Russell Coutts
• No 23: Ted Morgan
• No 24: Norman Read
• No 25: Alan Thompson